Jeff Hendrick

Yes. Civil cases: balance of probabilities (i.e. if you prove something is more likely than not, you win). Criminal cases: beyond reasonable doubt, which is a much higher standard.

Yeah, a civil action for damages. The worst thing there is having to pay out cash. The criminal trial had the very real potential for a prison sentence, which is now gone.

Yeah, the issue was clearly that the jury didn't believe a word your man said. There was no other evidence to back up his word: clearly the CCTV didn't show Hendrick pulling him from the car, and the other witnesses didn't see what happened, nor were there any admissions.

So you have the word of one man, who clearly has a motivation to get a civil settlement from Hendrick, and who has engaged in some particularly nasty behaviour since the incident, up against an absence of any other evidence. Could you be satisfied beyond a reasonable doubt? Clearly the jury weren't. It doesn't seem like a massive surprise, put like that. As the remainder of the evidence came out, an acquittal started to look more and more likely.

John Wick wrote: Bunged the victim a few quid

How did ye work that out. The case wasn't dropped

Found not guilty

Sean Dyche does like us punching above our weight.

Can't argue much with that article.

coyne wrote: pre Madonna wrote: coyne wrote: pre Madonna wrote: kearney304 wrote: Good to see him come on social media and admit he was terrible. Respect for that. While I agree he has been terrible, he is also a massive scapegoat.  Did he admit he was terrible Sunday or in general? I respect his honesty if it was the latter. Hasn't been that bad PM!  Definitely a poor qualifiers though. He has been though, he has been truly awful! He got hyped over  after the Euros but has done f**k all before or after. He clearly has talent and has shown it in spells but has no application of it at all. He has a massive attitude problem as well. I think the Derby fans used to say one good game in 8, I don't think he has even hit that for Ireland. 32 games for Ireland and most of the debate is still centring around where he can play and what he does.  Who's overhyped him? I think people forget that he still has years ahead of him. I don't think he's been a bad buy for Burnley either, £10 million for a newly promoted team, they're always going to be on the back foot in games because of that.  There's been cases where he was just simply outclassed by the opposition but at the same time there was the live Monday night game (forgot the opposition team) where he ran the show and he's got himself Goal of the Season for Burnley, definitely not a terrible season at all. I just wish he'd inspire the team more, get stuck in challenges when the opposition are enjoying lots of opposition because right now he couldn't be any less inspiring.