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She has to go after this, surely? Can't help but feel that the PFA are in the wrong here as well. Of course, it's their job to be on the players side, but if they knew as much as Sunderland did and were still pressuring Sunderland to let him play, that doesn't sit right with me. Lets get this right though, regardless of pressure from the PFA Sunderland AFC decided to un-suspend and play someone who they had evidence of being engaged in inappropriate activity with a child. They can squirm all they like and call Johnson a liar but they are the facts

Yes but it will be a moral decision I imagine not a legal one and I doubt the FA have any specific rules for such circumstances

Of course they haven't broken any law. Morally bankrupt and not at all 'classy' - yes

if he were a teacher he would have been suspended pending the outcome of the investigation. It would not prejudice his case at all it would just be the moral thing to do. They suspended him then un-suspended him on request from the management. His words under oath

Why is there steam coming off him?

Ready to Groom, the Chemical Ali of forums 'there are no US tanks in Iraq' are desperately delaying the inevitable.

It will be on the balance of probability which based on the trial so far is a distinct imbalance

Can the jury sue him for wasting their time?

Johnson is free to change his plea at any time, he would have done it by now if he was going to. He'll be hoping that the prosecution cannot prove beyond all reasonable doubt to the jury that he is a liar. Based on the evidence that has been shared by the media, I'd be very surprised at this stage if he is found not guilty. Is he going to change it to Very Guilty just to be on the safe side

The only conclusion I can draw is that eventually after a couple of days of this contradictory, juvenile nonsense he enters a plea of insanity which by this time will be irrefutable

He really hasn't got the hang of this yet has he? All they need to ask is 'Are you actually guilty of everything?' AJ 'Yes'

Reading the latest tweets it appears as though his defence will be that she is making more of this for personal gain. 'I felt like someone was making her say these things for the benefit of herself' What a scumbag

Is it today that the prosecution cross examine him? If he carries on performing the way he is he will be confessing to crashing princess Diana's car

SMB = Shaving my balls

Ready to Groom have pulled their thread as more than one person said the club could have behaved better. He really is an imbecile, the prosecution might as well retire he has done their job for them As for the mackems, cover up the Catholic Church would be proud of.

His defence is so bad I'm beginning to wonder if Colo is his lawyer

Still no mention of Johnsons admission on Ready To Groom

They almost certainly knew he was guilty, this is from a legal fella I know......"SAFC would have had copies of the advice from Counsel (Orlando Pownall QC is a big, big cheese in crime) and copies of the prosecution evidence once he was charged. They will have known the content of the whatsapp messages straightaway." They knew and played him to save themselves, which is utterly despicable in my opinion, and you're right, the FA should investigate it. The classy c***s. Would they have all that though? Strictly speaking they're nothing to do with this case, it's a matter between the crown and Johnson. Basically if an employee is charged with a child sexual offence, then there is procedure to follow for the employers. As a football club would have children of all ages on it's premises, they have a duty to consider there being any further risk of him reoffending while on bail. That is why in most cases like this, the employee would be suspended pending the outcome, simply to be on the safe side. Most SAFC fans seem to think that the club would simply ask him if he was guilty, he denies it, and they carry on, innocent until proven guilty and all that. However there's more to it than that. The club need to investigate further to see if they aren't putting children at risk, their legal people must have spoken to him, social services and the police. They would also have had to look into the CPS case itself and as my legal friend has said, they would have known the details of the case and the evidence against him. If they didn't do this, they were negligent themselves. I think at the very least they have turned a blind eye to this. If the CPS are pushing for prosecution you can bet they have good grounds for doing so. Sunderland have stuck their fingers in their ears and shouted 'la la la la can't hear anything' over the entire duration until he admitted to it. My view is that they did know and played him anyway, I cannot believe otherwise, it seems incomprehensible that they would not have had doubts at least. They kept playing him for one reason, he is one of their best players.

And of course if they did sue something might emerge about how much they actually knew

'It is with deep sadness that Newcastle United announce the sad demise of Siem de Jong. On the way to la manga the plane suffered a bout of mild turbulence which resulted in Siem losing a limb and passing away. A doctor tried to restart his heart which accidently fell into a bowl of peas and was indistinguishable from the popular garden vegetable'

He's been playing with an ankle problem and his bird is due to drop, probably just giving him a bit of rest. He was probably running towards it and missed the plane

will we will be bottom 3 if we get beat

There is the odd one who tries to be objective but they are immediately attacked for being a mag. It's hilarious.

:lol: love your optimism but what is that based on? Certainly not the Everton performance

RTG ffs it's the parents fault according to one of them. Another says we would all do the same if we thought we would get away with it and if we say different we are lying Jesus!!!