Most footballers have a small injury of some sort or another for most of their career, I played for 5 years with fecked knees, nurofen kept me going. It's really not uncommon.
A bit unfair I think, we all have jobs, some more important than others, but just because he's a footballer doesn't mean he's not allowed out on the p!ss, just like anyone else.
Getting into fights is a different matter however....
Have to agree that this forum seems to have lost it's zip. I've been using it for quite a few years now and the previous incarnations of it and it's never been this bad. I would guess that it's down to the way the club is run now and the teams performances.