I just can't be bothered to read the last part.It looks like Suarez was a totally unreliable witness. What he said is racist in Spanish(the context it was used) so i don't know why Liverpool have been backing him up so much.
The report only goes to emphasise just how disgusting it was for Queen Kenny and the rest of the Mickey Mouser squad to come out in support of this racist. I wonder if there is any action the FA can take against the club for supporting and sponsoring racism?
Ta. I'd love to give the full report a read when I get a chance, you suspected that there was rather more to it than the Scouser's assumed stance of Evra being a liar. Oh and afterall that, it was "negro" and not "negrito" Although I'm sure on the Mersey they also have an excellent understanding of the way in which Uruguayans use "negro" as a term of affection.
The summary (part 3) is probably all you need to read to get a clear enough picture of what went on, and why the commission reached the decision that it did. I just included other 'highlights' for your delight and delectation...sorry about the overall length.
By the looks of this, an appeal is a mighty big gamble. The FA could slap more games on to the "charming" Mr Suarez's ban.
After reading this report I'm surprised that the FA only banned him for 8 games. Liverpool should be fined massively for the t-shirt incident and if they appeal without reason then the ban should be extended until the end of the season.
Methinks that 'Pool's main appeal will be against the following paragraph: Their defence will likely read: "We deny categorically the FA's assertion that both the pinch on Mr Evra, as well as the usage of the word 'negro', were used by Mr Suarez in a confrontational and provocative manner. The FA bases its judgement on the fact that video evidence shows Mr Suarez as displaying facial expressions connoting anger, aggression and temper at the time of said incidents. Liverpool FC rejects these findings, on the grounds that Mr Suarez is an ugly git whose face always looks like The Grinch met Ebeneezer Scrooge and adopted a gremlin from the same orphanage attended by Lord Voldermort. As such, this particular evidence is wholly unreliable and unfounded."
Some of this report is both comedy gold and also a great insight into what goes on in Prem games. The use of the 'Mr' just accentuates the actual childishness of some of the behaviour which is straight out of the school playground. ....I don't speak to blacks". Mr Evra continued by saying that he now thought he was going to punch Mr Suarez. Mr Suarez replied "Dale, negro, negro, negro", which meant "okay, blackie, blackie, blackie". As Mr Suarez said this, he reached out to touch Mr Evra's arm, gesturing at his skin. Mr Kuyt then intervened. When the referee blew his whistle and called the players over to him shortly after the exchanges in the goalmouth, Mr Evra said to the referee "ref, ref, he just called me a ****ing black". Substitute the word 'Sir' for 'ref' and we are back in the Fifth form all over again (or year 11 or whatever it's called these days.' I found this bit priceless too. 'In the case of each of the Manchester United players who provided a witness statement, except for Mr Giggs, the statement was provided in the player's native language' So what is Giggsy's native language then, an obscure Cheshirese dialect? Or did he break out into Yiddish under the stress of the tribunal? Yes, yes I know it's cos he's from Wales, but how po faced is it all, the vast majority of Welsh internationals playing in the Prem have English as their native language. Savage, Bale, Rush, Ramsey, whoever, do they normally speak Welsh outside their lives on Sky Sports, I don't think so.
The indignation of the 'Pool fans, which appears to cause them to both not understand the words they've read or the words they're using is particularly hilarious. I'll leave this one here for your enjoyment:
He's (or his club, and their fans...) are using the Jade Goody defence, saying he's not a racist - which in some way means that implies that he didn't make a racist comment, or it's not as bad as if a member of the KKK said it.
I think that the FA and Evra are saying that Suarez was just using racism as an attempt to wind up his opponent. I'm not sure if that's better or worse than him just being an ignorant racist, to be honest.
That's the rub, PNP. Suarez's main defence was that the term 'negro' is commonly used in South America in a friendly, informal and joking manner. The FA's case depended on them finding that video evidence showed the exchange between the players was, in fact, rather un-friendly and un-joking; in which case experts agreed that the language used by Suarez was a racially motivated wind-up. This evidence was about as hard to find as a brothel in Paris...
