Italy vs Uruguay/Costa Rica v England Tuesday 24 June 5pm

[Injury Time]

Gordon Strachan.

This tbf is the best thing said by a pundit. Ever. must be sunstroke

[Niall_Quinn]

What did he say?

Beans.

Spill.

[Niall_Quinn]

Did he mention Zim?

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What did he say?

Beans.

Spill.

What you've been saying - minus the swearing.

No morals/ethics in football - its all about the money.

[Niall_Quinn]

What you've been saying - minus the swearing.

No morals/ethics in football - its all about the money.

But no swearing?

[Xhaka Can’t]

But no swearing?

http://sport.stv.tv/fifa-world-cup/n...z-controversy/

Scotland manager Gordon Strachan has claimed football has “no morals” as the furore over Luis Suarez continues.

Speaking on ITV’s World Cup broadcast, Strachan said that a player’s worth to a team – on and off the pitch – meant that incidents like Suarez’s shocking biting of Italy defender Georgio Chiellini rarely led to clubs taking a stand.

And the former Celtic boss added that fans would also back Suarez at his club Liverpool, citing examples such as Eric Cantona.

Strachan said: “We give Uruguay stick about defending [Suarez], but every manager defends his player.

“People talk about morals – we don’t have any morals in football. Let’s get that right.

“Over the years I have played there has been wife-batterers, drink driving incidents, infidelity, Eric Cantona jumping into the crowd and kung-fu-ing someone in the chest.

“The clubs stand by them.

“The supporters themselves, when these guys come back, they stand up and applaud them on the pitch.

“So don’t anybody start talking about morals – we don’t have any in football.

“If these things had been done by youth team players – who don’t have any importance to the first team – they get sacked.

“But because they can bring in merchandise and bring in money, then they will back them to the hilt.”

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[Letters]

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.

Well sure. But IMO they got this one right. It is reasonable to ask why they get everything else wrong of course.

[Letters]

Strachan

Spot on. When is the last time a player was sacked for doing something which in any other profession would be an immediate dismissal and make it very hard to find another job.

[Letters]

So Suarez has been banned from 'all football activity'.

Does that mean he's not allowed to sleep with glamour models, get himself adorned with hideous tattoos or spend two hundred grand on a new Ferrari in the next 4 months?



(shamelessly stolen from a friend)