Mar 18, 2015 -- 5:55PM, Roker_Park wrote:

He be in such a "dark place" thats he returned to training and knows he's going to centre of attention on Saturday night when the Sky cameras will be all over him.................must be a real "dark place" he's in.

It was posted nearly two weeks ago. Some of it is clearly hypothosis. Maybe part of the decision to recall him to training is because of this reason and the fact he's guilty of nothing yet.

Mar 18, 2015 -- 5:52PM, Darlo Bantam wrote:

Interesting blog about this from The Secret Footballer.http://www.thesecretfootballer.com/articles/the-secret-footballer/24353/sad-tale-of-adam-johnson-and-sunderland-afc/Particularly two bits: "But the allegation against Johnson is just that at this stage, an allegation. It is also worth pointing out that the 15-year-old girl in question was said to be boasting about their alleged “relationship” to her friends and on social media. For Johnson’s sake and everybody involved, I hope this falls into the latter category. I hope this is a girl who has made up a story up for attention; I hope that a claim reported by the media that Johnson had posed in pictures with the girl, if true, served as the starting point for her to fabricate a relationship."and "On Friday, my friend called again and, this time, he picked up the conversation with the air of a man who has seen everything in football and, as a result, would not be in the least bit surprised if this allegation turned out to be true.“Mate,” he began, “I just heard from a mate who’s spoken to his missus. Apparently, he’s retreated to a dark place, not talking to anyone. Listen, I don’t think he’s ever gonna play football again.”

''Apparently, he’s retreated to a dark place, not talking to anyone.''

Maybe they just meant he'd gone back to Middlesbrough?