Maybe it was a poorly executed attempt to get in his manager's good books, but West Brom's Switzerland defender Bernt Haas was rushed to hospital after getting smashed on vodka at the club's Christmas do.
From The Sun:
'A PREMIERSHIP star was rushed to hospital "blind drunk" after boozing all day at his club’s Christmas party.
West Brom defender Bernt Haas, 26, was swigging a bottle of vodka as paramedics helped him into casualty. One medic on duty said: "He was completely blasted, blind drunk."'