Re: Terry Newton has been provisionally suspended : Sun Feb 21, 2010 9:06 pm  

chapster wrote:

as did john gallagher

nothing to do with drugs i just like to bring it up every now and again!

read your commandments

Re: Terry Newton has been provisionally suspended : Sun Feb 21, 2010 9:12 pm  

MUTLEY CAT wrote:

read your commandments

thou shalt not pay untried rugby union players enormous amounts of cash when as a full back behind the biggest NZ pack ever they have never had to tackle anything, or catch a ball???

i have it on a t shirt for laugh at loiner day!

Re: Terry Newton has been provisionally suspended : Sun Feb 21, 2010 9:48 pm  

I have to say that Sinfield spoke well (as ever) on the SL show regarding drugs testing - he wanted more to take place and spoke up regarding the 100% me initiative. I like Sinfield he is articulate and measured - reminds me of JK in this regard.

Re: Terry Newton has been provisionally suspended : Sun Feb 21, 2010 9:57 pm  

Oh, and none of this 'misprescribed' or 'accidental' rubbish. As Catwoman wrote earlier, it's the players responsibility! If they are stupid enough not to check, double check, and triple check what they put in their body, tough.

(And if they are doing cocaine or whatever 'recreational' drug, then again, they are idiots.)

Re: Terry Newton has been provisionally suspended : Sun Feb 21, 2010 10:11 pm  

worksopwildcat wrote:

I have to say that Sinfield spoke well (as ever) on the SL show regarding drugs testing - he wanted more to take place and spoke up regarding the 100% me initiative. I like Sinfield he is articulate and measured - reminds me of JK in this regard.

maybe that's what he's doing during every game, just practising...........with the refs!!!!

Re: Terry Newton has been provisionally suspended : Sun Feb 21, 2010 10:49 pm  

DoubleAone wrote:

You have to take a stand at some point..this was a self administered performance enhancing stimulat

...not recreational or misprescribed or accidental as in other recent cases.

Clubs have to take some responsibility here for ensuring the game is clean and cheat free.

Sweeping it under the carpet or pretending its not happening is foolish. If points were at stake the clubs would make damn sure players were clean.

They do - by all signing up to the RFL's prescribed method of testing players in a random fashion - deemed to be the most effective solution by the people who run the game.

It is also clear to all players that the responsibility is their own - and no-one elses - you seem unable to grasp this point, but I would ask you not to make comments which infer in anyway any wrong doing by any of Terry's clubs - there is none!

Re: Terry Newton has been provisionally suspended : Mon Feb 22, 2010 6:41 am  

DoubleAone wrote:

Not as simple has that IMHO. You played a confessed drugs cheat and some consideration ought to be given to deducting points. I dont see why the club should benefit.

EDIT - TRB - A bit over the line there!

Re: Terry Newton has been provisionally suspended : Mon Feb 22, 2010 9:11 am  

TRB wrote:

They do - by all signing up to the RFL's prescribed method of testing players in a random fashion - deemed to be the most effective solution by the people who run the game.

It is also clear to all players that the responsibility is their own - and no-one elses - you seem unable to grasp this point, but I would ask you not to make comments which infer in anyway any wrong doing by any of Terry's clubs - there is none!

Well at last a considered reply many thanks.

I dont see where I have inferred anything that would suggest any club was involved directly in any wrong doing.

but neither should they benefit is my view. I dont know that ignorance of the facts is an acceptable excuse either.

Re: Terry Newton has been provisionally suspended : Mon Feb 22, 2010 9:14 am  

t-r-i-n-i-t-y wrote:

(And if they are doing cocaine or whatever 'recreational' drug, then again, they are idiots.)

Of course they are and deserve wahtever punishment is meeted out but thats not the issue in this case is it ?????

Re: Terry Newton has been provisionally suspended : Mon Feb 22, 2010 10:16 am  

DoubleAone wrote:

Of course they are and deserve wahtever punishment is meeted out but thats not the issue in this case is it ?????