Saido's unauthorized interview was an embarrassment and has resulted in him being publicly criticised by the manager, possibly fined by the club and, if we believe media stories, given a hard time by his team mates, all of which seems perfectly understandable. But it did occur to me that there is an element of double standards going on. Joleon Lescott also did an unauthorised (presumably) interview in which he was critical of the manager and suggested that he wouldnt play where the manager told him to play (albeit that most fans would agree that he was right). Yet no public telling off or fine for Lescott. I know the two situations are different, but in both cases what was said could be interpreted as arrogant or petulent or not knowing their place, yet the reactions are a million miles apart.