Jeremy Balmy

Thunder Bolt

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Beside the seaside, beside the sea

• Apr 7, 2016

• #1

I remember watching him have a trial with us, in a pre-season friendly against Hastings. He looked promising, but the club didn't sign him.

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AZ Gull

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Oct 14, 2003

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Chandler, AZ

• Apr 7, 2016

• #2

He had a second trial with us last season, playing for the U-21s against Luton on January 12 and again in a friendly against Southend 8 days later. The Argus reported that our interest had been put on hold until a successor to Simon Ireland had been confirmed, and Balmy joined Oxford United in February.

 

Icy Gull

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• Apr 7, 2016

• #3

Thunder Bolt said:

I remember watching him have a trial with us, in a pre-season friendly against Hastings. He looked promising, but the club didn't sign him.

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Suspended for having a bit of fun? Seems a little harsh to me, it's not like they fired a gun at a trainee or relieved themselves in a bottle in a hospitality suite or had sex with under age girls.

Why has this post come out so weirdly?

 

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mune ni kamome

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• Apr 7, 2016

• #4

Saw him in that friendly at Dorchester a few years ago and he was different class. Obviously hasn't kicked on.

 

GT49er

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• Apr 7, 2016

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Two questions:
Firstly, is the purchase and recreational use of laughing gas illegal?
Secondly, is it on the list of banned substances for sportsmen (WDA)?

If the answer to both is 'no', then it's their business; the club might want to take issue with them about staying fit and healthy enough to play professional football, but that's all.

 

Herr Tubthumper

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• Apr 7, 2016

• #6

GT49er said:

Two questions:
Firstly, is the purchase and recreational use of laughing gas illegal?
Secondly, is it on the list of banned substances for sportsmen (WDA)?

If the answer to both is 'no', then it's their business; the club might want to take issue with them about staying fit and healthy enough to play professional football, but that's all.

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The owners might also want to promote their club in a different light to the ones these players do?

 

GT49er

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• Apr 7, 2016

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Herr Tubthumper said:

The owners might also want to promote their club in a different light to the ones these players do?

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Young men try a recreational drug? Hardly a scandal in this day and age, is it (of course, the question of legality has yet to be addressed, and will have a bearing).

 

Medwayseagull

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• Apr 7, 2016

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If he had signed an amended version to barmy Balmy army would have proved appropriate.

 

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GingerBeerMan

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• Apr 7, 2016

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GT49er said:

Two questions:
Firstly, is the purchase and recreational use of laughing gas illegal?
Secondly, is it on the list of banned substances for sportsmen (WDA)?

If the answer to both is 'no', then it's their business; the club might want to take issue with them about staying fit and healthy enough to play professional football, but that's all.

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I thought laughing gas became illegal once inhaled. e.g. you can possess it but if you inhale it you're breaking the law.

 

edna krabappel

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• Apr 7, 2016

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GT49er said:

Two questions:
Firstly, is the purchase and recreational use of laughing gas illegal?
Secondly, is it on the list of banned substances for sportsmen (WDA)?

If the answer to both is 'no', then it's their business; the club might want to take issue with them about staying fit and healthy enough to play professional football, but that's all.

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Same with Arsenal every time Jack Wilshere gets papped enjoying a sneaky fag in Vegas I guess.

 

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Rogero

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• Apr 7, 2016

• #11

its not funny.

 

Moshe Gariani

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• Apr 8, 2016

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I thought this was going to be another politics thread....

 

Herr Tubthumper

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• Apr 8, 2016

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GT49er said:

Young men try a recreational drug? Hardly a scandal in this day and age, is it (of course, the question of legality has yet to be addressed, and will have a bearing).

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I agree. I was merely suggesting a reason why they got the boot.