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Player Yves Bissouma

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bk_spur said:
I don't get why you need any of that at all when you are so well paid.

Why not just work out every day at some gorgeous private house and bang your 10/10 wife/gf/friend(s) until you pass out each night? Absolutely no alcohol or drugs needed and a finer high than you could ever hope for...

I really question the lifestyle decision-making of some of these folks making pro-footballer money. It's shameful how stupid some are with the opportunity.
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I think they deal with a hell of a lot more pressure than us normal people. I'm not sure, but I think this is a way to handle that pressure. Hopefully the club can help him.
 
Richard Arlison said:
Honestly 100% agree.

It’s not crack and it doesn’t stop him performing. He didn’t do it at work and as long as he’s professional at work and playing well, I couldn’t give a fuck.
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Actually, it could, if he uses it often enough

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In her case study, Gardin reports that her team’s recent research was inspired by a man in his 30s who developed numbness, weakness, and difficulty walking after chronic nitrous oxide use. He had no prior issues with mobility. After taking a thorough clinical history, the clinicians learned that he had been using nitrous oxide daily for four to five months.
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Pathfinder said:
www.dailymail.co.uk

Tottenham star apologises for 'severe lack of judgment'

A key Tottenham midfielder posted a video of himself inhaling nitrous oxide in a chauffeur-driven limousine and laughing between puffs to his private Snapchat account.
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Tottenham star apologises for 'severe lack of judgment' after filming himself inhaling laughing gas just days before season starts​

  • A Tottenham star has apologised after filming himself inhaling laughing gas
  • Possession of laughing gas with an intent to use recreationally is an illegal act
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By James Cohen

Published: 01:14 BST, 12 August 2024 |

A key Tottenham midfielder has been forced into a grovelling apology after filming himself inhaling laughing gas and posting it on Snapchat.
Spurs star Yves Bissouma posted a video of himself inhaling nitrous oxide in a chauffeur-driven limousine and laughing between puffs to his private Snapchat account, which the Sun have obtained.
The news comes just a week before Spurs start their Premier League season at Leicester City next Monday night and will be an unwanted distraction for boss Ange Postecoglou and Bissouma's team-mates.

The Mali and former Brighton midfielder, 27, released a statement on Sunday night apologising for his 'severe lack of judgment'.

Bissouma said: 'I want to apologise for these videos. This was a severe lack of judgment.
'I understand how serious this is and the health risks involved, and I also take my responsibility as a footballer and role model very seriously.'

Meanwhile, Tottenham Hotspur told The Sun: 'We are looking into the events.

'This will be dealt with as an internal matter.'

Possession of laughing gas with an intent to use recreationally was made illegal in the UK last year.

Nitrous oxide, known as ‘hippy crack’, is contained in canisters, which can be super-sized.

The canisters are then used to fill balloons which are inhaled to provide a quick ‘high’.

Usage carries a series of risks including heart attack, strokes and brain damage. There have been fatalities among users.


In November, the law was changed to make nitrous oxide a controlled Class C Drug. Possession for inhalation is now deemed a criminal offence although a conviction may be unlikely unless it appears as though there is a desire to supply others.

New, super-sized canisters can deliver 80 times the usual dose, while canisters can be obtained online and relatively cheaply as long as the buyer confirms they are over 18 and it is to be used for food production.

There are concerns that its usage is rife among Premier League footballers with routine drug tests unlikely to detect its presence.

Bissouma is entering his third season with the north London side, having made 56 appearances in total for the club.

Prior to that, the midfielder had been at league rivals Brighton, where he made 124 appearances across four seasons for the Seagulls.
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If the law only changed in November he probably didn’t even know.

It’s laughing Gas ffs
 
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Richard Arlison said:
If the law only changed in November he probably didn’t even know.

It’s laughing Gad ffs
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He's getting paid fucking millions to represent the club and what he did absolutely takes the piss out of everyone.

It's not just 'laughing gas' at all. He's supposed to be an elite professional sportsman. Taking laughing gas is an absolutely ridiculous way for someone of that calibre to be acting. Stop downplaying it and trying to defend the indefensible.

