The_Rev Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 I guess having no world cup to go to means that Bale has spent the summer in the gym. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voinjama Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 I hope Wales qualify for the Euro 16. A player of his calibre deserves to play in a big tournament. And with half the continents team going to France in 2 years, I think he might. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCforever1991 Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 With Ramsey as well, Wales could do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 With Joe Allen, Robson Kanu and David Vaughan, they probably won't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voinjama Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 I thought Joe Allen was a good young prospect? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCforever1991 Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 Yeah when he was at Swansea.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a m ole Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 I guess having no world cup to go to means that Bale has spent the summer in the gym. Excellent work by Dr Fuentes 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicho Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 I guess having no world cup to go to means that Bale has spent the summer in the gym. Excellent work by Dr Fuentes I really hope Fuentes has no involvement, unfortunately that would be extremely naive of me. Bale is a special case, very much like Ronaldo in being the perfect committed athlete with world class footballing ability, I wouldnt want that tainted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a m ole Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Haha, I don't think so, he was in good shape at spurs by the end. I actually think him improving his athleticism was what took him from being a fullback having difficulty putting his mark on a game to what he is now. We could do with a few athletes at our club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArteSuave Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 (edited) We've got a few excellent athletes at Villa to be fair. Some skill wouldn't go amiss. Fwiw, I don't think Bale has put on much (if any) weight, it's just a bit of lighting / angles. Here's another pic from the same session: He looks lean as shit though. Edited August 8, 2014 by ArteSuave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RunRickyRun Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Fat burning drugs such as Methylhhexanamine are all the rage at the moment. Using Ronaldo as an example of a clean athlete? C'mon son! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Fat burning drugs such as Methylhhexanamine are all the rage at the moment. Using Ronaldo as an example of a clean athlete? C'mon son! saying Ronaldo is dirty? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa89 Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Fat burning drugs such as Methylhhexanamine are all the rage at the moment. Using Ronaldo as an example of a clean athlete? C'mon son! saying Ronaldo is dirty? Safe enough to assume pretty much all players in Spain & Italy have taken or are taking some form of performance enhancing drugs/blood doping. How many drug tests are done in football? How many footballers fail tests? The latest Wada Testing Figures revealed that only 2.38 per cent of doping controls in 2013 came in the form of blood testing and Wada has set a minimum of 10%. Governing bodies are responsible for testing in their own jurisdictions, and while a total of 28,002 dope tests were administered in 2013, only 667 blood tests are counted among that number. Wada does not conduct tests and football has only been a signatory of the Wada code since 2006 - the last Olympic sport to sign up. The Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) did more blood tests on footballers than any organisation in 2013 with 232 in-competition blood tests out of a total of 2896 doping tests conducted in total - just over 8%. Organisations in top football countries like Spain, the Netherlands and Brazil, meanwhile, failed to conduct any. http://www.goal.com/en-ke/news/4528/internationals/2014/07/24/4981615/football-should-quadruple-blood-testing-in-doping-fight-wada Hear no evil, see no evil. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 suarez has his appeal rejected, the 4 month match ban is upheld but the football activity ban is dropped i personally think thats pretty much what barca were angling for, the ban wasn't going to be dropped, maybe reduced but at least they can have him in training and peddling the merchandise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 I guess having no world cup to go to means that Bale has spent the summer in the gym. He still looks like a chimp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 suarez has his appeal rejected, the 4 month match ban is upheld but the football activity ban is dropped i personally think thats pretty much what barca were angling for, the ban wasn't going to be dropped, maybe reduced but at least they can have him in training and peddling the merchandise Yeah, I saw that. Apparently the reason for the decision will be explained later. I think we all know that the reason is that he plays for Barcelona. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 Heard a snip on SSN which I thought was interesting, barca have argued that the ban from football stops him doing charity work, they didn't really go in to much detail though it was almost a throw away comment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 I wonder if it was Legia Warsaw who got a transfer ban would they have still been allowed to sign players Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 Depends on how much my money they bring to the table in terms of a guaranteed television audience. So no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 So FIFA have rejected Barcelona's appeal against their transfer ban and they are banned from signing players during the next two transfer windows. Of course that doesn't really matter because they have been allowed to sign players this window (and still can until 31st August) to prepare for the ban... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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