Michael Johnson arrested

[totallywired]

Sad really, he could have been a top player, we should get him off the books as we are funding his lifstyle till 2014 He had it all as well.

 

[richards30]

Because he has a drink problem, don't get me wrong NO ONE should drink and drive but the bloke clearly needs help, hopefully the FA or City will pay for his treatment.

And what reason has he had to get this apparent drink problem?? He got a bad injury granted but was young enough to recover and come back and still build a fantastic career! No excuses... Took the easy way out and sat his fat arse on a bar stool instead of realising not only his dream but millions of us!

Is he your next door neighbour? Gazza was one of the best players in the world at one time but devolped a drink problem, Tony Adams to the best of my knowledge never had any demons.You don't have to have a reason to become Alcohol reliant.


Taken from the AA(not the car one)

Becoming dependent on alcohol

Alcohol can be a very effective way of feeling better for a few hours. If you are depressed and lacking in energy, it can be tempting to use alcohol to help you keep going and cope with life. The problem is that it is easy to slip into drinking regularly, using it like a medication. The benefits soon wear off and the drinking becomes part of a routine. You start to notice that:
■instead of choosing to have a drink, you feel you have to have it
■you wake up with shaky hands and a feeling of nervousness
■you start to drink earlier and earlier
■your work starts to suffer
■your drinking starts to affect your relationships
■you carry on drinking in spite of the problems it causes
■you find you have to drink more and more to get the same effect (tolerance)
■you start to ‘binge drink’ (see below) regularly.

I think he had too much money too soon and with fuck all to do whilst injured turned to drink.

But he could have come into the club etc every day?? He CHOSE to get pissed constantly and there are no excuses! He could have killed someone!! With the money he's earned over the years if it cost him £1000 to get home it wouldn't affect his life?!!

 

[mammutly]

A lot of jumping to conclusions going on here.

Perhaps it's worth recalling that one Georgi Kinkladze totalled his Ferrari near Manchester airport before the days of automatically doing alcohol checks on anyone involved in an accident.....

 

[CitytillIdie74]

A lot of jumping to conclusions going on here.

Perhaps it's worth recalling that one Georgi Kinkladze totalled his Ferrari near Manchester airport before the days of automatically doing alcohol checks on anyone involved in an accident.....

Indeed! Innocent until proven guilty but, I have seen him knocking it back bigtime whilst "injured" and can see why people will jump to conclusions!
He has the talent but maybe not the right state of mind to make it back to prime fitness!

 

[PragueBlue]

Because he has a drink problem, don't get me wrong NO ONE should drink and drive but the bloke clearly needs help, hopefully the FA or City will pay for his treatment.

I'm sure he earns enough to pay for his own treatment.

 

[TCIB]

Because he has a drink problem, don't get me wrong NO ONE should drink and drive but the bloke clearly needs help, hopefully the FA or City will pay for his treatment.

I'm sure he earns enough to pay for his own treatment.

Yeah fuck that shit, what did he crash a merc cl something-or-other. Any other man that has put the effort into life he has would be a homeless bum. It is a shame but i feel no sympathy for him.
I do feel for the fans who this season have already had arguements with the most important person in their life about how they will afford next seasons card.

He had it on a platter he fucked it and thats that, he can sort his own shit out.

I kept waiting for some reason for him to come good but fuck knows why i did.
Silly boy.

 

[JOGAMIGMOG]

Leave the lad alone, he was off to buy more pies and chocolate and cake and now this!

 

[Goatfacekillah]

I did see him jogging recently; not that that's any indication of graft :)

The whole thing's sad and I'm not sure there's a solution. It's easy for us to be outraged at his actions and apparent wastage of talent and opportunity but it's a giant ask to expect a guy in his late teens and early twenties to live like a monk for, say, a whole year of recovery when his career never really got started and all his mates are going out.

That's even if you put aside external influence like increased female attention, naivety, bordem, levels of mental strength. So many different factors really - it's not like it's a scientifically perfect condition where everyone should behave the same.

I'd suggest his situation is unusual in that his great promise led to a 5 year contract at the point of him not being able to play for a year.