N BURIED BY THE PUBLIC

SHEFFIELD UNITED signed the striker Marlon King, convicted of sexual assault, last season and there was hardly a murmur.

Ched Evans, convicted of rape, goes back to Bramall Lane to try to resume his career and all hell breaks loose.

Of course, the situation is compounded by the fact that the former Wales and Manchester City striker has not shown any remorse since his release from jail.

He believes he is innocent and is currently going through the appeal process.

Most observers can understand the moral dilemma.

However, I can’t help thinking Evans (right) would have helped his cause enormously if he had carried out some voluntary work for a few hours a week upon his release from prison.

That way he would be seen to be giving something back to the community. It’s hardly as if he has much other call on his time at the moment.

You never know it may even have helped cleanse Evans’ soul.

It would certainly have gone down as a positive mark in his favour in a court of public opinion which seems hell-bent on determining his future, or lack of it, in the game.

GREG DYKE had no experience of frontline football when he was made chairman of the Football Association. The one area he does understand is television. But when he produces the kind of performance he did on ‘Newsnight’ on Thursday evening, when he was asked to comment on Ched Evans’ case and replied, ‘It’s not that important...’, you have to wonder about his suitability to lead English football anywhere but around in

circles.