angrysteve 0 Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 Could explain why we haven't spent any of the money... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 19980 Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 My guessing is Charlie Adam will be one of them *grabs coat* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monroe Transfer 0 Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 A few years ago a paper was going to out a Prem player as gay. What happened to that? Injunction? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44498 Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 It turned out he just liked Uggs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14011 Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 Nigel Reo Cokehead? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonGoodwyn 1 Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 I think there were rumours that Hutton was on coke the other year, so it might be him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McFaul 35 Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 I think there were rumours that Hutton was on coke the other year, so it might be him. Wouldn't even be worthy of a programme if it's him ffs. I just take it as a given that they all have drugs in their system in Edinburgh and Glasgow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogmatix 0 Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 Didnt we sell a player TO ManU a good few years ago. The local mutterings were the he and another player were caught using. All rumour and supposition of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 Didnt we sell a player TO ManU a good few years ago. The local mutterings were the he and another player were caught using. All rumour and supposition of course. Not the only rumour doing the rounds iirc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snakehips 0 Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 So a club buys a player and DOESN'T conduct a D & A test?? Seriously?? If that is the case, I'd be staggered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 So a club buys a player and DOESN'T conduct a D & A test?? Seriously?? If that is the case, I'd be staggered. They're not allowed to, are they? Wasn't there bother when Chelsea had conducted their own tests on Mutu? I suppose they could conduct them anyway like but given medicals are conducted as a transfer is going through, would they get the results in time anyway? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt 0 Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 Didnt we sell a player TO ManU a good few years ago. The local mutterings were the he and another player were caught using. All rumour and supposition of course. IIRC all the players touted left the club within a few months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 71 Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 It's a shame Maradona ran into that camera with those dialated pupils. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snakehips 0 Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 So a club buys a player and DOESN'T conduct a D & A test?? Seriously?? If that is the case, I'd be staggered. They're not allowed to, are they? Wasn't there bother when Chelsea had conducted their own tests on Mutu? I suppose they could conduct them anyway like but given medicals are conducted as a transfer is going through, would they get the results in time anyway? Fuck me, I didn't know that. A multi, multi million pound 'investment' and attention to such detail isn't allowed. Blyme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 So a club buys a player and DOESN'T conduct a D & A test?? Seriously?? If that is the case, I'd be staggered. They're not allowed to, are they? Wasn't there bother when Chelsea had conducted their own tests on Mutu? I suppose they could conduct them anyway like but given medicals are conducted as a transfer is going through, would they get the results in time anyway? Fuck me, I didn't know that. A multi, multi million pound 'investment' and attention to such detail isn't allowed. Blyme. The theory is clubs could use the info to stop authorities finding out about a player's drug use (performance enhancing or recreational). It is a bit different when it's a player you're about to sign rather than one already on your books though (in principle, at least). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weldy 0 Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 The player was described as being "a top player"...that rules out Andy Carroll then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weldy 0 Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 Dont really care if a players doin a bit of coke, half the nations on the gear lets be honest. Hardly worth makin a tv show for in my opinion. Hope the player doesnt get hammered (unless its a mackem, or l'pool player) then id be all for public execution! On the subject of "dispatches" that show about buyin a football club which shammed Brian Robson hasnt denyed his career, he was at the man.ure match on saturday nite under the title of "manchester united global ambasitor". If he didnt get nailed 2 a wall for that then i hope a player doesnt for takin a few lines of yoke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonGoodwyn 1 Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 Aye, its hardly surprising that players earning millions of pounds spend a bit of it on some high quality cocaine. I doubt it'll be anyone that big, or i'm sure someone else would have caught onto it by now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 19980 Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 Dont really care if a players doin a bit of coke, half the nations on the gear lets be honest. Hardly worth makin a tv show for in my opinion. Hope the player doesnt get hammered (unless its a mackem, or l'pool player) then id be all for public execution!On the subject of "dispatches" that show about buyin a football club which shammed Brian Robson hasnt denyed his career, he was at the man.ure match on saturday nite under the title of "manchester united global ambasitor". If he didnt get nailed 2 a wall for that then i hope a player doesnt for takin a few lines of yoke WTF! Serious? