In a day and age where the science of sport has led coaches at all levels to look hard at the diet and lifestyles of our players away from the field, the popular feeling around the English Premier League is that most of their domestic players are still caught in a bit of a time warp.
Roy Keane was eventually dismissed from the Republic of Ireland team for complaints about the poor culture around their team's prep for the 2002 World Cup, ranging from a variety of topics including quality of training, training facilities, and poor food and drink options for their players.
Roberto Mancini has much work to do to eradicate the drinking culture at Manchester City after four of his stars' boozy night out.
Despite Mancini's pleas to England pair Joe Hart and Adam Johnson to behave, the pair were pictured downing shots and beers along with Gareth Barry and Shay Given at a party in Scotland.
The four were photographed letting their hair down in the early hours of Tuesday morning during a two-day golf break at St Andrews.
Hart, Johnson, Barry and Given are said to have come from a nightclub to the party in a student house at 1am before leaving 90 minutes later.
"It is better to go with a woman than a drink. It is better. That is what I did when I was a player.
"In Italy the players don't have this culture to drink after the game. It is so different, but I understand it is part of the English culture and it is not easy to change.
"Adam Johnson and Joe Hart are young, they are playing in the national team and they must change. It's very frustrating for me to see this behaviour because I don't understand it.
"I don't understand why a player must drink after a game. OK, maybe one drink is OK. But three, four, five, six - drinking until they are drunk - this is not good."
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