So did the club take the rightful moral high ground and fine George for his appearence in court the oher week :confused: ?
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So did the club take the rightful moral high ground and fine George for his appearence in court the oher week :confused: ?
What would it have to do with the club?Quote:
Originally Posted by Cosmo
My company wouldn't fine me or dock my wages if I was in court.
Are you just out to stir things up?
Hope you never have a run in with the law or I'll have to petition your employer to fine you. :rolleyes:
A$$hole.:mad:Quote:
Originally Posted by Cosmo
Not trying to stir it at all - was just wondering if the scumbag got fined by the club. If it happened to Reynolds or Connor it would be plastered all over the place.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peadar
Would it not be very unusual for a professional club in england not to fine a player for something like that? Maybe im wrong
I heard he's appealing it - yes or no?
Just wondering people as ive heard very little about it apart from what i heard was in the echo
Why am i an a**ehole for asking an innocent question?Quote:
Originally Posted by joeSoap
Right, ill drop it if its all supposed to be kept hush hush for some reason :rolleyes:
Honestly wasnt trying to stir it - was just asking as i havent heard it mentioned anywhere bar in the echo :confused:
Pats had a big demonstration about it in Richmond on Friday.
Apologies for the name calling. Its not on, and I'm sorry.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cosmo
I just don't think that bringing this sort of thing up helps anybody, especially the player involved.
They need something to distract them from their football. :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Schumi
But wasnt it in the echo anyway?Quote:
Originally Posted by joeSoap
Fair enough, if someone wants to delete the thread I've no problem with it as as i said it was an innocent query :o
One of our new sponsors is the national safety council and plastered on the roof of the stand is "Don't Srink and Drive"Quote:
Originally Posted by Peadar
Don't wany be seen for stirring but I'd gues the club could sanction him as there's probably something in his contract about "bringing the club into disrepute" or "obeying the laws of the country"
See here. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Peadar
He'd need a job in the first place.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peadar
True, very true - high rate of unemployment in drogheda - thankfully IFSC is creating a few hundred jobs up here in a few months :)Quote:
Originally Posted by pete
Georges court case(s) are public knowledge, did you only just find out?
As the lads have said its not the business of the club to fine in such situations and plus sure Georgie will need all his money now for taxis.
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Originally Posted by Dodge
"Don't Srink and Drive" .... jebus ... them must have been half cut themselves when they put that sign up !! :p
National Safety Council you say !! :D
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Originally Posted by Cosmo
Cosmo..first of all just to say unlucky in your defeat Friday night..oh and pass on my regards to Dan Connor..;)
Have you anything better to say in trying to stir up City fans after Fridays defeat?..Georgie was wrong for drink driving and he payed the penalty..there are a lot more people around that never got caught and made this mistake once or twice in there time also..he made a mistake...i am surprised at you for stooping so low with that thread headline..shame on you Cosmo..thought you seemed to have more about you than that..
He'd probably pass into the back of the net !! :pQuote:
Originally Posted by RedX
And he was doing so well acting the boy and doing his usual time wasting..then he goes along and fcuks everything up for himself...:DQuote:
Originally Posted by A face
He says hello :DQuote:
Originally Posted by RedX
'Georges court case(s) are public knowledge, did you only just find out?'
Yeah, only found out when I was in cork
'there are a lot more people around that never got caught and made this mistake once or twice in there time also'
Totally agree
'he made a mistake'
A very big one at that (is there nobody out there that cork fans give grief to because they made a 'mistake')
'i am surprised at you for stooping so low with that thread headline'
Nothing wrong with the thread headline - when you're the victim of such a crime you might think the same :rolleyes:
But anyway, I'll leave it at that
why are people so defensive about george o'callaghan? i'm a lifelong city fan but i am not a george o'callaghan fan at all. sure, he has some talent but not as much as he thinks he has (nor as much as some of his admrers think he has). He's a good eL player - full stop. Anybody who thinks otherwise should look at his performances (and attitude) against Prague.
personally i think he has all the petulance but none of the talent of the cross-channel players he so deperately would like to be. i doubt if any manager would say the same about george as coppel said about doyle (ie, he trains, he goes home, lovely lad ,etc).
