Paul Pogba - Banned

[Ginger Chimp]

Pogba 'sad and shocked' at four-year ban for doping

Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba says he is "sad, shocked and heartbroken" after being banned from football for four years for a doping offence.

www.bbc.co.uk

Paul Pogba banned for four years for a doping offence

 

[Bostin]

The bloke is the absolute epitome of everything I hate about modern footballers, but 4 years seems excessive!!

 

[The Clock]

Always been a complete dope

 

[Wolf in Kenilworth]

What a ****

 

[JadeWolf]

Didn’t realise he was still playing.

 

[tonto]

Didn’t realise he was still playing.

Neither did he, it’s the drugs,

 

[Ginger Chimp]

Didn’t realise he was still playing.

He's been suspended since Sept according to the article.

 

[Flump]

He's only 30! What a weird career he's had.

 

[Scallywolf]

Yet another dud signing by Yanited!

He joins Sancho, Antony, Maguire and a few others who were totally and ridiculously overpriced.

 

[Werewolf of Wombourne]

Good riddance. The most dislikeable footballer since Luis Suarez and El Hadj Diouf

 

[SmokeyGB]

Good - take drugs and get caught - face the music.
For me a real Emperor new clothes player., hype and odd good game and ran with with it.


A real oh well nevermind

 

[WolfLing]

One of the most gifted midfielders of his generation.

I think it came too easy for him. What a waste.

 

[Timberwolf]

£125m in the bank is fair compensation for 12 years of terrible work. I think he’ll be okay somehow.

 

[Streathamwolf]

Didn’t realise he was still playing.

Neither did he!

 

[Streathamwolf]

Neither did he, it’s the drugs,

Ah, you beat me to it

 

[WolfLing]

£125m in the bank is fair compensation for 12 years of terrible work. I think he’ll be okay somehow.

Terrible work that has only contributed to 4 Serie A titles, 5 domestic cups, a Europa League, a Nations League and a World Cup.

Yes, he could have been better, but he wasn't that bad!

 

[The Clock]

only contributed to .....

Vallejo has a Champions League medal.......... doesn't make him a great player

 

[WolfLing]

Vallejo has a Champions League medal.......... doesn't make him a great player

He has 2!!

You're right, it means nothing, as Vallejo played 1 and 2 games in Europe those seasons for his 'wins'.

Pogba played most games, for most teams he won things with, so clearly more of a contribution than Vallejo's 2 Champions Leagues.

Pogba is an icing on the cake player. Very, very gifted, but needs a team full of leaders around him to succeed.

He had that at Juve with the likes of Pirlo, Chiellini etc. and he had it with France with Lloris, Giroud, Kante, etc. and he had it at United briefly under Mourinho the season Ibrahimovic was brought in, which is the only season he won anything there.

Ask him to become the leader of a team, as United then did, and that team is only going one way.

 

[Werewolf of Wombourne]

He has 2!!

You're right, it means nothing, as Vallejo played 1 and 2 games in Europe those seasons for his 'wins'.

Pogba played most games, for most teams he won things with, so clearly more of a contribution than Vallejo's 2 Champions Leagues.

Pogba is an icing on the cake player. Very, very gifted, but needs a team full of leaders around him to succeed.

He had that at Juve with the likes of Pirlo, Chiellini etc. and he had it with France with Lloris, Giroud, Kante, etc. and he had it at United briefly under Mourinho the season Ibrahimovic was brought in, which is the only season he won anything there.

Ask him to become the leader of a team, as United then did, and that team is only going one way.

Pogba is like Bruno Fernandes. He looks great when the team around him are playing well and they are putting some poor cannon fodder to the sword, but put him in a position where the team isn't playing well and looking for him to take the game by the scruff of the neck, or when they are playing a team equal of better than them, he hides and lets the others take the blame

 

[k-dog]

He will just one of the unlucky ones to get caught. I’d imagine HGH, testosterone and such will be pretty prevalent within pro football circles.

The advantages it gives athletes are incredible, particularly for recovery and the fact they have to be fitness robots.

I’ve seen people do it unregulated and become beasts.

