Admitted to doing it 10pm the night before we played Bristol City in July. Also banned earlier in the season for 3 months
And people are saying we shouldn’t have sacked him.
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Admitted to doing it 10pm the night before we played Bristol City in July. Also banned earlier in the season for 3 months
And people are saying we shouldn’t have sacked him.
Should have sold him the first occasion
I hope he considers using his influence, when he's ready, to help others make better decisions rather than just moving on completely.Quote:
I appreciate all the support I have been given throughout. I now want to leave that period of my life in the past where it belongs.
His sample showed metabolites of cocaine on 09/12/2019 (provisionally suspended on 07/02/2020, formally suspended on 21/04/2020 and 3months were backdated to provisional date) and 04/07/2020. That may help explain why club dismissed him.
So that explains his absence from December 2019 until the suspension of football due to the pandemic.
So with two 3 month suspensions in 8 months I'm not surprised he was sacked.
However, as it was a second offence his ban may have been for much longer had Wada not moved the goalposts in January and specified a three month ban for recreational use so when the club made their decision to sack him it was highly likely he could have been banned for the remainder of his contract.
I wonder if the club are considering the Chelsea/Adrian Mutu route to get compensation for his subsequent speedy return to football.
Wasn’t he sacked by Peterborough for a breach of contract??
Personally I think the club were right for sacking him..don’t think he gave them much choice
The club were spot on.
You have to wonder if we had a big asset on a longer contract if they would have stood by him. Not to say that makes it right or wrong but I think them sacking him also has to consider his length of contract.
It's pretty pathetic he can't stay off it long enough to play a game.