Cardiff City are investigating a video which appears to show
Mon Apr 03, 2023 12:38 pm
Cardiff City are investigating a video which appears to show Connor Wickham inhaling laughing gas from a balloon.
BBC
In the video uploaded to his Instagram, Wickham is seen holding a balloon to his mouth while inhaling and exhaling.
The video posted online in the wake of the Cardiff's loss to Swansea has drawn criticism from fans.
Wickham has now deleted the video and said he "understood his responsibility as a professional".
The video also shows individuals with Wickham singing and dancing in a car hours after Cardiff City's 3-2 loss to their rivals, Swansea on Saturday.
In a statement responding to the incident, Wickham said: "I'm obviously aware of a video circulating on social media. I know my responsibility as a professional.
"Playing for Cardiff City is a huge privilege, I've been so welcomed by you all and I will always give 100%.
"To lose the game the way we did yesterday hurt more than ever, even though you will feel it doesn't seem that way to me.
"I hope you can all understand and I will do my best [to] help my team and this club to achieve the best possible outcome this season."
It comes as nitrous oxide is set to be banned by the government in a crackdown on anti-social behaviour.
More commonly known as laughing gas, nos or 'hippy crack', the substance is held in a small metal canister, inhaled using balloons, and is described as causing a feeling of relaxation and dissociation from reality.
It is already illegal to produce or supply the gas for its psychoactive effects.
According to the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, the number of deaths and demand for treatment for problematic use of nitrous oxide remains low compared with other drugs.
However, there have been reports of an increase in neurological harms, including nerve and spinal cord damage, related to heavy and persistent use. One woman in Wales said that taking too much laughing gas left her unable to walk.
The BBC understands that Cardiff City is looking into the incident.
BBC
In the video uploaded to his Instagram, Wickham is seen holding a balloon to his mouth while inhaling and exhaling.
The video posted online in the wake of the Cardiff's loss to Swansea has drawn criticism from fans.
Wickham has now deleted the video and said he "understood his responsibility as a professional".
The video also shows individuals with Wickham singing and dancing in a car hours after Cardiff City's 3-2 loss to their rivals, Swansea on Saturday.
In a statement responding to the incident, Wickham said: "I'm obviously aware of a video circulating on social media. I know my responsibility as a professional.
"Playing for Cardiff City is a huge privilege, I've been so welcomed by you all and I will always give 100%.
"To lose the game the way we did yesterday hurt more than ever, even though you will feel it doesn't seem that way to me.
"I hope you can all understand and I will do my best [to] help my team and this club to achieve the best possible outcome this season."
It comes as nitrous oxide is set to be banned by the government in a crackdown on anti-social behaviour.
More commonly known as laughing gas, nos or 'hippy crack', the substance is held in a small metal canister, inhaled using balloons, and is described as causing a feeling of relaxation and dissociation from reality.
It is already illegal to produce or supply the gas for its psychoactive effects.
According to the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, the number of deaths and demand for treatment for problematic use of nitrous oxide remains low compared with other drugs.
However, there have been reports of an increase in neurological harms, including nerve and spinal cord damage, related to heavy and persistent use. One woman in Wales said that taking too much laughing gas left her unable to walk.
The BBC understands that Cardiff City is looking into the incident.
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Mon Apr 03, 2023 12:49 pm
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Re: Cardiff City are investigating a video which appears to
Mon Apr 03, 2023 1:09 pm
I’d be surprised if there’s not something in his contract that would give the club an out. Especially after given NML and Tan’s intolerance for substance use no matter how minor
Re: Cardiff City are investigating a video which appears to
Mon Apr 03, 2023 1:12 pm
M4 Exile wrote:I’d be surprised if there’s not something in his contract that would give the club an out. Especially after given NML and Tan’s intolerance for substance use no matter how minor
Yep and that's Wickham finished with us.
Re: Cardiff City are investigating a video which appears to
Mon Apr 03, 2023 3:03 pm
Bakedalasker wrote:M4 Exile wrote:I’d be surprised if there’s not something in his contract that would give the club an out. Especially after given NML and Tan’s intolerance for substance use no matter how minor
Yep and that's Wickham finished with us.
It was a stupid thing he did but with 8 games left and relegation a real possibility we need Wickham just as much as he needs us.
Re: Cardiff City are investigating a video which appears to
Mon Apr 03, 2023 3:07 pm
Storm in a teacup. Move on.
Re: Cardiff City are investigating a video which appears to
Mon Apr 03, 2023 5:17 pm
We are all still gutted and fuming that we lost another derby and he decides to go on the laughing gas you can’t make it up ffs
Re: Cardiff City are investigating a video which appears to
Mon Apr 03, 2023 5:26 pm
If he wants to make up for it, 5 goals by the end of the season Wicks 
Re: Cardiff City are investigating a video which appears to
Mon Apr 03, 2023 5:48 pm
He's going in May anyway so just let him go now.
Re: Cardiff City are investigating a video which appears to
Mon Apr 03, 2023 5:52 pm
Sorry lads, but if this is proved to be true, I don't want to see him wearing a Cardiff shirt again.
He is making an April fool out of us all that care for our club!
He is making an April fool out of us all that care for our club!
Re: Cardiff City are investigating a video which appears to
Mon Apr 03, 2023 6:29 pm
Why would the police be involved, there was a bloody murder 15 miles up the road
Also, what company do these idiots keeps, that would have been inner circle stuff..... There were doubts on Wickham, only the desperate had a punt, reckon he is toast in the EFL after this
Also, what company do these idiots keeps, that would have been inner circle stuff..... There were doubts on Wickham, only the desperate had a punt, reckon he is toast in the EFL after this
Re: Cardiff City are investigating a video which appears to
Tue Apr 04, 2023 7:42 am
I get baffled by the behaviour of professional sports people, they're privileged and paid well.
As a fan I was really gutted with the loss, especially after we dug in and fought back.
Seems it didn't bother Wickham, there's no way I could be out partying after that loss, never mind taking nitrous oxide or any other substance. I struggled to be civil for the whole weekend and it still hurts.
Derby, relegation, obviously means nothing to Wickham, not a bluebird
We'll see what it means to the players Saturday and Monday, is there fight in them?
As a fan I was really gutted with the loss, especially after we dug in and fought back.
Seems it didn't bother Wickham, there's no way I could be out partying after that loss, never mind taking nitrous oxide or any other substance. I struggled to be civil for the whole weekend and it still hurts.
Derby, relegation, obviously means nothing to Wickham, not a bluebird
We'll see what it means to the players Saturday and Monday, is there fight in them?