Just been reading her quotes on resigning. I feel for her to be honest. She seems to have taken it very personally, and i'm not sure she's done anything wrong. If Sunderland had sacked him when he was first charged, i'm sure a lot of people would have been saying 'innocent until proven guilty'. How is it her fault, that he pleaded not guilty then changed his plea? Will be interesting to see how the next Club deals with one of their players getting arrested..
Was thinking the same tbh, he lied through his teeth and they took him at his word, and as the law of the land is innocent until proven guilty I can't see that she has a lot to answer for, they ditched him as soon as he admitted it.
She saw all the evidence against him nearly a year ago. She knew what he'd done regardless of what he said. http://www.theguardian.com/football...signs-sunderland-chief-executive-adam-johnson
That puts a totally different slant on it, that's not an error of judgement, it was just plain wrong. Shows how low some folk will sink when they think they are at risk of losing money through relegation though., ( ironic really cos it looks like its now costing her 600 grand a year!)
£663,000 a year she was on. Who offers somebody a job and sets the wage at £663,000? Excuse me sir, how much is this Ferrari? Well I'm glad you asked good sir, it's one million, two hundred thousand and sixty four pounds and twelve pence. Oh yes, that's the big issue here
Worse than that, she was Sunderland's lawyer and is or was (not sure if still is) a member of the premier leagues legal advisory group
She's Irish, so her salary was possibly negotiated in Euros, and that figure is the -to pound conversion Just a theory like. Maybe she's Celino-ey numbers wise
Didn't realise that he's been without a club for nearly 3 years. Looks like nobody will touch him now. I'm sure dem blades could do with his help. Sent from my I-Oven using the internets
I feel fairly confident in saying that in the same situation Ben would have immediately suspended him pending the outcome.
They didn't have to sack him but under the circumstances the club should have done what almost every other business would have done and suspended him until the matter was cleared up one way or another. It looks like another example of football being morally bankrupt and putting results before the right thing to do.
