That is quite frankly ridiculous. Absolutely ridiculous. Quite clearly called Ferdinand F***ing black C***!
I sai this would be a two key pointer from the FA, 1, found guilty by a court of law and punished as such - No further action allowed by the FA or 2, He has been found not guilty by a court of law and we must therefore, find the same - I personally still feel he has brought the game into disripute by allowing the good name of the English game through the courts pmsl!
He admitted saying the offensive words(in a context that was believed by the magistrate),but the FA refused context to be taken into account in the Suarez/Evra case.
The FA still have to get themselves out of the hole they dug with the Suarez case. Context doesn't matter on a football pitch, if you say the word "black", you will get done for racism. More evidence in the Terry case than there was in the Suarez, just shows how dodgy the FA are. But we all know they will claim he was cleared in court so they can't take action and risk being sued.
This is why the Suarez thing should have gone to court, it would have been thrown out immediately. The burden of proof is much higher. Christ if they can't find him guilty on video evidence then Suarez evidence would have been laughed out of court for being one man's word against another. FA should still run their own enquiry on Terry and use the same criteria they used for Suarez. joke.
Well this was a trial held in a proper courtroom not a kangaroo court so whatever you may think about JT (and I think he's a horrible ****) it was the duty of the prosecution to prove his guilt NOT the duty of the defendant to prove innocence. The prosecution clkearly failed to do that too the satisfaction of the magistrate. Had the Suarez/Evra case been held in a proper court exactly the same verdict would have been reached. Its very difficult to prove the exact meaning and intention of peoples spoken word. Let's see what the FA do now....THAT will be interesting because the burden of proof is obviously much lower with them than it had to be in a criminal court. If the FA find him not guilty...then that will be the disgrace.
Everyone already knew if the Suarez / Evra case had of gone to court then there was a big chance it would have been thrown out. However this case is an absolute joke what he said was clear as day and it just shows what a farce out justice system is
Pretty much no doubt that he did say those words. But I believe the question was whether or not JT was repeating what he THOUGHT he had heard. Plus, lip readers aren't 100% accurate and the CPS must prove beyone reasonable doubt.
Shows that we didn't manage the Suarez incident well at all. I feel sorry for Louis even more now, if I were him, i'd want to take it to court now.
the terry's verdict is actually a vindication of lfc's position on the suarez issue. the FA were in a haste to hang somebody or anybody at that point in time.
They're now talking about re-instating him as England captain. He shouldn't have got the armband back after the whole wife shagging thing.
The FA can still act on this. They set a precedent with the Suarez case so I'm sure we can expect the same. (Here's me hoping!)
Since Terry doesn't deny using racist language and the FA ruled that context is irrelevant...he should be banned for 8 games. Let's see what happens. Sweet **** all I bet.
To be honest it's better for us that Terry escapes punishment. It's become clear as day to anyone with half a brain that Terry should have been slapped with a bigger fine. Suarez now gets the satisfaction of knowing he has paid his dues. It's painfully obvious of the bias the media put on these cases. His guilt has been alleviated a bit.
I'm glad some of you lot aren't magistrates. Talk about no smoke without fire! It's funny how people call out legal system a "joke" until they're arrested abroad for a bit of smoke. Justice had been seen to be done, which is never the case behind closed FA doors. Had the decision gone against Terry he would still also have had a right to appeal, which was denied Liverpool by simple media hysteria. Tellingly, Talk****e's Andy Jacobs has been busting a nut to make allowances for Terry because "football's a game of passion." It was niggle between two players. A far cry from the indignant crap he spouted about Suarez.
When Suarez was 'convicted' by a Kangaroo court nobody seemed to use terms like reasonable doubt etc. This just shows how badly Liverpool handled the Suarez/Evra thing. If they had taken it to a criminal court it would have not lasted as long as this trial.
