Luis Suárez

[Philgas]

Four (sorry)

I was on the panel

[BigChief]

John Terry will be gutted. Now all the attention is back on him just when he thought the dust had settled. The media will love this, even though he's English. The obvious questions will arise and Terry will bear the brunt.

Edit: my silver lining.

[Philgas]

It'll be breakfast before you know it.

Don't get to cheeky that would mean staying over :-)

[dom9]

The clubs will have to do something because it's the clubs that agree to this disciplinary process. I can't see many being happy with the current processes to be honest

Did they? This sits outside the Premier League.

The FA disciplinary is the same as, and covers the whole game from Premier League, to Football League, to cups, to non league and the even Sunday league park leagues.

The FA run the show as far as this is concerned. The clubs may be able to force change, but will they have the appetite to effectively overhaul the way the FA is run?

[dom9]

Don't get to cheeky that would mean staying over :-)

Yes mum.

[Sarb]

Did they? This sits outside the Premier League.

The FA disciplinary is the same as, and covers the whole game from Premier League, to Football League, to cups, to non league and the even Sunday league park leagues.

The FA run the show as far as this is concerned. The clubs may be able to force change, but will they have the appetite to effectively overhaul the way the FA is run?

I thought I read somewhere that the clubs have agreed to part of this disciplinary process eg. FA not being able to act if Ref's have seen incidents etc.

[Marina]

When was the last time you 'checked', 1990? I don't know how many GOOD players would feel lucky to be bobbing around mid-table with little prospect of European football. The only ones that would, or should be feeling lucky are the ****e/overrated ones that owe much of their positions to a severe decline in standards and by trading on the cluelessness prevalent in the fanbase/management structure, and wouldn't get a such a well-paid gig anywhere else.

Stop being so hostile. It's unnecessary. You're writing as if I've personally offended you.

I know that we are no longer a hot commodity in international club football. But I'm a fan of the club before the players. Suarez, at this moment in time, is hurting the club's chances at success because he acted like a toddler in a playpen. He's a foolish man. I don't think he's got bad intentions, but he's still an idiot for landing himself and the club in this situation.

[dom9]

I thought I read somewhere that the clubs have agreed to part of this disciplinary process eg. FA not being able to act if Ref's have seen incidents etc.

Well, the Premier League is sanctioned by the FA. So that would be imposed on them.

[Neil Young]

...eg. FA not being able to act if Ref's have seen incidents etc.

I think that's FIFA regulations, that governing bodies can't overrule the decision of a match official. If the ref hasn't seen something then they haven't made a decision so that's "ok". The clubs' point of view is irrelevant I'd have thought.

But who knows what goes on, it's totally random.

[Aj34]

Stop being so hostile. It's unnecessary. You're writing as if I've personally offended you.

I know that we are no longer a hot commodity in international club football. But I'm a fan of the club before the players. Suarez, at this moment in time, is hurting the club's chances at success because he acted like a toddler in a playpen. He's a foolish man. I don't think he's got bad intentions, but he's still an idiot for landing himself and the club in this situation.

he needs to grow the **** up. Suarez that is

[Aj34]

In my humble opinion it will be wrong for the club to appeal.

[dom9]

I think that's FIFA regulations, that governing bodies can't overrule the decision of a match official. If the ref hasn't seen something then they haven't made a decision so that's "ok".

Yes, but the guidelines for punishing specific offences sits with the FA to define. For example, UEFA have just implemented an automatic 10 match ban for racism. That has not been filtered down to individual FAs.

[McDermotX]

'Warned as to his future conduct' will feature heavily in how they arrived at that ban.

Disgraceful.

[Shackanory]

In my humble opinion it will be wrong for the club to appeal.

After the way it went tits up last time, and the way it made the club look in the process, it just makes sense to accept the ban and get it over and done with.

[Sarb]

Yes, but the guidelines for punishing specific offences sits with the FA to define. For example, UEFA have just implemented an automatic 10 match ban for racism. That has not been filtered down to individual FAs.

The FA here have totally ignored that. They were going to come up with a standard punishment for racism after they admitted Terry should have got more. Conveniently, nothing has happened on that.