Try it out. Let us know how you get on.
And you walk into a bar into Montevideo and scream "Your sister's a whore" in Spanish, and see how many of them say "Ah, that's just a French excaimation".
Try it out. Let us know how you get on.
I think the difference between the Suarez and Clattenburg cases is that Suarez admitted to using a racist slur![]()
And you walk into a bar into Montevideo and scream "Your sister's a whore" in Spanish, and see how many of them say "Ah, that's just a French excaimation".
Which proves what?And you walk into a bar into Montevideo and scream "Your sister's a whore" in Spanish, and see how many of them say "Ah, that's just a French excaimation".
Which proves what?
The historical persecution of black people for the supposed crime of being black seems to have completely passed you by KPR. You too Dong.It doesn't have to be in Uruguay mate.
It could be in Japan, Saudi Arabia or New Zealand. If you say to someone ''You're sisters a whore'' in spanish to someone that speaks spanish, then its an insult. However stating that a black person is ''black'' is stating the obvious. Suarez said to Evra ''You're black''. The reply to that, jesus I never noticed. Its like called Stevie Wonder blind, or telling Titus Bramble he's crap.
To be far, they're hardly hand picked as they are simply the officials involved. Quite naturally it is their statement that will be requested.
The fact Ferguson commented has been covered though, he was involved in that game and just answered a question at his Friday press conference.
He possibly should not have suggested quite so adamantly that Clattenberg hadn't said it but given the information filtering out and back tracking that has been done I think the truth is we agree with him.
I do. I honestly, hand on heart can not see a referee in the current climate racially abusing a player, it would be madness.
Sad thing for Mark Clattenburg is that his career as a top level ref is now pretty much over.
Chelsea will not want him refereeing their games. No one will want him refeering any games vs Man Utd because of their fans banners and chanting. And teams like Liverpool, Man City, Arsenal, Spurs etc won't want him refereeing them because of his perceived Man Utd bias.
Raheemthespeedmachine:3707108 said:Irrelevant. The Suarez case has set the standard, which now is "If a black man says a white man abused him, the white man must prove his innocence". The fact that the assistants heard nothing does not prove innocence. The absence of evidence should not be taken as an absence of guilt. The FA have chaged the presumption of innocence to a presumption of guilt.
I do expect, however, that things will be different for Clattenburg as they're not as desperate for a convenient head-on-a-stick as they were last December with the media and a myriad of single-issue, "look-at-me-in-the-papers" race-mafia groups to appease. And it looks like Ferguson (and thus Gill) are on his side on this one, and that'll swing it even if Clattenburg had wore a Klan outfit and put a burning cross on Mikel's lawn.
Well if Clattenburg acrtually did call Mikel a ''monkey'' then he is racist. It is a derogatory term and is as bad as ''Coon'' which is American slang for N****r. Suarez was done for racism, which is hard to determine, I doubt it if the FA actually know the difference between racism and discrimination. If Suarez used the word ''because'' he wasn't being racist, he was discriminating. However John Terry was being racist when he uttered the words ''****ing black ****''. However if Suarez used the word ''Why'' the entire statement doesn't make any sense. It must be checked again in translation whether Suarez said ''Because'' or ''Why''.

donga darko:3707072 said:He was wired up to his assistants and fourth official.
Do you still?
Or is this all about your utter disgust and outrage at Ferguson having the temerity to answer a question.
The reason Martin O Neil wasn't asked is because Chelsea weren't playing Sunderland.
Obviously.
Irrelevant. The Suarez case has set the standard, which now is "If a black man says a white man abused him, the white man must prove his innocence". The fact that the assistants heard nothing does not prove innocence. The absence of evidence should not be taken as an absence of guilt. The FA have chaged the presumption of innocence to a presumption of guilt.
I do expect, however, that things will be different for Clattenburg as they're not as desperate for a convenient head-on-a-stick as they were last December with the media and a myriad of single-issue, "look-at-me-in-the-papers" race-mafia groups to appease. And it looks like Ferguson (and thus Gill) are on his side on this one, and that'll swing it even if Clattenburg had wore a Klan outfit and put a burning cross on Mikel's lawn.


And your view on what Wenger and Jol had to say is...? You're a bitter glory hunting twat!I had nothing better to do so I read this thread - what a hoot!
Where did all the usual manc suspects magically appear from? Apart from a desperate attempt to defend Ferguson, what did they achieve? They certainly added nothing either new or persuasive to the Clattenburg debate.
After that we go through a mish-mash of the never ending Suarez debate - again for no good purpose or to any great effect.
So should ferguson have kept his trap shut? YES but then he couldn't resist the sound of his own voice so at least he was consistant.
Fergie had to try and help Clattenburg out,if he's found guilty then Man Utd will have to replace him
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I had nothing better to do so I read this thread - what a hoot!
Where did all the usual manc suspects magically appear from? Apart from a desperate attempt to defend Ferguson, what did they achieve? They certainly added nothing either new or persuasive to the Clattenburg debate.
After that we go through a mish-mash of the never ending Suarez debate - again for no good purpose or to any great effect.
So should ferguson have kept his trap shut? YES but then he couldn't resist the sound of his own voice so at least he was consistant.

Cracking story. Real good to have you back, making sense of all those things we don't understand.
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Whats with the insults...? I think some people may have been on the juice![]()
