What amuses me is that people actually expect the truth to come out in the Court room.
The Court is rarely a place for truth. It's a place where defence barristers go to herculean efforts to subvert and manipulate the truth. The "law" isn't something set in stone; its much more like a piece of string nailed to a plank of wood so that you can move it such that you can always be on the right side of it. That is, if you have enough mongrel and money in you.
At the end of the day, Bird is dead to me for that one, unmanageable and irrefuteable text message which screams of cowardice.
BTR, you can say all you like that it is just one kid who is scared shyteless of the media. But he made a choice.
To me, he is just another cowardly house-o from Maitland. He and Milligan suit each other. Oh, and she's studying law? She'll be a perfect defence counsel by the looks of things.
Agreed 100%. He was always a loose cannon, everyone with an ear to the ground around the Shire knew this, and yet there was a willingness to turn a blind eye when he came good on the park. He went one step too far, however.
I don't support how the club handled it, but I find it hard to feel sorry for him given the text message and his failure to inform the club of what happened.
And now his case REALLY begins to to differentiate from the Gibbs, Watmough, Laffranchi, Lockyer, 3 x Broncos cases. He has been found guilty. I guess the support these received from their clubs directly correlates with the the helpfulness and truthfulness of the player in inquiries.
So what does it mean for Zappia? Vindicates his decision and firms up his position as CEO?
