Meath_Villan Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 (edited) Up in the big kip Dublin and out of the corner of my in Starbucks on O'Connell Street I see a suit drinking his latte playing championship manager 01/02 ......instant respect on what is one of the greatest games ever ......and that's getting the hashtag #fact Edited October 11, 2016 by Meath_Villan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted October 11, 2016 Moderator Share Posted October 11, 2016 9 minutes ago, Meath_Villan said: Up in the big kip Dublin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midfielder Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 On 10/10/2016 at 11:50, BOF said: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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NoelVilla Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 The Norwegian cross-country skiers have been caught. Systematic doping for years finally come to an end hopefully. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Zen Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 1 hour ago, NoelVilla said: The Norwegian cross-country skiers have been caught. Systematic doping for years finally come to an end hopefully. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tegis Posted October 14, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted October 14, 2016 14 hours ago, Michelsen said: What's the deal here? And how's the Norwegian press handling it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Zen Posted October 14, 2016 Share Posted October 14, 2016 1 hour ago, Tegis said: What's the deal here? And how's the Norwegian press handling it? Mixed, really, but the overwhelming reaction is shock and disbelief. The two athletes' explanations are plausible enough, and none of them have been caught with performance enhancing levels of any substance. In the case of Sundby, he even has medical clearance for the substance he got done for (astma medicine) hence the minimal punishment. Johaug's is trickier, because there is no way for her to prove her innocence, other than the fact that the level of steroids in her positive test allegedly is too small to be considered performance enhancing. She and her doctor claims the steroid is from a skin ointment bought at an Italian chemist's but we only have their word for it. She will most likely face a relatively severe ban, and a severely tainted reputation. People, media included, seem to be forgiving towards the athletes but there is a lot of anger directed at the perceived lack of professionalism among the coaching and medical staff. Innocent or not, the level of stupidity on show is staggering. Heads will most likely roll. However, there is absolutely no reason to suspect systematic PED use in Norwegian cross country skiing. Given the sport's relatively unique popularity there is a relatively massive pool of extremely talented athletes to recruit from. Systematic PED use would simply be unnecessary beyond stupid. Of course, maybe they are that stupid, I obviously have no inside knowledge to prove my claim, but none of the two cases suggest even a hint of systematic cheating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tegis Posted October 14, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted October 14, 2016 Thanks! I must say, the Swedish media is holding back on the backlash. I thought they would go out guns blazing at all this. Sure, there are some subtle digs in quoting other athletes but that's it. 16 minutes ago, Michelsen said: severely tainted reputation This is the big thing, every good performance by a Norwegian skier for the next 10 years will be questioned, especially if more shit hits the fan. Basically what happened to the Finns after Lahti 2001 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted October 14, 2016 Moderator Share Posted October 14, 2016 So one has medical clearance and the other is at levels that are not PED and also has a possible medical explanation? I get that people loooove to cast aspersions in sport but is this not a ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted October 14, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted October 14, 2016 It's amazing how many athletes have asthma... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Seat68 Posted October 14, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted October 14, 2016 My dog died 2 weeks ago, the kennels where we got him from have released the 12 pictures that will make up their charity calendar and my dog is one of them. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoelVilla Posted October 14, 2016 Share Posted October 14, 2016 I am not going to derail this thread with a long post about doping, but On Johaug; 17 days ago she made an interview how it is the athlete's responsibility to make sure what substances they get into their bodies. The package of this ointment is labelled with a text that says 'Doping'. It's law in Italy to mark it like that. It doesn't really add up that she uses it. On systematic doping; no proof for this but in the 90's there was measured blood values on skiers from a lot of countries(even Norway and Sweden) on same levels that doped Tour de France-cyclists had. No major suspensions on any nordic countries more than that finnish incident. and finally; Fridays cheer me up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoelVilla Posted October 14, 2016 Share Posted October 14, 2016 We now officially live by the sea. It's a totally different walk to walk on the beach. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post chrisp65 Posted October 14, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted October 14, 2016 About 10 years ago my nipper ate an apple and asked to plant the seed to grow a tree. We went along with it, put the seed in a cup in the greenhouse. To our amazement, it took, sometime later we transplanted it out to the garden. This evening, I've taken a carrier bag full of apples off it. 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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V01 Posted October 16, 2016 Share Posted October 16, 2016 Booked Friday off from work, they cocked up and gave me Thursday too. Once I finish work in the Morning I'm not back in until Saturday night. Haven't told the missus either, no chance of her thinking up some jobs she wants doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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