FFS listen to you lot. what a load of drivel you spout. Do you not go out drinking on a sunday night before work on a monday.You support the club dont own it nor the players lives. Try reading up on the Human rights act. pathetic

Very ill thought-out remarks making it obvious you have little concept of professional sport. Sportsmen and women have an obligation to look after their bodies to a far greater extent than normal people because their job performance depends on it, they are rewarded for this (to varying degrees depending on the sport) in their wages. If you don't understand this then you don't understand much.

Also, I'm fairly positive that the human rights act does not mention anything about drinking on 'school-nights'.

Think you have a valid point but maybe they should refrain from having sex at least 2 weeks before a game as we know this can hamper performance..

Paul King always looks sh*gged.

Thats the kind of attitude which is holding the club back. Maybe you would be better off supporting a pub team than a Super League club?

We pay good money to support the club and most of us are paid a lot less than the players are. If you are a professional sportsman being paid between £50,000 and £100,000 a year as most of our first team regulars are then you have to make certain sacrifices. Professional sportsmen are supposed to look after their bodies and while I'm not against anyone having a drink I dont turn up for work on a Monday morning hung over and unable to do my job properly and I think I'm entitled to expect the same from the players of the team I support.

Agreed

The entire concept of professional sport is beyond you, isn't it?

I cannot understand how the club can even tolerate players smoking. I cant get my head round it really. It makes no sense at all. No wonder Agar cant work it out, its the equivalent of a mechanic filling the petrol tank of a car with water and then scratching his head when it doesnt work.

some footie players smoke and they dont get penalised for it so why should the rugby lads. they shouldnt do it but theyre grown men and agar isnt their babysitter. they should be able to step it up and perform just as good as the non smokers imo.

can see where ur coming from though

I stayed at the same hotel with the Saints players at the first Magic weekend, when they gave Wigan a good seeing-to. Long and Cunningham to name but 2 looked well rough on the following morning.

Personally I think a code of conduct in terms of a written set of rules in itself is not the answer. I'd guess that the most successful clubs are those with a culture that starts with inspirational leadership and where all its members, particularly the players and coaching staff, buy into what the club is trying to achieve, and the board resource those ambitions and shared objectives appropriately. I know this sounds a bit like management theory bollox, but I just doubt that Saints or Leeds have a list of rules about who can drink when and how much. The players seem to feel a collective responsibility to put and keep the clubs where they belong and a pride and urgency that ours lack.

In a way, the injuries disasters of the last couple of seasons have served to let our players, coach and CEO off the hook. There have been (up to now) no stated ambitions and no consequences for not delivering anything on the pitch. Whilst we all had a good laugh at Morgan for saying Rovers could win the Grand Final this year, at least he was setting an ambitious goal. Agar is so downbeat anyway you wonder whether the "target" was one of consolidation in 11th spot. We might just do that if a few of Bradford's results go our way.

To me, the drinking thing is a symptom of the complete lack of accountability and passion the players feel for the club and the general lack of consequences for not behaving professionally, rather than being an issue in itself.

I coudn't agree more. However I think some of them will be facing the consequences in the next few weeks. Lets hope it serves to [iencourager les autres.[/i