Don't why this is so much different to what Rooney did. Suarez should get the same punishment.
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Better than Van Persie, or so we're told.
Didn't Rooney apologies immediately after the game?
Interesting to see what Suarez does...
Interesting to see what Suarez does...
Personally I think Rooney's outburst was warranted/fine. feck the fickle supporters.
I don't think Rooney's was worth a suspension and I don't think this is either.
Crowds are willing to give it out to opposition players and fans for 90 minutes singing the vilest crap you can think of but as soon as a player gives some back suddenly we should all think of the children.
fecks sake.
Crowds are willing to give it out to opposition players and fans for 90 minutes singing the vilest crap you can think of but as soon as a player gives some back suddenly we should all think of the children.
fecks sake.
Sharky, fans need to show some restraint, but in now way should footballers paid tons of cash to kick a fecking ball around a field be allowed to behave like this or like Rooney did.
Once we got to the half hour mark last night, he decided that his team were too shit to win the game fairly and started to throw himself to the ground at every opportunity. Then he'd get up, holding a part of his anatomy, which would immediately heal once the ref waved play on. Near the end of the game, he kicked a Fulham defender in the box and went down as though it was him that was kicked. The balls on this guy
You've been witness to a Suarez special
I'm talking about his reaction to the British fans here... And yes I do. Players are people too, they have opinions and (as gay as it sounds) feelings/passion. They aint robots and shouldn't be treated as if they should be.
fecking hell. Did he walk for that?
Their job is to play football, not deal with unreasonable abuse. The amount of money they earn should have no bearing on that. I'd rather have someone at the club that will react like a normal human being would and give some back when pushed too far instead of just mentally counting the dollar signs - that's not healthy. This fascination with the amount that footballers earn is a convenient means with which to lump them with expectations outside their remit as footballers.
My point is that in an era where we've regularly heard
- the tragedy involving the Togo team bus at the ACN used to poke fun at Adebayor,
- people chanting 'you should have died in the tunnel' at Ronaldo when he was with us,
- homophobic abuse dished out to Sol Campbell,
- deplorable racist abuse given to Eto'o in both Italy and Spain, and Roberto Carlos in Russia,
- club tragedies like Munich, the Istanbul stabbings, Hillsborough and Heysel used to mock opposition supporters
a rude finger or a shout of "feck off" from a player are hardly the most offensive thing a crowd will encounter on a day at the football.
It's not classy and most players have developed a thick skin to avoid it but when players do crack, like Rooney did at West Ham, Suarez did last night, or Ronaldo did in Benefica in 2005, I don't think its even worth to time of a tribunal to sit down and decide on a punishment.
I was looking for that oneI didnt watch the second half last night. After reading the liverpool fans complain about the ref, thought they were hard done by. Just saw the highlights
The foul was outside the box and not a pen
The Spearing red was the right decision
The 'goal' Suarez scored was rightly ruled out. He was offside.
What the feck are they complaining about :/
The foul was outside the box and not a pen
The Spearing red was the right decision
The 'goal' Suarez scored was rightly ruled out. He was offside.
What the feck are they complaining about :/
I don't think he was offside to be honest. Looked level to me but it's rare a linesman ever gets those right.
No penalty - definitely outside the box
The red? Meh, I thought it was a yellow but I don't give a feck really.
No penalty - definitely outside the box
The red? Meh, I thought it was a yellow but I don't give a feck really.
Since when should behavior be dictated by a person's wages?
I see no problem with players reacting to abuse with verbal retorts as Rooney did. And actually can't see much wrong with giving the crowd the finger either if you're constantly abused. As long as the reaction from the player is just a gesture or a swear word, where's the harm?
Moral indignity has gone mad the latest years. When did we become such sissies?
Absolutely. If Suarez gets banned for flicking the bird, this country and the FA has gone fecking nuts.
There's plenty of things to get upset about his game - focus on them instead of him extending his middle finger!
There's plenty of things to get upset about his game - focus on them instead of him extending his middle finger!
Suarez giving the finger dosnt really offend me but if the FA puss out and dont ban him after they did it (unfairly imo) to rooney then I will be offended by the lack of consistency
I disagree, why should Rooney be banned but Suarez let slide? It's not about whether I'm offended by it or not, it's about consistency. Ronaldo got booed by opposition fans week in, week out and accused of cheating and diving but he wasn't half the controversial figure Suarez is. Some of Suarez's challenged are downright atrocious and I personally hope the referees look at him more closely, not protect him a bit more.
