Yes it has been commented on as being very crass to use 96 deaths as a method of saving face, can't say I disagree. I thought Liverpool got a new PR team in after the racism disaster!
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Yes it has been commented on as being very crass to use 96 deaths as a method of saving face, can't say I disagree. I thought Liverpool got a new PR team in after the racism disaster!
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I'm expecting double his last ban for biting in Holland so the remaining 4 games this season and at least 10 next season. Would be nothing less than he deserves tbh 
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I'm expecting double his last ban for biting in Holland so the remaining 4 games this season and at least 10 next season. Would be nothing more than he deserves tbh
I agree but like Hangtime said the FA might not want this dragging over into next season so maybe just the remaining 4/5 games of this season....
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I'm expecting double his last ban for biting in Holland so the remaining 4 games this season and at least 10 next season. Would be nothing more than he deserves tbh
If its 10 games then sell him because we have seen how well we did with 1 striker for 1/2 a season
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Or 3 games and liverpool add a bouns 2 more to save some sort of face. But like its been mentioned using the 96 is very cheap. Oxfam would have been better.
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It's an ideal time for the FA to make that decision for us. He's making enemies on a daily basis, and despite the publicity he brings to the Premiership, I doubt they want the agro anymore.If its 10 games then sell him because we have seen how well we did with 1 striker for 1/2 a season
Problem is because he's done it before and the Dutch FA decided on 7 games then that's the benchmark. If they give him less than The FA will be seen as well more useless than normal considering their normal disciplinary actions. As Pigeon Killer says I fully expect them to sort him out big time, it'll be 10+ matches.
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But its the FA expect anything.
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Has anyone mentioned that Defoe did basically the same thing to Mascherano in 2006 and received a yellow card for it?
The FA let him off further punishment under the "officials had seen the incident" rule.
There's no doubt that Suarez is an idiot and has issues, but some objectivity from the FA would make a nice change.
Taking the yellow card that Defoe received as a precedent is clearly not a reasonable position to take, but anything more than a 3-game ban is too much. If the officials had seen the incident they would have sent him off. Anyone suggesting he needs to receive a ban of unprecedented length or that Liverpool should sell him need to take a step back from the situation and apply some perspective so they can make a more reasoned judgement.
It's not like Ivanovic has really suffered as a result, I don't think Suarez even drew blood with the bite, so why should the punishment be so severe? It's not like Ivanovic has been left with a career threatening injury.
The FA let him off further punishment under the "officials had seen the incident" rule.
There's no doubt that Suarez is an idiot and has issues, but some objectivity from the FA would make a nice change.
Taking the yellow card that Defoe received as a precedent is clearly not a reasonable position to take, but anything more than a 3-game ban is too much. If the officials had seen the incident they would have sent him off. Anyone suggesting he needs to receive a ban of unprecedented length or that Liverpool should sell him need to take a step back from the situation and apply some perspective so they can make a more reasoned judgement.
It's not like Ivanovic has really suffered as a result, I don't think Suarez even drew blood with the bite, so why should the punishment be so severe? It's not like Ivanovic has been left with a career threatening injury.
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One wrong decision does not mean they should continue making that same wrong decision.
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Dutch FA banned him for 5, Ajax banned him for 2 on top of that.
.Like hell it would, 3 game ban too much seriously WTF
When you consider the 'tackles' that get 3 match bans, or the violent conduct a bite isn't much worse than those, it is just plain ****ing retarded/weird/cowardly thing to do.
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