STOP PRESS: The players don’t care
It looks as though Through the Seasons Before Us has got something of an exclusive, as a reader reports that several Forest players were out on the lash in a less than subtle way:
Adam Says:
18 March, 2009 at 12:31 pmYou guys are p*ssed off?? Imagine being out in Nottingham last night at BZR, seeing half the forest squad P*s*ed out their tree being arogant and ignorant despite 5 – 0 at Burnly only days before. To be told in their by players that they don’t give a sh*t about the club or BD. They were an embarasment and should all be sacked!
In a later comment, Adam says that the players involved were Ian Breckin, Wes Morgan, James Perch, Robbie Earnshaw, Lewis McGugan, Luke Chambers (couldn’t have guessed that), Julian Bennett and possibly Guy Moussi, joined by a sober Leon Best who was discouraging the players from misbehaving.
Now obviously, we only have one side of the story so far, but Adam’s suggestion that the players said that they don’t care would be hard to refute. I wonder if Perchio was one of them, after his interview at the weekend?
If you look at it from a different perspective, a bunch of friends who are in their 20s and 30s who don’t have to work very much and go out to get drunk together is not that surprising. However, even as someone who tries to find balance in every story, I do think that they are foolish to go out on the town and be seen “enjoying” themselves in the wake of a disastrous week and a half (funny how these stories always emerge after a heavy defeat – I seem to remember the same happening after the 5-0 at Oldham). Sometimes, you would be better off keeping a low profile (especially in light of the manager’s “lifestyle” comments)…
Tags: Guy Moussi, ian breckin, james perch, julian bennett, leon best, lewis mcgugan, luke chambers, Robert Earnshaw, wes morgan Posted in
March 18th, 2009 at 8:51 pm
FFS. The parallels with the Megson era keep growing.
Not happy.
March 18th, 2009 at 9:10 pm
What megson got to do with this ???
Our players have no respect and billy davies needs to force it into them somehow.
typical leon best being the one who sorts it out, a football player for another team…
i havent heard the hard facts yet but theres my guess judgement.
March 18th, 2009 at 9:25 pm
This is definatly true. I was also in BZR i also seen Mcleary and Perch. Before i had got there though i recieved a txt sayin the whole squad was there, including all the new loans. Today i have spoken to a reserve player and he told me that Davies had took them to the horse racing and mcgugan said to him that he was going to get absolutly battered so im not sure if Billy allowed the players to go out. I still find this very strange with what Billy was sayin about the players lifestyle last week.
March 18th, 2009 at 9:53 pm
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/photo.php?pid=6057233&id=520170183&ref=nf if you can get to see this picture you will know it’s all true, look at the state of wes
March 18th, 2009 at 10:02 pm
Chris:
when was the last time the players were seen out on the lash after a big defeat?
when was the last time the manager was complaining about their lifestyles?
when was the last time I felt that everyone connected with the club was just taking the piss out of us fans?
March 18th, 2009 at 10:11 pm
Danny – cannot see the Facebook page but the players being on the lash is not in itself a crime (insensitive to the fans maybe, but not a crime). It is the conduct of the players that is of concern, so if Adam’s allegations are true, that is a big problem.
However, what you say is possibly even more important – did Billy Davies not only know that they were out, but actively encourage it? If so, he is a hypocrite, a liar or is engineering more power for himself to clear out the players for their “indiscipline”. Or possibly all three.
March 18th, 2009 at 10:42 pm
I have just spoken to the same res player who told me they were allowed out but he has just informed me that they weren’t.
March 19th, 2009 at 9:21 am
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March 19th, 2009 at 10:14 am
Danny – thanks for clarifying that. It could mean the difference between a crisis and an all-out disaster.