Harps in food illness scare

[readingbedding]

His trainer confirmed his normal diet when out of training is a fry-up, fish & chips, Guinness and pork scratchings.

When he goes to training, he goes to work.
When he's not training, he eats what he likes.

Good way to be.

[Leamington Royal]

I think we should find out what Gunnarson's pre-match meal is and ban the rest of the squad from having it.

[Millsy]

Harps reminds me of one of those players who has a fry up before a footy match then goes ill.

[Hampshire Royal]

running about like harper does can only be affected negatively by a huge mega breakfast before a game.

Apart from the fact that it will provide him with the huge amount of calories he needs to last 90 minutes, your statement is entirely correct.

calories that could be obtained in vastly higher quantities, with less weight, and fats, and more easily digestable by eating a better sporting breakfast

What's that then? Something you've shot yourself?

To equate food to booze isn't really adding to the argument. Food is a necessity, booze is a drug. Gazza's problem wasn't the extra weight that the booze gave him, but more like the other stuff booze does to you. A professional footballer, particularly one with the energy levels of Harper, will be able to burn off anything he eats. He's more likely to be ill if he eats a lettuce leaf and a cup of tea with skimmed-milk.

Don't get me started on attention-seeking pillocks like Jamie Oliver messing around with school meals. If the kids were encouraged to take more vigorous excercise, they too would be able to eat what they like without being forced to eat stuff which we guilty adults say is good for us. I notice he's still pushing high fat Sainsbury's food to the already overweight adult population.

[Wycombe Royal]

Keep Jamie Oliver off HNA.

[mzungu_royal]

I back Harps with whatever he eats as long he gives the club 100%

[brendywendy]

running about like harper does can only be affected negatively by a huge mega breakfast before a game.

Apart from the fact that it will provide him with the huge amount of calories he needs to last 90 minutes, your statement is entirely correct.

calories that could be obtained in vastly higher quantities, with less weight, and fats, and more easily digestable by eating a better sporting breakfast

What's that then? Something you've shot yourself?

To equate food to booze isn't really adding to the argument. Food is a necessity, booze is a drug. Gazza's problem wasn't the extra weight that the booze gave him, but more like the other stuff booze does to you. A professional footballer, particularly one with the energy levels of Harper, will be able to burn off anything he eats. He's more likely to be ill if he eats a lettuce leaf and a cup of tea with skimmed-milk.

quote]

no

i just foolishly believed that a fried breakfast, isnt the best way to supply calories to a modern sportsman, and that it may be a little rich and heavy on the stomach.
but i bow to your superior knowledge

and i believe the true problem with my comparison was comparing harps to gazza in the 1st place

[RoyalBlue]

running about like harper does can only be affected negatively by a huge mega breakfast before a game.

Apart from the fact that it will provide him with the huge amount of calories he needs to last 90 minutes, your statement is entirely correct.

calories that could be obtained in vastly higher quantities, with less weight, and fats, and more easily digestable by eating a better sporting breakfast

What's that then? Something you've shot yourself?

To equate food to booze isn't really adding to the argument. Food is a necessity, booze is a drug. Gazza's problem wasn't the extra weight that the booze gave him, but more like the other stuff booze does to you. A professional footballer, particularly one with the energy levels of Harper, will be able to burn off anything he eats. He's more likely to be ill if he eats a lettuce leaf and a cup of tea with skimmed-milk.

Whilst it's true that active sports people can get away with eating higher levels of junk food than others, it doesn't negate the argument that there are far better food stuffs that can be eaten to assist with peak performance. I believe fat is a very inefficient energy form due to the conversion process involved.

Given what I once heard about the dietary advice/rules being imposed on the academy kids, I am rather surprised that the fry up is approved as a pre-match meal for the professionals. Perhaps this is a recent change following the departure of Jon Goodman?

Someone should tell Harps that food poisoning doesn't set in until approximately 24 hours after eating the offending item, so it is unlikely that it was his undercooked sausages that are to blame

From NHS Direct:

"Incubation periods are different for each cause of food poisoning. Some types produce symptoms and illness within 30 minutes to a few hours. Most cases of food poisoning take between 12-48 hours to develop and symptoms come on suddenly."

So he possibly could have got it from his breakfast.

[readingbedding]

running about like harper does can only be affected negatively by a huge mega breakfast before a game.

Apart from the fact that it will provide him with the huge amount of calories he needs to last 90 minutes, your statement is entirely correct.

calories that could be obtained in vastly higher quantities, with less weight, and fats, and more easily digestable by eating a better sporting breakfast

What's that then? Something you've shot yourself?

To equate food to booze isn't really adding to the argument. Food is a necessity, booze is a drug. Gazza's problem wasn't the extra weight that the booze gave him, but more like the other stuff booze does to you. A professional footballer, particularly one with the energy levels of Harper, will be able to burn off anything he eats. He's more likely to be ill if he eats a lettuce leaf and a cup of tea with skimmed-milk.

Whilst it's true that active sports people can get away with eating higher levels of junk food than others, it doesn't negate the argument that there are far better food stuffs that can be eaten to assist with peak performance. I believe fat is a very inefficient energy form due to the conversion process involved.

Given what I once heard about the dietary advice/rules being imposed on the academy kids, I am rather surprised that the fry up is approved as a pre-match meal for the professionals. Perhaps this is a recent change following the departure of Jon Goodman?

Someone should tell Harps that food poisoning doesn't set in until approximately 24 hours after eating the offending item, so it is unlikely that it was his undercooked sausages that are to blame

From NHS Direct:

"Incubation periods are different for each cause of food poisoning. Some types produce symptoms and illness within 30 minutes to a few hours. Most cases of food poisoning take between 12-48 hours to develop and symptoms come on suddenly."

So he possibly could have got it from his breakfast.

So as soon as Goodman left, Harper started eating a cheeky fry-up on home matchdays?

Do me a favour.

Anyway, it's hardly PCP is it.

[Fred Sharpe's Nose]

[quote="Top Flight"]“I thought I was going to die and I thought I was going to get subbed at half-time.â€

[Vision]

[quote="Fred Sharpe's Nose"] [quote="Top Flight"]“I thought I was going to die and I thought I was going to get subbed at half-time.â€

[Ian Royal]

People who do those Iron man things eat blocks of Lard I believe. Doesn't do them any harm.

[brendywendy]

People who do those Iron man things eat blocks of Lard I believe. Doesn't do them any harm.

i suggest that doing iron men events on a regular basis does much harm to your body

lard or no lard

[RoyalBlue]

People who do those Iron man things eat blocks of Lard I believe. Doesn't do them any harm.

Funny, I can't find any reference to that on any Triathlon sites.

Even if true, the two types of activity are somewhat different!

[RFCMod]

Just sums up footballers full stop though when they can't even cook a sausage !!!

[higher]

The Mirror ups the ante to "Harper's diarrhoea disaster"

How long until away (or even some home fans) start chanting " your Sh!t and you know you are" or somesuch.
Perhaps all this is a lesson for Harps to tone down his verbal diarrhoea at least publicly.Seriously what a load of old crap!