Quote SaintsFan="SaintsFan"He was expressing an opinion in an op ed column (that's what op ed columns are for by the way - expressing opinions).
The Chairman of Rochdale should take his own advice .'"
The Rochdale chairman has every right to comment on a member of his staff, playing or otherwise. Gaskell was part of his playing staff at the time the comments were made and he simply rebutted the comments made in the article. A good journalist would have asked the question before blindly publishing his unsubstantiated opinion in the press.