Nespa Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 Gary O'Connor about to be named and shamed tonight! http://www.sportingintelligence.com/2011/09/12/exclusive-former-birmingham-striker-garry-oconnor-had-cocaine-test-kept-secret-to-aid-recovery-120902/ Garry O Link to comment
Big Man Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 Oh aye - forgot about this one. I'll be watching inecht... Link to comment
muttondressedaslamb Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 saw this advertised. wonder who else will be named and shamed. fair play to Birmingham for handling it like the way they did. Link to comment
minijc Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 Brum fans saying they had a right to know as they wouldn't have supported him, absolute pish, in a time of need they were willing to kick the man when he was down, I personally would back the player. Link to comment
amancalledbuck Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 All cokeheads are cunts. Link to comment
Ernie McCracken Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 Brum fans saying they had a right to know as they wouldn't have supported him, absolute pish, in a time of need they were willing to kick the man when he was down, I personally would back the player. I'd rather have a player that snorted a wee bit of coke than one that got pished. That said these guys will be snorting coke WHILST drinking, and that will allow them to drink more, which can only be a bad thing! Link to comment
tightbreeks Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 o'connor might be having a cheeky wee line watching this. i like that idea. Link to comment
ebbe Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 Explains what he was yapping to Gonzales about at full-time then. Link to comment
Ernie McCracken Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 Time of need? Kick the man when he was down? He took coke and got busted, would you feel sorry for any other Joe Public that got knobbled? I never really feel sorry for them, but i do feel a sense of injustice when i read that such and such has been dragged through the courts and labelled a pariah for having the audacity to take recreational drug that is less harmful than alcohol. That said I would want any Dons player to be booted out of the club, but to put that in perspective if i had my way any player who drank would be booted out of the club too! Link to comment
actonsheep Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 I never really feel sorry for them, but i do feel a sense of injustice when i read that such and such has been dragged through the courts and labelled a pariah for having the audacity to take recreational drug that is less harmful than alcohol. That said I would want any Dons player to be booted out of the club, but to put that in perspective if i had my way any player who drank would be booted out of the club too! Coke isn't less harmful than booze. You're probably referring to that report done by that committee the boy Nutt setup when he got sacked by the government? This was attempting to show the overall harm to society rather than the individual, so whilst alcohol does more overall social damage (mainly due to its massive popularity), coke is more harmful for the individual and the people close to them. Which is kinda what matters when you are talking about sportsmen... Link to comment
minijc Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 Time of need? Kick the man when he was down? He took coke and got busted, would you feel sorry for any other Joe Public that got knobbled?In some cases, yes I do. Link to comment
tutankamun Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 So how come Gary Oconnor gets a second chance with drug rehabilitation etc. but Adrian Mutu got sacked and had to pay Chelsea millions in compensation for doing the same thing? (I see Mutu has now been banned from international football for being pished) Link to comment
vanderark14 Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 So how come Gary Oconnor gets a second chance with drug rehabilitation etc. but Adrian Mutu got sacked and had to pay Chelsea millions in compensation for doing the same thing? (I see Mutu has now been banned from international football for being pished) because Chelsea did the right thing in sacking him. Whilst Birmingham took the hippie approach and wanted to help him with his "disease" Link to comment
Dynamo Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 because Chelsea did the right thing in sacking him. Whilst Birmingham took the hippie approach and wanted to help him with his "disease" What about Rio Ferdinand? He wasn't sacked but it was very public. Link to comment
vanderark14 Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 What about Rio Ferdinand? He wasn't sacked but it was very public. I only know he missed a drugs test, did he take anything? Link to comment
tutankamun Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 because Chelsea did the right thing in sacking him. Whilst Birmingham took the hippie approach and wanted to help him with his "disease" Surely the FA should step in and ensure players are treated the same? Link to comment
tutankamun Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 I only know he missed a drugs test, did he take anything? He was banned and fined because he missed a drugs test. Link to comment
Dynamo Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 I only know he missed a drugs test, did he take anything? He was still banned for 8 months and it wasn't even proven that he had taken anything. Link to comment
diamondsr4ever Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 He was still banned for 8 months and it wasn't even proven that he had taken anything. did he not miss the 1st one, and then a second test? cant prove youve taken feck all if u dont turn up Link to comment
Dynamo Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 did he not miss the 1st one, and then a second test? cant prove youve taken feck all if u dont turn up And visa versa. Link to comment
Ernie McCracken Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 Coke isn't less harmful than booze. You're probably referring to that report done by that committee the boy Nutt setup when he got sacked by the government? This was attempting to show the overall harm to society rather than the individual, so whilst alcohol does more overall social damage (mainly due to its massive popularity), coke is more harmful for the individual and the people close to them. Which is kinda what matters when you are talking about sportsmen... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11660210 Aye this one. Just find it astounding that people seem to take a hissy fit if someone takes a drug that is deemed "illegal", but they'll happily have 10 pints of their drug of choice whilst looking down their noses at other people who take cannabis, XTC, coke etc. It's as if they don't realise that a law is just something that somebody made up, and it might not be based on facts. I don't think football clubs have a duty to be a propaganda tool for the legal system/daily mail, who feed off willful ignorance, and hollywood portrayols of coked up psychos. I haven't read directly from the report and the BBC could have misinterpretted the report (newspapers quite often do) - but coke is listed as less harmful to the individual than alcohol on their interepretation. Looks to be about 20 against 25 for alcohol on the scale provided. I'd take David Nutts word over some vicar or jumped up politician angling for votes. Sportsmen who take coke should be hounded out of the game, but so should those who drink alcohol. I just hate the blatant hypocrisy - there's a bar in Westminster FFS! Link to comment
tup Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 Quite simply professional athletes should drink NO alcohol. None whatsoever. So the fact O'Connor took devil's dandruff is neither here nor there, he's a ned, clearly, and that's what they do of an evening. If you play football professionally you should be taking no harmful substances at all. They get paid a fortune. The very fucking least they can do is abstain whilst taking that cash. So yes, he's a dick, but so are all the footballers who drink all the time. Link to comment
Dynamo Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 Quite simply professional athletes should drink NO alcohol. None whatsoever. So the fact O'Connor took devil's dandruff is neither here nor there, he's a ned, clearly, and that's what they do of an evening. If you play football professionally you should be taking no harmful substances at all. They get paid a fortune. The very fucking least they can do is abstain whilst taking that cash. So yes, he's a dick, but so are all the footballers who drink all the time. Correct. Party when you retire. You've got long enough! Link to comment
slippers Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 absolute joke that he is the ''high profile" player everyone supposedly never knew about when alot of us did! glad i never watched the program now! Link to comment
dezzy_dan Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 Quite simply professional athletes should drink NO alcohol. None whatsoever. So the fact O'Connor took devil's dandruff is neither here nor there, he's a ned, clearly, and that's what they do of an evening. If you play football professionally you should be taking no harmful substances at all. They get paid a fortune. The very fucking least they can do is abstain whilst taking that cash. So yes, he's a dick, but so are all the footballers who drink all the time. Link to comment
MD88 Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 I thought the programme was totally shite Link to comment
tup Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 I thought the programme was totally shite Hi Gary Link to comment
diamondsr4ever Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 And visa versa. id say theres more chance you have when you have "forgotten twice" to go and get a test Link to comment
tup Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 RF was 'allegedly' at a party, still up, on fifth letters of the alphabet, when the testers were looking for him. He switched his phone off and went missing. He had no choice. Link to comment
Scarface Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 Goes to show that you can take the boy out of Leith but you can't take the Leith out the boy. Link to comment
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