United Thread - 2022/23

[MarsLlama]

Did I read it right that her dad was on the rag cunts side in it all?

Yep. 'Nice lad'.

 

[SouthStandStander]

He cant be allowed to play again. Imagine the issues that will cause in the dressing room alone. Surely they have to terminate his contract.

 

[MCFC1993]

Charges dropped doesn't mean he's innocent. The recordings were awful. United would be fucking idiots to bring him back.

 

[jacko74]

Varane retiring from International football... is it my imagination or do a large number of rag players retire from International duties at a relatively young age?

Under the pisscan it always felt like a lot of rag players retired early from International football and I always assumed it was down to him bullying and pressuring them into doing so.

 

[mccity]

Unfuckinbelievable, After listening to that recording how on this planet has he got away with it.

I think the problem was that Greenwood's partner was unwilling to testify. So as long as the defence team could come up with some remotely plausible excuse for the incident, there would be no grounds to pursue the case.

 

[waspish]

Greenwood off probably someone paid off and he be back in the rag team come summer preseason no doubt!

 

[FightLikeAGirl]

I love being a woman sometimes. Good luck to anyone who ever gets abused by a footballer. The law won't protect you.

I wonder if his girlfriend was pressured into dropping the charges.

 

[Main Stand Hotdog]

Not sure that's the lesson I would take from this mate. Think this is a tale of the horrors of domestic abuse more than anything. Ultimately (I believe) it's the actions of the girl and her family since the incident that will have made prosecution extremely difficult. That's not to say it's her fault of course.

There can't be many cases of successfully sentencing someone for domestic abuse when the victim is still in a relationship with the abuser, surely?

Well said. I feel genuinely bad for the poor girl, between Greenwood, the case being in the national media and her own fucking Dad who seemed to want to play the whole thing down, she really didn't stand a chance.

 

[Aba452]

Greenwood from what I can see, the coercive control charges haven't been dropped? Happy to be corrected on this

 

[BlueMoonRisin’]

He cant be allowed to play again. Imagine the issues that will cause in the dressing room alone. Surely they have to terminate his contract.

When he was arrested United issued this statement -

He remains suspended by the club, pending the outcome of the judicial process.

I look very much doubt that they will allow him to play again though.