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Curbishley fear over club parties
Curbishley's West Ham players had their Christmas party this week
West Ham boss Alan Curbishley believes clubs should ban Christmas parties for their players.
His comments come following the rape allegations that surfaced after the Manchester United party last Tuesday.
"I'm not happy about the Christmas parties," Curbishley told the Daily Star on Friday.
"They want to go to them, but it's a no-win situation. If anything happens they will be criticised. I don't know how you solve it but by banning them."
Christmas parties and controversy have gone hand-in-hand for some Premier League clubs over the last few years.
There is an awful lot of good stuff they do that don't make the papers
PFA's Bobby Barnes
But former Aston Villa and Manchester United goalkeeper Mark Bosnich insists that most footballers behave responsibly.
"Footballers in general get a lot of bad publicity, some of it warranted but the majority is unwarranted," Bosnich told BBC Radio 5 Live. "In general they are good boys.
"They come from working-class backgrounds. There's a lot of jealousy about. People should also bear in mind that there are also organisations of people who send these people in to get the players into trouble.
"I'm not making any judgments but this does go on. The bottom line is every situation is different.
"There are instances when footballers have done things wrong and they deserve to be punished.
"But there are extenuating circumstances and you have to look at the whole picture where people are sent in to get players into trouble."
And Birmingham boss Alex McLeish said: "You have to trust the players to adhere to the guidelines.
"Players know it's a period for them when they have to be 100% professional and there are heavy demands on them but everyone is in the same boat."
Assistant chief executive of the Professional Footballers' Association, Bobby Barnes, said it was "unfortunate" that the media preferred to report the salacious side of football rather than the good work done by players.
"Footballers are in the public eye - they've moved from the back pages to the front pages," he told BBC Radio 5 Live.
"It's unfortunate but papers like to report stories that give players bad publicity.
"There is an awful lot of good stuff they do that don't make the pages."
Curbishley's West Ham players had their Christmas party this week
West Ham boss Alan Curbishley believes clubs should ban Christmas parties for their players.
His comments come following the rape allegations that surfaced after the Manchester United party last Tuesday.
"I'm not happy about the Christmas parties," Curbishley told the Daily Star on Friday.
"They want to go to them, but it's a no-win situation. If anything happens they will be criticised. I don't know how you solve it but by banning them."
Christmas parties and controversy have gone hand-in-hand for some Premier League clubs over the last few years.
There is an awful lot of good stuff they do that don't make the papers
PFA's Bobby Barnes
But former Aston Villa and Manchester United goalkeeper Mark Bosnich insists that most footballers behave responsibly.
"Footballers in general get a lot of bad publicity, some of it warranted but the majority is unwarranted," Bosnich told BBC Radio 5 Live. "In general they are good boys.
"They come from working-class backgrounds. There's a lot of jealousy about. People should also bear in mind that there are also organisations of people who send these people in to get the players into trouble.
"I'm not making any judgments but this does go on. The bottom line is every situation is different.
"There are instances when footballers have done things wrong and they deserve to be punished.
"But there are extenuating circumstances and you have to look at the whole picture where people are sent in to get players into trouble."
And Birmingham boss Alex McLeish said: "You have to trust the players to adhere to the guidelines.
"Players know it's a period for them when they have to be 100% professional and there are heavy demands on them but everyone is in the same boat."
Assistant chief executive of the Professional Footballers' Association, Bobby Barnes, said it was "unfortunate" that the media preferred to report the salacious side of football rather than the good work done by players.
"Footballers are in the public eye - they've moved from the back pages to the front pages," he told BBC Radio 5 Live.
"It's unfortunate but papers like to report stories that give players bad publicity.
"There is an awful lot of good stuff they do that don't make the pages."
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