Wayne smokes? That's the first time I heard that 
But to why I am confusing you. I get what you mean, but I don't agree as I think you look too much into the whole thing. Smoking is only a small bit of what Robin is obviously meaning. He didn't say it, but you can't live on the streets in Rotterdam without having seen drugs, abuse, violence etc a million times in your life. There are footballers and trainers who smoke but the overall bad behaviour is bigger than just smoking. And he has been there himself too, with the rape accusations and all but he has turned his life around and he has made it. People who haven't stepped over their teen experiments and get problems out of it, they don't make it. We have this same kid. Brazilian (You know how they are..) 20-year old (then 19) who had a wild life and foolish attitude. He became a father, got married this year, new trainer and he started to see that if he didn't turn his life around, he would play on amateur-base in Brazil. He turned it around and now he is a regular starter on the team. In just a few months time.
There are many who can deal without being as protective over their bodies and mind as Robin, but there are even more who can't. And they have to look out for not screwing up their future. There is a reason why a person is on the youth teams but when you show bad behaviour, you can easily be a lost case. You know, he's spreading the good message.
The thread is indeed alive. 
My mum told me Wayne smokes, don't ask me how she knew. Man Utd not allowed in this house, lol.
Merel, you are proving my point again. I said I thought Robin sounded as if he were mocking his old croonies. I feel it is not fair to do so, as you never know what someone will become. What if his old croonies look at him and because of the whole rape allegation say, "Robin calls that success, I'd never want to be like him, look what he did to his wife."
Even if Robin now treats Bouchra like the queen she is. What if one mistake by him, has his friends using him as an example? That wouldn't be fair. He could treat Bouchra like a star 99% of the time, but they choose that one time he didn't and make an example. They could even say he was a loser because he was not a child when that happened.
I just think it isn't fair of him to condemn 14 year old children, who knows what those children have become today. Robin didn't say they haven't made it in football, he said they haven't made it. Generalisation.
I respect your opinion, but likewise I do not agree. I will just agree to disagree.
