EPT2015 - 2016 Football Thread - Page 319
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Dante08
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LennX
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Faruko
Chile34172 Posts
its also the worst (in terms of the level of the teams) of the big leagues, maybe just slightly above Italy | ||
Liquid`Drone
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smr
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malcram
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Greg_J
China4409 Posts
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{CC}StealthBlue
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LennX
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lprk
Poland2249 Posts
On April 04 2016 00:42 {CC}StealthBlue wrote: So Arsenal Fans are accusing Leicester City of doping players? Seriously. It's not Arsenal fans but The Sunday Times article. Overall you need to be extremly naive to think that most of footballers aren't doping when it is huge money sport with almost no controls. | ||
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sneirac
Germany3464 Posts
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LennX
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RvB
Netherlands6261 Posts
Tribute to Johan Cruijff. Am I the only one getting teary eyes? =/. Ajax wins 3-0 today only 5 more games to go to win the league^^. The best tribute you can give is to win. | ||
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zev318
Canada4306 Posts
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Skynx
Turkey7150 Posts
For example in cycling or athletics its a strict red line and leds a lifetime ban if caught. In NBA and NFL tho everyone is on doping and noone can convince me otherwise. | ||
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Liquid`Drone
Norway28735 Posts
My understanding is that for the drugs that are used it's less about performance enhancing and more about speeding up recovery, which makes sense. Sure having better stamina and being stronger is useful, but it's not what defines a football player like in endurance or strength based sports, and the potential gain doesn't outweigh the risk. Recovery however is super important (and obviously indirectly boosts performance as well - I'm just saying that there's not much suspicion of them using EPO or whatever). | ||
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zulu_nation8
China26351 Posts
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RvB
Netherlands6261 Posts
On April 04 2016 01:56 Liquid`Drone wrote: it happens, but not often. I did read an article about some Norwegian guy who semi-complained about having had to take a drug test after both the previous first games - seems like here they basically randomly select a couple guys each match day for testing - obviously there's no real point checking the same guy twice though. My understanding is that for the drugs that are used it's less about performance enhancing and more about speeding up recovery, which makes sense. Sure having better stamina and being stronger is useful, but it's not what defines a football player like in endurance or strength based sports, and the potential gain doesn't outweigh the risk. Recovery however is super important (and obviously indirectly boosts performance as well - I'm just saying that there's not much suspicion of them using EPO or whatever). We have this football talkshow in The Netherlands and they've told stories how they got pills from their doctors and would be running like madmen the rest of the match. This is in the 70s. It's pretty useful to still be able to run at your max in minute 80. The difference between catching a ball on time or to late is a matter of seconds at most. You also make less mistakes when you don't feel exhausted. | ||
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lprk
Poland2249 Posts
On April 04 2016 01:48 zev318 wrote: do football leagues test for drugs at all? They do test few random players from time to time, also UEFA test 3 random players after every CL/EL game. I remember that Barton said few years ago that he was tested once in 10 years of professional career. From what I've read they almost exclusively test urine so transfusions and EPO day before the game are rather risk free. | ||
Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
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