read this article www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/ma ... k-drug-ban should he be allowed to train with wigan before his ban is over? opinions

read this article www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/ma ... k-drug-ban should he be allowed to train with wigan before his ban is over? opinions

Also this on BBC: news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_l ... 440111.stm I don't think he should be allowed to start training with the club earlier if he was supposed to sever all contact. Also don't think he should have been in the director's box last weekend either.

Also this on BBC: news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_l ... 440111.stm I don't think he should be allowed to start training with the club earlier if he was supposed to sever all contact. Also don't think he should have been in the director's box last weekend either.

Meh. Don't have a problem with this. He's served his time as long as he doesn't play I don't see too much of a problem to be honest. Certainly don't see how it can be a problem that he was in the directors box last week.

Quote ="Jonesy's a Legend"read this article www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/ma ... k-drug-ban should he be allowed to train with wigan before his ban is over? opinions'" He was banned from playing - it's only really prudent to get him back in training a few weeks before his ban is revoked.

Quote ="Jonesy's a Legend"read this article www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/ma ... k-drug-ban should he be allowed to train with wigan before his ban is over? opinions'" He was banned from playing - it's only really prudent to get him back in training a few weeks before his ban is revoked.

No problem with this at all. He's served his punishment IMO. Two years playing.... Fine by me.

If he does re-sign with Wigan how on earth are they going to fit him under the cap?

since when did that bother them?

They will do things "The Wigan way"

Not replace Gleeson who appears to be on something of a gardening leave?

He never deserved a 2 Year ban for taking cocaine anway.

Agreed.

It's hardly performance-enhancing.

Unlike ephedrine

Gareth Hock should be allowed to train IMO. As long as he doesn't play before that 2 years is up i dont have a problem. Then he will be in better shape as soon as his ban is up and won't take him as long to get back into it. (Then again i would say that, im a Wigan fan

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He wasn't the first , and he won't be the last working person to use banned substances . Should everyone in this country who is guilty of using such substances be banned from working for two years if they are caught out ?
Maybe not .
He should be welcomed back and supported . He could do a lot of positive things after this experience in educating others to not follow his example ..

Ephedrine is about as performance enhancing as a Jaffa Cake.

Great, when the others wake up this is going to turn into another cake and biscuit thread

Good thread this .


You have heard that there is going to be a gradual switchover from SS to CakeStander.com have you not ?

Spot on. If he can take something from the whole experience and turn it around, then good luck to him.

Of course, we should still take the p1ss on the Wigan Board or when he's out on the pitch!

It's also a legal additive to certian medicines, wheras cocaine as we know is a class A illeagal drug of abuse, which pays for the activities of the biggest criminal gangs in the world.

Jaffa cakes on the other hand are a class F biscuit/cake/chocolate bar hybrid and the closest thing to "fresh fruit" that can be found in the Scottish diet.

Can't see that it's a problem him training, although the Salary Cap thing does make you wonder!

Anyway...

Did someone say cake?

He's done his time so I don't have any problem with this if he isn't being paid until his ban is up.

Yes dont see any issues.

surely by the time hock is eligible for selection he wont have any problems finding the white line then?

I hear he's been researching his [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tW8ZIdJZ9dU&feature=relatedtry celebration.[/url