I agree with your main point. There's so much money and prestige at stake that I wouldn't be at all surprised if it came out that doping was prevalent at the top level.
I'm not sure if you're joking or not, but I'm pretty sure David Silva is bald because of his hair transplant.
People tend to have hair transplants because they are going bald.
it definitely is imo. Doping for recovery is what will be most beneficial. Imagine you have a slight strain etc and you can recover in 1/2 days to play again in 3 days time.
As I said above, they aren't giving them substances which at this time are classified as illegal. Much like cycling a few years ago. With the money City have or any premier league club, they can stay ahead of the curve to make sure what they are giving players is not technically illegal at this time.
Yes but before you actually have a hair transplant, you first have to shave your head so the doctors can insert the new hair follicles onto the scalp.
The insinuation is that he has going bald because of doping though and thus needed a plant.
Maybe we should be getting some of that then if it's not illegal..
Hair follicle marks? Don’t be absurd they are quite clearly PED injection marks.
I would take some myself
Fair enough. In this thread it's sometimes hard to tell if people are being serious or not.
Always been my view on the situation.
yeah but that was just because he has special piss!! What did you think that a super-human like that to have a normal bladder?
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You are. Aguero's injury problems were always exaggerated, it was only really Pellegrini's first season where he kept picking up small injuries that earned him the reputation for being injury prone.
He wasn't allowed to use his own medical staff at Bayern I don't think
Didn't he sack the first team doctor there? I remember some massive bust up
Just speculating, but maybe it's because it would have been to obvious to do it right away. They didn't have all the new players that they have now either. You still need good footballers, doping alone won't help much.
Yeah I contributed but stopped posting in the thread when I started reading some outlandish stuff.
Vitor Belfort on TRT was the closest thing I've seen to a super hero.
It's pretty easy to name how testosterone can greatly and directly impact the performance of professional fighters as it impacts strength, aggression, muscle mass and especially leverages during grapples. The very nature of the sport is dependent on physicality. Plus it was actually proven he used TRT. Do we even know if City's players are using testosterone replacement therapy or anything?
Trembolone has quite a startling effect on your average human.
Trenbolone you mean and it isn't a drug athletes in an endurance sport should use because of the ridiculous side effects. Bodybuilders use it for intense musclebuilding. Its benefits don't lineup with what you'd want in a PED for footballers
This is amazingNandralone, meldonium, EPO are some drugs that help football players. Nandralone was was very popular with football players in the 1990s and early 2000s, it was the drug Pep tested positive for. The latter two drugs increase blood flow to the muscles and increase athletic capacity by improving stamina, decreasing recovery time and aiding faster recovery from injuries. Such drugs are especially potent in skill based sports with reasonably high endurance demands as when you tire your technique goes, meaning the player will retain their sharpness as the game goes into the deeper stages. It is worth noting that the highest proportion of goals are scored in the last stages of football matches, this is due to more mistakes happening because the players tire. All these drugs also make athletes feel physiologically stronger, as we all do when we are in peak physical shape and wide awake. Of course there will be many more drugs used but those are probably the three most known PEDS.
All true. Am also currently watching the Chelsea Barcelona game and thinking to myself there's absolutely no way Messi ends up this strong if he wasn't given HGH as a kid. Can't be a coincidence he ended up with unnatural strength. He'd be strong for a 6 footer talk less of someone his size
Olympic athletes are mainly lone wolves. The suggestion here is 33 odd players over 3 teams in 3 different countries.
They aren't lone Wolves, about half of the Jamaican sprint team have tested positive. The entire Russian Olympic team was doping. As I mentioned, some players have said that they were given substances by club doctors that made them feel on a different level, Phil Nevile with England at WC 2002 was one. You wouldn't need to dope all players all the time either. It would be key players at key times. The clubs inject the players with all sorts and the players trust them.
