Anyone know whatever happened with that claim from the twat who was hit by a ball at the training ground? Is the ban still on?
Sunderland have been forced to pay compensation to a fan who was knocked out by a stray training ground strike from Djibril Cisse. The un-named supporter was a regular spectator at the Black Cats’ Academy of Light base. He successfully sued the club for what’s believed to be a four-figure sum after he was left briefly unconscious by the off-radar shot from the French striker two seasons ago. Sunderland chairman Niall Quinn revealed: “A fan was hit in the face and the club was sued and ended up with a settlement - that wasn’t good. “We had a supporter who got a bad injury. I think it was one of Djibril Cisse’s misses where he had a shot from 20 yards. It knocked a supporter out. It was quite serious. Sunderland have since closed off training to spectators, and Quinn added: “We had several problems with open training sessions. As soon as something happened, everyone was Twittering and the world knew about it. “It was a problem if there was an injury and it was a problem if word was getting out about how we set up for free-kicks or set-pieces. “And there was also the issue of potentially having a training ground bust-up witnessed. Those sort of things happen at every club from time.” Quinn hopes to find a way to allow spectators back in to see Steve Bruce’s squad train in future, and the Irishman added: “It’s something we’re considering because we want to encourage fans and players to reconnect.”
Fully respect to all Quinny's points there which has just changed my stance. Keep it private I say. Instead, small groups players could visit schools after training, show them some of the training techniques used by modern day footballers then invite them to join in. If they sent out a couple of groups a couple of times a month I don't think it would interfere with training.
Daft tw@t! What do u expect if you stand behind a goal which im guessing he would have been. Surely Cisse's shootings not that bad!
We best not let fans back in, can you imagine the amount of times we'd be sued now we have Danny Graham!
