See the thread on players with gambling problems. I suppose it's hard to impress "da ho's" in the back of an Uber Prius or a Black Taxi, but the **** could easily hire a limo with a chauffeur.
I'm sure the young Hungarian keeper who played one League Cup game for us, David Grof, got done for drink driving on the same day English goalie Luke McCormick went down for 5 years or so for ploughing into a car while he was pished.
As in the gambling thread, clubs seem to make no effort, much less take responsibility, when it comes to getting rich, arrogant, priapic (& largely stupid) young men to behave in a socially acceptable manner and act with some sort of civility.
Where's Jim McLean when you need him?
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24-08-2018 05:08 PM #1
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(NHC) Hugo Lloris: Glug-Glug! Vroom-Vroom!
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24-08-2018 05:35 PM #3
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Hugo loris is a 31 year old world cup winning captain. The idea that he's a stupid young man is ridiculous.
He's made an arse of himself and thank goodness no one was hurt.
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24-08-2018 05:44 PM #4
I forgot all about David Grof. More famous in his Hibs career for what he did off the pitch rather than on it. Spent his few years with us updating his personal message on MSN complaining about not being given a chance, then assuming for whatever reason he was going to sign to Celtic for a wee while (and changing his MSN name to "Grofy Bhoy" while he was at it), finally getting a game in the League Cup v Morton, ****ing it up after about 5 minutes, and was never heard from again.
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He was 17 when he pitched up here and was seen as a bit of a coup. His head was undoubtedly turned but I can't bear him too much ill will. I wouldn't have been brave enough to go to a foreign country where I didn't speak the language at 17.
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24-08-2018 05:59 PM #7
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Mental that they do this when they could easily afford a taxi from John O Groats to Lands End
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24-08-2018 08:36 PM #8
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However, even with the huge numbers of non-playing staff at English Premier League clubs these days, I doubt if any motivation or sports psychology gurus lecture players on behaviour. Football dressing rooms being what they are, the pish-taking at even making a suggestion that players might attend "social responsibility" classes would likely be savage. They do have these types of lectures in Australian sports though.
As for Squirrel, well, if reports are to be believed, that was a case in which he was a mite unlucky. Must've been some session the night before for him to score that highly on an a.m. test😂 but he gets the benefit of the doubt.
Maybe initial reports are incorrect, but if he's driving past Baker Street station at that time of an evening, Lloris appears to have chosen to take his car to the West End for a night on the town. Irresponsible and stupid.
My pet bug-bear with this is that he'll get off with a finger-wagging from Spurs, the FFF and the FA. That's the correct course of action in my view. Same as if he was found guilty of fiddling his taxes slightly or was cautioned or "bound over" having got involved in a brawl. Courts of law exist to deal with (relatively) minor stuff like that. It's not an employer's business unless it impacts on the felon's ability to do his job. I doubt many on here would even be required to inform their employer in such situations, especially in a manual job - which is what Lloris does. Skilled manual admittedly.
Had Lloris been asked to pee in a bottle, whilst unwinding after the World Cup on a Spanish island, and had his sample tested positive for E's, speed, coke or weed, he'd likely be banned and the "role model" pish would be spouted. After he'd committed what almost every jurisdiction would view as a far less serious offence.
The man's clearly a tool though.
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Good luck to him. Sounds like his career is going the right way.
Also as we know Hibs was a shambles back then so probably not the right environment for him.
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24-08-2018 09:29 PM #11
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24-08-2018 10:23 PM #13
For what it's worth, I've seen Lloris interviewed (in French) a good few times and I find him to be very level headed and intelligent.
He continued his education after he turned pro and sat and passed his baccalaureate (probably equivalent of A levels) when he was in training for the U19 world cup.
And for info, he's anything but working class. His dad was a banker in Monte Carlo and his mum was a lawyer.
So I think we can forget the football stereotypes and maybe accept that he's made a mistake.
I'm in no way condoning drunk driving, but it's not specifically a football problem and to blame Spurs in any way is ridiculous.
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24-08-2018 10:34 PM #14
I wonder how many on here have driven over the limit the day after a night out. Loads I'm guessing.
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24-08-2018 11:00 PM #17
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Don't get me wrong, I'm 31 as well so delighted if you do.
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24-08-2018 11:39 PM #18
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25-08-2018 07:23 AM #21
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Last public schoolboy from these islands to play in the top flight was... Ehhhh... Well.... Ummmm.... Stokesy😂.
But aye - anyone can be an erse. There should be less peer pressure on Lloris to be an erse than on Sparky, Deeks or GOC though.
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