you see he was following them when even in liquid form

Because of the roll on roll off nature of interchanges in RL, more often then not they take place without half the crowd realising. Yes, often fans might recognise a good effort from a particular player with a round of applause as he leaves the pitch, but very rearely do you see a standing ovation like the one Hock got. As I said in my original post, I believe Hock deserves a second chance, but the warm welcome back into RL is OTT considering he has served a drugs ban imo.

Many players in various sports have off the field issues and turn their life around but not all get a standing O. Should Stan Collymore have got one for turning round his life after beating up Ulrika Johnson? What about Rooney,surely he deserves one for not been with a mucky pro for several months? Namby pamby b*****ks imo the lad should have been welcomed onto the pitch like a regular interchang and not given some type of heros welcome.

It wasnt a month ago there was posters on here that was creaming themselves because Hock was 'signing' for you men. Get over yourselves, hes served his punishment let him get on with it. I didnt see you lot taking the moral high ground with Cooke when he was going around bbeing naughty.

Edited. Careful what you post.

Kosh.

Unless you can prove that the posters who are now criticising Hock were the same who were praising him earlier you don't really have a point. And a fair few criticised Cooke for his behaviour - some of us even wanted him sacked.

Lifelong supporter

TBF I was also thinking of the Sam Tomkins thread on the VT when I made that comment.

How about I insert the word 'some' into it?

I'm glad Hock has comeback and hope takes his second chance within the sport. If the Wigan fans want to clap him who's to say they shouldn't? Been told you can't do your job for 2 years is hard enough especially when you know/realise you've made a right of yourself and let your family & friends down. Showing support to someone who hopefully has changed for the better and maybe help others is fine by me.
HOWEVER, all this talk of the drug he took as NOT performance enhancing obviously do not understand the nature of the drug itself and how it can affect physical performance in the short term after taking it.
I'm happy I know what I'm talking about. So yes, Hock was(past tense) a drugs cheat in terms of its ability to enhance and not just as a recreational drug. The ban length was correct but I think allowing any person back even just to train within the sport BEFORE the ban period is up is completely wrong.

Would he still be taking the drug had he not been found out.

Would Gleeson and Long still be using their inside knowledge to bet against their own team?

Yawn, hardly comparable, run along.

How is it not?
Its still against the rules, which ever way you look at it.

Why is it okay to talk about Gareth hock but not to talk about cockayne and watts?

Probably because Hock's been found guilty and served his ban whereas the other two have only just been suspended and it'll be slander to discuss what we think's happened.

This discussion started about the reaction to Hock's return and the issue or drugs in SL and the legnth of the ban etc. If it was purely a case oif how good is Hock then it would not be here.

If you want to discuss Rovers players then use their board, it's only slightly down from this one, it's not hard.