Ryan Sears

Quoted from TwoLeftFeet

Think I would think more of the club with all this commitment to #greater together etc they keep talking about.. if they admit he had made a mistake etc only a 22 year old lad and work with him to be part of the club rather than just bin him off..

     Sense spoken at last.

Quoted from MuddyWaters

I find it hard to believe that everyone on here seems not to have done something stupid in their early 20's. Hurst said in an earlier interview that Sears had struggled to settle in the area. Yes, he's done wrong, there's no escaping that but maybe better to put a proverbial arm round him and give him a second chance.

I don't think many people on here were professional footballers in their 20s.

Quoted from mimma

You can't just get rid of a player because he has got drunk, if we go down that road then there will be hundreds of ex professional footballers out of work. For a start they haven't broken any of their contract since I doubt there is a clause banning drinking. Remember Gallimore, everyone knew of his drinking, but he still turned up and did the business.

Yes you can because he has committed a serious criminal offence and gross misconduct both of which will be covered in any competent employment contract. There will be an internal procedure to follow which is probably why the club has said nothing and we had to rely on Powys County News to know about it. The club will be able to ditch him if they choose to .Whether they will or. It is to be seen but highly likely. Three times over the limit is more then just a young lad taking a chance and making a bad choice. I wonder if anyone else from the club was with him at the time.

Quoted from MuddyWaters

No one condones what he’s done but to say he’s privileged to play non league football?

Certainly privileged to be a professional footballer. It's not like some job you are forced to do to earn a living. Professional footballers are doing a job they obviously love and want to do. They get paid, in general, more than your average guy on the street, even if it is a relatively short career.

Quoted from HerveJosse

I wonder if anyone else from the club was with him at the time.

I would think it highly likely as fellow employees at the club are probably the only people he knows in the area

Quoted from MuddyWaters

Does that mean that only professional footballers can get done for DD? Or is a young lad who might be struggling with being away from home immune from a bit of TLC?

FFS ! I can imagine your reaction if a member of your family was injured or killed by a DD three times over the limit and his defence was " I was struggling with being away from home and I needed a bit of TLC ". I know nobody was injured or killed in this instance but the principal remains the same regardless of what profession they are in. I could understand just over the limit but three times over is some serious necking it down and a lot of TLC required.

Hearing this news alongside the recent dip in form makes me worry about what is going in the squad and potentially explains some of Hurst's comments about players not living up to his expectations etc etc.  Why has a team that was on fire a few weeks ago gone off the boil?  Yes, we have had injuries, but the intensity has dropped.  Its easy to imagine a situation where some of the squad are out boozing/ late nights etc and off form as a result, news of this incident gets out, others in the squad are annoyed at being let down by their colleagues and within weeks you can go from a harmonious, successful side to a unhappy, unsuccessful side.  Its not the fault of the manager but, if that's the case, PH has a big challenge now to turn things around.

Quoted from LondonMariner43

  Its easy to imagine a situation where some of the squad are out boozing/ late nights etc .

Not too many I hope if Hurst is going to sack all the players who go drinking. We haven't got the depth in the squad we initially thought if enough get drunk and sacked we might not be able to put out a team.

Quoted from rancido

Certainly privileged to be a professional footballer. It's not like some job you are forced to do to earn a living. Professional footballers are doing a job they obviously love and want to do. They get paid, in general, more than your average guy on the street, even if it is a relatively short career.

I don't think a NL right back is earning all that much money at all. It is a privilege to pursue a career that you enjoy, but being a footballer at this level is short and they have nothing to fall back on for the last 30 years of their working life. It's an incredibly mild privilege at best.

Quoted from rancido

FFS ! I can imagine your reaction if a member of your family was injured or killed by a DD three times over the limit and his defence was " I was struggling with being away from home and I needed a bit of TLC ". I know nobody was injured or killed in this instance but the principal remains the same regardless of what profession they are in. I could understand just over the limit but three times over is some serious necking it down and a lot of TLC required.

It's completely stupid and somebody could have got seriously hurt which would have been tragic. But for a slender 22 year old, it isn't really necking it at all. Most people will be over the limit after 2 quick pints of a weak lager like Carling. 4 pints of a strong beer would be close to that amount and I'd bet anything that more than 1 of the people making comments in here have drank that much and driven at some point in their life.