Re: Football Chat Thread PART II : Tue Jun 24, 2014 8:01 pm  

Comments on the Liverpool Echo article seem to think the bitemark is photoshopped, so, he's innocent

Re: Football Chat Thread PART II : Tue Jun 24, 2014 10:57 pm  

Are the quotes being attributed to Luis Suarez real? If so, ridiculous.

Luis Suarez wrote:

These things happen in the box. We were in contact, chest against shoulder, and I got a knock to the eye.

That is worse than anything Wenger would come out with. But not quite as bad as Diego Lugano, who should also be banned for his comments alone.

Diego Lugano wrote:

The worst of everything is the attitude of Chiellini. He’s a great player with an enormous status, but it doesn’t correspond with Italian football as sportsmen leaving the field, crying and appealing against a rival. As a man, he disappointed me totally. I had him as a reference point. You need to show me what happened because I didn’t see anything. Did you see it today or did you see what happened in other years? You couldn’t have seen it today because nothing happened.

I found Chiellini's interesting. He's calling FIFA out and putting ref under some pressure too.

Chiellini wrote:

Suarez is a sneak and he gets away with it because FIFA want their stars to play in the World Cup. I’d love to see if they have the courage to use video evidence against him. The referee saw the bite mark too, but he did nothing about it.

Re: Football Chat Thread PART II : Wed Jun 25, 2014 6:51 am  

100% Wire wrote:

Comments on the Liverpool Echo article seem to think the bitemark is photoshopped, so, he's innocent

It could turn out quite well for Liverpool. If RM and Barca have second thoughts about paying a huge fee for a player prone to ever increasing suspensions. If he receives a lengthy ban restricted to international matches, cutting out all of those tiring round trips to South America.

Re: Football Chat Thread PART II : Wed Jun 25, 2014 8:43 am  

Cibaman wrote:

It could turn out quite well for Liverpool. If RM and Barca have second thoughts about paying a huge fee for a player prone to ever increasing suspensions. If he receives a lengthy ban restricted to international matches, cutting out all of those tiring round trips to South America.

He has been banned twice in 2 different leagues for the exact same thing and he has now done it again in FIFA's flagship event. I cannot see FIFA going easy on him and I can in fact see them throwing the book at him.
If I were Liverpool I would be worried.

Re: Football Chat Thread PART II : Wed Jun 25, 2014 10:10 am  

Anakin Skywalker wrote:

He has been banned twice in 2 different leagues for the exact same thing and he has now done it again in FIFA's flagship event. I cannot see FIFA going easy on him and I can in fact see them throwing the book at him.
If I were Liverpool I would be worried.

Has a player ever been banned for domestic matches for foul play committed in an international?

Re: Football Chat Thread PART II : Wed Jun 25, 2014 11:38 am  

Cibaman wrote:

Has a player ever been banned for domestic matches for foul play committed in an international?

No, but under fifa rules, they "can" impose any ban on domestic games too should they wish, but they have never done it yet (at least to my knowledge), but I doubt they will as it will set a precedent and we know how soft FIFA are. In my opinion, he should be banned for life. If amateur players get banned for life for attacking a referee, then Suarez should meet the same fate for attacking a fellow professional. if I was the italian player, I would be going for blood tests.

Kind Regards

King james

Re: Football Chat Thread PART II : Wed Jun 25, 2014 11:42 am  

I agree with Lugano's comments. Chiellini really needs to grow a set, the whining priick. As do the rest of the Italians. I mean, it's not as if the Iti's are all angels and play in the spirit of the game now, do they. Take Buffon's reaction to Marchisio's red card for instance. Appauling behaviour. Or their "performance" against Costa Rica which knocked England out.

As for Suarez, I don't need to say anything about that. Once a grub, always a grub. Never liked the guy and never will. I'm sure that if he does get banned and ends up going to Barca or Real Madrid, they'll give him special dispensation like they do for those clubs (Barca's transfer embargo, for example).

Re: Football Chat Thread PART II : Wed Jun 25, 2014 1:27 pm  

Lebron James wrote:

No, but under fifa rules, they "can" impose any ban on domestic games too should they wish, but they have never done it yet (at least to my knowledge), but I doubt they will as it will set a precedent and we know how soft FIFA are.

FIFA did ban Diego Maradona from "all football activity" for a few months when he was manager of Argentina, and that was just for going haywire at a press conference. It's definitely in their power and within precedent.

Re: Football Chat Thread PART II : Wed Jun 25, 2014 1:47 pm  

On a side note, I'd like to give my congratulations to Luis Suarez anyway.

At least his actions have diverted everyone away from what was another toothless England performance.

Re: Football Chat Thread PART II : Wed Jun 25, 2014 3:00 pm  

Cibaman wrote:

Has a player ever been banned for domestic matches for foul play committed in an international?

It's in the rules.
He clearly cannot control himself and this time it's in front of a worldwide audience.

Book throwing coming I suspect.