This guy is beyond belief...He is Lucky to have played as much as he has for our club as he offers so little. Pathetic. This turd is deluded.
I'd post something on the Bournemouth forum to see what they make of this tit. But they don't seem to have anyone on it from the last time I went on there last week.
There's no reference of his suspension being "without pay" ultimately this makes his suspension a change in job description from footballer to hanger on. The most important requirement is continued employment which he has. Job description is rarely actually a contract and so changing is doesn't require consent. McNally will know what he's doing. The PFA will issue a statement saying that Norwich have been very nasty and Lewis is a good guy trying to do what's right but that will be the extent of their interaction. Norwich will then not comment, which will big of them as I would issue a statement that Lewis is free to bugger himself with a rusty poker is he genuinely feels his actions were a professional action and that we plan on holding him to his contract but as the worlds most expensive toilet cleaner at Carrow road. (This is one of many reasons I don't run the club)
I see LG has decided to get the PFA involved - http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/aug/27/norwich-lewis-grabban-suspended-pfa
He has been suspended, that is all the club has said which is standard procedure for alleged misconduct. I doubt they will have applied sanctions without holding a proper disciplinary meeting, presumably sometime after Tuesday. He will be in touch with the PFA which essentially is his union to seek their support in getting him off, again nothing unusual there. We will likely not find out for a while what actual sanctions will be applied which will likely be a big fine. In truth though I doubt he will get selected again anytime soon
LG is doing what any employee who is a union member would do when in dispute with his employer - seeking advice and support from the union he no doubt pays some fairly hefty fees to. Just because he is doing this does not mean that he is trying to sue the club for loss of earnings (we don't know if he has been suspended without pay or just suspended - given the fact that NCFC have lawyers on retainer the smart money says that they will have done nothing illegal). If any of us break company rules we can be suspended on full pay whilst the investigation is undertaken - I don't think anyone would want it to be illegal to suspend a doctor accused of having a drink problem until the case is proven wither way. that said I still don't rate him as a player and think that he has behaved very poorly considering that his last act of petulance could have cost us automatic promotion last season.
Part of the problem will be that AN appears to be of the SAF school of management. I don't in any way see that as being a bad thing but it won't work with a certain type of player. Can you imagine Sir Alex v Balotelli? I don't see it as a huge problem because we all seem to agree that Grabban isn't a Premiership level striker. Personally I would rather go with either Hooper or RvW.
I would actually pay a great deal of money to watch an Alex Ferguson v Ballotelli man management scenario. Maybe the BBC could consider turning it into a riveting ten parter to oust Downton Abbey from the ratings!
I would certainly like to think so! But footbal clubs are the only big businesses I can think of in the UK where there is a distinct habit of stupid management (as we know only too well). Too much emotion. I hope our club is past that, well run and does things "by the book" - but I wouldn't bet my bottom dollar on it...
I can understand why you might think that, but I probably would bet on it to be honest. I really can't imagine mcnasty or an being that unprofessional. Both always strike me as being absolutely straight up and down, though forthright in their opinions. I'd back them any day of the week to make the right decisions in such cases.
Probably, but I can imagine them being so stubborn and hard-line that it could come across as unprofessional due to the other party becoming frustrated.
Relegation is worse than death??? (I can't imagine him saying anything so stupid and unprofessional again. But we all occasionally engage the mouth before the brain!) Bah!
stubborn and hard line doesn't equal unprofessional in my book. Unprofessional equals refusing to turn out as a sub when selected to do so and walking out on your team mates leaving the team short of options in a cup match.
Agreed. That wasn't his finest hour or the best soundbite for the media, but unprofessional? I don't think so, emotional and committed? Yes
Sorry I've not been clear - when I say "wouldn't bet my bottom dollar" I mean I am not absolutely, 100% certain that the club would do everything by the book. Of all the clubs in the PL, I think we're definitely amongst the best run, so I agree it would be surprising if McNally didn't behave dispassionately and professionally, but I'm just saying that in football even the best-run clubs seem to be capable of doing the inexplicable... Our club, even since McNally has taken the reins, has had a few moments of idiocy. And often it's out of McNally's hands. I can't remember which club it was, but there was a manager (whose expertise is obivously football, not the finer points of employment disciplinary procedure) who made a perfectly sensible decision, but then had to admit that he didn't realise they weren't allowed to do that without jumping through hoops. I'm not for a minute suggesting that Neil has made that sort of mistake, but I wouldn't be surprised if someone other than McNally got a bit trigger happy with emotions running high. Hopefully not, of course. We'll see. It's just possible!
