And the contract? And barrister Katharine Newton, from Old Square Chambers. How much did she charge to conduct an enquiry that never talked to the player in question?
Not disputing your examples, just think in this case, it’s a convenient excuse. Katharine could’ve represented them.
The contract - no idea. Maybe the contract was up for renewal. Imagine the fuss if they hadn’t given her a new contract. Maybe they were advised from a legal basis to give her a renewal.
As for barristers I have been quoted a grand an hour before. Shit hot litigators from one of the big legal firms go for around £600 /h these days, so barristers will be more than that.
The problem with these cases is that we rarely hear the all facts in the correct context. Maybe she has a case, maybe she doesn’t, but she did accept a settlement agreement. who knows.
Fucking hell, that’s double the rate of the last one i had. Long time ago, but didn’t expect double. Maybe he was just shit, I did have to direct him at one point.
Shit reason for dropping her.
How does Tadic ever get a game. Surely his sulking permalook is nailed on grounds for dismissal.
Anyway, as far as i know the contract was offered after she made it clear that she would never play for Sampson again. Her comments about playing for England for another 4 years, seem no more than her stating her career aims, rather than anything to do with what else has gone on.
I heard her interviewed on 5live last night and thought it sounded a bit iffy tbf.
Why did she refuse to be involved in an independent investigation but tell everyone about further"facts" via national media?
I’m of the view that you go to court to air any grievances and if you win then shout it from the rooftops.
Sounds more like sour grapes to me.
The more i read, the more it stinks.
Rarely disagree with you SOS but this is from the left wing equivalent of the daily fail. Not an independent viewpoint. Listen to her being interviewed on t’BBC and you can get a feeling her allegations don’t stack up… I may be doing the woman an injustice and will apologise if subsequently a jury or panel find in her favour (inevitably)
Possibly, but there are a lot of things that don’t add up and there have been other players agreeing, now they can.
My money says this isn’t going away. It’s going to be big. Endemic might be the term used at the end of all this.
Then again, i might be talking bollocks.
Have there been other players agreeing? I have not seen that. I have not read as much as some of you on here but after I saw the interview with Aluko, my first impression was Nope - I don’t buy that.
As has been said, two independent enquiries so far and a “witness” who failed to appear as well as Aluko herself not being fully cooperative. She may well have been paid a lump sum but lots of businesses pay nuisance payments to avoid legal costs, even when they are blameless.
If however others have said the same as Aluko now, it could be very different.
The enquiries were a farce. They said they couldn’t identify a player(lie) and failed to interview an important witness until after(yes after) they had released their findings. They also refuse to release video footage that could prove it one way or another. Why is that?
Asante and Sanderson have both also voiced concerns.
If the enquiry was a farce there needs to be a new and independent enquiry, and pronto.
Daniel Taylor has stuck with this. Sampson must hate him by now.
Interesting, white girls coming to Sampson’s defence or something else???
Interesting, white girls coming to Sampson’s defence or something else???
England striker Jodie Taylor says she was shocked by the bullying allegations against manager Mark Sampson.https://t.co/GxlxRslEWYpic.twitter.com/ph0GvevEzN
— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) September 18, 2017
Really, so just because she’s white you’re implying that Aluko must be right?! Ffs.
Read all the thread - there’s more going on than this.
Soz if that came across as harsh. I do business with the FA and they are honest in their day to day business dealings - stuff that goes on at the coalface, so to speak, I dunno tbf…
think this is a lot like Hillsborough tbh, we need to keep having enquiries till we get the verdict we want. If it takes 30 years to obtain justice for the Ebola 1, then so be it imo.
I’ll leave this here for you guys :-
Players celebrating a goal with their manager. Yeah hugely divisive.