Back him or sack him (Gary Madine).

Bwfc1958 wrote:It's not really a case of booing him if he plays. I don't go to the macron to boo anybody, I just don't agree we should sign him. If he pulls on a whites shirt I want him to do well and behave.

bwfc1874 wrote:You're not that simple Scott, you know exactly why people don't like a footballer who's been convicted of 3 separate assaults.

bwfc1874 wrote:Of course they are, but how does that justify your point?

scottjames30 wrote:

bwfc1874 wrote:Of course they are, but how does that justify your point?

The person or persons that are moaning about having him wear a white shirt will be the ones jumping up and singing his name, when he scores.

i couldn't give a rocket about his past personally.

scottjames30 wrote:

bwfc1874 wrote:Of course they are, but how does that justify your point?

The person or persons that are moaning about having him wear a white shirt will be the ones jumping up and singing his name, when he scores.

i couldn't give a rocket about his past personally.

bwfc1874 wrote:

scottjames30 wrote:

bwfc1874 wrote:Of course they are, but how does that justify your point?

The person or persons that are moaning about having him wear a white shirt will be the ones jumping up and singing his name, when he scores.

i couldn't give a rocket about his past personally.

Have to wait and see, but I still think it's pretty obvious why some aren't happy about signing him.

Sluffy wrote:I guess I'm one of those few then.

I don't know the bloke and I've no say on whom Bolton sign or not but I certainly don't buy into this myth that once someone as served their 'time', then they are now a completely reformed character.

If that was indeed the case why then can't convicted paediophiles ever work with children again, or thieves work in banks, or drunk/drug taking drivers work on public transport, etc, etc?

He's clearly not a kid anymore and has a string of fairly recent convictions - so what makes people think he still not the same person who was going around hitting people just a year or two ago?

If I had ever done anything like that during my career I know my employment would have been contractually terminated for bringing my employers into disrepute - and more telling - would become unemployable throughout my industry.

I can only think of sport - football in particularly - where people place more value on what can do, to the exclusion of everything else.

Clearly in the case of Ched Evans, several clubs would willingly have signed a convicted rapist, much to the disgust of their own fan base!  It was only when the clubs sponsors suddenly started to pull out that the clubs 'suddenly' started to see things differently.

I also don't buy into this bullshit attitude about 'he might be a knob but at least he's our knob' thinking.

Many said this about Diouf - the drunk driver and wife beater (his wife withdrew charges before it went to court).

So it's alright to hit women and be a potential killer on the road just because he plays for 'our' club.

Bollocks it is, that's just the reasoning of a child - a very immature one at that.

It certainly won't be a proud moment in the history of the club if we do sign Madine in my oponion.

Might as well sign up Luke McCormack at the same time as we are a bit short of a keeper at the moment.

y2johnny wrote:

Sluffy wrote:I guess I'm one of those few then.

I don't know the bloke and I've no say on whom Bolton sign or not but I certainly don't buy into this myth that once someone as served their 'time', then they are now a completely reformed character.

If that was indeed the case why then can't convicted paediophiles ever work with children again, or thieves work in banks, or drunk/drug taking drivers work on public transport, etc, etc?

He's clearly not a kid anymore and has a string of fairly recent convictions - so what makes people think he still not the same person who was going around hitting people just a year or two ago?

If I had ever done anything like that during my career I know my employment would have been contractually terminated for bringing my employers into disrepute - and more telling - would become unemployable throughout my industry.

I can only think of sport - football in particularly - where people place more value on what can do, to the exclusion of everything else.

Clearly in the case of Ched Evans, several clubs would willingly have signed a convicted rapist, much to the disgust of their own fan base!  It was only when the clubs sponsors suddenly started to pull out that the clubs 'suddenly' started to see things differently.

I also don't buy into this bullshit attitude about 'he might be a knob but at least he's our knob' thinking.

Many said this about Diouf - the drunk driver and wife beater (his wife withdrew charges before it went to court).

So it's alright to hit women and be a potential killer on the road just because he plays for 'our' club.

Bollocks it is, that's just the reasoning of a child - a very immature one at that.

It certainly won't be a proud moment in the history of the club if we do sign Madine in my oponion.

Might as well sign up Luke McCormack at the same time as we are a bit short of a keeper at the moment.