Southampton boss Nigel Pearson has come down hard on Bradley Wright-Phillips and Nathan Dyer following an incident in a nightclub last month.Wright-Phillips and Dyer's future at the club could now be in doubt after CCTV footage apparently showed the pair in a back room of a Hampshire nightclub which is at the centre of theft allegations.

Pearson, who is believed to have fined the pair two weeks' wages, told a Saints fans' forum on Wednesday that he will not stand for indiscipline from his players and has dropped Wright-Phillips as a result - although Dyer is currently injured.

"There is no point hiding. (The headlines) have happened and they are not the kind of thing we want - and that is putting it mildly," said Pearson.

"It was unacceptable behaviour and I dealt with it as strongly as I could. I take an exceptionally dim view of it. One player is injured and the other is now unavailable because I have deemed him unavailable.

"Ultimately I take it as a personal reflection on me and the standards I intent to set and have set on the training ground. What I expect from them as people and professional footballers is very high."

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