anyone else see these pictures.
I shouldn't be bothered but I am.
It grates the fact an England team with supposedly world class footballers are not at the Euro tournament and you see one of the players, part of that squad, swanning around with a fag in his hand.
This fella's meant to be a professional sportsman. BUT on the other hand it obviously doesn't affect his fitness, for Man U anyway,or doesn't seem to so am I making a mountain out of a mole hill.
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As long as they do the business on the pitch what happens in private is up to them
I doubt he'll be doing it after Fergie gets his him bak to pre season!
Its happened time to move on and get on with things
fair point KAP 10 but he bloody doesn't that's my point.
Hardly scores a fecking goal in anger for England. Peter Crouch scores bundles and gets pelters.
Does seem a bit stupid really......
Ho Hum......
He's on holiday being papped from 500 yards with a zoom lense, outside Old Trafford in a club suit on the way to a game different thing......He does deserve some kind of private life, whether you agree with smoking or not, and I dont.
wasnt it someone on here saw luke young puffing away on B&H's the same night of our 5-1 stuffing at White Hart Lane.
It's not very professional doing that either is it? Athlete or not.
The guy is on holiday, out of season and will be training hard again in a couple of weeks for the new season. I'm sure Ferguson wont mind if he gets himself to a level he was at last season and helps them to win the PL and CL again.
That's what i'd tell my mum.
some should look closer to home the ones that smoke and have kids and go out on the p**s, whats the difference??
Are your kids likely to look up to you or some footballer, i would hope mine would look to me
And the reason we are not at Euro 2008 is because we are not good enough, or not as good as we think we are - take your pick.
And i reckon its not a cigarette, but a lollipop. He does like them....
I suppose the reason Scotland didnt beat France twice, didnt push Italy all the way and almost qualified for the tournament ahead of past world cup winners and current world cup winners is because they are all smokers and drinkers.
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The Republic of Ireland finishing third in their group behind the current finalists and Czech Republic team who only conceded five goals all qualifying. Surely they would have won the group if they werent smoking and drinking Guiness all of the time.
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Northern Ireland , finishing third in the Group and beating Spain, Denmark and Sweden in the process - i suppose everyone thought that would happen. Imagine if they were not affected by the terrible fag and lager culture eh? World Cup Winners.
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England, yes they underperformed in the qualifying but if you think that we didnt qualify because all of the players are smokers and drinkers i think it is a bit deluded. The players don't play as a team - they are fit enough, they have the ability but they can't bring it together.
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Wales - crap team, always have been but i presume if they did not smoke or drink lager they would have qualified for every major tournament in the last 30 years with the players they have got?
That is beside the point. We all know smoking damages your health, whether he smokes 1 a day or 20, he is still a professional athlete, paid, if not obliged, to keep his body in condition in season and out. Top level players are given strict guidelines to follow from personal health to keeping their body in shape in the close season. It is afterall what they are paid to do.
I think Fergie will mind, it's not a sackable offence but he'll probably incur his managers displeasure.
That said there are top level players who do smoke. Zidane started smoking towards the end of his career and was caught on camera at the last World Cup puffing away. Even some of the managers are not perfect role models for their players, who saw Joachim Low sneeking a crafty fag in the box whilst he was watching the Germany v Portugal game?
Personally I think it shows Rooney as untrustworthy more than anything else. Great player, but it's like watching players who can't keep down their weight (which you could argue he is guilty of too), that they are not disciplined.
Rooney's been pants for England lately - no way has he been world class. Same with Gerrard. These are players i like and admire but a bit more humility and professionalism would do them a world of good.
One of the biggest problems in this country is the self righteous do-gooders who want to tell everybody else what they should and shouldn't do.
A lot of the things we do in our day to day life have risks, we eat the wrong food, drink too much, smoke. Well in the end we all "live and die" by our choices so if Mr W Rooney of Manchester wants to smoke so f*cking what.
Lets ask Charlton to sack headgroundsman Colin Powell because he smokes.