Ukeglass half fullRoyalcop I'm not sure that a test for recreational drugs is included in many football medicals (though possibly it should). Otherwise you wouldn't end up with situations such as this and Mutu at Chelsea.
Make it essential.
Except many recreational drugs have short half-lives and can be masked
glass half full Has technology not advanced since the Robin Friday days - blood tests etc.? Or is it too expensive to try this?
Ukeglass half full Has technology not advanced since the Robin Friday days - blood tests etc.? Or is it too expensive to try this?
Of course it has, but look how long it takes to introduce so thin as simple as goal line technology. Drug testing would need to be a global standard too. Imagine if a player was bought from a more lax regime such as Russia?
Or, most likely, they just don't want to look too deeply...
AFAIK they still rely on just blood/urine mainly
glass half full Has technology not advanced since the Robin Friday days - blood tests etc.? Or is it too expensive to try this?
6ft Kerplunkglass half full Has technology not advanced since the Robin Friday days - blood tests etc.? Or is it too expensive to try this?
Given the amount of money floating around in football these days its not a money issue. At least not in the major leagues. The could of course just copy cycling and have a biological passport that they brought in after the EPO shambles of the 90s/00s. Its not a perfect system but does catch people and teams can have access to the data before signing a rider.
6ft Kerplunkglass half full Has technology not advanced since the Robin Friday days - blood tests etc.? Or is it too expensive to try this?
Given the amount of money floating around in football these days its not a money issue. At least not in the major leagues. The could of course just copy cycling and have a biological passport that they brought in after the EPO shambles of the 90s/00s. Its not a perfect system but does catch people and teams can have access to the data before signing a rider.
stealthpapes The best way to know would be publicising all tests.
In the book, incidentally, he mentions that players who spend a long time out with indistinct injuries might have other problems.
That's a bit obvious, really, but its nice to hear.
TBM Anyone know who the player he is on about that came from Scottish football to Sunderland (previously with Arsenal)?
TBM Anyone know who the player he is on about that came from Scottish football to Sunderland (previously with Arsenal)?
TBMstealthpapes The best way to know would be publicising all tests.
In the book, incidentally, he mentions that players who spend a long time out with indistinct injuries might have other problems.
That's a bit obvious, really, but its nice to hear.
Hence Jack Wilshere's "ankle" injury that kept him out for almost a season....
The FA knew that publicly announcing his problem would almost ruin his career and hurt the English national team.
Juventus and Livorno have been ordered to pay some of the £14m compensation Adrian Mutu owes to ex-club Chelsea.
Ouroboros Rofl. He's being interviewed on C4 news shortly. They've distorted his voice but not so that it isn't utterly, completely obvious who it is.
Why does the charade continue?
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