Media Thread - 2021/22

[petrusha]

Nothing can be said at present but the trial in January could have a very negative impact on City's reputation unfortunately.

You're a respected contributor on here and always post in good faith, so we should do you the courtesy of respecting your assertion that you can't say more now. Even though I'm a nosy bastard who's curious about it!

More seriously, sounds like depressing news, though. I suppose we'll just have to deal with it as and when it happens.

 

[bluealf]

Strange take, mate. Let’s get to the truth.

What's a strange take?

The bit about having a paedo give evidence on your behalf in court?

Do you really think that is a good look?

But as it happens somebody explained it was not City's doing but the insurance people and the abused men had refused City's compo offer on legal advice.

But I still stand by the fact getting a paedo that supposedly abused these boys to give evidence and btw another chance for him to deny abusing 4 of them, it is not a good look at all.

 

[eyalluvitt]

With regards to your last point, my boys are 13 and City daft. They deal with the normal City-sniping that kids and even daft adults do these days all the time. They ask me about Oil Money and Empty Seats and all that daft kiddie shit regularly and I give them ammo to give back to their armchair fan friends or internet aquaintences.

Yesterday one of them asked me about Adam Johnson, then Robinho and then asked me why all the sex offenders were from City. It broke my heart a bit because they're clearly getting hammered with this from morons. WE are now the frigging "Nonce Club".


Of course I did like any decent Dad would do and told him they were sex offenders everywhere, then told him all about Christiano Ronaldo in some detail just to hammer the point home ;-)

former chairman Martin Edwards resigned from the club in 2002 after spying on a woman in a toilet cubicle at Mottram Hall Hotel near Macclesfield.

Their bond was strengthened in 1989, when United were on what was to prove an ill-advised sunshine break in Bermuda. One night Ferguson received a telephone call from the local police telling him that one of his players, Clayton Blackmore, had been arrested on the strength of an allegation, subsequently dropped, of rape. Ferguson would later remark that Watkins, who accompanied him to the station in Hamilton, “excelled himself in that emergency, working non-stop to secure Clayton’ s release”.

 

[give it to gordon]

Havent read this thread today so I guess something like this has been posted.
I only heard abit of the Jeremy Vine radio show, but it seemed that people were very pleased that the lionesses won 20-nil.

A very different take on a 9-nil victory we were seen as Neanderthals !!

 

[KS55]

What's a strange take?

The bit about having a paedo give evidence on your behalf in court?

Do you really think that is a good look?

But as it happens somebody explained it was not City's doing but the insurance people and the abused men had refused City's compo offer on legal advice.

But I still stand by the fact getting a paedo that supposedly abused these boys to give evidence and btw another chance for him to deny abusing 4 of them, it is not a good look at all.

Not a good look at all, but that is beside the point. The lawyers must give best advice and the insurers have shareholders. If between them it was clear that the case was best served by calling this witness, their duty was to do so.

 

[KS55]

Forgive my ignorance but were all these litigants offered compensation by City and turned it down or does that just apply to some of them? Were any refused a payment by the compensation scheme?

 

[Andy TheCatalyst Morrison]

Extra Orr ....

Very good!

 

[Boo or Boo-urns]

CR37 on the subs bench last week is the opening story on SSN @ 6pm

 

[Bozzie]

Forgive my ignorance but were all these litigants offered compensation by City and turned it down or does that just apply to some of them? Were any refused a payment by the compensation scheme?

Based on Petrusha's post it would appear the redress scheme covered all the known victims. The eight involved now were advised they had a case for 'special damages' in respect of lost and/or diminished potential career and therefore earnings. Presumably they were identified as those most likely to succeed but we don't know by whom.

 

[LesBleuMiserable]

Forgive my ignorance but were all these litigants offered compensation by City and turned it down or does that just apply to some of them? Were any refused a payment by the compensation scheme?

My understanding was that a general pool of money was set aside or will be set aside and those that can demonstrate that they have been abused would receive an award. The current claimant’s don’t fall under the period when Bennel was linked to the club. Others may know better but I would I have assumed if the claimant’s were led to believing Bennel was the Scout of City they have an action. They have gone after City as more generous civil awards. Surely if they have suffered abused there are other government routes to getto the compensation.