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Ah perhaps you're right. Fair enough. I remember Ben Thatcher getting 8 games for his 'attack' on pedro Mendes. Obviously that was far more effective in HURTING Mendes, but I would say thats the closest one I can think of off the top of my head.

Barton got a 12 game ban from the FA for his moment of madness last season. Is Suarez's incident worse? I would say yes. Will the FA give 12 games?

Yes. It really is. It's not the damage it did or how much it would hurt etc etc. It's what it represents. It's not a normal retaliation. Again, this is not saying punching someone is right. It's not and it should also be a massive ban. But to want to physically BITE someone is just horrendous...

You have to say, there is actually something WRONG with him, isn't there? I mean, a player has to do something BIZARLY EVIL for me to put a fellaini elbow, or a stoke two footed challenge into context of justification. At least with those incidents you say "well yeah, he's lost it and he's then...