*Official* English Football Season 2022/23

[wpdavid]

Tottenham confirm Richarlison signing in £60m deal with Everton

Tottenham have confirmed the signing of Richarlison from Everton on a contract to 2027, while the goalkeeper Stefan Ortega has joined Manchester City

www.theguardian.com

Well this'll be interesting.

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[flibbertyjibber]

Another player arrested on a rape charge. 29 year old from North London.

Not going to predict who it might be as so many were wrong when the Everton player was arrested last summer.

 

[duffer]

Rumoured to be a 29 year old International player and one of those in particular seems to have the spotlight on them online right now.

 

[BoyBrumby]

If what I've heard is true his favourite vegetables are spuds and leeks.

 

[GIMH]

Ben Davies then

 

[BoyBrumby]

You might well think that, I, myself, couldn't possibly comment...

 

[grecian]

Still haven't signed anyone, still not like the season starts this month, oh wait a minute....

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Signed 6 players and all look good signings. Quite ridiculous.

Wouldn't get too worried Grecian, hardly anyone bar us and Wednesday have done much business yet.

 

[grecian]

Signed 6 players and all look good signings. Quite ridiculous.

Wouldn't get too worried Grecian, hardly anyone bar us and Wednesday have done much business yet.

I am not really, I think we have a decent squad, and we are probably looking at some high quality loan signings, which tend to happen later, but yeah we rally need a keeper, at least one striker and possibly a left-side defender.

Yet our model is clearly based on youngsters coming through, so we won't sign someone who creates an obstacle for whomever they rate highly this year, Cox and Pond the two that everyone rates, but it's often someone under the radar. Can be slightly frustrating though, particularly if one of those players like Seymour is a bust.

 

[duffer]

Rumoured to be a 29 year old International player and one of those in particular seems to have the spotlight on them online right now.

Allegations that said player raped another woman too.

 

[Uppercut]

Westminster should probably do something about the law that says all rape arrests must be announced via the medium of MMO Guess Who.

 

[GIMH]

I realise it's highly impractical but I don't think it's appropriate for the public to know about any arrest that doesn't lead to a charge (or prior to a charge)

 

[Uppercut]

I think there’s a case for anonymity and a case for transparency. The current system seems almost deliberately designed to label random people that the case has nothing to do with as possible rapists.

Or maybe blue ticks need to tell everyone to behave a few more times and that’ll be it fixed.

 

[GIMH]

Why do they need to announce a footballer specifically has been arrested though?

Obviously whoever he is, could well be guilty. Aside from him and the (alleged, I guess, without wishing to sound heartless) victim, there's a good chance nobody else knows the actual facts. But once the name is out there for certain, it doesn't matter what actually happened, the public will deem him to be a rapist. Which in turn, probably doesn't actually help the victim as it makes the chance of a mistrial higher, doesn't it?

I don't really know the answer.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

I don't really know the answer.

This tbh, it's a morass. platitudes like ' there’s a case for anonymity and a case for transparency' really doesn't serve things well either

That said I think the anonymity ideals are probably gonna be incredibly hard to get back in the bottle in an environment as, uh, "information rich" as the internet time. If a cartel of media outlets decide "no, we're not gonna publish this, there's too much potential risk", some goon will naturally think there's a story there (and most of the time there is, heck, I even spread one today...)

 

[Uppercut]

This tbh, it's a morass. platitudes like ' there’s a case for anonymity and a case for transparency' really doesn't serve things well either

Ha maybe not, but the point is that what we have now is the worst of both worlds.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Ha maybe not, but the point is that what we have now is the worst of both worlds.

i don't entirely disagree but a fully transparent world would be even worse cyberpunk times i think.

 

[BoyBrumby]

I hate to be all more liberal than thou, but every study I've seen seems to suggest that several times more rapists go uncharged, never mind convicted, than malicious accusations of rape are made.

That's not to suggest everyone investigated is necessarily a rapist, but protecting the identity of the innocent until proven guilty whilst scattering a tantalising trail of breadcrumbs about it is likely to result in fingers being pointed at blameless chaps who just happen to share age, profession and geographic proximity with him.

 

[sledger]

Doubtful the police would have arrested him if they didn't have something pretty compelling as evidence. Usually they won't even bother investigating in detail at all without something pretty solid, let alone go out and nick someone.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Doubtful the police would have arrested him if they didn't have something pretty compelling as evidence. Usually they won't even bother investigating in detail at all without something pretty solid, let alone go out and nick someone.

They might all be Arsenal fans. *GIANT SARCASM MARKER*