No they aren't. They're just taking cheats and those who don't care about the safety of other players out of the game.

Drug taking is rife amongst RL players, performance enhancing and recreational. I know we like to think of our sporting heroes as all living the clean life law and abiding citizens but I'm afraid it isn't true. They are just normal people that live normal lives and that often involves mixing with the 'wrong' kind of people as I'm sure many of us on here have experienced. Young men doing things that lots of young men do, drink, drugs, sex and rock and roll.

This is why think sportsmen and women should not be classed as role models and think it's ridiculous when folks hammer them for not being a role model.

Correct.
Its in the hands of Wakey to sort out, no one else. Lets wait for the full facts eh?

Er no it's in the hands of the Drug testers and RFL to sort out.

Im was referring to the Wakey fans 'allegations' about Bradford, which were incorrect.

But of it makes you feel better ...

Sorry.



There is of course nothing to say any alleged behaviour (which is not proved until an admission of guilt or a second test is carried out) began after any player started any contract.

No one knows anything yet but what a player may or may not choose to do in his private life is not down to any club he may be or may have been contracted to play for if that makes sense.

No worries



Yes, we will just have to see how this pans out.

Havent they already completed the testing (the tests were in November after all)? The reports I read seemed to be suggesting that guilt has already been proved, it was just a case of the RFL formally confirming the suspension?

Unless there is evidence that one club encouraged the drug taking I think it is fairly pointless trying to point a finger at either Bradford or Wakefield rather than just the player himself.

In the case of Ryan Hudson, didnt he admit that his downfall arose because of a desire to make a good initial impression at a new club, something for which neither is new or old club could be blamed.

Oh god oh god oh god I have some wickedly sharp Troll things to say. But I'm a mod and I must be good (apart from editing Adey's posts).

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As much as did not think Terry Newton did much for us in the last year we should at least give him the benefit of the doubt until we find out what substance he has taken.

i Am just thankful he is not still with us.

Grow up.

I agree with the comments about it's not necessarily either club's fault, as if he is found guilty, the blame surely rests solely at his own feet and not that of anyone at Bradford or Wakefield.

However am I the only one getting a little bit miffed that all the photos of him accompanying the articles of him failing the drugs test, show him in a Bradford shirt? He is no longer associated with this club and every negative story about him is doing exactly that (associating him with Bradford Bulls).

Isn't this shining a negative light at our club for no good reason?

Have you got a few pages stuck together?

Hardly a surprise. The overwhelming majority of recent pics they have permission to use are going to be of him in a Bradford shirt.

Yeah I know that. But it's still associating the Bradford club with a highly negative story, that really has nothing at all to do with them.

I appreciate it's not really anything to do with Wakefield either, but he is actually employed by them!

There is a big one on the front page of the Yorks Post in a Wakefield shirt thankfully.

And as an aside, having seen their shirt now, ours really is not so bad...

Another positive!

Surely we will have to see if he is guilty before we can decide that.

What's for certain is that if he is exonerated it will have been very unfair on Wakefield who will have lost the services of a player through no fault of the club or Newtons. I suppose by default this would make him a bad signing.

If he is guilty then it is again a bad signing by default as clearly Wakey or Bradford wouldn't of known at the time of his guilty secret. Unless some on here are suggesting Bradford knew and were keen to get shot which would be a very stupid thing to suggest.

It is





your clutching at straws with that one jeez

Fair point but be fair we have only manged 40 mins from him so far, pics of him in a Wakey shirt must be as rare as pics of Scully in a Bulls shirt

Ok, ours is still bad. But at least its stylish bad as opposed to ugly bad like yours.

We're not about to start taking style tips from someone from Wakefield.

However, there were a lot of 'positive' stories in the press following Tez being wrongly accused of being banned for failing a drugs test, in that the 'culprits' had to apologise, (and were being sued for libel - don't know what happened to that case).

The article linked to said;

Now there's no evidence he did anything wrong at Bradford, and he's not guilty at the moment, but given the fact is that now he [ihas[/i been banned, albeit provisionally, for failing a drugs test, then some might think that there may ultimately be a certain poetic justice?

I suppose it's a matter of personal taste but the VT has a thread where our strip is considered one of the best this season, yours sadly seems universally despised - what can I say