Harry's Alcohol Ban
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PLTuck
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I see nothing wrong with a glass of wine with an evening meal, but pints = lbs, and going and getting totally wasted at Faces during the season should be stopped. It's a small sacrifice to make for their pro footballer lifestyle. Off season they can let their hair down a bit more, but I don't really understand why is there a need for anyone to go and get so completely wasted that they fall over? I mean yes, I got that pissed once or twice when I was 17 / 18, but by the time I was 23 I had grown out of it, and I am neither highly paid, nor a pro athlete.
If they want to be 'normal people' and go and binge drink, then they should tear up their £xxxk a week contract to be a professional athlete. Yes pro athletes drink, but they do so responsibly (well, the majority), and often not for quite a while before their fight / race / swim etc.
I don't recall ever seeing Paula Radcliffe, or Nigel Benn, or Michael Schumacher in the tabloids getting wasted at an important time of their respective sports calenders. Why do footballers always feel they can have their cake and eat it?
Ledders should be ashamed of himself to be honest. More than anything he's let himself down.
If they want to be 'normal people' and go and binge drink, then they should tear up their £xxxk a week contract to be a professional athlete. Yes pro athletes drink, but they do so responsibly (well, the majority), and often not for quite a while before their fight / race / swim etc.
I don't recall ever seeing Paula Radcliffe, or Nigel Benn, or Michael Schumacher in the tabloids getting wasted at an important time of their respective sports calenders. Why do footballers always feel they can have their cake and eat it?
Ledders should be ashamed of himself to be honest. More than anything he's let himself down.
Of course not. But I am not stupid enough to think Lennon, JJ, King, Hud and all of the other party boys who can be seen larging it all the time are going to give it up.
What are they going to do? Breathalyze players?
Rupstoh
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Of course. Why not?
hellava_tough
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Read my other posts :roll:
If we don't put Cuddlestone on the scales every week I can't see us going military all of a sudden.
MR_BEN
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OTT - and OMG... what kind of poeple are you?: boring bastards! how is there career any different from ours except they get paid shit loads to do it? Why should they miss out on a REAL LIFE just cos they get paid a lot? Dont go out beating people up, dont get so shitfaced you dont know what ya doing.. but banning alcohol? rediculous.
spurious1
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Well I didn't read the whole thread but I have to say that I agree with Harry on this one. These guys are paid a fortune to be in top shape, and every tiny perturbation counts at this level. I was always amazed to see drinking/smoking/etc footballers.
Of course if they have a pint or a glass of wine the effect on their form is really minimal - and I think that if the keep it at that level it's tolerated and there is no problem. But wtf is Ledley doing out getting pissed like that?
In my work, for which I'm paid a hell of a lot less, we can't drink when we're on call and everyone finds that quite reasonable...
Of course if they have a pint or a glass of wine the effect on their form is really minimal - and I think that if the keep it at that level it's tolerated and there is no problem. But wtf is Ledley doing out getting pissed like that?
In my work, for which I'm paid a hell of a lot less, we can't drink when we're on call and everyone finds that quite reasonable...
worcestersauce
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Read 'em hellava-tough but I'm not sure of your point please explain.
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spurious1
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Beer and orange juice have about the same calories, but I guess that's not the whole point here
spurious1
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You're right, the situations are rather different, but I still think is that these guys are so highly tuned, that every detail counts - and that going out and getting pissed one night, a week away from a game, might have a really tiny effect on their form, but nevertheless it counts...
As someone mentioned Gazza - an absolutely brilliant footballer for a few years in spite of being an overweight drunk - imagine what he could have done if he'd been in really top form
AdelaideSpur
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If any ban like this is imposed it has to be imposed by the players themselves, it could be part of a whole push to the top four by the whole club.
In Australia Aussie Rules is the main sport ad most teams have a leadership group consisting of 5-8 players, nearly every club has a curfew and if these are broken the player is seen as not breaking the clubs rules but letting the rest of his team mates down, its all about the team and doing these things for each other and striving to make your club the best it can be.
If Arry brings it in, what happens when Modric has a beer? he gets banned? it spreads disharmony and negativity towards the coaches.
On the issue of whether i agree with it, not really, drinking a beer now and again doesn't effect you enough for a game 3-4 days later, however i do agree with curfews as in nobody out after 1 or 2, especially after playing a game. Plus nobody should be out the night before a game. The curfews are not just a drinking thing, it keeps players out of all sorts of trouble.
In Australia Aussie Rules is the main sport ad most teams have a leadership group consisting of 5-8 players, nearly every club has a curfew and if these are broken the player is seen as not breaking the clubs rules but letting the rest of his team mates down, its all about the team and doing these things for each other and striving to make your club the best it can be.
If Arry brings it in, what happens when Modric has a beer? he gets banned? it spreads disharmony and negativity towards the coaches.
On the issue of whether i agree with it, not really, drinking a beer now and again doesn't effect you enough for a game 3-4 days later, however i do agree with curfews as in nobody out after 1 or 2, especially after playing a game. Plus nobody should be out the night before a game. The curfews are not just a drinking thing, it keeps players out of all sorts of trouble.
hellava_tough
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Should Harry have said what he said; probably not
Was Harry justified in saying what he said; yes he was
TheBlueRooster
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On SSN this morning they spke to Gazza and Chimbonda. Gazza can't see a problem getting drunk once in a while, Chimbonda said he doesn't drink very much anyway so it wouldn't bother him. Of the two I know who's advice I'd take.
worcestersauce
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I'd rather have a Paul Gascoine in my team than a Pascal Chimbonda but hey thats just me I suppose.
TheBlueRooster
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I'd rather have a Paul Gascoine in my team than a Pascal Chimbonda but hey thats just me I suppose.
Yep a Gazza from 1990 or 1996 but not the fucked up wreck from 1998. A lot of people thought he should've made the '98 World Cup squad but his last game for England he was subbed. He was bloated and out of shape. Maybe a few nights in would have done the trick.
