Amazed at some of the reactions to this. Ranging from sack him to its a conspiracy so he can play elsewhere. All those responses are wrong.
He missed training, he will be punished. He is not the first person to miss training, just the press trying to keep the sh!t stirred at the club. SBW shags scrubbers in dunnies, gets caught pssing in public, and various other bender related stuff in the past, and not one person says sack him.
You cant have rules for the players you like more, and different rules for players you dislike or are indifferent about. If you sack Maitua for this you have to sack SBW too for what hes done before.
This is barely news. Footballer gets drunk, misses training. Probably a weekly event if you include all clubs.
You gotta love the press too. He was seen stopping traffic in Kings X they say. He was probably on a pedestrian crossing.
You never chucked a sickie coz you were under the weather from hitting the grog?
I say....big deal. Punish him, move on..