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Nuno Da Costa

Cortez the Killer

Cortez the Killer

Impressive member
I've heard Laurence Fox has joined LTLF so he can contribute to the debate on Billy Davies. He's also got some fantastic squirrel pictures to post.

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Matt

Matt

Stuart Pearce
TommyT said:
I know the Johnson doc well, but there is much more to it than that, and there is some pretty dodgy pseudo science to back that up, also thinking and research has evolved since 2012. Much of the arguments are compelling granted, but personally having a half Ghanaian family, (a few of whom are prominent academics) I’ve been party to a lot of very enlightened discussion on this subject.

We often hear that Kenyans are ‘genetically’ more suited to long distance, but in ultra-marathons, which is a long distance footrace longer than 100 km, is also dominated by white athletes. Eight out of the nine best performances in ultra-marathons (ranging from 162km to 426 km) were posted by white runners.

Rather than seek answers to Jamaica’s sprinting dominance or the success of East African long distance runners, perhaps we should seek answers to the following: Why are no questions raised when twenty-one white men compete in a 1,000 metre Kayak heat event, yet eyebrows are raised when eight black sprinters compete in an Olympic 100 metre event? Why studies are conducted to find out whether black athletes have a “fast twitch”, yet no studies are carried out to examine whether there is a form of “twitch” that makes white ultra-marathoners run longer, faster and harder? Why is Britain’s recent Olympic success attributed to investment and excellent organisation, while Jamaica’s success is attributed to nothing more than genetics?
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As with all things, I imagine there is an element of culture, nature, personal brilliance and government assistance involved.

I would suppose that sprinting/long distance running are more accessible sports in countries with lower average income/government funding, therefore specialisation comes in that sport. Perhaps there’s some cultural influence in the past that favoured sprinting in the Caribbean and LDR in west Africa. Perhaps selective breeding in the slave trade has had an influence - perhaps its more about natural selection over millennia in the ecosystem in subsaharan Africa versus European climates.

Anyone who answers such a huge question with a simple explanation is no doubt missing a lot of nuance.
 
Red bandit

Red bandit

Geoff Thomas
Isn’t there also something about Kenyan runners, who are born and raised at higher altitudes, being more successful long distance runners?

This would indicate that environmental issues may be involved and not just genetics.
 
Colh

Colh

Stuart Pearce
f***ing hell - slow transfer window - when you log on, only to read pages and pages discussing pace/blace!
 
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EmmersonForest4

Steve Chettle
MXJ said:
As with all things, I imagine there is an element of culture, nature, personal brilliance and government assistance involved.

I would suppose that sprinting/long distance running are more accessible sports in countries with lower average income/government funding, therefore specialisation comes in that sport. Perhaps there’s some cultural influence in the past that favoured sprinting in the Caribbean and LDR in west Africa. Perhaps selective breeding in the slave trade has had an influence - perhaps its more about natural selection over millennia in the ecosystem in subsaharan Africa versus European climates.

Anyone who answers such a huge question with a simple explanation is no doubt missing a lot of nuance.
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I totally agree and I wasn’t trying to say that the genetic composition was the sole reason. It is exactly as you say a nuance. Maybe I agree a tiny bit with TommyT the genetic part maybe overplayed but it still played a part. Also just because people talk about the genetic element that shouldn’t take away any achievements made by people of that descent. Other people have their advantages as well as you discussed above.
 
Matt

Matt

Stuart Pearce
EmmersonForest4 said:
I totally agree and I wasn’t trying to say that the genetic composition was the sole reason. It is exactly as you say a nuance. Maybe I agree a tiny bit with TommyT the genetic part maybe overplayed but it still played a part. Also just because people talk about the genetic element that shouldn’t take away any achievements made by people of that descent. Other people have their advantages as well as you discussed above.
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Wasn’t having a go at you mate! Apologies if it seemed that way
 
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Timothy Pope

I know that Nuno that I know that Nuno that I know
GandalfTheRed said:
Next you will be telling me the Chinese aren't good at math.
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Who cares? They’re a great bunch of lads!*



*Great bunches of lads are available in other nationalities


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Notcher

Notcher

Stuart Pearce
Redemption said:
you've literally just racialised your explanation of it.
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It might be subjective but I'm comfortable if racialisation or stereotype of race isn't demeaning. I wish the sterotype of a white mans penis was that of a black man, although I've tried to start the myth for myself it never gets heard over my exes laughter.

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Rob1965

Inequity & hypocrisy
Notcher said:
It might be subjective but I'm comfortable if racialisation or stereotype of race isn't demeaning. I wish the sterotype of a white mans penis was that of a black man, although I've tried to start the myth for myself it never gets hard over my exes laughter.

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FTFY :)
 
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GOD

Guest
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Ravi

Ravi

Upper Decker
They said good things about him earlier tonight on Trans Europe Express, Talksport. They spoke as if he is coming here.
 
BryanRoy

BryanRoy

Stuart Pearce
Google translate for everyone.

Nuno Da Costa joins Nottingham Forest Cape Verdean international striker Nuno Da Costa (29), linked to RCSA until 2021, is today joining Nottingham Forest where he will sign a three and a half year contract on Tuesday. The Strasbourg club will receive 2 million euros, plus possible bonuses, in its transfer to England. By S.G. - 15:05 Nuno Da Costa will remain in the history of Racing as the man who may have avoided the Strasbourg club from going back to Ligue 2 when he equalized on May 12, 2018 in the 88th minute against Lyon at La Meinau, before Dimitri Lienard did not maintain a legendary free kick six minutes later.

He came this Monday morning at the Meinau stadium to gather his things and was received there by the direction of Racing:

Nuno Da Costa, arrived in 2017 in Alsace and author of 14 goals and 7 assists in 74 Ligue 1 matches under the blue jersey will soon no longer be from Strasbourg.

As revealed in our columns on January 15, the Championship club (2nd English division) Nottingham Forest, trained by the former French international midfielder Sabri Lamouchi, had come forward a few weeks ago to dedicate their services.

But the knee injury of the Cape Verdean striker, linked to the RCSA until 2021, on December 31 in training had frozen discussions for a while.

In recent days (our January 22 edition), Nottingham had nevertheless come back.

The positions of the two clubs, which were far apart during the first talks, had finally come closer and an agreement in principle had finally been reached on the basis of a transfer fee of 2 million euros, accompanied by various bonuses.

Except for setbacks, the former Valenciennois, who must join in the evening the double winner of the European Cup of Champions Clubs (1979 and 1980), candidate for the rise in the Premier League, will enter this Tuesday for three and a half seasons - until 2023 - after having passed the traditional medical examination.

He will receive a monthly remuneration of around 125,000 euros across the Channel, which will allow him, soon to be 29 (February 10), to practically triple his Strasbourg emoluments.

A financial transaction that is not necessarily neutral for a player who arrives late in the professional world
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BryanRoy

BryanRoy

Stuart Pearce
Pretty average in Ligue 1 but it is how Sabri utilises him that may get more out of him.

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