Titus Bramble is the latest to lack a brain

http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news/Paul-Merson-Arsenal-injected-me-with-mystery-yellow-liquid-and-Arsene-Wenger-handed-out-caffeine-pills-article734736.html

Geniusgreaves did'nt see the programme but if thats true it could be very huge problem.

Whilst I do view it in such clear terms I also understand that the situation won't change, and for the reasons we all know. Stories like Bramble will come up every now and then and be forgotten about almost straight away, the names will be remembered but it will be seen as more of a player being an idiot rather than a problem with the system.

Im not entirely clean and innocent in my past either, however I don't work in a field that requires me to be. I think this is why I have the view I do. I understand the problem is with the system and not the individuals. Individuals will always make mistakes but the system shouldn't.

I don't expect it to ever change either, though I think it should.

However, I don't actually have a problem with the caffiene pills, they are no different from energy drinks, and if they are allowed then why not caffiene. Im a keen fan of the Tour De France, and the cyclists often have cans of coke along the way. US sportsmen consume Gatorade like its going out of fashion. It would be impossible to ban caffiene.

Completely agree the problem is not the individual - I dread to think what I would've been like if I was on premier league wages aged 20!

As a fan of the Tour De France you will also be aware of blood doping, and the mutlitude of other methods they use to improve performance. Of course caffeine is impossible to ban but what about the "yellow liquid"? The rewards are so great, and the chances of being caught are so small, why wouldn't you give your players that extra something before a match?

The manager wants to win, the players want to win. The club doesn't want to know how, and the governing body doesn't want any negative press.

Besides, back on topic - Titus Bramble. What I really don't understand is footballers that assualt/rape women.. surely they can get any girl they want anyway? An idiot gets caught with drugs, only a truly sick individual takes pleasure in assualting women.

The yellow liquid is odd indeed, and thats where the individual should take responsibilty, they should never allow someone to inject them with something they are unsure off. If they were caught then its their footballing days over not the clubs. This is where the clubs might actually be putting pressure on the players in the 'if you don't want it you might not play' situation.

It would be interesting to see when drug use became popular in football (performance enhancing rather than recreational) and how much it coincides with the increase in money in the sport. I wouldnt be suprised if some clubs would risk it. After all national teams and countries have been caught in the past (especially in sports like gymlastics (sp?)).

It is bad in cycling, the blood doping and all, but they at least seemed to have cracked down on it harder in recent years, but only after scandal after scandal, and the teams in cycling are forever changing rather than a football club basis. So it might be harder for them to cover it up to the extent maybe football has.

That said, how they cycle the distances they do, the speed they do and what they cycle over at times I still don't think its clean, just think they are one step ahead most of the time. One day in this years Tour they cycled a mile up in altitude (not distance, just pure height) twice in one day (up one mountain, back down and up another one). I know their legs are crazy muscular and arms are piddly things, but its still crazy.

Back on Topic - I wonder if because footballers have so much money, and fame that they instantly think they are desirable and so why wouldnt a woman want them fawning all over them. They don't seem to understand that some women do look for substance over style. This just confuses them. After all they do have inflated ego's, and often when they get caught out the wifes/girlfriends seem to forgive them more often than not (Rooney for example).

I blame the parents meself

Agreed it would be interesting to know when performance enhancing drugs started to be used in football, shame we'll never find out.

I guess at the end of the day there's only so much drugs can do in football anyway. In a purely physical sport like cycling (a mile up? ) they would almost have to take supplements to compete.

Players like Hudd and Modric are good examples of not needing to be the fastest/strongest if you've got the skills. While the FA has FA motivation to catch cheats I'd like to think that most professionals would take enough care of themselves to do what's right.

To be honest and this may sound a little harsh, I think some of the footballer sexual assault cases are made up by the girls who allegedly got assaulted.

To be honest and this may sound a little harsh, I think some of the footballer sexual assault cases are made up by the girls who allegedly got assaulted.
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In Brambles case it was the taxi driver who observed things in his mirror that Brambles was doing to the girl & she was apparently trying to get him to stop.

The taxi driver drove straight to the police station & Brambles was arrested, it was then the drugs were found.

In Brambles case it was the taxi driver who observed things in his mirror that Brambles was doing to the girl & she was apparently trying to get him to stop.

The taxi driver drove straight to the police station & Brambles was arrested, it was then the drugs were found.

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Really? Good on the taxi driver then, so they even have a witness for it, any idea what substance it was yet?

No news on the substance, although its likely to be a Class A or B..........