Quote: pmarrow "I disagree, it sends a message out to the players or employees of this club that your ok to break the law once but you must behave afterwards. This was a big chance for Pearson IMO to show under his ownership the club has gone more professional and he has failed IMO.'"
you failed to read what the poster had said...'publicly' was the operative word. What goes on behind closed doors is down to FC, I for one do not think it sends the wrong message out in any case, that is what some people may think and they are entitled to their POV.
I think it says that AP isn't Draconian and can take a viewpoint that whilst (in the eyes of the law..which never gets anything wrong ever...
) a big mistake has being made, to cast away a young lad after making that mistake isn't the wholly right thing to do.
Whilst I'd never condone striking another without just cause this case isn't the worst crime ever committed, not by a long stretch (gauging by the judges sentence) .
The amount of vitriol on this forum is incredible, there's no thought of reform, there's no 2nd chance, there's no understanding that by binning someone off at the first sign of trouble it doesn't have a detrimental impact that ranges farther than one can deem imaginable. I imagine how perfect those whom are ready to sack Crookes off, that they are incapable of making mistakes....
I'm not saying Crookes isn't guilty, however the judges one sided, impartial (bigotted) comments spoke volumes to me, judges are very fallible, just as other humans are.
IF the club decide to keep him I hope that he is given guidance to try to ensure he doesn't step of the mark again