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Didn't Oatway bite someone years ago?
Yes. But he was five.
Didn't Oatway bite someone years ago?
Didn't Oatway bite someone years ago?
Are we supposed to hate him as well now?
Awwwwww if only the media could tell me what to think!!
This.He has a point re leg breaking tackles but biting and spitting will never be accepted in English football. I think a headbutt would have received less coverage. You'd want Gus in a foxhole with you in a battle though wouldn't you?
I was hoping he'd keep schtum this time but he is what he is and I'm not sure that I'd want him to change.
Indeed it is harder for us to relate to Suarez's strange action - but just because it's harder to relate to, doesn't make it worse that an over-the top challenge. Some challenges are poorly timed etc, but some are dangerous from the moment the play decides to make it.He's missing the point completely when comparing it with a bad tackle or the like. I'm sure we can all to some extent or other empathise with someone who's angry and gone in 'over the top' or whatever, but I doubt many of us can relate to what Suarez did. It was irrational and simply off the radar of a 'normal' reaction. He has got issues and needs to address them, regardless of the country he happens to be playing in.
"He tried to bite someone in the arm. No harm really, a little pain".
I'm sorry Gus, but this is crap. He didn't TRY to bite someone on the arm, he DID bite someone on the arm, and it was hardly a quick nibble either - Ivanovic had to physically shove his head off to get him to release. Whether there was harm or pain is neither here nor there, its just not acceptable on a football pitch (well, anywhere for that matter). It IS indefensible.
Yes the press are leaping all over it, and yes its because its their favourite whipping boy, but its his own stupid fault for having SO MUCH previous. He's already had a substantial ban for biting a player on the shoulder. He's had the Evra racism scandal. He openly celebrated his blatant cheating which knocked Ghana out of the World Cup. He's probably got a charge pending for punching Jara Reyes. He's a known diver and cheat - which is nothing unusual in the game, but when you add it to the rest of his antics, its hardly surprising that when this odious tool has his next "episode" on the pitch, the press will be all over it like a tramp on chips.
How would Gus react if (say) Ulloa got himself a hefty ban for committing the same offence during our crucial run-in ? Ruled himself out for the rest of the season and the Playoffs, for taking leave of his senses in a moment of madness and biting an opponent ? Would it be everyone elses fault for picking on a foreigner again ? Cos I'd be cuffing LIVID with him.
As ever with this, I really, really wish Gus would just say "I am manager of Brighton, I am not here to talk about other clubs players". Would that really be so hard ?
I believe his perception of England and the press is correct, and using this issue as an example is fine. Interesting article.
Telling our manager to not answer questions or give opinions is a little precious.
To be fair, it wasn't ACTUALLY a racist comment - it was just a cultural misunderstanding. It's sometimes easy to forget that we live in a country where political correctness has gone mad. As Gus explained at the time, and a little bit of research will back him up, the term "negrito" is a term of endearment in that language - whereas in ours any term referring to skin colour is pretty much condemned as racism.
Although naturally the media doesn't care about this, it is much more in their interest to demonise him as it sells more papers, which is pretty much what is happening again with this very minor incident.
Comparing bad tackling and biting is stupid. One is a misjudgement within the game the other belongs in boxing.
Gus is becoming Holloway - rent a quote.
If we go up to the EPL. Suarez to join Brighton.