Suarez saga

Nishank wrote:Banned for the Newcastle game,.

Sepi wrote:^
It's said that evra said: "Don't touch me south american" and Suarez replied: "Porque negrito". Suarez english is pretty shit so not surprised he replied in Spanish.


I also read today that FA have warned us appeal will be useless and they;ll make it a 10 game ban if we appeal. So I think we will take it to CAS court

Maje10 wrote:You guys clearly know a lot more than me, on this subject, so I'd like to ask something.

Did the conversation take place in Spanish? If so, I don't see what's wrong with using a word that pretty much means "mate." If he literally said "Why, negrito?" in English (which I doubt), then yes, it would be pretty stupid, regardless of intent. But if it was a Spanish conversation, then I am pretty sure he meant "Why, mate?"

329. The first of these was the coin toss. Mr Evra was seen to dispute the outcome of the coin toss with the referee. Mr Marriner explained that he used a FIFA coin which is blue on one side and yellow on the other. He asked Mr Evra, as the visiting captain, to call the colour.

Mr Marriner tossed the coin, it came down yellow, and he awarded it to Steven Gerrard who elected to stay in their current ends. Manchester United had kick off. Mr Evra remonstrated that he had called correctly but, Mr Marriner said, he had not. Mr Evra then spoke to Ryan Giggs about it, and Mr Marriner walked over to Mr Evra to assure him that he (Mr Marriner) had got it right. Mr Evra's evidence was that when such a coin was used, he always called yellow given that the alternative, blue, is a Manchester City colour, which he would never call. The toss came down yellow and so Mr Evra knew that he hadwon it. He particularly wanted to change ends at the start, he explained to the referee that he had called yellow, and why he had done so. Mr Evra was angry but the referee did not change his mind.

BeautifulGame wrote:I know this has nothing to do with the case but still its pretty epic lulz

329. The first of these was the coin toss. Mr Evra was seen to dispute the outcome of the coin toss with the referee. Mr Marriner explained that he used a FIFA coin which is blue on one side and yellow on the other. He asked Mr Evra, as the visiting captain, to call the colour.

Mr Marriner tossed the coin, it came down yellow, and he awarded it to Steven Gerrard who elected to stay in their current ends. Manchester United had kick off. Mr Evra remonstrated that he had called correctly but, Mr Marriner said, he had not. Mr Evra then spoke to Ryan Giggs about it, and Mr Marriner walked over to Mr Evra to assure him that he (Mr Marriner) had got it right. Mr Evra's evidence was that when such a coin was used, he always called yellow given that the alternative, blue, is a Manchester City colour, which he would never call. The toss came down yellow and so Mr Evra knew that he hadwon it. He particularly wanted to change ends at the start, he explained to the referee that he had called yellow, and why he had done so. Mr Evra was angry but the referee did not change his mind.

5. Subsequently, Kuyt's statement also supported Comolli's when he mentioend that * Mr Suarez speaks Dutch very well and so they always speak to each other in Dutch and that Mr Suarez said to him that he had touched Mr Evra on the head and he (Mr Evra) said something along the lines of "get away from me South American", to which Mr Suarez replied "because you're black can't...why can't I touch you then"*

Once again, as with the initial announcement of the charge and the subsequent verdict, the Football Association displayed impeccable timing with the release of their report of the full findings of the Evra v Suarez Independent Inquiry.

Liverpool FC had been provided with a copy late on Friday. Wonderful, especially when you consider that the club were in the process of their final preparations ahead of an important Premier League game.

Add to this, the fact that it was sent at the end of the last working day before a Bank Holiday weekend, and the issuing of the report signalled the commencement of fourteen days time limit in which to digest the report and consider an appeal.

The publication to the media and the public was at tea-time on New Year’s Eve. Very convenient.

ynwa wrote:We shouldn't appeal. Waste of time. FA aren't going to listen to anything.

Just go straight to a court and clear Suarez' name. If he still misses 8 games, so be it. Just clear his name!

Art Morte wrote:I think we should accept the ban and move on.

Let's face it, Suarez isn't one of the nicest players on the football pitch - not saying that's bad, players don't have to be nice, you need to have some balls - and I for one don't believe he is completely innocent here. No, I don't think he is a racist, he was simply trying to get Evra worked up. But at this point it seems pretty much impossible to achieve a decisive victory in this matter, i.e. no ban for Suarez and make everyone convinced he said nothing out of order, so I believe the best option is to just accept the ban and move on.