Arsene Wenger believes Marlon King still has a future in football once he serves his prison sentence.As what? A groundskeeper?
...Arsenal boss Wenger said: 'I believe that you have justice and it’s not my justice, it’s the justice England has decided to apply to any case.Let's recap on this case, shall we? This is a man who has been 'forgiven' again and again and again:
'When he has paid his sentence, of course you would consider it (signing King). That means you would never forgive anybody anything his whole life.
'When he paid his sentence some clubs, if they want, they will take him.’
It also emerged that King - who intends to appeal -had 13 previous convictions, including theft, assault and wounding, and he will be sacked by Wigan Athletic.So, it's not like he's being hounded after a first offence, is it? And let's not forget the sort of people he pals around with, and their view of the justice system. Is any club going to take on that kind of risk?
But Arsene is quick to avoid any issue of his job being at fault:
Wenger said: 'That he is a football player or isn’t a football player has nothing to do with what Marlon King did. He’s an individual.Nothing to do with it? Really?
Let's just remind ourselves of the words of Latics chairman Dave Whelan:
'We will not tolerate football players who get sent to jail for 18 months. As far as we are concerned, he is finished with football at Wigan Athletic.'Do any of these football managers not think that by tolerating anything and everything up to this arbitrary sentence that they are simply giving these people license to behave as they wish, with no fears of any consequences?
He is an asshole, pure and simple.
ReplyDeleteWhat the FUCK has his "footballing" hobby to do with anything?
Wenger's probably right about what will happen, albeit not what should happen.
ReplyDeleteWhen King is released he will get another club not because he deserves it but because the value of player like that is considerable if he can make the difference between promotion and relegation.
Lee Hughes, the footballer who killed someone when he crashed into another car and ran off whilst drunk and high is playing again after serving a couple of years in prison.
As the law stands, it doesn't follow that his criminal record should debar this man from getting a job as a professional footballer.
ReplyDeleteOur libertarian instincts should make us feel quite comfortable with this state of things.
Whether any football club would want to give him a job is another question entirely.
Quite aside from his footballing prowess, with 13 or 14 previous convictions, his potential for damaging the reputation and financial well-being of any club that might hire him is clearly tremendous.
Surely we can trust the marketplace of clubs and players to address this problem.
King is compelled to insult, threaten, assault and injure people.
ReplyDeleteLibertarian instincts may extend to finding him a place in the police - where those inclinations can be fostered and pursued 'legally'.
As what? A groundskeeper?
ReplyDeleteNow, now. :)
If you went to your local park on a Sunday morning with the kiddys, and saw 10 men dressed in shorts playing with their balls, you would, quite rightly call the police. But THIS mother fekin arsehole wanker gets PAID to do it???????
ReplyDeleteI have also heard that if you add the I.Q of EVERY player to the I.Q of every fan, the sum you come to is LESS than the I.Q of the ball, AND their life is ALSO of less worth.
VonSpreuth
ReplyDeleteSettle, petal. I'm a fan of the game and I'd happily see Marlon King strapped to a chair and kicked down a stairwell.
17,000 times.
strapped to a chair and kicked down a stairwell.
ReplyDeleteI think we could beon the same wave length. Fancy a pint?
Always, Von Spreuth, always. Real ale if they have it, good German bier of any description if not, and Guinness as a failsafe. Cheers.
ReplyDeleteNow that we've established a rapport, am I an exception to your rule about those interested in football?
Best laugh of this case is as the sentence was announced in court one of King's supporters/family shouted from the public gallery 'this is institutionalised racism'!
ReplyDeleteSay no more.
staybryte said...
ReplyDeleteNow that we've established a rapport, am I an exception to your rule about those interested in football?
Grudgingly. ;-))
"Wenger's probably right about what will happen, albeit not what should happen. "
ReplyDeleteSadly true, though Laurence is hopefully right about clubs having to weigh up the downside...
"Surely we can trust the marketplace of clubs and players to address this problem."
Let's hope so. And let's hope he isn't a very good player.
"Say no more."
Indeed. One of the more bizarre court outbursts...
I thought that this might have been a drunken 'one off', but by all accounts he has been doing this sort of thing for ages.
ReplyDeleteI wonder how many other times he wasn't caught