A Touchy subject....

It now looks that serial offender Marlon King is set to sign a 3 year deal with my beloved Coventry City, just weeks after being released early from a custodial sentence.

This move is sure to cause a lot of controversy, with many fans already stating they will "rip up their season tickets" and will no longer support their club if they sign a man convicted of 14 offences, including this latest one. However many supporters are in support of signing him, a proven performer in the Championship, in a bid to fire us up the league, and hopefully even out of it and back into the Premier League.

There seems to be a lot of public opinion on this matter, possibly I have noticed it more due to it being my club, but quite frankly some of the opinions I have heard are quite over the top.

Marlon King is not the first, and certainly wont be the last footballer to be caught up in trouble, and quite frankly, I go to football to see sporting excellence and be entertained. I do not condone any of his previous convictions, but for people to say he shouldn't be allowed back into his profession is over the top for me.

Would a convicted electrician/plumber not be allowed back into work after being convicted? Of course they would, so why should King not be allowed the same principles.

Many footballers have been in jail and came back into the game, Micky Thomas, Lee Hughes, Tony Adams to name a few. Eric Cantona was welcomed back as a hero for Man Utd after his suspension following the infamous "kung-fu" attack on a supporter, and is regarded as one of the modern-day greats of the game.

One of the most vocal outlets who have voiced their disgust at King's signing, Talksport, even employ a former footballer who himself was accused of domestic abuse. Stan Collymore was described as "a monster" by Ulrika Jonsson when she recalled the attack.

Personally, I go to football to watch football, I dont go to be taught morals and how to live my life. I understand footballers should be role models, but if people are going to go and commit an offence simply because a footballer has done it, then they need to look at themselves in my opinion.

When Kings signs, I will get behind him. He behaved himself under Aidy Boothroyd before, and if he does again then I have no doubt he will win people around. He's never going to be a great role-model, but he can become a figure of redemption, by behaving impeccably during his time in Sky Blue.

I dare say a lot of fans, would soon forget about his past misdemeanours if he scores the winner against Leicester in his home debut