Disgusting - absolutely. They realise that he has no grounds to appeal, but are still proclaiming his innocence and blaming Evra. Am almost glad Man City did them over last night.
I agree with a Liverpool fan that called into 5 live last night. He said there's nothing they can do, Suarez has been found to be in the wrong and they should be concentrating on getting Andy Carroll back to form, getting Gerrard back into the team etc rather than fighting Suarez's corner.
only misses 4 league games including 1 they would have probably lost anyway, back for spurs and man united, played it well really.
Not if you think that the Carling and FA Cups are their only chance of a trophy. But I think it's just general public handling of it rather than their handling of the suspension timing. PS: I assume the 4 cup games is based on them reaching the 4th Round of the FA Cup (ie 3rd and 4th Round games plus 2 League Cup games). Is the 4th Round of the FA Cup the 8th game of the suspension or could they "need" a replay in the 3rd Round meaning the ban was for 5 cup games and 3 league? Edit: Or even a replay in the 3rd and 4th Rounds meaning they had 6 cup games?
a replay in the 3rd round, would reduce it to 3 league games... might we worth checking the odds of a draw in that game actually..
Why should they do anything differently? None of us know exactly what was said from both parties or in the inquiry. Liverpool have accepted the punishment as they know they are likely to be hit with further sanctions, does this mean they have to agree with the charge? No they dont. A few years back I recieved a speeding ticket, I am certain that I wasnt speeding, but to contest it I would have to pay £300 plus solicitors fee, plus risk a higher points and fine award. Instead i grudgingly accepted the £60/3 pts fine. Suarez should not of used the term he did, however did he mean it in an offensive way (he claims not)? I think there is a lot to take from this, lets see for example what the FA do with Terry who openly used a racist term.
Two grown men call each other names in the heat of competition. A bit of perspective needed all round IMHO.
Terry's claim is that he only used it after being accused. ie Anton Ferdinand said he'd called him the racist term and Terry said "I didn't call you a ...". Suarez repeated his several times, now up here in Scotland they use "pal" the same way we use mate, I wouldn't expect a Scotman to take 7 attempts to work out that calling someone he was arguing with in a Yorkshire pub "pal" was making the situation worse, so given Suarez choice of words was more offensive "cultural differences" doesn't really wash. The FA's treatment of Terry though will have to wait until after the criminal trial. Sepp Blatter was verbally attacked for saying that.
Dont get me wrong, I am sure Suraez didnt mean it in a friendly way and should be banned. But the orignal poster makes out that this has been poorly handled by Liverpool. All i am saying is that just because Liverpool accept the award but continue to support there player, that they are not wrong. Ultimately they have a far greater knowledge of what has really happened in all this, know Suarez far better as a person then we all do.
OK its possible that Liverpool have greater knowledge about what happened - though the " there's a lot you don't know but we're not allowed to say what it is" is a wonderful get out in all sorts of situations. But if you read the FA report, then its clear that even the evidence of people like Kuyt and Comolli was contradictory, and that Suarez changed his tune several times. And you can 'support the player' whilst acknowledging that what he said/did was wrong - if that had been Liverpool's line my opinion of them would have risen.
Liverpool defend a player that admits abusing a player, using terms deemed racist in this country. Once found guilty, they continue to strongly defend him, which means they think he did no wrong. So if a Liverpool season ticket holder now racially abuses an opposition player what do they do? Defend him or ban him and confiscate his season pass? Somehow I think their treatment of the fan would be the opposite of how they treat their multi million pound star striker.
Whatever Suarez said Liverpools response has been inappropriate but then Dalglish has always been an incomprehensible moaner.
I think they handled it well, considering Suarez did absolutely nothing wrong and the FA report is rubbish.
Suarez and Liverpool have admitted that he used a racist term. How is that the FA and Man U spoon feeding you things? Liverpool's handling should have been an immediate apology for the offence caused, along with an explanation that it wasn't his intention to cause offence and it was caused by his unfamiliarity with the nature of the word within British/European culture compared to back home. Instead they bleated on about Evra trying to discredit him and just said they hadn't done anything wrong.
Suarez admitted to using a word, never said it in a racist manner. The FA report claims he uttered the sentence: "Tu eres negro". When they reported that I knew it was rubbish.