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Luis Suarez Banned For 10 Matches For Ivanovic Bite
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vegster
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- May 5, 2008
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I could not resist looking too, the Scousers really are not happy, there is the odd " he had this coming " " He deserved it " comment but they are being battered by their own fans quite vociferously. I think they are going to lose their Google Ads for a few weeks too with the liberal use of 4 letter words !
I remember when the Suarez racism row blew up, a very high percentage changed their avatar to a picture of Suarez with the tag line " Not a Racist "....... was expecting " Not a Cannibal " now.
Pavilionaire
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- Jul 7, 2003
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To be honest the game is a shambles. UEFA / FIFA should standardise punishments for misdemeanours because there needs to be consistency for each offence.
There haven't been too many cases of biting, the Dutch had one, looked at it and decided upon 7 matches. I don't see what is fundamentally any different between the two scenarios apart from the second biting incident had a larger worldwide audience and so the collatoral damage is greater.
Football is fast becoming a laughing stock, at odds with the rest of the sporting world which manages to adapt to technology, demand from punters and the general improvement in professional standards.
This is a case in point. Football has shunned the implementation of technology, yet the only reason Suarez is getting banned is BECAUSE of technology. The cameras picked up the bite but the ref did nothing, Suarez went on to score and deprive Chelsea of 2 points. It could costs Chelsea a Champions League place and Rafa his job but, hey ho, we've all got something to talk about in the pub afterwards.
Like with Roy Keane's foul on Haland, that was seen, acted on, punished, and then punished again a year later?
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So saying a few nasty words to someone is worse than physical violence ? Madness......
The Truth
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If liverpool fans understood the effects of rabies, they'd know better than to defend Suarez. (Liverpudlians included)
Apparently there was a biting incident in a world cup semi final between brazil and chile in 1962. the punishment was a symbolic reprimand, and Garrincha was allowed to play in the final.
Luis Suarez - the FA hide behind FIFA rules: Martin Samuel column | Mail Online
Kumquat
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- Mar 2, 2009
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I might be wrong, but i think that was to do with his comments in his autobiograpghy, where he actually said it was deliberate. It was considered new evidence. Not sure that was the right decision though.
Meade's Ball
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This comment from a Liverpool fan seems to explain it well:
"It’s clearly a disgrace, but the FA aren’t saying biting someone is worse than racism. They’re saying if you’re stupid enough to keep committing serious offences, we’ll simply ban you for longer each time.
The reason it’s 10 games is because he has failed to heed previous warnings as to his conduct."
"It’s clearly a disgrace, but the FA aren’t saying biting someone is worse than racism. They’re saying if you’re stupid enough to keep committing serious offences, we’ll simply ban you for longer each time.
The reason it’s 10 games is because he has failed to heed previous warnings as to his conduct."
BensGrandad
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The racism was a totally different type of offence for which he received an excessive punishment in my eyes, and according to an Ex FA man offences in other countries cannot be taken into account in this country so he does not have a previous about biting either.
The Terminator
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- Aug 7, 2010
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I would say that racism is worse than two different bites. I'm not saying that the ten game is too long, I think the 8 game ban for Suarez was too short.
Easy 10
Brain dead MUG SHEEP
The FA have the right to extend any standard ban in "exceptional circumstances". They've done it before, even when the ref HAS seen the incident and apparently "dealt" with it.
Prosecution cites the case of Ben Thatcher, then of Manchester City, who received only a yellow card for a full-on running forearm-smash on Pedro Mendes or Portsmouth, which resulted in Mendes being hospitalised with concussion. After reviewing the incident, the FA imposed an 8 match ban on Thatcher, with 15 more suspended.
Basically they can do whatever they want, if the mood takes them. The bindippers will just have to suck on it.
Prosecution cites the case of Ben Thatcher, then of Manchester City, who received only a yellow card for a full-on running forearm-smash on Pedro Mendes or Portsmouth, which resulted in Mendes being hospitalised with concussion. After reviewing the incident, the FA imposed an 8 match ban on Thatcher, with 15 more suspended.
Basically they can do whatever they want, if the mood takes them. The bindippers will just have to suck on it.
I wonder what witty protest they will perform.
Postman Pat
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Fellani headbutted Ryan Shawcross 3 times in the same game and got a 3 game ban.
I think this ban is on the harsh side, thought he would have got 5-7 games.
I think this ban is on the harsh side, thought he would have got 5-7 games.
Publius Ovidius
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steady...no one is as despicable as that horrible excuse for life. Imagine if an alien landed next to him and it thought we were all like that....unimaginable
This
Only because the post I was replying to was comparing it to racism. I wasn't being serious.
arfer guinness
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- Feb 15, 2007
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There's something wrong with the whole system. A tackle that could end a player's career gets a straight red card and 3 game ban. I find Ivanovic's reaction pathetic. Either he showed great self control or the bite didn't hurt because the first thing he did was cry to the referee, most people would have decked Suarez.
mejonaNO12 aka riskit
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I couldn't disagree more.