Quote Originally Posted by Burney View Post
You derided Neg for his conviction that Barcelona in particular have been at the forefront of EPO use in football and that that has contributed to their dominance.
That conviction seems pretty reasonable to me. Indeed, I would regard it as fairly naive to think otherwise.
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.