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City had one of the worst injury records in the league this season
Agreed, To be fair Wenger came out and claimed to have played against many teams who were doping, but once again his claims were dismissed quickly.
Does that mean Liverpool ain't doping at all and we are doping like mad and are still the least fit team in the PL? Idk man something ain't adding up no matter how you twist it, I don't think injury stats prove much in that regard. Doesn't mean there is no doping going on of course.
I don't know why we have such a bad injury problem, but we do know we lack fitness and the injuries come when players start to get tired and push themselves beyond their limits. Kind of the same thing, but from a lower bar.
You’re right. I ran 10k the other day in 70 minutes. However, sprinting that distance is a whole different ball game, intensity plays a huge part.
Now you mention it, this picture of City earlier in the season is a bit suspiciousI keep picturing Ronaldo with a double size skull now
I'm convinced almost all of the PL are on HGH to start with.
Then it is a level playing field.
HGH in football? I don't believe that would provide a substantial advantage. I've even read before that some studies suggest HGH decreases stamina. It can be useful in certain areas but it would be surprising if HGH was the go-to drug for any players wanting to dope to enhance their performance.
It's only in aid of recovery though. Smaller teams who don't play three times a week wouldn't really see any major benefits from it unless injured.
Long term usage would be detrimental to overall health as it would cause metabolism issues amongst other things. Doping is generally done in cycles to ensure maximum gains and minimum side effects. I would suspect any major player at a big club would go through a course of it when carrying an injury, especially a long term one. Wouldn't be surprised if the teams that play three games a week at high intensity also run a course through the players for a couple of weeks.
Which would then lead aspiring athletes to dope too if they want to make it as a professional. Except they won't have access to the best doctors and drugs, so they will dope in inherently more dangerous ways. Which leads to a public health crisis with potentially horrible consequences for young men, not to mention a decline in participation. What self-respecting parent would allow their teenager to compete in an environment where there's such pressure on them to begin doping?
To be honest, I've been quite naive to drug taking all my life. I've never done it so I've never been around people doing it, or people haven't done it around me, nor talked to me about it but realistically there's a drug culture in the UK and other European cities that find taking class A substances on par with having a few pints and no amount of police propaganda is going to stop them enjoying themselves.
You're not sprinting all the time in football and in fact at the top level I would say clever players have figured out how to be incredibly efficient. Didn't Beckham cover on average about 14km per game. I'm nowhere near a pro athlete and I covered 8km in a lunchtime game of ball. I look at the City and Liverpool midfield in particular and I see wingers in Salah, Mane, Sane and Sterling who are naturally fast athletes. In centre mid City have Silva x 2, Fernandinho, KDB who arent speedsters but are certainly technically gifted and can pass excellently. Liverpool have Henderson, Gini, Milner, Keita and Fabinho. I would argue the fastest is Keita who had the least impact of all this year and again hard work and technical ability is more their game than speed. I could certainly see how PEDs would help work horses but I think the technically gifted lads would still pick holes in teams with or without PEDs.
