Re: Players next yearTu : Wed Oct 12, 2016 8:34 pm  

Dave K. wrote:

He has given everything on the pitch, he is out of contract, if the rest of your players but the same about of effort then you wouldn't be relegated.

Deserved to choose who he plays for and just because Rovers did what any club would have done, doesn't he should stay with them.

How many times have you actually seem him play for us to make another sweeping statement

Re: Players next year : Wed Oct 12, 2016 8:34 pm  

Mild Rover wrote:

We could have suspended him (on full pay) until it was resolved, but to release him we'd have had to pay out the rest of his contract.

Once the charges were dismissed, he was entitled to go about his business like anybody else. If the club helped him out, he owes them thanks.

I'm not massively impressed with him, but based on my knowledge of the situation, I think it's best if everybody just moves on.

What I am impressed with is Lunt-Blair-Minns-Scruton. That is a really good start in building a squad to do what we want to do.

Good, Rovers need to forget about the past and move on, outbursts from Hudge like this and ones aimed at fans won't help you move forward

Re: Players next yearTu : Wed Oct 12, 2016 8:36 pm  

fun time frankie wrote:

How many times have you actually seem him play for us to make another sweeping statement

A few, I've been impressed with him on TV and the derby from games, although I'd hope not as many as you.

Do you not agree he is one of your better forwards? If not what's the big fuss with him leaving?

Re: Players next year : Wed Oct 12, 2016 8:37 pm  

Dave K. wrote:

Sticking by him, they didn't have a choice, had they sacked him, they would have had to pay him a whole load of compensation.

At the same time Rovers stuck by Walker Sunderland were being panned by the press and safeguarding services for sticking by Adam Johnson. Sunderland were being threatened with legal action by the victim.

So yes Rovers did stick there neck out for Walker. They had no idea where it would go legally or if more charges would be brought as often are in these cases. He's a classless pr#ck and you're a wum.

Re: Players next year : Wed Oct 12, 2016 8:39 pm  

[quote="Dave K."]
You said they didn't have a choice I said they did what's that got to do with me not knowing anything about employment law as mild rover pointed out they did have a choice

Re: Players next year : Wed Oct 12, 2016 8:42 pm  

Burtons Forearm wrote:

At the same time Rovers stuck by Walker Sunderland were being panned by the press and safeguarding services for sticking by Adam Johnson. Sunderland were being threatened with legal action by the victim.

So yes Rovers did stick there neck out for Walker. They had no idea where it would go legally or if more charges would be brought as often are in these cases. He's a classless pr#ck and you're a wum.

If you there think I'm a WUM you don't know me very well, just because I don't agree with (which is fine) it doesn't make me a WUM.

Rovers played Walker as they needed him to play, was it best for him to play with fans of other clubs calling him all kind of names?

Your anger should be aimed at others at the club.

Re: Players next yearTu : Wed Oct 12, 2016 8:43 pm  

Dave K. wrote:

A few, I've been impressed with him on TV and the derby from games, although I'd hope not as many as you.

Do you not agree he is one of your better forwards? If not what's the big fuss with him leaving?

I'm not going to lie yes he was one of the better forwards but he's replaceable wheras Blair and Lunt would have been a lot harder to replace them two along with Greenwood were the three I'd hoped we could keep

Re: Players next year : Wed Oct 12, 2016 8:44 pm  

[quote="fun time frankie"]

That's fair enough I thought you meant sacking him, so why didn't they suspend him, whose best interests was for him to play?g

Re: Players next yearTu : Wed Oct 12, 2016 8:45 pm  

fun time frankie wrote:

I'm not going to lie yes he was one of the better forwards but he's replaceable wheras Blair and Lunt would have been a lot harder to replace them two along with Greenwood were the three I'd hoped we could keep

Again fair enough, he's a decent prop who wants to play SL, I can't blame him for that.

[Mild Rover]

Re: Players next year : Wed Oct 12, 2016 8:47 pm  

Dave K asked 'I wonder why?'

Well, players facing criminal charges have carried on playing for us and other clubs a number of times. Sometimes even after convictions, though there's usually then a punishment suspension.

The question then is more 'why would they suspend him?', and that comes down to the nature of the allegations, and the potential for reputational damage - like Sunderland suffered as a result of not suspending Adam Johnson. Presumably Rovers made a judgement that it was unlikely that a court would find Walker guilty, as proved to be the case.