Drugs in football - Dispatches

[MattyRangers]

Rafa Nadal took a year out with a nasty knee injury.....whatever knee injury it was, it's caused him to shed some muscle bulkage around his abdomen, chest and upper thighs.

LTA were terrified this summer that a male top 5 player was going to provide a positive sample and tested throughout, though, apparently missing the player in question.

And used the services of Dr Ferrari - well known in cycling for his "vitamin" programmes.....

intersting! Would love to know all the goings on in the sports world, I bet there would be plenty of suprises us Average Joes couldnt imagine going on in a million years...

[RussRanger]

Look at Mr Usian Bolt, you telling me that's natural?? Never get caught though ,.

No idea why that made me laugh.

[MattyRangers]

Would love to see an Olympics where all "performance enhancing drugs" were allowed, just to see how far the human body can be pushed. I can just see it now:

"And Patrick O'Malley has just smashed the 100m world record with an astonoshing time of 4.876 seconds!"

[Nodge70]

I don't think any professional sport will be untouched.

Horse racing for example. Apparently locker rooms at certain courses are more reknowned for toot parties than backstage after a Led Zep gig in the mid 70's.

[Nodge70]

Would love to see an Olympics where all "performance enhancing drugs" were allowed, just to see how far the human body can be pushed. I can just see it now:

"And Patrick O'Malley has just smashed the 100m world record with an astonoshing time of 4.876 seconds!"

I think they did that in Seoul 1988. Flo-Jo, Ben Johnson, Linford Christie and a few others...

[winalotto]

Would love to see an Olympics where all "performance enhancing drugs" were allowed, just to see how far the human body can be pushed. I can just see it now:

"And Patrick O'Malley has just smashed the 100m world record with an astonoshing time of 4.876 seconds!"

Totally agree, why should some get away with it because there superstars, and others get punished. Should be completely open and no testing.

[themodfather]

and it should be the 2 yr ban, mutu never got it, nor stam in italy nor many others...rio missed his test and that just smacked of wrong doing, he still got paid and did the kids learn?
yeah, rich people can't be touched, so get rich!

[SpankwiR]

My sources tell me Adam Johnson loves a bit of tackle!

[MattyRangers]

My sources tell me Adam Johnson loves a bit of tackle!

Heard the same from a few pals that saw him in Napa this summer.

[SpankwiR]

Adam Johnson is

[Kimimar0]

Its obvious the drugs testing programmes in European football are way less strict that Olympic or US sports ones. Noone ever seems to fail even for mistakes regarding medication or recreational drugs.

[Ellerslie]

Its obvious the drugs testing programmes in European football are way less strict that Olympic or US sports ones. Noone ever seems to fail even for mistakes regarding medication or recreational drugs.

Mutu, Paddy Kenny etc?

[Fordy]

I know for a FACT Jimmy Bullard loves the sniff. As he was off his face at V festival watching the Arctic Monkeys and i was right next to him.

[Fordy]

My sources tell me Adam Johnson loves a bit of tackle!

Whats tackle? Sorry i aint with this drug slang.

[MattyRangers]

Whats tackle? Sorry i aint with this drug slang.

Sausage/Johnson/Trousersnake/old boy/mr gherkin. Im sure you get the picture...