Quote ="imwakefieldtillidie"Just received a response to the email I sent to the Express:
Neil
The timing of this story flies in the face of the positive journey the club is hopefully about to embark on, but while I take on board the debate about whether the story should be on the front page, I must stress that it was the club's decision to make this signing, and prior to the conclusion of an ongoing police investigation.
Whether this was the correct decision for a family club to make is up for individuals to determine.
I would like to think that as a newspaper we do support and represent the community, and we have been positive about many of the exciting schemes in the pipeline for the city - even when it would have been easier to be critical (again people will have their own individual views)
However, it's fair to say that I have fully absorbed the strength of feeling on this specific matter.
Yours sincerely
Mark Bradley'"
Had the exact same reply myself, so I emailed back (CC'd to his bosses of course) to tell him (politely) what a pile of horse manure that was. Interestingly, I received this back in direct response to a question I put to him:
"If charges are not brought or if the player is found innocent at trial we will be reporting on this matter and it will appear on our front page."
However, coming from him I assume it's another pile of bull.
