GordonS Posted April 6, 2019 Author Share Posted April 6, 2019 5 hours ago, King Kebab said: Didn't see this, who was he talking about??? Adam Johnson, just out of prison after serving half of a six year sentence for grooming and sexual activity with a 15 year old. Apparently any fan calling him a paedo for being a convicted paedo would be like racist abuse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derry Alli Posted April 6, 2019 Share Posted April 6, 2019 21 hours ago, GordonS said: I'm waiting on his mea culpa interview to clear this whole mess up. "Look don't get me wrong, some of my best friends are paedophiles." Gordon Strachan is Philpy?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherrif John Bunnell Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 Punted by Sky https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/apr/07/gordon-strachan-will-not-appear-on-sky-again-after-adam-johnson-remarks?CMP=share_btn_tw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagfox Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 1 hour ago, Sherrif John Bunnell said: Punted by Sky https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/apr/07/gordon-strachan-will-not-appear-on-sky-again-after-adam-johnson-remarks?CMP=share_btn_tw Good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The DA Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 1 hour ago, Sherrif John Bunnell said: Punted by Sky https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/apr/07/gordon-strachan-will-not-appear-on-sky-again-after-adam-johnson-remarks?CMP=share_btn_tw Neanderthal views. Apologies to all Neanderthals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Rubin Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 Strachan's view is he's done the crime, been sentenced, and served the time. Suggesting that he should be allowed to progress with his life isn't that controversial. The analogy is crass and isn't comparable but isn't a reason to fire the guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pandarilla Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 I wonder if sky spoke to him first, before making this decision. Surely Strachan regrets the way he worded that. It makes no sense. If he is choosing that hill to die on (to steal bairnardo's suggestion), that would be very strange indeed. But surely he needs to clarify what he meant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Moomintroll Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 Strachan's view is he's done the crime, been sentenced, and served the time. Suggesting that he should be allowed to progress with his life isn't that controversial. The analogy is crass and isn't comparable but isn't a reason to fire the guy. F**k, I agree with you. Strachan was correct in what he said but he phrased it somewhat clumsily. I am sure Johnson will get a gig in the Middle East or China at some point soon, the US will be a closed book for obvious reasons. What he did was utterly reprehensible but in the eyes of the law he has been rehabilitated so should be free to gain employment where there is no risk of re offending. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 Fergie has a lot to answer for creating Willie Miller’s business acumen, Alex McLeish’s hatred of drink and Gordon Strachan’s social awareness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 Strachan's view is he's done the crime, been sentenced, and served the time. Suggesting that he should be allowed to progress with his life isn't that controversial. The analogy is crass and isn't comparable but isn't a reason to fire the guy. He was fucked as soon as he mentioned Johnson in that context tbh, regardless if he had somehow, against all form, eloquently made some perfectly constructed point. He didnt though, he brought up a paedo in the context of comparing abuse of him for the crime of being a paedo to abuse of someone for being born a different colour. His wording didnt help either. Probably what annoyed me most about it. Typical auld goat rambling in the pub style "THE WHOLE RACISM THING!"The 'racism thing" being young sportspeople being openly racially abused in football stadiums and over social media etc. Strachan maybe didnt say anything racist, but he showed where he places the importance (or not) of racism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshmallo Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 18 minutes ago, Moomintroll said: 33 minutes ago, Billy Rubin said: Strachan's view is he's done the crime, been sentenced, and served the time. Suggesting that he should be allowed to progress with his life isn't that controversial. The analogy is crass and isn't comparable but isn't a reason to fire the guy. Strachan was correct in what he said but he phrased it somewhat clumsily No he wasn't, not even close. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drs Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 21 minutes ago, Moomintroll said: 36 minutes ago, Billy Rubin said: Strachan's view is he's done the crime, been sentenced, and served the time. Suggesting that he should be allowed to progress with his life isn't that controversial. The analogy is crass and isn't comparable but isn't a reason to fire the guy. but in the eyes of the law he has been rehabilitated No, no he hasn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parsforlife Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 Strachan's view is he's done the crime, been sentenced, and served the time. Suggesting that he should be allowed to progress with his life isn't that controversial. He could have simply argued this point. As you say it isn’t something massively controversial to state that Johnston should be allowed to play again and discuss the thinking that clubs, managers and potential team mates when considering signing him. See ched Evans, David goodwillie , Alan Lithgow, Craig Thomson etc,Absolutely none of this has anything to do with the current debate over dealing with the racism issues, bringing it up and suggesting if we’re going to deal with racism that we should be talking about protecting players from being abused for their criminality is bonkers and clearly unacceptable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sydney Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 Just seen this. Jesus, that’s bad. Wtf was he thinking? I can imagine what point he was trying to get across but his analogy is just so wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Rubin Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/47845680 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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