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What confuses me is what happened in May. Gus evidently wanted to leave the club and the club had reached a stage where they wanted him gone. Why go through all the suspension/dismissal stuff? If both parties wanted the same outcome then this last summer makes no sense at all.....

So why has no one mentioned Perry Digweed?

Daffy Duck beat me to it....

I may be rememberinf this wrong, but wasn't a relative of Kevin Bremner working on the Piper Alpha?

Am I th only one still waiting for an interim manager to be announced? Probably, but TB did promise one in his interview and I can't believe he didn't know then about appointing Oscar. ... No, it's still probsbly only me....

I disagree. Given Gus' reputation for speaking 'out of line' in interviews, it gave the opportunity for him to say something which might have harmed his appeal.

What the employee wants doesn't matter in these circumstances, though, what matters is that the time frame given in the club's manual - after all, it was his choice to leave the country. By the way, I'd want a week as well, but, then I wouldn't have gone on holiday!!

Fair enough, but the document was given four days before the hearing, that's not 'just before the proposed meeting', the only time scale which matters, I guess is how long before the meeting the club's proceedures say it should be given. 500 pages to me sounds like the result of a comprehensive...

If Gus is suspended would the club recognise his right to take annual leave during the suspension? If they don't legal have to, they could dispute that his being away was a reason for him not attending today. I'm not saying this is the case, just asking really.

You're right the hearing couldn't have gone ahead because his rep wasn't available. The point I was making was that by setting the hearing for today it meant it could only be re-arranged five days later. If they had set the hearing for Thursday then Gus could have delayed it on for five days...

Because they don't have to arrange it for the convenience of Gus's representation

You're right, but Poyet's representation is not the club's problem

The club was also well within its right to call a meeting on the employee's first day back at work. If they had waited and called it for Thursday the date could have been put back another five days

How come he had time to work for the BBC over the weekend but not to give to the disciplinary? Can't see the club being impressed with that

In business if somone is found to be in breach of contract it is them who end up paying the compensation...

A personality clash between Gus and Barber would not give grounds for the assistant manager and coach to be suspended and there would not appear to be any need for suspensions or an investigation if it was purely over the failing to negotiate the player contracts - Gus either did this or he didn't.