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 !Reading some of the Liverpool forums is quality.
So far:
The FA is racist.
The FA is corrupt.
They should take the FA to court.
They should boycott the FA cup.
Brilliant stuff.
But is it fair to use the dutch incident? It was a different league, a different authority. Punishments there should have no bearing on punishments here.
The rule is that if it is dealt with in play then you can't add another punishment afterwards. I agree that it needs to be looked at, but still not sure why you mentioned him being black.
So saying a few nasty words to someone is worse than physical violence ? Madness........ Surely racism or attempting to trip a referee is much worse than biting someone.
Not really as Evra, Welbeck or Defoe dont have previous history of racism or biting opposition players......
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?
Not really as Evra, Welbeck or Defoe dont have previous history of racism or biting opposition players......
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.
Suarez, is he going to end up as despicable as El Hadji Diouf? He's certainly giving it a go.
Total cock in my book!
Nice to see the FA finally saying enough is enough. I'm glad that more serious bans are being handed out for ridiculous behaviour as this is the only sanction that actually affects players. Suarez is lucky to still have a job, what a prize bell end he is...(sorry Gus)
Only because the post I was replying to was comparing it to racism. I wasn't being serious.The rule is that if it is dealt with in play then you can't add another punishment afterwards. I agree that it needs to be looked at, but still not sure why you mentioned him being black.
I find Ivanovic's reaction pathetic. .