I'm defensive about the notion that players should be double punished just because they play football for a living. Nothing to do with George as such. The courts have dealt with this issue, end of as far as I'm concerned.Quote:
Originally Posted by kingcolers
just my tuppence worth,
there is nothing wrong or inaccurate about the heading of this thread. Anyone who drinks and drives is a scumbag of the highest order.
A neighbour of mine was killed by a drunk driver.
Why is it that Drogheda supporters feel so bitter about his?
You lot didn't actually think George was ever going to sign for you, did you? :D
Shouldn't be brushed under the carpet either. Don't remember everyone jumping to Niall Quinn's defence so quickly. :rolleyes:
btw Peader, alot of people would have their careers effected by stuff like this. Hardly helping the image of Cork City. Luckily for him he got away with not killing anybody.
Patsh, nothing at all to do with him not signing for drogheda. I think it was you I had this debate with before he was linked with us - I think he's over rated and id prefer players like Michael Collins with Portadown before him.Quote:
Originally Posted by patsh
No bitterness either - after he signed for cork I was one of the few drogs that said good luck to him, he did what he had to do for himself and I've no problem with what he did.
What bothered me (apart from the obvious) was the timing of the incident. I think from memory it happened on October 20th 2004. That was just two days before a crucial home match against SPA. We had to take all 3 points to maintain the pressure on Shels. As it turned out, Georgie played a stormer, had a shot on goal blocked by Flynnie, and we won 3-nil with two from Flynnie and one from Billy Woods.
But that is not the point. Having a gallon of beer plus shorts 48 hours before a game is sheer unprofessional lunacy, IMO.
Nice to see your priorities are right anyway
Are you one of those auld fellas who sits in the Donnie Ford and moans about George for the full 90 min and never says anything positive? :p :eek: :confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by kingcolers
George made a mistake. Drink driving is wrong and utterly stupid. He's paid for his mistake and he's got himself sorted out now. He doesn't deserve any more punishment than that. The guy is a class footballer, and since he decided to get his house in order, he's a model pro too.
Sorry Eanna, I have to laugh at that comment :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Éanna
He should also ecpect some stick from opposing fans.
Laugh all you want, god knows being from Louth you need something to cheer you up. George has cleaned up his act since that incident, and he IS a model pro.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cosmo
thankfully pat dolan was around to give the man some guidance and he hasnt drank in years.Quote:
Originally Posted by Macy
Told you that did he? Poor naive Corkies...Quote:
Originally Posted by GavinZac
I do find it ironic that people are on here complaining about being double punished for past crimes. And that we should let it lie. I have to say there certainly is selectiveness in this. Eanna, you are being slightly hypocritical give out about people dragging George's past indiscretion up. Are you not known to do that with a certain other league personlities??Quote:
Originally Posted by Eanna
what, olly's theft conviciton?Quote:
Originally Posted by Gareth
Personally I think that drink-driving should be possibly greeted with a penalty harsher than a suspension from driving for a period of time. But then I feel strongly on this. I don't think he should be fined by the club, in the same why I would not expect to be fined in mine. However I would not be drink driving but thats acedemic. The only way a fine would be imposed and I think its done in England is when you sully the name of the club in misbehaving whilst an employee?
perhaps it should but to be fair, the system is about rewarding rehabilitation rather than just locking people away. george realised his stupidity and changed. of course, he compensated stupidity for ego.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gareth
Prison is a dreadful option. Shame we still have no alternative to it for most crimes. As a person who sees every second of my life as utterly valuable, I couldn't survive a longterm prison sentence. I would go mad.
Even leaving aside some of the crap he gets up to on the pitch, its nice to see you think he's still a model pro after hugging the opposing manager in front of his own fans after drawing 2 all to dent the title hopes ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Éanna