Phil and Jack on the lash?

[Paul1970]

Professional footballers living up (down?) to the stereotypes the media (and a lot of fans) have of them. Seriously lacking in intelligence and, to use an Irish expression, cop-on.

Half expected Kyle Walker to be there aswell .

 

[Paul1970]

The problem is rob hen not going out drinking it’s with because we are in a pandemic. Very irresponsible from both of them .

 

[Citizen of Legoland]

Dickheads. They’ve got one chance to work with the best footballing brain in the modern game and they’re too stupid to realise that can be taken away in a heartbeat.

Wake up lads, you’re at the top of that slippery slope.

 

[give it to gordon]

As others have said Why ? We are in a pandemic what were they thinking. I was abit worried about City signing Grealish because of some of the off field stories of him.
I hope Grealish isnt going to be a bad influence on Foden. Either way both should have known better.

 

[Jesus H Gabz]

This all feels like one of them drink-drive adverts you normally see this time of year….
a timely reminder for some

 

[carlosthejackal]

Picking a fight with the wrong manager , pair of them need to grow the fuck up .

 

[Half time draw tickets]

Some right Mary Whitehouse types on here - the Covid element applies fairly equally to all our other players if they’re out travelling/socialising full stop IMO. Of course it would be better if they all isolated but the club needs to mandate that if there’s that expectation and they don’t seem to have done so. Their offence in Pep’s eyes seems to have been to have had a few too many and piss about in training next day - absolutely fair they get slapped son the wrist, dropped and called out to make up for it, end of story. Of course he has to run a tight ship and stamp this stuff out, that part of his job I managing a bunch of young lads. Some of the statements on here going way too far. I swear all the riches etc aside, a very small part of me feels sorry for these lads who are expected to be consummate professionals at all times - I know I couldn’t do it.

 

[Johnny Mars Bar]

Genuinely thought from the chat about it that they must've done a few lines of charlie, three jagerbombs each, got kicked out of 42s for starting a fight and then stumbled home at 4AM to drunkenly piss in the walk-in closet before passing out until sunset.

I miss Michael Johnson too.

 

[Tricky_Trev]

Some right Mary Whitehouse types on here - the Covid element applies fairly equally to all our other players if they’re out travelling/socialising full stop IMO. Of course it would be better if they all isolated but the club needs to mandate that if there’s that expectation and they don’t seem to have done so. Their offence in Pep’s eyes seems to have been to have had a few too many and piss about in training next day - absolutely fair they get slapped son the wrist, dropped and called out to make up for it, end of story. Of course he has to run a tight ship and stamp this stuff out, that part of his job I managing a bunch of young lads. Some of the statements on here going way too far. I swear all the riches etc aside, a very small part of me feels sorry for these lads who are expected to be consummate professionals at all times - I know I couldn’t do it.

If they can’t do it there are plenty of other clubs for them where it’s not an issue. Villa, maybe. They are expected to be consummate professionals at City because we are the elite. To remain the elite you have to be serious about what you’re doing. You can feel sorry for them but tbh they DO have a choice. They either want to be the best they can be, for the best team on the planet, or they don’t. It’s perfectly possible for them to retain this lifestyle and be a professional footballer. Just not here. But they can choose that, it’s down to them really. Pep will try to help them both but they have to decide what they want to be.

 

[Half time draw tickets]

If they can’t do it there are plenty of other clubs for them where it’s not an issue. Villa, maybe. They are expected to be consummate professionals at City because we are the elite. To remain the elite you have to be serious about what you’re doing. You can feel sorry for them but tbh they DO have a choice. They either want to be the best they can be, for the best team on the planet, or they don’t. It’s perfectly possible for them to retain this lifestyle and be a professional footballer. Just not here. But they can choose that.

Yeah fair, I get it, and they will know that as well. And the vast majority of the time they meet the expectation, and when they stray, 100% fair they get a firm slap on the wrist and reminder of what they are risking. Just that lads are lads from time to time and I can understand on a human level why these slips happen. Of course there are shades of grey here too and both have strayed to the indefensible/fuckwittery side of the line before now (e.g. Grealish drink driving and Foden’s behaviour on his first England call up).