Redcar Rioja 5,872 Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 Just now, CrazyL said: He got done for violent conduct but he looks like he was being quite gentle in the photo? He even used both hands and Patterson didn't seem too distressed over it. Had he done it with most blokes his career would have been finished with both legs broken. At least it was a bloke and not a Marlon King type of assault. When it comes to nasty characters and bad boys of ill repute there does seem to be a bit of an uncomfortable repetitive Boro theme. Link to post Share on other sites
mj south 610 Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 7 minutes ago, MMC said: It's quite surreal really 😂 Genuinely just fondled him twice To be fair Paterson is sending mixed signals with his pornstar moustache 1 5 Link to post Share on other sites
SzilardNemethsCurtains 2,844 Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 2 hours ago, wilsoncgp said: But the circumstances are extremely odd, don't you think? A player is rarely sacked by a club because contracts are pretty airtight against all sorts of situations, the best clubs can often do is fine a player. In this situation there was no messing about, he was gone as soon as they could arrange it. And coming back to what I've said before, this is a player Cardiff staff and fans alike would never have really thought about letting go so it's not like there was any significant desire to get rid of him for footballing reasons. I think it's incredibly odd for a player to be sacked and for the reasons to remain secret. He's done something wrong but nobody but Cardiff and Mendez-Laing himself seems to have any idea what for (though I do agree that Warnock will likely know what has happened too, I imagine given his connection to Cardiff and their players he got in touch soon after it happened to check on him so he has maybe known for a while). Rumours will always grow and gain momentum so long as that secret is kept. Nobody should be sat here ringing him out to dry over something they don't know about but I don't see why rumours should be so easily dismissed either. You can't expect people just to give him the benefit of the doubt just because we don't know exactly what happened. Somebody involved in it, perhaps himself alone, believes he is better off allowing the rumour mill to roll on and not address anything or maybe there is a legal issue that means nobody can talk about it. Either way, I don't think it's helping unless what he did was truly awful. I just don't get why people care, these players are paid to play football that's it. The whole moral argument to whether we should sign players and managers is all a bit odd, if we were that morally judgemental we probably wouldn't have Warnock in charge given his previous. I do get your point about why it's intriguing though, I am more confused by people who don't want players based on off the field issues Link to post Share on other sites
Borodane 6,246 Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 20 minutes ago, Neverbefore said: If we had any moral standards we probably wouldn't have signed fisher either, so I don't think that's a concern of the club right now 1. Do you know what Mendez-Liang did? You must know something for not being willing to give the guy a chance to resurrect his career 2. That fisher incident has got nothing to do with moral standards. Sure it was stupid and freaky but blaming the club for having no moral is a bit excessive to me Link to post Share on other sites
Neverbefore 10,695 Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 2 minutes ago, SzilardNemethsCurtains said: I just don't get why people care, these players are paid to play football that's it. The whole moral argument to whether we should sign players and managers is all a bit odd, if we were that morally judgemental we probably wouldn't have Warnock in charge given his previous. I do get your point about why it's intriguing though, I am more confused by people who don't want players based on off the field issues Well, yeah. That was and is still the main reason I don't want us managed by him. The diabolical football a close second. Link to post Share on other sites
Old Codger 3,039 Posted February 1, 2021 Author Share Posted February 1, 2021 4 minutes ago, mj south said: To be fair Paterson is sending mixed signals with his pornstar moustache But did he turn his head and cough? Link to post Share on other sites
Alves car salesman 152 Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 He now looks like being Boro's only deadline-day addition, with moves for Diedhiou and Kamara having failed to come to fruition. Link to post Share on other sites
Neverbefore 10,695 Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 Just now, Borodane said: 1. Do you know what Mendez-Liang did? You must know something for not being willing to give the guy a chance to resurrect his career 2. That fisher incident has got nothing to do with moral standards. Sure it was stupid and freaky but blaming the club for having no moral is a bit excessive to me Number 1 - it was bad enough to get sacked from a club which normally never happens in football. The fact that it's not come out just makes it more likely to be pretty bad. How can we decide if he's worthy of a second chance if we don't know what he did? Number 2 - that gets reported to the police by the victim and he goes to jail or at very least ends up on a register. It's sexual assual FFS. Link to post Share on other sites
Whoppy 593 Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 One signing is pretty much par for my expectations today, although I was hoping for one extra body not one replacement ideally. Would love an additional player, will keep my fingers crossed! Link to post Share on other sites
Robin Johnson 612 Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 Bottom line is we are not very good at this deadline day malarkey! 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Whoppy 593 Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 Just now, Robin Johnson said: Bottom line is we are not very good at this deadline day malarkey! You got your favourite player Bolasie, don’t be so negative! 7 Link to post Share on other sites
ABH 468 Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 4 minutes ago, Neverbefore said: Number 1 - it was bad enough to get sacked from a club which normally never happens in football. The fact that it's not come out just makes it more likely to be pretty bad. How can we decide if he's worthy of a second chance if we don't know what he did? Derby where willing to give him a chance and they sacked a player for not wearing a seat belt 😁 Link to post Share on other sites
Neverbefore 10,695 Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 Just now, ABH said: Derby where willing to give him a chance and they sacked a player for not wearing a seat belt 😁 On a massive wage and at the end of his career with an injury that would keep him out for a year... Funny how that happened huh haha Link to post Share on other sites
diggerlad07 3,648 Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 I just hope it's only a 6-18month contract with an option Link to post Share on other sites
nunthorpered 1,920 Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 Throwing a Spanner in works for deadline day tradition. The company Mendez Laing is using to travel is based in the Midlands. They travel all over the UK but hoping it’s not a case of Derby is closer 😭 Link to post Share on other sites
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