 

[stever]

Show pony player with no consistency. Also seems a bad dressing room character. Serves him right if he's been on the disco biscuits

 

[northnorfolkwolf]

Pogba 'sad and shocked' at four-year ban for doping

Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba says he is "sad, shocked and heartbroken" after being banned from football for four years for a doping offence.

www.bbc.co.uk

Paul Pogba banned for four years for a doping offence

I wonder what his doping offence was? Taking pot would seem an excessive ban. Harder drugs - serves him right. I assume it's nothing to do with supplying?

 

[Surrey Wolf]

What a berk

 

[Ginger Chimp]

I wonder what his doping offence was? Taking pot would seem an excessive ban. Harder drugs - serves him right. I assume it's nothing to do with supplying?

Excessive testosterone in his system, apparently.

 

[stever]

Excessive testosterone in his system, apparently.

Same as every football hooligan on a Saturday right?

 

[Jawwfc]

That's the end of his footballing career, he was highly rated as a youth prospect at United then went to Juve where he excelled and then back to united where it has been a disaster since.

Someone with so much talent but another one of footballs nearly men, seemed as if he would be one of the best in the world at one point.

It's a shame natural talent sometimes ends up with the wrong people.

 

[WickedWolfie]

The bloke is the absolute epitome of everything I hate about modern footballers, but 4 years seems excessive!!

He got the maximum ban in Italy. That suggests that the disciplinary body didn't buy his excuses.

 

[Fifty Niner]

The usual ‘Who, me? You’re having a laugh, mate. I would never do drugs’

A busted flush. Had the ability to change games when in the mood but like Rashford he’s a bit of a sulk.

 

[clifs]

Good riddance. The most dislikeable footballer since Luis Suarez and El Hadj Diouf

And Carragher.

 

[WolfLing]

It's a shame natural talent sometimes ends up with the wrong people.

It’s not necessarily that it ends up with the wrong people. It’s the natural talent itself that is their enemy.

So many naturally gifted footballers (or not just footballers) struggle with the hard work side of things.

When things come so easy at a young age, that drive to improve isn’t there. The hunger isn’t there. There is no need to try because the talent comes so naturally. You are better than everyone already, without the need for the hard work or the right attitude.

Then there comes a point where the hard work beats the talent.

It’s very rare that natural talent and work ethic combine. When they do, you end up with special footballers.

 

[Bryce]

****er
What a waste of god given talent

 

[Southdownswolf]

You've got to be a special kind of stupid to get caught in a drugs test in football, one of the least tested sports there is.

 

[The House of Wolves]

Some of these comments make me wonder if people actually enjoy football.

 

[brianm]

Never liked Pogba....but how does one get caught for steroids in football? Very strange.

Anyway, I guess he can retire and focus on other things...

 

[Asthmatic Wolf]

Pogba was integral in the World Cup winning side of 2018, I think he lost motivation after that. One of the most talented midfielders this century. Shame, as a football fan I want to see the best talent.

 

[Asthmatic Wolf]

It’s not necessarily that it ends up with the wrong people. It’s the natural talent itself that is their enemy.

So many naturally gifted footballers (or not just footballers) struggle with the hard work side of things.

When things come so easy at a young age, that drive to improve isn’t there. The hunger isn’t there. There is no need to try because the talent comes so naturally. You are better than everyone already, without the need for the hard work or the right attitude.

Then there comes a point where the hard work beats the talent.

It’s very rare that natural talent and work ethic combine. When they do, you end up with special footballers.

Read interviews with Vieri and Figo saying they were the worst players in them on their u19 teams but the most driven to succeed.

 

[SingYourHeartsOut]

Got to admire a guy who can earn what he has for so little effort.

Summed up by this season. 52 minutes of play leading to 4 games out with 'muscle fatigue' surely that's a good basis for proving you're not doping!

 

[stever]

Some of these comments make me wonder if people actually enjoy football.

What's your point?

 

[Golden Oldie]

If testing is a routine event throughout first class football, I am surprised that testosterone enhancement/boosting is a chosen way of cheating; it has long become old-fashioned, easily identifiable, and publicised examples, particularly from the world of athletics, should be sufficient to deter anyone with half a brain.

 

[Stafford]

Won his country a World Cup. Which is enough in a career.