Firstly, no he isn't. He's okay but not that good. Secondly, I agree that they haven't needed to be great so far. Egypt and Saudi Arabia are even worse and in fairness they looked pretty crap against Uruguay. However, their fitness levels seem absolutely mental, which is what PEDs will do - they won't alter technique and basic footballing ability.
Not running as fast as Russia though.Sore losers supporting Spain running straight to talk about other teams doping.
That could be anything though...(even if it's a syringe mark).
They ran so fast they went back in time a week.Sore losers supporting Spain running straight to talk about other teams doping.
I'm not necessarily disagreeing with you here. Russia as a nation do have a shocking history when it comes to doping, and if you asked me for my own personal stance on it I'd probably be 50/50 as to whether they are or not. But I don't think their performance is that shocking if they're not doping - they got an easy route to the last 16, and then sneaked through on penalties after an okayish performance against a Spain side that wasn't playing well. Hosts always gain a massive advantage and that's helping them to an extent. Although, yeah, fitness levels do look quite extreme.
Care to elaborate?
Why don't they deserve it?
Systematic doping in Russia has a big history. Check the Wikipedia page.
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I feel like every time Afinfeev's name comes up it's to talk about how he never lived up to his potential as a worldie. We've played CSKA a few times over the past few years (as recently as 2017) and he's never really been immense in any game I can remember.
I was also going to mention that. You stick it in your arse (muscle) usually, not your vein.
I was making a joke!
Everyone deserves the benefit of the doubt until you prove they're guilty of a wrongdoing.
Blood doping on the other hand, which is what would result in the high energy levels and stamina, is injected in IV for quickest results.
Yeah. Part of me would think that's something FIFA can task people with checking on.
That bald guy they had was that was that fecking slow I highly doubt he was doping.Part of you is naive. Testing very rarely catches dopers and FIFA have slack regimen. Did you ever read the mechanics of Russia’s state sponsored doping programme? It was a serious operation only uncovered by a whistleblower.
Ignashevich? He's as old as Saint Basil's cathedral. He's bloody hair has fallen out and everything.
Because this isn't how "doping" works.
He is a young and fit lad. Rebic today sprinted quite a few times at full speed in extra time too
Great post.
Someone definitely 'checked on' the blood bags taken from that Madrid based doctor. I believe WADA have the blood bags now and they are probably stuck in a cooler in a warehouse in the woods.
I checked the signatories of WADAs anti-doping code, and I couldn't find any motorsport organizations there (apart from the International Motorcycling Federation). So of course there isn't any good testing going on. To use this as a proof that "everybody" in every sport does it is a lazy assumption.
You must also think Ronnie Coleman was natural because he was tested as a policeman
What are you telling me here? Ronnie wasn't natural? Feck. Time to tear down the posters on my wall and put up Jay and Arnold insteadYou must also think Ronnie Coleman was natural because he was tested as a policeman
In MMA there's very little impetus to not dope though. When top fighters fight once a year, twice at a maximum, a year ban for testing positive is irrelevant (Two year bans are rare I believe). Fighters just spend that year throwing as much gear into their system as possible.