If that's what he wants to spend his time doing, than he can get rip up his contract and fuck off.

Like I said, I don't want him sold - not after one incident (but if it happens again, then we should absolute bin him off). But he needs to learn a lesson, and grow from this.

YOU might not be bothered, but thankfully it looks like most people are, and rightly so.

Once his career ends (or when he leaves us) I don't give a fuck if he spends every waking hour of his life doing laughing gas, but whilst he's at the club, I expect him to be professional. End of story.
 
bk_spur said:
Believe me I get it, but as a professional athlete getting paid insane money- just fucking wait to do all that until your career is over- not when you're playing for Tottenham Hotspur.
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cretinousgoat said:
He's getting paid fucking millions to represent the club and what he did absolutely takes the piss out of everyone.

It's not just 'laughing gas' at all. He's supposed to be an elite professional sportsman. Taking laughing gas is an absolutely ridiculous way for someone of that calibre to be acting. Stop downplaying it and trying to defend the indefensible.

If that's what he wants to spend his time doing, than he can get rip up his contract and fuck off.

Like I said, I don't want him sold - not after one incident (but if it happens again, then we should absolute bin him off). But he needs to learn a lesson, and grow from this.

YOU might not be bothered, but thankfully it looks like most people are, and rightly so.

Once his career ends (or when he leaves us) I don't give a fuck if he spends every waking hour of his life doing laughing gas, but whilst he's at the club, I expect him to be professional. End of story.
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So last November when it was still legal would you feel the same?
 
If I was Ange, I'd ask for another #6 before the window closes and put him up for sale.

He's a professional, earning millions. The club must show that there are limits to what the club accepts.

Get another #6 and sell.
 
Richard Arlison said:
So last November when it was still legal would you feel the same?
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I would still think it’s a ridiculous thing to do and not something I’d expect a pro athlete to do.

Obviously there’s less permutations when it’s legal. I’d still think it was a shit thing to do though. (And stupid, fucking posting it on social media).

I feel stronger about it now it’s also illegal, of course.

Nothing you can say is going to change my mind on it. You obviously hold our players to a lower standard than I do, and that’s up to you.

Edit: You can shove your sarcastic ‘funny’ up your bottom btw.

Have a good day. Now excuse me, I’ve got to take a shit.
 
cretinousgoat said:
I would still think it’s a ridiculous thing to do and not something I’d expect a pro athlete to do.

Obviously there’s less permutations when it’s legal. I’d still think it was a shit thing to do though. (And stupid, fucking posting it on social media).

I feel stronger about it now it’s also illegal, of course.

Nothing you can say is going to change my mind on it. You obviously hold our players to a lower standard than I do, and that’s up to you.

Edit: You can shove your sarcastic ‘funny’ up your bottom btw.

Have a good day.
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I’m not as susceptible to moral outrage about other peoples lives.

I’m interested in how they act when they are at work, training, wearing Spurs kit and playing. If they don’t hurt other people outside work and still perform when they are at work, there’s no need for me to be outraged by another human living their lives.
 
Foolish behaviour to say the least, but he’s always had a somewhat questionable persona.

I’d certainly hope it pushes him closer to the door.
The guy is inexplicably overrated by some fans, and is never going to be a long term solution in midfield…
 
Richard Arlison said:
I’m not as susceptible to moral outrage about other peoples lives.

I’m interested in how they act when they are at work, training, wearing Spurs kit and playing. If they don’t hurt other people outside work and still perform when they are at work, there’s no need for me to be outraged by another human living their lives.
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Like I said, you hold our players to a lower standard than I and many others do, and that’s ok. You do you.

*pats head*
 
Richard Arlison said:
I’m not as susceptible to moral outrage about other peoples lives.

I’m interested in how they act when they are at work, training, wearing Spurs kit and playing. If they don’t hurt other people outside work and still perform when they are at work, there’s no need for me to be outraged by another human living their lives.
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The problem for me, has hasn't performed, since November.
 
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