I've decided that if I never drink Scotch again, I wouldn't really mind.
I'm 43 years old and I don't like the stuff. I'm not going to acquire the taste now, am I?
There. I've said it.
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I suspect that the differences now are in the different extent of clubs' usage. Those with organised, club-wide programmes are probably doing best while those who have certain players at it and others not because it is not mandated by the coaching staff do less well.
I would guess we are in the latter category.
I did nothing of the kind, I suggest you read it again.
I derided him for explaining every performance based on drug use. They may well be doping, but sometimes really good players who are doping play well just because they are very good players. Sometimes doped players play badly anyway, because they are human beings. The idea that every Barca player is doping to the extent that the only variable that determines the quality of their performance is how well they are doping is absurd. It's also absurd that to think that in a game like football that requires so much skill, the only thing you would consider when evaluating a performance is doping.
Which is exactly what he does, over and over again. Football has a drug problem, but football is not cycling, Burney. Not even close.
If it didn't make a crucial difference, they wouldn't do it. In that sense, it's no different to drug use in any other sport.
Is it the only variable? Of course not. But neither is it in any other sport. You and I could take as much EPO as we liked and we still wouldn't win the Tour de France because we're no fûcking good at cycling. The combination of pre-existing excellence AND a comprehensive and efficient doping programme is an unbeatable one. That is what Barcelona have had for years now.