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weldy 0 Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 Yeah he came up on the tv with the caption below him, i dunno if u saw the show but how hes still involved in the game amazes me. He was caught redhanded on camera offering clubs around like sweeties. Illegially 2! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neville Neville Neville 0 Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 Dont really care if a players doin a bit of coke, half the nations on the gear lets be honest. Hardly worth makin a tv show for in my opinion. Hope the player doesnt get hammered (unless its a mackem, or l'pool player) then id be all for public execution!On the subject of "dispatches" that show about buyin a football club which shammed Brian Robson hasnt denyed his career, he was at the man.ure match on saturday nite under the title of "manchester united global ambasitor". If he didnt get nailed 2 a wall for that then i hope a player doesnt for takin a few lines of yoke WTF! Serious? Seems like whoever was doing the captions was off their head on coke as well.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monroe Transfer 0 Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 Apparently it is... drum roll... this is so exciting... you won't believe it... Garry O'Connor. http://www.sportingintelligence.com/2011/0...ecovery-120902/ Garry O’Connor, a Scotland striker who played for Birmingham City in the Premier League, failed a drugs test for cocaine while at the club and served a secret ban as he sought and received help for drink and drug problems, Sportingintelligence can reveal. His identity was kept secret under the terms of the anti-doping discipline process and because it was deemed that he should be given the best chance to battle his demons without the glare of publicity, sources say. Birmingham are understood to have been praised for the pastoral care of their player at the time, and the relevant authorities and agencies, including the FA and Sporting Chance clinic, are believed to have agreed with how the case was handled. Sportingintelligence has not confirmed the length of ban O’Connor served but the UK Anti-Doping database contains details of a two-month ban for a metabolite of cocaine around the relevant time, with no name give for the offender. O’Connor, 28, is expected to be named by Channel 4′s Dispatches programme on Monday night (link to Dispatches website here) as a multi-million pound player who transferred clubs without his new club knowing about his drugs past. O’Connor has, in the past, commanded fees of millions of pounds, for example when sold by Hibs to Lokomotiv Moscow in 2006 for £1.6m, and then when sold for a reported £2.7m to Birmingham in 2007. But since his drugs test – which sources say was in the 2009-10 Premier League season, when O’Connor missed the majority of the season with a hip problem – the player has not changed hands for any money. He spent time on loan at Barnsley and then moved to Hibs as a free agent this summer. Sources tell Sportingintelligence that Hibernian have been contacted by Dispatches in recent days to ask if they knew O’Connor had a failed drugs test and ban on his CV. Hibs are not commenting for the moment. The player himself is not expected to speak about his situation until tomorrow at the earliest. He was arrested in May in Edinburgh on suspicion of possessing cocaine and faces legal action. Positive drugs tests in English professional football are not uncommon, with cocaine and dope the most frequently discovered substances, as we reported in April 2010. The vast majority of cases are discovered in young teenage players, who are often banned but then assisted with education and / or rehab programmes to mend their ways. Mostly their identities are never revealed because either they don’t re-offend, or they do and are forced out of the game entirely. Dispatches is sure to foster debate about the best way to handle players who test positive for social drugs. The FA insist privately that treatment is as significant a part of the process as punishment, especially when most players caught are teenagers making a first ‘mistake’. O’Connor is understood to have sought help for his problems over a number of years and is continuing to receive assistance as he looks towards recovery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4721 Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lake Bells tits 1 Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 was hoping it was rooney or summat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 30370 Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 (edited) Wasn't he arrested a while back for having coke on him? Hardly a revelation. Edit: Aye, it says so in the article. Edited September 12, 2011 by ewerk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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