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Post by LeedsWCFC on Apr 20, 2010 13:27:54 GMT
This thread has been removed (at least temporarily). Those who have read it will know why.
I suggest that its contents are no longer discussed here until the club has decided how they wish to deal with the matter.
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Post by city4evaa on Apr 20, 2010 13:29:30 GMT
Fair Enough Boss
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Post by pedant on Apr 20, 2010 13:30:02 GMT
Well done Kieran.
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Post by city4evaa on Apr 21, 2010 12:59:15 GMT
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Post by JohnInglisIsGod on Apr 21, 2010 13:24:15 GMT
Good to see the club deal with this so promptly and for the manager to put out the resulting message too. His explanation sounds a bit wooly (only my opinion ) but if the club are happy and have fully investigated (even if done quickly) then i'm fairly happy with the way they have dealt with it. Not sure they could do much else really but it will probably be taken into account when contracts are renewed (or not renewed as case may be?)
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Post by Deleted on Apr 21, 2010 14:09:37 GMT
Nice to see all the apologies to Mr Meredith from those who had him tried and sentenced based on a bit of hearsay!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 21, 2010 14:18:26 GMT
While I think the internet is a wonderful thing and has many positives (such as this message board) this shows how a few stupid remarks or rumours can cause immeasurable damage.
P.S. I heard that Dave Boddy was a brilliant chairman.
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Post by niels on Apr 21, 2010 14:47:12 GMT
His explanation sounds a bit wooly JIG. I went through the whole history of his Facebook page yesterday and there was no suggestion anywhere that he held those kind of views. The only vaguely political things were support for an army chum off to Afganistan, the army in general (help for Heroes kind of stuff) and poor children in Africa. I abhore racism, although I have recently been branded one myself on this message board, and have challenged such views from time to time inside St George's Lane. There are usually signs that someone holds such views in their normal conversation but I saw no evidence of that in 3 years of Jake Meredith's Facebook activity.
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Post by canalender on Apr 21, 2010 14:48:46 GMT
Nice to see all the apologies to Mr Meredith from those who had him tried and sentenced based on a bit of hearsay! Hardly hearsay, at the end of the day the quotes were on his Facebook page. That said I'm impressed with the speed and the clarity of the response from the club and wish Jake all the best. Lets hope he plays a blinder on Saturday.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 21, 2010 15:28:00 GMT
well no, people accused him only based on branigans post. anyway it was just childish jinx dealt with by the club in a sensible manner. Well done Carl for putting the lid on this quickly.
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Post by JohnInglisIsGod on Apr 21, 2010 17:33:34 GMT
well no, people accused him only based on branigans post. anyway it was just childish jinx dealt with by the club in a sensible manner. Well done Carl for putting the lid on this quickly. well no.....I think if you read the message from Carl H that he does admit to having these things on his facebook page (so when you delete a post it must remove the history too even back 3 years) but he says he didnt put them there and a work colleague confirms this fact too. He said he removed them immediately which is the correct action and has distanced himself from them comments too I quote "He has admitted that the alleged comments did appear on his Facebook page but further explained that he was not responsible for them. Contrary to all sound advice he, while at work, had left his computer while still logged in. During the time he was away from it a work colleague made alterations and additions to his profile which were of a wholly unacceptable nature. The player was unaware of the changes made until alerted to them by another Worcester City player who had seen them. He was horrified to see what had been said, purportedly by him, and immediately removed the offending comments. His explanation has been corroborated by the work colleague responsible who had mistakenly thought there was a humorous aspect to what he had done."It is sorted now thanks to quick action from the new regime (wonder what Boddy would have done about it?) and I too hope he plays a blinder Saturday and can help us stay out of the bottom 3
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Post by Deleted on Apr 21, 2010 18:31:36 GMT
if you read Wilding is Gods post where he quoted brannigan, you'll see that he formed his opinion NOT based on what was on Facebook, but by what brannigan said, nothing more that hearsay.
no one on here branded him a racist based on what they'd read on Facebook, only by what they heard from brannigan. OIts these people who owe him an apology.
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Post by city4evaa on Apr 21, 2010 18:51:50 GMT
i Have no reason to apologize it his stupid fault that he forgot to logout
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Post by Deleted on Apr 21, 2010 18:57:39 GMT
so you stand by your comment that Mr Meredith is a racist then?
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Post by city4evaa on Apr 21, 2010 18:59:36 GMT
nah but i ent sorry for saying it
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Post by sheffield on Apr 21, 2010 19:18:36 GMT
ent?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 21, 2010 19:22:18 GMT
nah but i ent sorry for saying it So now you're saying you don't think he's a racist, but you're happy to call him one anyway!
