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Message: [QUOTE="Major JW Hochstetter, post: 2147535, member: 1828"] Excellent suggestions in the poll. Whilst I am supportive of certain restrictions for now, I also believe that without proper education and mentoring, placing restrictions will not have their full desired effect. Obviously i'd expect that the club already has such measures in place, but clearly something's not working as it should. The goal is to be able to get the players themselves to [i]want[/i] to behave in a professional manner at all times, especially whilst "at work" during the season. As they are chasing their dream of playing football for a living, and taking in the cash benefits that go with it, you'd hope that as elite sportsmen with only a limited time to work their trade that they'd show at least some dedication and professionalism by not making a habit of abusing alcohol, staying out till the wee hours or putting themselves in dangerous situations during the season. There's no need at all to be ridiculously strict, just some application of a bit of common sense and maturity. Maybe the club needs to encourage more strictly private functions, preferably at a player's or someone at the club's place of residence or somewhere where the players will be well looked after and contained, for occassions that are obvious cause for heavy celebration or drowning of sorrows. It's also been mentioned here before that the severe lack of old heads in the playing ranks these days has probably been part of the reason that standards have slipped, and i'm inclined to agree. How do we fix this? I don't know exactly. Maybe in addition to strengthening the education process, the club could use the services of some past, respected clubmen to lay it all out for the current players (if they haven't already) and pay particular focus to the influential bad eggs in the group. Bottom line is we need to try and get the players in the frame of mind where they actually want to act professionally and look after themselves, whilst still being able to enjoy life in a bit more of a responsible fashion. Surely thats not asking too much, alot of people in the world seem to manage just fine. [/QUOTE]

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