Edit: I'd also like to point out that Rooney wasn't actually directly using bad language to insult fans, he was using it as an exclamation. I don't really see what is insulting about "For King Watt!" anyway.
The trouble is the precedent it sets.
Are we just going to allow players to give the finger to crowds who are abusing them?
What if the crowd weren't abusing them but the player claims they were?
Afterall, Suarez wasn't really being abused, he was being called a 'cheat', which is what he unquestionably is.
Are we just going to allow players to give the finger to crowds who are abusing them?
What if the crowd weren't abusing them but the player claims they were?
Afterall, Suarez wasn't really being abused, he was being called a 'cheat', which is what he unquestionably is.
Just seen the Spearing tackle, to be fair that's a harsh red card.
Obviously not, the FA will make sure that the timid crowds don't leave the grounds feeling violated by erect fingers or worse (think of the children).
Who can say what the players hear? Eric singled out one person under a volley of abuse at Selhurst Park.
Anywho, the Fulham fans got under his skin, I'll bet they won't leave him alone next time around
I think what Rooney did and what Suarez has done are 2 completely different things and to say otherwise is extremly blinkered.
I didn't give a feck that Rooney swore in a camera on live TV - if you go to a match you expect to hear bad language. But the fact that he said it and 'millions' were watching and heard it, something had to be done to set an example. His 2 match ban was a joke/disgrace but on the other hand, he only had himself to blame for it.
Suarez flicked the bird. It's feck all, less offensive than swearing into a camera that's for sure. I've said earlier, there's a lot to hate about Suarez's game but baying for blood over this is ridiculous. My opinion
I didn't give a feck that Rooney swore in a camera on live TV - if you go to a match you expect to hear bad language. But the fact that he said it and 'millions' were watching and heard it, something had to be done to set an example. His 2 match ban was a joke/disgrace but on the other hand, he only had himself to blame for it.
Suarez flicked the bird. It's feck all, less offensive than swearing into a camera that's for sure. I've said earlier, there's a lot to hate about Suarez's game but baying for blood over this is ridiculous. My opinion
We should all know the FA's M.O. by now - if the papers make a fuss about something, the FA will act; if there's little or no fuss, the FA will continue to shy away from the spotlight, in case the papers look critically at their fitness regarding the governance of the game.
I agree with the rest you say, but I just don't get that bolded part. And just to be clear, it's obviously a sentiment shared by many, including the FA.
You don't have to deaf to lipread players saying feck to a ref's face in many a match in the PL, and it's a quite popular word in a lot of songs aimed at various teams/players. Just don't let a player say it to a camera? Moral indignity at it's worst imo.
Rooney's shouldn't have been a ban and neither should this.
what punishment (if any) did Adebayor get when he ran half the pitch to celebrate in front of the Gunners-fans ?
True ***, Stevo!
Cant say D-A-T?
Luis Suarez - Liverpool's #7
Apparently the entire thing is SAFs fault. Well, a conspiracy masterminded by SAF into making Suarez leave in the Summer, after the refs / Sky / the PL etc collude to make Liverpool finish 5th.
Apparently the entire thing is SAFs fault. Well, a conspiracy masterminded by SAF into making Suarez leave in the Summer, after the refs / Sky / the PL etc collude to make Liverpool finish 5th.
Fined £25,000 and given a suspended two game ban.
Pathetic. I suppose it was the antagonizing the crowd rule, with seated stadiums and the excellent security in the PL stadiums it's a dinosaur of a rule and should at the least be modified.
unreal, I suppose SAF was sat on top of the stand with a piece of string attached to Suarez' finger? And he also planted several trip wires around the pitch on mechanical stands that pop out of the grass only when he runs past to trip him up? I hope some of the people on that site are getting the appropriate medication.
What's Fergie's exact quote regarding Suarez being a cnut?
"The boy Suarez dives all over the place too"
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I thought it was something more than that, that's being kind.I love this perception that he was universally loved before evil Mr Ferguson got his hands on him.
I quite like that - speaks his mind alright, Sir Alex.
He's a cnut, but he's Liverpool's cnut, I'm not surprised those scousers are defending him. It's funny really.