My partner came back from Stockton Heath last Friday night and told me that A LOT of the squad were drinking excessively and smoking heavily outside the 101 bar. Apparently 'shot after shot' and cigarette after cigarette. I thought here we go again.
I know that lads go out and team spirit is important but I think that smoking and excessive drinking the night after a poor performance against Leeds is unacceptable and in this day and age is totally unprofessional and disrespectful to fans who pay wages.
I am obviously even more concerned after tonight's performance but I really do fear that the Club is a bit of a jolly up for some players where they are being well paid but underachieving and it simply doesn't affect them!

Just out of curiosity, why wait until now to share your tabloid-esque rumours? If we'd have won tonight would you still have posted?

Were have I heard this before..........

Sounds like your partner was having a good time without you last Friday night.

I'd be more worried about the aspects of the night that she didn't tell you about.

thinking of our current crop of jokers on the lash and smoking cheroot's fills me with dread...

remember when players with quality like Gleeson, Briers and Morley got tanked up....? different class of drinking culture back in the good old days.







bring Back Tawera Nikaus barbecues...

Why wait until now? ....... Because players should be judged on what they do on the pitch.
I wasn't impressed last week when I spent £30 on a ticket to watch players look unfit and then tonight it sounds like it was poor again. I thought tonight there would be a big reaction but i was wrong.
Believe what you want but it's a fact, that's all I'm saying and it appears the Cullen days could be back.

Cullen is coming back?

How do you know the partner was female?

Exactly. Someone get on Twitter and vent their frustration about it! And while we are at it someone bring up the issue about the fact that there are no male starlights dancers - deliberate female chauvanism... We all know that the crowd have been crying out for some.

I saw similar things last year, once after the home defeat to Wigan and then again once Tony Smith had announced his resignation. Both times drinking beer and eating pub lunches.

I’ve lived in the area for years and I’ve never seen this type of behaviour before. I’ve only ever witnessed it from last season onwards. The captain seems to be the ring leader.

It’s now obvious where this season is headed. Poor Steve Price, he’ll get all the blame.

If the off field behaviour has slipped then the club need to act immediately, if the behaviour witnessed is correct no wonder the majority look like teletubbies!

Seen Bennie Westwood with a fag in his gob last year, and he was absolutely blowing after 5 mins in the next match he played in. Didn't think much of it at the time but quite worrying if there's a few of em at it.

My friend was at the venue where there was a reception and all the players were there. He was amazed that some smoked. Ben Westwood tried it on with his missus



Just imagine Mo Farrah necking lager and dragging on a B&H a few days before the Diamond League event in Helsinki. Athletes my eye.

Dec Patten's still sleeping it off in me grandad's shed. Anyone want to come and collect him?

Tell your Grandad to stick a fishing rod in his hand, a bright red hat on his head and sit him on a toadstool in the back garden. Someone might as well make use of him.

Just lost the season opener and the squad is out on the P*** with half of Columbia without a care in the world. I'm all for a drink and a laugh but its quite insulting to the fans that the team don't seem to care that they lost.

Why not go round someones gaff or Manchester or Liverpool?

when we have a bad day at work dont we sometimes need a beer?

What a stupid thing to say... you're comparing the average joe who is obese and couldn't run 100 metres without keeling over to "professional" rugby league players.

I would drop/sack/fine players caught smoking, what a laughably stupid thing for the general population to do, never mind athletes where cardiovascular fitness is so important.


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Maybe someone should take a photo next time they see all of this drinking and smoking because it sounds like a load of drivel

Some years ago I was stood on the terraces at Hilton Park and to my surprise John Woods stood next to me....What was even more surprising he asked me for a light for his fag....Nobody could doubt the fitness and stamina of John Woods....I was once walking the streets of Widnes(suitably protected with face mask and chemical suit) and the Widnes player Mal Aspey asked me for a light....What is it with these RL players ? can't they afford a box of matches ?

John Woods smoked like a chimney and wouldn't train either...however, he would walk the peaks every day and was fitter than anyone in our team other than Des Drummond.

What point are you making - that smoking has no impact on cardiovascular performance ?

I ran the Whitchurch half marathon many moons ago + 1 of my quite stocky fellow running mates sprinted past me in the last 200 yards to the finishing line where he requested for a cigarette from his wife but yes he was a smoker but a hell of a runner to for a man that weighed prob nigh on 15st.

Fair enough, but cmon, we can't say that smoking has no effect on aerobic performance surely.