Rule obviously thought more than SL and MG were on the banned drug,stand the whole squad down ha ha ha

The more I read that, the more I think it was simple brinkmanship on Rule's part and it seemed to have paid off.

He must have thought he could pull it off !

Oh and dont get me wrong coddy,i think the rfl are more to blame than Fc.

Good point that, it also goes someway to explaining Rules comment about "half the squad could be taking it", its quite possible they were totally legally. The overreaction and stirring by some sections of the media, and some fans has been asounding.

Thats not to say its not vastly embarasing for Hull and the game, (the "cover up" moreso than the incompentence/stupidity of Rule/Cooper/Gleeson), but from reading some reaction you'd think half the squad were serial steroid abusers.

Just out of interest,would taking a drink of something like "Red Bull " just before a match count as performance enhancing?

The way it has come out in dribs and drabs has meant there has been plenty of opportunity to grab the end of the stick - I've done it myself a couple of times.
I've not seen too much on other boards considering. The Hull and Rovers ones are always a bit febrile when there is mud to be slung in either direction (so pretty regularly ), so I'd replace 'astounding' with 'predictable' there.
Has Hudgell made it to full-blown demonhood on B&W yet?

Eh? Rovers won awards for Masongate's embarrassment quotient. Tsk.

I was wondering that myself, theoretically it does aid performance as it uses a stimulant to make you have more energy. I suppose if you extrapolate that enough you'd actually ban bananas and sandwiches as well.

To be fair I think the reaction on here has been pretty mild, there hasn;t really been the lynch mob mentality out to ban FC that I would have expected. More are in agreement that the RFL are more culpable then the club. I'm actually surprised by a fair bit of the reaction on B&W about wanting Hetherington and Agar keel hauled.

I'm more exasperated by the size and vigour used by the Daily Mail, a paper that doesn't know we exist until something bad happens, going on their past performances I can see a link between FC and the death of Diana beng dragged up soon.

Only the silver it turns out. In a reversal of the logic that saw Ben Johnson stripped of his title in Seoul, you belatedly claim the gold.* 4.5751953125:5