Suarez gets 8 match ban

[han]

Not any more it doesn't!

Sorry, I was being mean. It didn't the last time I went in there, tbh. The pub is probably the best bet for watching the match (without Sky), eh. The new landlord seems like a nice fella.

 

[han]

The only problem with the Hand is that if there's a choice between a Chelsea and a Liverpool match, they'll always show Chelsea. Well, I guess we are in London.....

 

[han]

Actually, as an MU fan, I'm hoping Suarez goes out in a blaze of glory and puts 3 past citeh. Come on Louis!

wow, MU fans supporting Liverpool!

 

[agricola]

They arent appealing, and Suarez is out of the city game.

 

[TruXta]

They arent appealing, and Suarez is out of the city game.

So they got that right at least.

 

[Deareg]

They arent appealing, and Suarez is out of the city game.

Sleater will be livid at this injustice.

 

[Wilf]

The kit man will be desperately hunting round for a set of traditional warm-up tops.

 

[Fedayn]

You know the difference between explanation and justification don't you? Being willing to suspend judgment and so implicitly support our player until available evidence suggests otherwise doesn't make me any more of a cunt than you.

No, your desperation, continuing it seems, to blame some Liverpools fans atrocious justification for and defence of Suarez on others is there for all to see.

 

[TruXta]

No, your desperation, continuing it seems, to blame some Liverpools fans atrocious justification for and defence of Suarez on others is there for all to see.

Funny how you're a nuanced and intelligent chap in most matters apart from those to do with LFC. Anyway, I'm done with this thread.

 

[agricola]

No, your desperation, continuing it seems, to blame some Liverpools fans atrocious justification for and defence of Suarez on others is there for all to see.

At least the club have done the right thing and accepted the punishment with good grace and in order to set an example to all:

It is our strongly held conviction that the Football Association and the panel it selected constructed a highly subjective case against Luis Suarez based on an accusation that was ultimately unsubstantiated.

The FA and the panel chose to consistently and methodically accept and embrace arguments leading to a set of conclusions that found Mr. Suarez to "probably" be guilty while in the same manner deciding to completely dismiss the testimony that countered their overall suppositions.
Mr. Evra was deemed to be credible in spite of admitting that he himself used insulting and threatening words towards Luis and that his initial charge as to the word used was somehow a mistake.

The facts in this case were that an accusation was made, a rebuttal was given and there was video of the match. The remaining facts came from testimony of people who did not corroborate any accusation made by Mr. Evra.

In its determination to prove its conclusions to the public through a clearly subjective 115-page document, the FA panel has damaged the reputation of one of the Premier League's best players, deciding he should be punished and banned for perhaps a quarter of a season. This case has also provided a template in which a club's rival can bring about a significant ban for a top player without anything beyond an accusation.

Nevertheless, there are ultimately larger issues than whether or not Luis Suarez has been treated fairly by the Football Association in this matter. There are important points we want to make today that overshadow what has occurred during the past two months.

The issue of race in sports, as in other industries, has a very poor history. Far too often, and in far too many countries, the issues of racism and discrimination have been covered over or ignored.

In America, where Liverpool ownership resides, there was a shameful bigotry that prevented black athletes from competing at the highest levels for decades.

English football has led the world in welcoming all nationalities and creeds into its Premier League and its leagues below, and Liverpool Football Club itself has been a leader in taking a progressive stance on issues of race and inclusion. The Luis Suarez case has to end so that the Premier League, the Football Association and the Club can continue the progress that has been made and will continue to be made and not risk a perception, at least by some, that would diminish our commitment on these issues.

Liverpool Football Club have supported Luis Suarez because we fundamentally do not believe that Luis on that day - or frankly any other - did or would engage in a racist act. Notably, his actions on and off the pitch with his teammates and in the community have demonstrated his belief that all athletes can play together and that the colour of a person's skin is irrelevant.

Continuing a fight for justice in this particular case beyond today would only obscure the fact that the Club wholeheartedly supports the efforts of the Football Association, the Football League and the Premier League to put an end to any form of racism in English football.

It is time to put the Luis Suarez matter to rest and for all of us, going forward, to work together to stamp out racism in every form both inside and outside the sport.

It is for this reason that we will not appeal the eight-game suspension of Luis Suarez.

and from the racist:

First of all I would like to thank everyone so much for all the help and support I have received during these last few weeks.

Thank you to my family, my friends and everybody at LFC (the staff, manager and coaching staff, the directors, my team mates and everyone who is working on a daily basis for this great club) and thank you especially to all the fans who made sure I never felt let down for one second. During those days I understood more than ever what 'You'll Never Walk Alone' means.

Like many of you I was born into a very humble family, in a working class neighbourhood, in a small country. But I was born and raised learning what respect, manners and sacrifice mean. Thanks to my family, from my first club where I started playing, to my transfer to Holland in Europe, I learned the values which made me the person I am now. Never, I repeat, never, have I had any racial problem with a team mate or individual who was of a different race or colour to mine. Never.

