What our players did last night

[Hazzman]

i really do think we have a huge drinking culture, and gambling culture at the club. when i go out during the week i usually see a player.

Always as been, it's been an attraction for the club. One reason why the likes of Ben Thatcher, Steve Howey, Keith Gillespie came to the club was our laissez-faire attitude to drinking.

We have never had a manager whose regime involving diet etc. O'Neill kept it at the club because he knew it could be a team building tool. Levein, Adams and Taylor couldnt keep it under control, we havent had what I'd call a 'professional' manager.

 

[Melton Fox]

One reason why the likes of Ben Thatcher, Steve Howey, Keith Gillespie came to the club was our laissez-faire attitude to drinking.

Do you really believe that is why they came to this club?, an interesting theory though and certainly worthy of a discussion or two

 

[Hazzman]

Do you really believe that is why they came to this club?, an interesting theory though and certainly worthy of a discussion or two

I think they were fully aware of our drinking culture and seen it has an attraction. Probably not a deciding factor but something which they thought good of.

My mate worked at the Hilton where they intitally stayed when joining the club, on average there was three nights a week they were drinking.

La Manga speaks volumes concerning our drinking culture at the club, we had a game on the Saturday and I can understand a few drinks until a certain time. Our 'professional' player Sir Les was took up in bed at an acceptable time, everyone else was out having a drink and let themselves get into a siuation fuelled by excess drinking.

The Wise/Davidson incident again fuelled by alcohol. No doubt Wise knew we were 'easy touches' on drinking and gambling.

La Manga Collymore again from drinking. Quite possibly took advantage of MON's free range concerning drink.

All these incidents born from a booze culture at the club. No doubt egged on by the likes of Birch who have become stale at the club. No other club has the incidents we have had concerning drink the last few years.

 

[Mike - True Blue Tinter]

Do you really believe that is why they came to this club?, an interesting theory though and certainly worthy of a discussion or two

Possibly over a few pints!

 

[Profondo Rosso]

This has got to be a joke...

 

[Joe]

This has got to be a joke...

nah i think hazz has got a good point here especialy when it comes to the manager situation weve had no manager here for years who has been strict and hard on the players.

 

[Profondo Rosso]

nah i think hazz has got a good point here especialy when it comes to the manager situation weve had no manager here for years who has been strict and hard on the players.

Fair point. I do think it's a joke from the players though. Clearly showing no passion for the club

 

[Dour]

i really do think we have a huge drinking culture, and gambling culture at the club. when i go out during the week i usually see a player.

Mmm. Maybe you have a drink and gambling problem too.

 

[Boy Genius]

Jock Wallace was the last real hard bastard manager we had. RIP

 

[Lako42]

Mmm. Maybe you have a drink and gambling problem too.

erm im a student, i go to student nights out, which are meant to be students only, but some how players are sometimes there pissed. and its general knowledge that some of our players frequent the casino regularly.

so maybe i dont have a drink or a gambling problem

 

[stevewalshwasgod]

the players have too much money, and cant spend it so they waste it...

 

[Granite Fox]

Things were bad in the MON era too.

A certain Mr Walsh allegedly liked a few drinks. One player allegedly got thrown out of two hotels the night we won the League Cup for pi55ing the bed.

Most foreign players would not entertain drinking alcohol during the season, but the Brits do not have such a professional attitude to it - and it even gets encouraged as part of team building (in other professions too).

Not sure if we are any worse than many other clubs at our level.

 

[alex]

Things were pretty like that in the Shankly era too...

Fact: If our players were playing with pride and effort then we would not question their antics (unless of course La Manga happened)....

 

[M17TT C]

Not to forget the Frank Sinclair incident on the day after 9/11!

 

[Joe]

Not to forget the Frank Sinclair incident on the day after 9/11!

what iniciident i cant remeber one?

 

[Jeff]

what iniciident i cant remeber one?

Getting pissed in a London hotel with a load of Chelsea players.

 

[Joe]

Getting pissed in a London hotel with a load of Chelsea players.

oh ok cheers jeff

 

[Ox Fox]

Getting pissed in a London hotel with a load of Chelsea players.

Wasn't it at Heathrow, or was that another incident

 

[Jeff]

Wasn't it at Heathrow, or was that another incident

From the Mirror:

"Chelsea's John Terry, Frank Lampard, Jody Morris and Eidur Gudjonsen along with Leicester's Frank Sinclair upset American tourists at a Heathrow hotel - by going on a boozy rampage the night after the September 11 terrorist attacks in New York and Washington."

 

[Dour]

Boozy rampage, eh?

I like the sound of that. I'll put some time aside in the diary.