Fair comment

Missed it the first time





Nah - regardless of any alleged private mumblings publicly Ben has not apologised to club or victim, - depspite what the club has said on his behalf - and certainly not before the club's statement the other day.

But please find the quotes to prove me wrong - I'm very open minded

Mods?

Mods?

Missed this bit as well?

At this time, neither the Club nor Ben’s advisors consider it appropriate for him to make any public comment at all on this matter


There couldnt have been a more honest and detailed statemet. It reflects the horror of Bens actions, unlike some clubs for instance who give out statements claiming:

“This matter will be dealt with as per our internal disciplinary policy.

“That procedure will be made private and confidential. There will be no further comment to the media”.

This isn't the FC board, pal.

Back O/T. The HDM has, unfortunately, become synonymous with this kind of journalism in recent times, ever since Meehan became editor, it seems. They aggressively pursue the angles, and have been known to target certain people and print every little bit of negativity they can cobble together (my boss included!)

I stopped reading it a long time ago. It's gash.

Whilst yelling for our mods, maybe you could yell at yours about this post:

no no no thats not s**t coming outta morgans mouth its th excess co***ne that was left from hi n**e so he looks like he has rabies lol



Indeed, some of the messages posted are

Don't get me wrong, I for one am disgusted with what Ben did, I have said previously that he should have done time for it (regardless of the circumstances before the attack, he went too far.)

Baring the above in mind, I have also said I'm happy with the way the club have responded to the incident. Unlike other clubs in the same situation, he has been punished yet also been made to seek professional rehabilitation. For me this is a real show of personal commitment by the club to help Ben be a better person, to sack him would have been the easy way out!

Even though I am disgusted with what Ben did the Mail is printing sensationalist tripe! Fair do's run the story, but to then go at it again, when to be fair, what is left to be said? Nothing so they print a bit of crap that contradicts things previously reported



It does come over as a bit of a personal witch hunt to be fair.

Now let me give my opinion on Mr Thompson, what an idiot!

1) He has previously said Ben had offered an apology, which clearly was not excepted.

2) =red:1nouzkcpHe:1nouzkcp approached Ben to let him know that if Ben =red:1nouzkcpPAYED HIM MONEY:1nouzkcp he would drop the charges. Yeah, he clearly wanted the right kind of justice didn't he, not!!!!!!!!!

Then he shows his true lack of morals and intelligence by having a public rant about everyone being to lenient with Ben.





Did he really think just cause he wasn't prosecuted for perverting the cause of justice, that it automatically wipes the memory of it from the public domain?



Now just for Mrs B and co..............

As previously stated by another poster, when the case was first reported, the club did come out and say how sorry Ben was for the incident. By the sound of it Mrs B wants Ben to seek her out and give her a personal apology



imo just goes to show how pathetic she can be (awaits the digging up of a two year old post







)

Yes Raynor made a public apology for what he had done (funny I missed the mails two day 8 page report on his crime

) then went on to doing something dodgy with ink cartridges, how heartfelt his apology of disgracing the club must have been, NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And for what it is worth, Raynor did not show remorse for what he had done, it was focused on how he was sorry for letting down the fans and embarrassing the club! Yet, you lot lapped it up, not because he had done the right thing, but because it gratified your over weaning ego's.

In short, I DO NOT support what Ben has done, but some of you black and whites have SERIOUS double standards.

He doesn't need to apologize to me, he hasn't done anything to me. What I am interested in is how he responds to his second chance. I for one hope he grabs it with both hands and becomes a more controlled person, only time will tell.

Rant over, thank fook

Can't believe their coverage/suggestion that we're all gonna desert the club because of the 'saga'!

Anyone who does that is not a true fan IMO - no one player is bigger/more important then a club, and never will be.

correct they didnt do nothing wrong either

Throughout this whole sagea - I have controlled my urges to post - however I wish to thank Reeny Robin for doing this for me - now lets close this and look forward to the best and only real Derby in Super League

You're still posting the same old blinkered crap, eh, Reeny?

Cockayne is a thug and the HDM wont stop until they make sure EVERYBODY knows what this scum bag did to that poor fella. By the time the papers are done with him, he'll wish he was in prison the stupid !

You are John Meehan and i claim my free copy of "Teach yourself sensationalist journalism".

Especially for you- hope you read it before mummy tucks you into bed.

Which bits were blinkered crap then? Sounded pretty sensible to me.

You clown

Oh dear, upset that we've beaten you... again ...

You lost , let it go , what did gareth Raynor do to "that poor bouncer" ?...oohhh he racially attacked him and tried to gouge his eyes out...oohhh , =red[size=200LOSERS[/size

Please, pray tell, what part of my post was blinkered?

Don't make a point if you can't back it up sunshine