Walker will most likely be sacked, he'll miss the World Cup and more than likely be out of the game for 2-4 years depending on who you believe. He's let us down and himself down. There's no point sugar coating it - he clearly has a problem if he thinks he can take cocaine in the days leading up to a match. Whether that problem is addiction / mental health or a personality defect is for him to decide. I have some sympathy - I'm a recovering alcoholic. I hope Walker gets the help he needs but that'll start with himself.

As a club/as supporters this situation is incredibly frustrating. Three years in a row now at a critical time of the season substance / booze abuse or poor conduct have come to the fore - it's destabilising for the squad and causes resentment in the group. I hope we get passed that this year and get a couple of wins.

i dont mind folk disagreeing with me. That is the whole point of a forum but i wont have folk calling me a racist etc and assuming things about me. I don't read ANY newspaper, i dont watch all the brainwashing nonsense on tv, i am quite moralistic yes, but i don't think in any way that is a bad thing. Ill informed??? How??? Because i agree with the current law that all drugs are banned and should stay banned? I am NOT racist. I am just not afraid to be non pc. I hate the way muslims treat women and white people. You might not like that but it isn't racist. Black Harlem music as i reffered to is what it is. Its gang orientated music (almost) that influences younger people into thinking gangs, drugs and weapons are cool. Its the same with Compton, Detroit etc. The teenagers in Birmingham and London listening to and copying this garbage. Every week there is a gang related stabbing and i am sorry if this offends your self righteous attitude but they are all black. Everyone can see it but not everyone is afraid to say it. I am afraid that isnt racist. Is the Black Police Federation racist in your eyes? Or the constant barraging in the media that there aren't enough black managers in football. Is that not racist to whites and other ethnicities?

Afraid of youth culture. No they are doing a fine job. I am prejudice about what some people and cultures believe in not what colour their skin is. Take out a dictionary and look up the word racist before you go lavishly brandishing it about in future.

For what it's worth I thought the response to your post was disgusting. As you say we all have a right to disagree with each other, you aired your opinion but the name calling and assumptions were beyond the pale.

That thought passed my mind, I wondered if this coming out affected the players

Just curious where you get this info from if not the papers and TV?

It certainly affected team selection !

Back to the original thread.

Just sack him.

The evidence would suggest otherwise.

You leap from a discussion about drugs, to comments about 'black music' and immigration - that's racist and offensive, whether you like it or not; either circumstance, for the avoidance of doubt, being a matter of absolute indifference to me.

Big difference between disagreeing with someone and outrightly calling them a racist.

Don't forget offensive and ill-informed.

Think this is all getting a bit fired unnecessarily.
Drugs laws exist. People who sell them or possess them (There are exceptions!) are breaking the law.
If Walker is guilty, he should be sacked because he's broken the law and let the club and supporters down.
Unlawfully possessing Cocaine, a class A drug, is a serious offence.

I think our dalliance with troubled souls continues to result in bad publicity for the club especially in the recent history. I think we have made more club statements in the last three seasons than we did in the previous 10.
What would have happened If we had looked to sign chase like some of you suggested because you believe we can usually control their bad behaviour. It is obvious we cannot and it is time we take into consideration a player's history rather than ability or these bad news stories will continue.