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Post by city4evaa on Apr 21, 2010 19:33:32 GMT
nah but i ent sorry for saying it So now you're saying you don't think he's a racist, but you're happy to call him one anyway! Your twisting my words , i want a solicitor
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Post by city4evaa on Apr 21, 2010 19:36:55 GMT
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Post by brannigan on Apr 21, 2010 22:10:58 GMT
I made the accusations against Meredith & maybe I can end this thread. What I saw the other night on his facebook profile totally shocked me. I have fought against racism all my life and was not just going to ignore what i saw. With hindsight I should have contacted the club rather than posting the issue on this messageboard. However I am not going to apologise as I feel I have nothing to apologise for. Niels, if you saw what I saw you may have done the same thing. By the time everyone looked up Facebook the offending details had been deleted. I accept his explanation and apology. Obviously he's got some some strange work colleagues - if something like this had happened at my workplace that person would be disciplined. Maybe Meredith needs to delete one further bit of info on his Facebook profile ' Im jake,and im a f**k**g boring simple t**t'. Sorry mate that seems to sum you up at the moment.
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Post by voiceofreason on Apr 21, 2010 23:33:02 GMT
Is there a link to JM's Facebook page? Otherwise it rather sounds a storm in a teacup. And best forgotten, at least until after Saturday.
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Post by pedant on Apr 22, 2010 7:40:37 GMT
So now you're saying you don't think he's a racist, but you're happy to call him one anyway! Your twisting my words , i want a solicitor You may just need a solicitor! jcp is not twisting anything. You jumped in and called a man a racist based on information you had not seen yourself and without giving him the opportunity to explain the situation. Now you refuse to apologise. If you really are 18 and not 8, act like a man and issue an apology.
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Post by city4evaa on Apr 22, 2010 7:43:26 GMT
Your twisting my words , i want a solicitor You may just need a solicitor! jcp is not twisting anything. You jumped in and called a man a racist based on information you had not seen yourself and without giving him the opportunity to explain the situation. Now you refuse to apologise. If you really are 18 and not 8, act like a man and issue an apology. Is Anybody Going to make me apologize? i think not ,
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Post by pedant on Apr 22, 2010 7:47:15 GMT
As I expected. 18 years of age, but still a stupid little child.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 22, 2010 7:53:34 GMT
So now you're saying you don't think he's a racist, but you're happy to call him one anyway! Your twisting my words , i want a solicitor Finally you've said something eminently sensible. Those could be very wise words and actions.
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Post by city4evaa on Apr 22, 2010 8:00:10 GMT
As I expected. 18 years of age, but still a stupid little child. You Dont Know Me So Why judge me?? Just because i wont apologize :L lighten up
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Post by Deleted on Apr 22, 2010 8:04:43 GMT
I made the accusations against Meredith & maybe I can end this thread. What I saw the other night on his facebook profile totally shocked me. I have fought against racism all my life and was not just going to ignore what i saw. With hindsight I should have contacted the club rather than posting the issue on this messageboard. However I am not going to apologise as I feel I have nothing to apologise for. Niels, if you saw what I saw you may have done the same thing. By the time everyone looked up Facebook the offending details had been deleted. I accept his explanation and apology. Obviously he's got some some strange work colleagues - if something like this had happened at my workplace that person would be disciplined. Maybe Meredith needs to delete one further bit of info on his Facebook profile ' Im jake,and im a f**k**g boring simple t**t'. Sorry mate that seems to sum you up at the moment. brannigan, what you did was totally correct, and any of us would have done the same thing. But at least you gave him the chance to explain what had happened before branding him as anything, hence no defamation. Its been explained and its fair enough. Its those who rushed to brand him a racist based purely on your post that need to think carefully. If I went to Hendersons house tonight and put loads of BNP and Anti-Muslim posters in his garden and stuck to the windows, would it then be right and proper for people to then call him a racist, possibly causing him to lose his job and also make it difficult to get further employment because of it? I think not! He obviously thinks its alright though.
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Post by city4evaa on Apr 22, 2010 8:09:25 GMT
Ohhhhhhhh Myyyyyyyy Dayyyyyssssss
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Post by city4evaa on Apr 22, 2010 8:19:44 GMT
i cant be ased to say anymore on this topic , think what u wantt
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Post by voiceofreason on Apr 22, 2010 8:20:47 GMT
Are you being ironic, Henders old bean??
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