Robinson

There is one other option.

He is innocent until proven guilty by a court of law. On those grounds we should have never suspended him and so he should be playing.

This can obviously be reassessed when he he charged and the trial is over.

I find it odd that we now seem to live in a world where people are viewed as guilty without a charge or trial.

If the player doesn't want to play then he should do the honourable thing and resign.

 

Aye - but then there's always a Jordan Pickford somewhere who does live up to the hype.

 

Workplace legislation provides for disciplinary offences to be judged on the balance of probabilities, rather than beyond reasonable doubt. And interim measures before judgement can very depending on how an offence relates to dealing with the public or other work colleagues. Suspension until judgement is quite normal for cases where normal employment cannot realistically be continued due to the impact on others. You can even legally be dismissed in some instances where no offence can be proven but something has happened that makes it impossible to work with colleagues or the public (though a transfer to alternative employment with the same employer would normally be attemped first). Without knowing the details of the case, one cannot confim that the interim measure of suspension is reasonable or not but I'll bet the PFA and some lawyers have already had a pretty good look at the case and they'll have details we don't have. Such workplace disciplinary details are usually confidential and not for public consumption as most court proceedings are.

 

He is holding his own in the Championship and hope he succeeds - but he struggled at Wigan and Bolton at that level. The point I was making at the time, he stood out as a great player but he was playing in L1. For folk to say he would be a future England player based on that assessment was over the top.

Bilic/West Ham may have gotten it wrong over him, he could well push on and become one but he wasn't even capped at U21 level.

 

Yep. There are loads if you care to search. One police officer was suspended for 9 years whilst under investigation first for criminal and then for disciplinary purposes. Cleared of all things.

 

Nearly a year.

Dragging now. Think am I starting to agree with what @Park bantam said about how long it's taking.

It's not seeming fair now. I know it might be a serious thing but either charge or don't charge.

 

It's a very serious alleged offence. There are also duty of care issues to other employees and visitors, as well as the clubs own code of conduct to consider.

It's pretty commonplace to suspend someone pending investigation when serious offences are alleged. The club have had no other choice on this.

I don't think we'll see him in a City shirt again.