In a game where a 4 game ban is routine for punching somebody, I don't get how a bite (which is far less dangerous than a punch) warrants a 10 game ban last year, and (now he seems to have done it again) has warranted calls for, in some cases, a year - long ban. I get the repeat offence and all, but the punishment for a bite is becoming over twice as long as those for horrendous 2-footed tackles and headbutts. Someone explain?
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It's about deniability init, for a tackle a player can always claim it was just daft with no intent, but to bite somebody is beyond the realms of any excuse, It's his 3rd bite as well. So why shouldn't he get a 20+ game ban? He's absolute scum of the earth, evil, a bad person and bad for the game.
Actually, I think every player, bar a few exceptions, totally break the rules if they think they'd get an advantage - I know I would - it's just Suarez is dense enough to get caught on live tv. So yeah, although it probably warrants an 8 game ban for repeat offences, he probably shouldn't get a longer ban for being a niggly twat, which seems to be the basis for a lot of the draconian calls - everyone handballs/dives.
If you meant the racism, I agree with you marra
If you meant the racism, I agree with you marra
To answer the questioning thread, coz he's a ****ing embarrassment to the game.
Not to his club, not to his country. Just to the game. A ****ing embarrassment,
Not to his club, not to his country. Just to the game. A ****ing embarrassment,
We all ****ing hate him, unless you're a scouse, but.......
no matter how pathetic a human being he is, if we signed him, we'd all be ****ing happy!
Great player, **** human being.
no matter how pathetic a human being he is, if we signed him, we'd all be ****ing happy!
Great player, **** human being.
FIFA to investigate Suarez
Last Updated: 21:18 24/06/14
FIFA has announced it will investigate the latest allegations of biting against Luis Suarez with Liverpool's Uruguay striker likely to face a lengthy ban if found guilty.
Suarez appeared bite Italy's Giorgio Chiellini towards the end of Uruguay's 1-0 win, leaving teeth-marks on the defender's shoulder.
A FIFA spokesperson said: "We are awaiting the official match reports and will gather all the necessary elements in order to evaluate the matter."
FIFA's disciplinary code sets a maximum ban of 24 matches or two years, but the longest ban in World Cup history was eight games for Italy's Mauro Tassotti for breaking Spain's Luis Enrique's nose in 1994 with an elbow.
Suarez has twice been banned for biting opponents - for 10 matches in 2013 for his clash with Chelsea's Branislav Ivanovic and in 2010 he was given a seven-game ban while playing for Ajax for sinking his teeth into PSV Eindhoven's Otman Bakkal.
FIFA's disciplinary code allows action to be taken retrospectively via video evidence even if the incident has been seen by the referee.
Chiellini tried to show referee Marco Rodriguez the mark but no action was taken, and he believes the authorities must now look back at what happened and punish Suarez.
'Ban him'
He told Sky Italia: “Suarez has bitten me and the referee saw it, but then there is the need to have the courage to take decisions.
“We will see if there is the courage to utilise the TV images to ban him.”
Uruguay manager Oscar Tabarez insisted he had not seen the incident but claimed that Luis Suarez "is the target of certain sections of the press".
"I would like to see it first," said Tabarez. "If it happened then I think the referee had to have seen it first. I didn't see the incident and I don't want anyone to speak for me about it.
"Suarez, in addition to errors that he may have made, is a target for certain sections of the media."
Tabarez faced repeated questions about Suarez's bite, but refused to criticise his star man.
"If we believe people are attacking him, as has happened in this press conference, then we're going to defend him," he said.
"He's a vital player, a very important person to the group."
Severe criticism
Jim Boyce, FIFA’s vice president, told Sky Sports News that the incident must be investigated by world football’s ruling body.
“I have watched the incident several times on television,” said Boyce.
“There is no doubt Luis Suarez is a fantastic footballer but once again his actions have left him open to severe criticism.
“There is no doubt that FIFA must investigate this incident very seriously and take whatever action is deemed necessary.”
Italy boss Cesare Prandelli - who went on to resign - confirmed he had seen the bite marks.
