A complete and utter disgrace of

Stoopo

My first thought was Gary Speed when I heard Leeds name mentioned.

Some serious dirt could be about to be unleashed.

If the FA have been found to in any way involved by covering up they should be sacked and sent to prison as well.

Sorry but what the hell are people on about?

Our name has been mentioned so there must be something in it?

Are you serious? An allegation is the same as a conviction now is it?

Mentioning the club means nothing, if anything it weakens any possible case against anyone involved as they can claim any case against anyone has been influenced by the media talking about the case.
This guys a clown for mentioning any club involved before the police or anyone legal.

This is something that could be going back to before Speeds time, well I'd say long before, I wonder how many people out there are sitting nervously on triggers hoping they don't get mentioned?..

Hopefully anyone that is mentionable get mentioned sooner rather than later!..

If kids were abused at Leeds and the club didn't put safeguards in place the club deserves to be hauled over the coals there is a duty of care and the club cannot hide behind oh they all hate us.
Equally if it happened and there was institutional collusion with the perpetrators then that needs to come out and those responsible dealt with.
I assume that all the staff who have access to kids nowadays are DBS checked in every club and though this will not stop kids from being abused it reduces the risk.
All we can do is try and safeguard the kids in the system now and in the future and provide support to victims in the past. A robust investigation does no harm if it goes someway towards meeting these twin aims.
If Leeds are implicated so be it.

Mattyp - not sure than simply mentioning Leeds weakens any case as there are no details out there. But completely agree with your assessment of Taylor - a clown who shouldn't have lasted as long as he has. He's neither bright nor particularly competent. It's incredible he's still there.

Scara - whilst you might wish that Leeds had 'safeguards in place', I'd suggest you'd be dreaming to think that any club had such things in the 1980s. The definition of 'duty of care' has gradually changed over the decades.

And I'd also say that when I first read the story, I concluded that it was a case of Taylor opening him mouth when he shouldn't have. I can only assume that there is a link with Leeds that he has heard about, but whether that will be publicised or not, we'll have to wait and see. It was crass, unprofessional and, unless something comes out subsequently, could potentially be viewed as slanderous. He should never have mentioned any club that the press didn't already know about.

I suspect the club's lawyers have been at Elland Road most of the day. Or at least on conference calls.

The issue here is surely mentioning that you're investigating seven clubs, and then naming these clubs. Unless they can provide evidence that we have been involved in such actions then they shouldn't be so quick to point the finger elsewhere. No doubt there are vile people like this in football, but they will be everywhere, not just at seven clubs.

This comes from an association that should surely be on top of such things, not finding out about them twenty years or more later. It shows that the right safeguards were clearly not put in place at the time, and have likely been ignored since. This is just as much a scandal for the FA and their associates, so this just seems like a way to name and shame the clubs as a way of passing the buck.

They could just have said that seven clubs were under investigation, without naming which the clubs they were. This would have been the most prudent and efficient way of having a quiet and unbiased investigation, that wasn't swung by media bias and the like. It is a bit of a farce to have done this in the way that they have.

Nonsense thread. Why shouldn't we accept that our club did wrong? Instead of burying your head in the sand, think about the victims.

Taylor is spot on. The only embarrassing thing about the whole article is that we''re being mentioned in the same breath as Man City. Other than that I hope whoever was involved pays for it with their life. LUFC can then move on.

Hellocunts - I think the thread is pointing out there is no evidence as of yet... if there is proof, then of course you are correct.

comment by Smoking Mad Monk (U21260)
posted 2 hours, 27 minutes ago
Hellocunts - I think the thread is pointing out there is no evidence as of yet... if there is proof, then of course you are correct.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Who says there is no evidence?

Having evidence and putting it out in the public domain are two different things.

Taylor is a useless, overpaid, prat but I think he will have the evidence against the clubs mentioned. If he hasn't then he is liable for his accusations.

Who says there is no evidence?

Having evidence and putting it out in the public domain are two different things.

----

well I havn't heard anything concrete yet, therefore from my perspective... no evidence... if there was, it should be mentioned when artcles like this appear, otherwise its an article with no back up..

Taylor is a useless, overpaid, prat but I think he will have the evidence against the clubs mentioned. If he hasn't then he is liable for his accusations.

--------

Agree Stoopo