Premiership Talk

**Cactus Sid** · 03-18-2004, 05:00 PM

Could you please show me the details of the City players case so I can make a decision on it, also from what I'm aware that was before Palios decided to change the FA's stance on drugs.

In this country, I don't recall someone who failed the test getting a shorter ban.

What I don't understand is why all the United fans are so shitty about this, the guy missed a drugs test, this is against the rules laid down by the FA. Your football club is just as much to blame for actually letting the player leave, and not keeping him at the club to do something that other players did, why didn't he take the test? Why did he go and consult an external doctor? If he had nothing to hide, he would have done the test there and then, "forgetting" to take a test is bullshit, and hey, if the Man City player did exactly the same thing, then yeah he should have got a ban, but I'm not 100% aware of the details of the case, so I can't comment on it, regardless, this doesn't have to be a precedent, precedents are changed, and I would expect anyone in the future to recieve the same treatment as Ferdinand relating to whatever they have done. Ferdinand broke the rules, and he has been deservedly punished for it. That's the way it is.

03-18-2004, 05:00 PM	#11
Cactus Sid Smashing Blouse Posts: 7,800	Could you please show me the details of the City players case so I can make a decision on it, also from what I'm aware that was before Palios decided to change the FA's stance on drugs. In this country, I don't recall someone who failed the test getting a shorter ban. What I don't understand is why all the United fans are so shitty about this, the guy missed a drugs test, this is against the rules laid down by the FA. Your football club is just as much to blame for actually letting the player leave, and not keeping him at the club to do something that other players did, why didn't he take the test? Why did he go and consult an external doctor? If he had nothing to hide, he would have done the test there and then, "forgetting" to take a test is bullshit, and hey, if the Man City player did exactly the same thing, then yeah he should have got a ban, but I'm not 100% aware of the details of the case, so I can't comment on it, regardless, this doesn't have to be a precedent, precedents are changed, and I would expect anyone in the future to recieve the same treatment as Ferdinand relating to whatever they have done. Ferdinand broke the rules, and he has been deservedly punished for it. That's the way it is.