Harry booze ban threat? Pull the other one, then just pull us a pint...
Tuesday, May 12, 2009 at 2:58PM Booze ban at the Lane? Ledley King will be a popular lad at training. It's reminiscent to when Ramos banned ketchup and attempted to regulate the players diet with a strict regime. It all ended in tears.
I'm not sure how much of this 'banning booze' statement Harry has made is just PR fluff to soften the brutal blow received to the clubs public image or possibly even an indirect warning to the rest of the squad to behave themselves going forward. Let's face it, banning booze completely is unlikely. Moderate consumption will always be allowed. Can you really see players going out on a Saturday night and not drinking? Tom Huddlestone and Aaron Lennon are probably still recovering from the heart palpitations experienced when that very thought entered their minds.
If it is banned then we might reap the benefits on the pitch. Boozing every weekend can't help much, if that's all they ever do.
As for King, plenty of aftermath gossip about his arrest. Obvious exaggerations and bullshit interpretations of what happened on the night including some clichéd sound bites surrounding his stay in a police cell overnight (he cried, he stated he was rich, he slept…..shocking stuff). Once more, not defending King for acting the dick, but how many blatant kiss'n'tell money-grabbing attempts ('my face was bruised' - really? Do bruises vanish over night then?) do we have to listen to before this story disappears? Court case is in July, so I guess that answers my question.
"I play for Tottenham, you play for fat Gerard" - This has to be the quote of the whole incident, straight from the mouth of Ledders, that somehow equates to belittling Steven Gerrard (if you go with the tabloid assessment) when in fact it's a reference to Rafa resembling his predecessor (with an additional few pounds). I might have that completely wrong. Maybe he thought Gerard Houllier is still the gaffer at Anfield. That's some night out.
No wonder he doesn't train between games. He's probably refused admission into The Lodge.
Regardless, two points. Firstly, as drunk as Ledders was, well done that man for being able to clock a Liverpool supporter and attempt to shout him down with some football banter. Secondly, so drunk was King, he makes the assumption that someone with a Liverpool tattoo must therefore play for the club. Pure gold that.
Surely on £83,000 a week (allegedly) you could just stay in doors and bring the party to your home. I know I would.
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Reader Comments (7)
Redknapp is well known for his anti-booze stance. He banned it at Pompey too.
I don't think you can stop adults going home and having a few beers in the privacy of their own 4 walls BUT I don't think it helps anyone when the club captain is going out getting absolutely wankered and getting into fights. It's something I would expect of a Chelsea or Arsenal player BUT not of Ledley King (even though he's got previous).
The 'bouncer' - so called because he's round and so fat he bounces like a ball. Is despicable and milking it for all it was worth. I'd like to see someon give him a proper going over then see him complain about a headache and a sore mouth!
Agree with you spooky, If your a PL footballer what stops you from building a bar at yours getting the booze in, going out for an hour picking up some wannabe wags then taking 'em back to yours?? No paparazzi, no dickhead barmen, more than likely guranteed fandan. - Footballers are stupid
Spooky,
I read somewhere that 'lightweight Ledders' apparently pissed his pants. Time to market my new product for the inebriated incontinet , the Tena-Ledley.
No chance you can get players to stop boozing. They'll cut out the public embarrassments you get from falling out of a club if you impose a club ban but they'll still drink in doors.
I hope Harry/Spurs go ahead with this. Time to act like pros and have football as a priority.
Not all players a boozers. Some are family people others like their golf of gambling. Most are probably out on the town and on the pull. They're young and loaded, so why the hell not? Easy to get smashed on that type of money. You just wouldn't give a shit. But considering what they do for a living they should be far more responsible.
This latest King incident was always going to happen.
a drunk was staggering down the main street of town. Somehow, he managed to make it up the stairs to the cathedral and into the building, where he crashed from pew to pew.
He finally made his way to a side aisle and into a confessional.
A priest had been observing the man's sorry progress. Figuring the fellow was in need of some assistance, he proceeded to enter his side of the confessional. His attention was rewarded only by a lengthy silence.
Finally he asked, "May I help you, my son?"
"I dunno." came the drunk's voice from behind the partition. "You got any toilet paper on your side?"
poor ledders !
Haha, made me laugh!