What makes this worse is that buried in the detail of the story is the fact that it happened (the photo) three months ago, while he was injured, but it's being implied that it was just before the Moldova match, when it was made public. It's a little story they've been storing up, to use at an awkward moment. Common practice among the gutter press. And who was the "source who was at the club at the time", I wonder! Nice friends you've got there, Kyle! But a little lesson for a young player, learning that he's now going to be under the spotlight, even when he thimks he's off the stage. Thankfully it's a silly story, which will soon go away - unless he does something even more daft, when it will inevitably get another airing!
The only reason this incident has been blown up to these bloated dimensions is because Walker took an "enhancing" drug. When we played the Gooners it enabled him to laugh even harder at Whinger. I heard that the club had to fine him for pissing in his shorts.
Ray Parlour said similar on SSN, the journo has been sitting on this for sometime, and now waits till England qualifiers with Glen Johnson injured to air it (is he a jock?). What is it about our press that does anything to unsettle the side, almost wanting us to fail??
I suspect Norwich fans will be throwing some balloons on the pitch. Hopefully it'll backfire like the Liverpool beachball incident Precisely. They've actively kept that story by for maximum impact, just before the Ukraine game. No one can call them up on there inisidious behaviour though because the voices that can be heard are journos, who either would've done the same or don't want to start a war with another paper*, and Walker/Hodgson/Dyke who can't say anything without proof that they'd held onto the story and even then they'd be accused of trying to distract from the "seriousness" of Walker's crime(sic). I do hope the FA ban Daily Mail reporters for a couple of months though, it was certainly devious behaviour on their part to release the story a day before the biggest game of our World Cup qualifying. Edit: Just seen Notso's post. It seems Ray Parlour has criticised the insidious twats. Fairplay to him
I thought I'd do a little reading on the "toxicity of nitrous oxide (N2O)" Today I learnt: It's given to premature babies. It converts to nitrogen dioxide (NO2) rapidly. NO2 is dangerous. N2O, in large doses, can cause vascular injuries, and break down DNA. But the most interesting thing I found was this: "Exposure to higher doses for less than 6 hours, as in clinical anaesthesia, are considered harmless" A balloon full in a nightclub is probably less harmful than breathing London air. I'm sticking to cigarettes as I wont have anything to do with hippies or their crack.
The State (and Murdock's press is merely the propaganda arm of the State) has always had a deep-rooted fear of some drugs - generally the consciousness-altering drugs. They don't mind us all drinking and smoking ourselves to death; indeed, they even heavily tax those two drugs, so are, in fact, profiteering from the misery of the masses. But god-forbid you take any substance that has the capabilities to enable you to see how the State has been ****ing with your mind and soul! Not that nitrous oxide has any mind-enhancing qualities about it. Which makes the story all the more pointless.
Well it looks like another thing blown up out of all proportion! please log in to view this image The irony is, a story about a balloon, written by a 'balloon knot'! EDIT - Those unfamiliar with being called a balloon knot, picture the end of a balloon after you've tied the knot, the little rubbery ring bit. Then stand in front of a mirror, drop your trousers n cacks, turn round and bend over...what do you see in the mirror that resembles said balloon knot!
Nothing to do with the government, they could ban it or put tougher regulations on it if they wanted. The Daily Mail only do a story like this for copy. Normally they're partial to a bit of scarmongery but the risk of this particular drug is smaller than other drugs that are enjoyed more in wider society, as has been pointed out. If it outraged them so much then perhaps they should be writing pieces about the outrage that nightclubs are able to sell these legally, or that if you went to Carnival the other week you would've found people selling them barely 20 meters away from the police and they're not exactly subtle things to be selling. Maybe they should be outraged by all this but no, they're happy to keep the "hippy crack" story bottled up for embarrassing celebrities, which is far more valuable to them.
I guess the journo that published the story is an embittered Liverpool fan, seething at the sight of Kyle Walker replacing Glen Johnson in the England squad based on being better than Glen Johnson is.
The journalist who published the story is Neil Ashton and the reason he has a dislike for Spurs, is because he is the guy Daniel Levy banned from the Lane for his reporting on Levy's underhand way of sacking Martin Jol and poaching Ramos.
Chris Richards got the byline for the initial story in the Mirror - although Ashton certainly relished the opportunity to stick the boot in for The Wail a few hours later, pretty much stating that Walker should be dropped from the England squad for it.
Once went to a party full of trainee doctors and nurses from the local hospital. One of them managed to bring a whole canister of nitrous oxide with them, everyone at the party, in particular the doctors and nurses, had a right gas. It must be pretty harmless, very few of them smoked the bhang (a water pipe for smoking hashish).
Sorry to spoil the party atmosphere, but I think it is very disappointing to see a professional sportsman caught in such a manner. The fact he has seen it necessary to make a public apology should confirm this type of behaviour is a no go area. If you "experts" tell me this activity is legal, then I will accept your superior knowledge on these matters and will touch my cap to you. But I bet you Spurs will fine him and quite rightly so in my opinion.
OS, The nitrous oxide he has taken is about as harmful as taking an aspirin, there is no issue with the drug he has taken. However, there are three issues as far as I can see. Firstly, he has taken a drug to get a high rather than to cure pain/an illness. Secondly as a figure in the public eye he could influence kids to take drugs in order to get high. Thirdly, as a professional sportsman his I risking his career by taking something that he could not have been certain what was in it. If it had been a banned drug he could have been banned for a long period. Rather than fine him Spurs should make realise how stupid he has been and then make him carry out work in the community, ideally with kids who are starting out on the route of taking drugs. IMO, if Spurs just fine him they are sweeping the issue under the table and are just as bad, if not worse. If they are going to do that for all the good it will do they might as well just forget it.
. Thanks for explaining it for me. Must say, I feel a bit more relaxed about the situation after reading your post
