Luis Suárez

[saj]

Was it the image or was it the fact that the judgement and statements from the FA were so strong that they believed the 10 game ban would be increased. Pretty much similar with the bite incident. The FA don't really give much scope to appeal successfully anyway. And I'm pretty sure that most people said it was left to him to decide whether he wanted to appeal the biting incident.

The image of the club had already been tarnished anyway

Major overstatement IMO. It's not like we lost money through loss of sponsors or anything

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Arn vs. Sarb in Suarez thread.

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[Sarb]

While i agree with that, i think the way we handled it compounded the problem, and maybe even added fule to the incidents exposure.

I think the fall out from the racism incident was handled badly. We made a right mess of it with the statements and then not following it through. Think there was a lot of heart ruling the head by the likes of Ayre, Kenny etc. No doubt it contributed negatively to the club image, but not as negatively as the actual incident.

[Arn]

Arn vs. Sarb in Suarez thread.

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Blame Suarez

[Sarb]

Arn vs. Sarb in Suarez thread.

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Wasn't me that crashed the site

[RedReet]

Ha ha, forgot the site was down earlier.

[Sarb]

Major overstatement IMO. It's not like we lost money through loss of sponsors or anything

Not sure how it's a major overstatement. I said the racist incident tarnished the image of the club. Not sure how anyone could disagree with that. It's not about sponsors or anything. It's about how the club is viewed by outside people.

The club was told it was supporting a racist, regular comments on tv, radio etc saying we should have sacked him and are supporting racism by not doing so. Stuff along those lines.

[Dessy]

Realistically we are not climbing the table signing promising youngsters. There is reason certain proven players cost a lot of money. Because they deliver. Arsenal went from regularly being champions to scraping top 4 every year with that approach, one that seemingly is being abandoned this summer.

Our 1st X1 will not be made up of promising youngsters...... We have a decent mix of young and senior at the moment and some of them youngsters have had sufficient exposure to the PL for them to offer significantly more this coming season.

Granted a marquees signing or two might help things along but I don't believe that progress up the table is at all a forlorn hope...... With or without Suarez.

[Lecter]

We try our very best to protect our investments(players) but we are a bit **** doing it but we try our very best.

Not sure you can criticise the club so far for how they have handled this

Suarez is really ****ing us over (or at least trying his best to)

Must admit getting tired of this circus, feel pretty much the same as when Owen and Torres were nearing the exit door

Such a shame as hes a great player but a total ****ing bell

[Lecter]

and why was it tarnished? IMO because we made a mess of it and not because of the incident itself in the Evra gate case.

The shirt supporting thing etc.

That time it wasn't the players fault that it hurt the image of the club.

Whilst the club handled the whole issue badly I think you have to take a step back and say if Suarez hadnt of said what he did to Evra there wouldnt have been any issue to deal with in the first place

[Sarb]

Not sure you can criticise the club so far for how they have handled this

Suarez is really ****ing us over (or at least trying his best to)

Must admit getting tired of this circus, feel pretty much the same as when Owen and Torres were nearing the exit door

Such a shame as hes a great player but a total ****ing bell

and a to the next post too Lec

[Mostar]

Some incredibly unrealistic calls there.

Some good names on that list but yes

[Sarb]

Being linked with Bernard now (Albeit through Sports Direct News!!!)

[Rowan]

Whilst the club handled the whole issue badly I think you have to take a step back and say if Suarez hadnt of said what he did to Evra there wouldnt have been any issue to deal with in the first place

Yup. People can quote cultural differences all they want. He still racially abused (or used inappropriate language) towards another player, stuck his finger up at the Fulham fans and bit another player. He's only got himself to blame.

Still, the guy is ****ing brilliant at the playing part. It's inevitable by the looks of things but I'll miss him megging defenders and slaloming about. Best striker if that style I've seen in my lifetime.

[Arn]

Whilst the club handled the whole issue badly I think you have to take a step back and say if Suarez hadnt of said what he did to Evra there wouldnt have been any issue to deal with in the first place

Well, you know that I think that we should have said no comments every day until we got the verdict. We didn't.

I don't blame Suarez saying what he said to Evra because I don't know what he said. I don't believe what Evra said about it because he changed his version many times. Suarez didn't.

IMO Evra and United saw a chance to unsettle our best player. We also know that Suarez never got a fair chance in the case because we messed his defense up and we was up against DBF and United. You can't blame the player for the way the club handled the defense.

We made a mess when we defended him and we made a mess trying to protect him.