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« Reply #285 on: November 18, 2014, 10:22:20 PM » |
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Waiting for Sean Bean to get dragged into the debate.
It's like a variation of Godwin's Law. |
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« Reply #286 on: November 18, 2014, 10:26:24 PM » |
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Waiting for Sean Bean to get dragged into the debate.
It's like a variation of Godwin's Law. This is what they need right now |
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« Reply #287 on: November 20, 2014, 09:52:14 PM » |
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Sheffield United have decided not to allow Evans to train on their facilities.
Good.
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« Reply #288 on: November 20, 2014, 10:36:30 PM » |
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Finally common sense prevailed.
Shocking PR though from United, couldn't have handled the whole thing much worse.
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« Reply #289 on: November 20, 2014, 10:45:02 PM » |
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one good thing has come out of all this i remembered what a good film when saturday comes is and just watched it again
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« Reply #290 on: November 20, 2014, 11:30:53 PM » |
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one good thing has come out of all this i remembered what a good film when saturday comes is and just watched it again
A guy I know well is one of Sean Bean's oldest friends from Sheffield, we all went to the "world premier" of WSC at the cinema's at the Meadowhall shopping centre in dinner jackets. He was in the film as one of the guys in the pub at the end watching the penalty. It was hardly Leicester Square, we walked through the food hall and up the escalators which were cordoned off from the crowds eating their big macs wondering what was going off :-) I vaguely remember a few of us blagging our way into the "VIP" area. |
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« Reply #291 on: November 21, 2014, 06:49:21 AM » |
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Finally common sense prevailed.
Shocking PR though from United, couldn't have handled the whole thing much worse.
I'm assuming they were thinking along the lines that the capital value of the player was worth ignoring the moral aspects of the situation and just got a bit of a shock when it turned out that both parts of their assumption were wrong. |
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« Reply #292 on: November 21, 2014, 01:23:07 PM » |
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Something that I think has been overlooked in all this is that Sheff Utd didn't decide to let him train off the top of their own heads - the PFA were the ones who started this by asking Sheff Utd if they would let him train, yet they seem to have emerged from this whole mess virtually unscathed.
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« Reply #293 on: November 21, 2014, 02:07:02 PM » |
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Good point - I haven't heard anybody have a go at the PFA - just at the Blades.
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« Reply #294 on: November 21, 2014, 07:02:19 PM » |
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The PFA are tossers.
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« Reply #295 on: November 21, 2014, 07:04:54 PM » |
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But seriously, they are meant to be a union looking after the players, etc. Gordon Taylor from the PFA was highlighting the fact that if Evans was employed by Sheffield Utd, he'd pay taxes on the money he'd earn and that would help society. Completely ignoring the fact that if Evans wasn't employed by Sheffield Utd, another player (who hasn't raped anyone), would be paying exactly the same taxes.
That's hardly an argument as to why Sheffield Utd should employ Evans.
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« Reply #296 on: November 21, 2014, 07:10:31 PM » |
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The PFA are tossers.
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« Reply #297 on: November 21, 2014, 07:24:48 PM » |
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But seriously, they are meant to be a union looking after the players, etc. Gordon Taylor from the PFA was highlighting the fact that if Evans was employed by Sheffield Utd, he'd pay taxes on the money he'd earn and that would help society. Completely ignoring the fact that if Evans wasn't employed by Sheffield Utd, another player (who hasn't raped anyone), would be paying exactly the same taxes.
That's hardly an argument as to why Sheffield Utd should employ Evans.
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« Reply #298 on: November 21, 2014, 10:11:57 PM » |
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The PFA are tossers.
Bit harsh they are simp,y doing their job in the best interest of their member would be very odd if they did anything different surely? I was just responding to Dungbeetle as he said no one had said anything against the PFA.  |
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« Reply #299 on: November 21, 2014, 10:16:11 PM » |
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The PFA are tossers.
Bit harsh they are simp,y doing their job in the best interest of their member would be very odd if they did anything different surely? I was just responding to Dungbeetle as he said no one had said anything against the PFA. I thought it might be a wind up i wasn't 100%! |
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