I am very upset by all the things which have been said during the last few weeks about me, all of them being very far from the truth. But above all, I'm very upset at feeling so powerless whilst being accused of something which I did not, nor would not, ever do.

In my country, 'negro' is a word we use commonly, a word which doesn't show any lack of respect and is even less so a form of racist abuse. Based on this, everything which has been said so far is totally false.

I will carry out the suspension with the resignation of someone who hasn't done anything wrong and who feels extremely upset by the events. I do feel sorry for the fans and for my team mates whom I will not be able to help during the next month. It will be a very difficult time for me.

The only thing I wish for at the moment is being able to run out again at Anfield and to do what I like most which is playing football.

Thank you very much.
YNWA

http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/

 

[Kanda]

The only problem with the Hand is that if there's a choice between a Chelsea and a Liverpool match, they'll always show Chelsea. Well, I guess we are in London.....

Not now they have more screens.

 

[goldenecitrone]

Now that's all cleared up, what are the FA going to do about clearing up misogyny from the game. You bunch of conchas de tus hermanas?

 

[littlebabyjesus]

oh dear

 

[sleaterkinney]

Sleater will be livid at this injustice.

I can see how they wouldn't want it to drag on and I've had enough of it too.

Suarez's next game is manu away.

 

[Fedayn]

Funny how you're a nuanced and intelligent chap in most matters apart from those to do with LFC. Anyway, I'm done with this thread.

What need is there to be nuanced in reply to pathetic desperate defence of idiocy? You made your laughably pathetic point on a public messageboard, there's no need for nuance in reply to such stupidity.

 

[Fedayn]

I can see how they wouldn't want it to drag on and I've had enough of it too.

Suarez's next game is manu away.

Or perhaps they have absolutely no grounds for appeal.

Why have you had enough of it? What has made you not want to continue the justifiable campaign to stand stoically in defence of this tragically maligned man Luis Suarez?

 

[sleaterkinney]

Or perhaps they have absolutely no grounds for appeal.

Perhaps, but I'd say it's more likely they want to put it to rest.

 

[Fedayn]

Perhaps, but I'd say it's more likely they want to put it to rest.

"It is our strongly held conviction that the Football Association and the panel it selected constructed a highly subjective case against Luis Suarez based on an accusation that was ultimately unsubstantiated."

And yet, if we accept your opinion above, not strong enough to carry on.....

 

[butchersapron]

Perhaps, but I'd say it's more likely they want to put it to rest.

Bit like the Lawrence case then.

 

[sleaterkinney]

"It is our strongly held conviction that the Football Association and the panel it selected constructed a highly subjective case against Luis Suarez based on an accusation that was ultimately unsubstantiated."

And yet, if we accept your opinion above, not strong enough to carry on.....

No, i said they might want to let the matter rest.

 

[sleaterkinney]

Bit like the Lawrence case then.

Indeed.

 

[TruXta]

What need is there to be nuanced in reply to pathetic desperate defence of idiocy? You made your laughably pathetic point on a public messageboard, there's no need for nuance in reply to such stupidity.

Great to see you avoiding my point altogether. Well done that.

 

[han]

Not now they have more screens.

oh really? great!

 

[ChrisFilter]

Ugh. Liverpool are disgusting. I've lost any like for them I ever had. Whiny fucks.

 

[goldenecitrone]

When you walk, through a race-storm...

 

[Wilf]

Ugh. Liverpool are disgusting. I've lost any like for them I ever had. Whiny fucks.

Yep. A truly graceless statement, awful. The Suarez one isn't much better:

"In my country, 'negro' is a word we use commonly, a word which doesn't show any lack of respect and is even less so a form of racist abuse. Based on this, everything which has been said so far is totally false."

Hardly needs repeating that he is knowingly ignoring the context issue. He is even twisting his own culture to try and twist out of what he has done. Furthermore, both he and the club forget the logic of their position. If this was a cultural misunderstanding - something that is okay in Uraguay but not here (even though in an argument it isn't), that means Evra was fully entitled to be upset at what would at least appear to be a racial taunt. Rather than accepting that - what must the logic of the Liverpool defence - they have gone on the attack and accused him of deception. There were probably a couple of points where Liverpool could have pulled out of this disaster, but chose not to. They are now trapped in their own shit.

To be honest, the Liverpool fans deserve better.

 

[Lo Siento.]

To be honest, the Liverpool fans deserve better.

Some of them, tbh, have shown that they really don't. Unfortunately.

 

[twistedAM]

Actually, as an MU fan, I'm hoping Suarez goes out in a blaze of glory and puts 3 past citeh. Come on Louis!

 

[Fedayn]

No, i said they might want to let the matter rest.

Why would they want a matter to rest when they consider that matter to be "an accusation that was ultimately unsubstantiated."? Perhaps they have realised how appallingly they behaved in the aftermath or that they realised how fucking idiotic their remarks and actions were?

 

[Fedayn]

Funny how you're a nuanced and intelligent chap in most matters apart from those to do with LFC. Anyway, I'm done with this thread.

Yeah, my remarks and posts here and elsewhere on Hillsborough have been dripping with anti LFC sentiment haven't they? You utter clown.