The fa are a joke. £40k fine + 8 game ban for using racist language. 15k fine for using homophobic insults. The FA are supposed to be on this massive crack down on Prejudice yet they can't be transparent when punishing players. Prejudice is Prejudice whether it's about Sex, Race, Sexual Orientation or Disability To put this in to perspective, Macheda's fine is only £5k more than Babels - Babel RT'd an obviously mocked picture of a referee in a man utd shirt I guess it pays to play for Man Utd
Thats going to be hard for them to justify,the so called FA war on racism and homophobia is a ****ing joke. No need for linguistic experts etc with Macheda's case.
Seems like both the FA and the media are both homophobic, the media for not going to town on it like they did with racism and the FA for not giving Macheda a 8 match ban One rule for one and another for someone else HYPOCRITES!!!!!!!
Totally different issues. The FA are running an anti-racist campaign and a player uses racist language ON THE FIELD OF PLAY, and gets dealt with accordingly. The other player has gotten a fine for stupidly IN HIS FREE TIME, making a homophobic comment ON TWITTER. To try and make out the two cases are in any way similar is just more straw clutching by LFC fans who always want to try and play the victim. It`s about time LFC fans showed a bit more class, stop whinging about the past and get on with the rest of the season.
How is this obsessing about the past, The Suarez racism issue is still outstanding as long as newspapers continue to report about it. You seem obsessed by our past. Just because someone makes a prejudiced remark in their spare time doesn't make it any better than saying it on the field of play, especially when it's said on a social networking site. Players should know that they represent the club and the FA when using those sites (hence the fines in the first place) which makes you ask why the fine is so low. Surely if it is in their own time then there shouldn't be no fine at all. you can go in to this half hearted, you either punish tough and punish tough on all cases or you do not punish at all
They're either stamping it out or they're not. They can't 'half stamp it out' because it's done in their spare time... If he was fined, the FA clearly obviously see it as inappropriate so the question is why be so lenient. Nothing to do with playing the victim, everything to do with why the inconsistancy.
What's the difference in their wages ? Don't know the Macheda details, was there a victim ? And seems to me the stories about Liverpool's dire handling of a serious subject are abating, you need to let it lie lad
Yes the F.A are an absolute disgrace, appealing to Fifa on one hand to get rooney's ban reduced and condeming Suarez on the other. Complete bunch of jokers. Unfortunately, the joke was at our expense. I know I bang on about United a lot, most of it in jest, but seriously, some things are just not on. Giigsy should of got a ban as well, for messing around with his brothers wife, if they (the f.a) want to be the moral police, then show a bit of consistency!
Wages should not play a part in it, just because someone is paid less doesn't mean they can be more of a bigot
I agree with everything you say , apart from the last bit ( there is no need to bring United into around 4 players have recently been done for the same thing ). For the FA to be taken seriously they can't be seen to be going light on homophobic insults whilst coming down massively on evidence that could have been interpretated in different ways. Stinks of double standards really. Shame you ruined a good post by letting your bitterness towards United shine through.
Let it lie? Homophobia is equally as bad as racism(if not worse), who are the F.A to decide the right and wrongs. I think all anybody wants is a little consistency, not one rule for one, and another rule for another.
I am not bitter about United, just like a wum (it's not a crime, you lot dish it out all day), I talk about United in this instance because Macheda is a United player, and the F.A once again have made an unfair judgement.
I quoted Bozz , Bazray - I ment his initial post. Like I said though about 4 players in the last few weeks have been done for these sort of comments on twitter and received the same sort of punishment, not just a United player. Like you said consistancy would be nice but you will never get it from the FA. You only need to look at the Ferdinand case to case they aren't Pro United. He received a massive ban whilst other have escaped such offences with fines.
Fair point about Ferdinand, i think people would just like a bit of consistency / transparency..... And the F.A to get down from there moral high ground and show a little humility.
If anything, saying it in his free time when he's not under match day intensity, pressure etc IS A WHOLE LOT WORSE!!!! He has absolutely NO EXCUSE for saying what he did. Reacting on the spur of the moment in the white heat battle of a Liverpool Manc game is, to a degree, excusable. This really is an insight into the working of Macheda's mind, and it's not particularly healthy.
I agree with Eric that we undermine a reasonable argument by alleging a pro- Utd bias in everything (though I do think they are media favourites). We need consistency, but I said in the aftermath of the Suarez case that the FA had set a precedent they could never maintain, and the more inconsistent they are, the more they reveal that the initial decision was politically motivated. As for whoever said we should "let it lie"- for as long as subsequent rulings fall short of the initial one, the sense of injustice will continue.
