Backatya - if i'm honest my astuteness usually lets me down when I see things I don't want to believe - the fact there'll never be real black unity is just one but yeah I see where you and the Fu come from. Where Linford is concerned I kind of have a bias towards the other athletes that are closet to Linford who say he would never (knowingly) take anything illegal.

Linford and Colin Jackson more or less rose together at the same time peaking more or less at the same time. I remember they use to talk about training together and learning to start on the 'B' of the bang. Darren Campbell refused to stand on the same podium as Chambers but til this day (as far as I know) will still fight Linfords corner. How much Linford's ways and reputation amongst his peers are a premeditated persona to help disguise his dishonesty who knows but that all sounds a bit too far fetched for me - but then trust has always been my weakness.