Classic sig material if it turns out to be the case.

Don't talk wet. Hock has held his hand up anyway - he may be dense but he knows he's been caught red handed. Brown is speaking out of concern.

Hock hasnt made a statement as far as im aware.

I thought the club website said no further comment will be made until after next weeks sample.

Maybe my first statement wasnt right, what i was meant to say was this confirms guilt.

How as he held his hand up?

if it was sum1 like riddle or tim smith then id obv want em out !!
but hock is better then both and a wigan lad so we should stand by him what if he took 2nd test and was negetive ? im sure we'd all be sorry and what if that happends and we stupidly release him and wire,saints snap him up ?!

Young George Flanagan got sacked by Batley last week after testing positive for cocaine and getting the 2 year ban.

i was around in the 60s, early 70s when drugs were the "in" thing....lsd, coke, marijuana, speed, uppers, downers, and owt else you could try.

i prefered booze......and refused drugs many times.

i admit to smoking one joint of best morrocan but it had no effect as i was p!shed as a f@rt at the time.
so i never bothered again.

I think in light of the damage that has been caused to the clubs good name the management / directors need to close out any possibility of other players / staff being found to have done the same thing.

The club should automatically test all employee's for compliance.

This is now happening on construction sites where random drugs and Alcohol checks / test are now commonly undertaken.

As long as he hasnt taken anything similar in the mean time, id bet money on his B test coming back negative or inconclusive.

Its fairly quick moving out of your system and can be detox flushed , the only ones who it would still show in the system are very frequent users.

Also depends on what level they test it at, if its urine of mouth swab then that is the weakest detection after that length of time

Depends what's written in the players contract of employment in terms of internal club testing. Having a SL contract means they have to take a UK Sport test if asked.

Yeh Hes A Profesional but for all i dont think hes this stupid to take drugs tbh i think there could even be good reason what if he went to a pub or sumat after the england game what if some1 spiked his drink ,for all we know hock could be getting punnished for no reason ,im not saying he did not but could be possible ?

"ATTENTION!!! IAN LENEGAN!!! ARE YOU LISTENING?!!!"

the a and b tests are taken at the same time, the b sample is frozen until it is needed (when the a sample positive).

The club will release him if his b sample tests positive (and rightly so). I'm sorry but I couldn't care less if he is a wigan lad if he's in the wrong he should be punished. The stance you are taking is a load of bollox

I bet Lenagan rues the day he bothered buying this club



It's more fooking hassle then it's worth.

He was tested after the salford game and he ain't been punished yet! If the b sample also tests positive he should be banned fair and square

But will he have the full backing of the majority of fans. Hock does something stupid and everyone wants him out. If he gets through this unscathed how will he feel if he wears the cherry and white again. seems like another one who'll come back to haunt us.

Sorry but where he is from, how good a player he is and anything else should become irrelevant if his B sample comes back positive.

Keeping a player just because they are a local lad is a ridiculous idea

By the time they tested them it would be out of there system anyway even if they were all at it.

i aint saying keep him im saying stand by him his b test may come back negative

dont want to burst your clutching at staws bubble

but the club would not have outed him if that was even a remote possibility.


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And they have promised to support him and have him back.

Thought the RL had suspended him, and not the club.

Depends on the test.

Use the hair follicle test and any residue will be visible for as long as the hair has been growing - Weeks or even months.

Yes, you can "beat" the test with a special shampoo, but that will only cover your tracks for 8 hours.

Therefore, you get them all in early one morning, then do your training, have lunch, have an extra training/swimming/weights session in the afternoon, and after 9 to 10 hours, you test them.

For those that shave their heads (whether to get around the test or not), pubes, leg-hairs, moustaches all carry the same results.

Intrusive - Maybe
Necessary - Definitely

Lenagan should make this happen, as the ONLY players that would not want to be tested are those with something to hide.

If the players have any integrity as a group, they should offer to be tested in this way, to prove that they have nothing to hide.

I fully agree, I suspect there is more than one, there normally is.

Now is the time for IL to act and get a grib of this club.