He said: "I didn't see Suarez biting him but I saw the bite-marks on his shoulder but the referee's assistants were so busy they didn't see anything.
"It's a shame, it's a real shame that it turned out like this."
Last Updated: 21:18 24/06/14
FIFA has announced it will investigate the latest allegations of biting against Luis Suarez with Liverpool's Uruguay striker likely to face a lengthy ban if found guilty.
Suarez appeared bite Italy's Giorgio Chiellini towards the end of Uruguay's 1-0 win, leaving teeth-marks on the defender's shoulder.
A FIFA spokesperson said: "We are awaiting the official match reports and will gather all the necessary elements in order to evaluate the matter."
FIFA's disciplinary code sets a maximum ban of 24 matches or two years, but the longest ban in World Cup history was eight games for Italy's Mauro Tassotti for breaking Spain's Luis Enrique's nose in 1994 with an elbow.
Suarez has twice been banned for biting opponents - for 10 matches in 2013 for his clash with Chelsea's Branislav Ivanovic and in 2010 he was given a seven-game ban while playing for Ajax for sinking his teeth into PSV Eindhoven's Otman Bakkal.
FIFA's disciplinary code allows action to be taken retrospectively via video evidence even if the incident has been seen by the referee.
Chiellini tried to show referee Marco Rodriguez the mark but no action was taken, and he believes the authorities must now look back at what happened and punish Suarez.
'Ban him'
He told Sky Italia: “Suarez has bitten me and the referee saw it, but then there is the need to have the courage to take decisions.
“We will see if there is the courage to utilise the TV images to ban him.”
Uruguay manager Oscar Tabarez insisted he had not seen the incident but claimed that Luis Suarez "is the target of certain sections of the press".
"I would like to see it first," said Tabarez. "If it happened then I think the referee had to have seen it first. I didn't see the incident and I don't want anyone to speak for me about it.
"Suarez, in addition to errors that he may have made, is a target for certain sections of the media."
Tabarez faced repeated questions about Suarez's bite, but refused to criticise his star man.
"If we believe people are attacking him, as has happened in this press conference, then we're going to defend him," he said.
"He's a vital player, a very important person to the group."
Severe criticism
Jim Boyce, FIFA’s vice president, told Sky Sports News that the incident must be investigated by world football’s ruling body.
“I have watched the incident several times on television,” said Boyce.
“There is no doubt Luis Suarez is a fantastic footballer but once again his actions have left him open to severe criticism.
“There is no doubt that FIFA must investigate this incident very seriously and take whatever action is deemed necessary.”
Italy boss Cesare Prandelli - who went on to resign - confirmed he had seen the bite marks.
He said: "I didn't see Suarez biting him but I saw the bite-marks on his shoulder but the referee's assistants were so busy they didn't see anything.
"It's a shame, it's a real shame that it turned out like this."
He's a ****ing great player but a ****ing tosser of a human being.
By rights he should be sine died.
By rights he should be sine died.
Yeah, I can explain.
If you need it explaining you have no real love of the game and probably work in an office or a bank.
Don't speak for me, I'd be disgusted if we signed, and supported, a player like him.
I booed Dossena at Hull and said he should never play for us again, even though we were in a desperate relegation battle.
Actually, I think every player, bar a few exceptions, totally break the rules if they think they'd get an advantage - I know I would - it's just Suarez is dense enough to get caught on live tv. So yeah, although it probably warrants an 8 game ban for repeat offences, he probably shouldn't get a longer ban for being a niggly twat, which seems to be the basis for a lot of the draconian calls - everyone handballs/dives.
If you meant the racism, I agree with you marra
Come off it man.
I played Sunday league and was chopped, scissor kicked, sandwiched, elbowed etc etc etc and would happily have a pint afterwards. If some ****er had bitten me he wouldn't have been able to drive himself home.
Smug, in 2 to 3 months time,what happened in the World Cup would be ancient history, and I'm not speaking for you, but, if in the next 2 months we got a new billionaire owner, 99 fans out of a 100 would be ****ing themselves off if we bought Suarez.
That's the sad aspect of being a club fan with the benefit of owning the higher moral ground.