A ludicrous, hype ridden over-reaction. Everything to do with PR, nothing to do with fitting the punishment to the crime. Anyway, what do they mean banned for 9 matches and then banned for 4 months? Is that either/ or? So if Uruguay progress, do those games count? Or is this just domestic of what?Originally Posted by Munchies
Seems confirmed:
DISCIPLINARY: Uruguay’s Luis Suarez suspended for 9 matches & banned for 4 months from any football-related activity.
Should've been longer
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What a mong. If you can't think of a way to explain to a kid that you aren't supposed to bite people on a football pitch then you are fucked beyond belief as a parent. Isn't it 100% obvious without even mentioning it you shouldn't be biting people? What a fucking mong.However, former Liverpool defender Mark Lawrenson felt the suspension should have been longer.
"I don't really think that the punishment fits the crime," he said.
"Say my boy was about 11 or 12, how do you explain to your lad who's a football fan exactly what Luis Suarez keeps doing.
"He is now a persistent offender and I thought actually the ban would have been much harsher."
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Both.
9 matches for Uruguay.
4 months complete ban, including Liverpool. He can't play for them until after October 26th.
Guess they couldn't get the death penalty. But this is close enough.
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Nah.
It's the 3rd time the silly bastard has done this. You made the point about bad tackles and you're right, if a player keeps on doing those then they should get a very lengthy ban too, arguably a permenant ban as they're a danger to fellow professionals. But sometimes in football there's a very fine line between a good tackle and one which injures someone. If someone jumps in two footed or goes in way over the ball then that's clearly dangerous but other times a player can get there a split second late and suddenly instead of getting the ball the other player in injured. But biting an opponent...that isn't a fine line or an error of judgement, it's an intentional assault. And to do it 3 times...the bloke has a screw loose and has clearly learnt nothing from previous bans for the exact same thing, one of them only a year ago.
It is a bit harsh on Liverpool but he's got a well known history of trouble so it's something that comes with the territory of having a player that unhinged.
Why doesn't diving get a 4 month ban? Surely that's the most despicable lesson of all to be teaching "The Children" (TM)? Cheating at sport? Horrendous, directly undermining the very nature of the endeavour. Druggies get banned, why not cheats? What sort of message is it sending to "The Children" (TM) when so-called professionals in TV studios apologise for cheating? Ron Atkinson made a joke, Rodney Marsh, Andy Gray, Richard Keys - kicked out, disgraced. Unacceptable behaviour they said. But cheating, corruption, slave labour, that's all okay? Or at least something that needs to be laughed off, excused or brushed under the rug? Then the same arseholes want to throw the book at one individual who has a minimal and isolated impact on the integrity of the game? Bloody convenient, isn't it? And who's giving out the punishments? One of the most corrupt organisations on the planet. It's a big fat joke.
Not saying he shouldn't be banned. Not saying he shouldn't get a longer ban for a 3rd offence. But if we're going to have rules and sanctions for rule breaking then let's apply those across the board, in the spirit of the sport and without bias, hype and sensationalism.
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He'll have had something like 35+ games suspended for us in three seasons, without ever having received a red card.
He's a liability. A very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very good liability. But a liability none the less.
Should have got rid after the first time.
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Hello - I is FIFA. De playa Luis Suarez is ban. He pay me much money fine. Money. Money. And such behaviour not tolerated at World Cupy, only we disgrace football, this is our job. Who he think he is? Thank you. Please pay very official FIFA exit fee to leave room.
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