Luis Suárez

[Fierce]

From what I have seen we should expect a decision by 9pm UK time today

[Exiled_red]

My guess would be that a ban will be less than the 10 games the FA gave him, as FIFA punishments seem to be more lenient for most things than those handed out by the FA. The whole 2 years ban from all forms of football seems crazy to me. IMO he will miss the rest of the world cup and a few other international games. The media and opposition fans here will go nuts that the ban is too soft, while Uruguay will insist that he/they are being unfairly treated.

Regarding the incident and Suarez himself I think that it's fairly clear that he did try to bite him. The extent to which Suarez did bite him is difficult to ascertain. Suarez certainly has some issues that need to be dealt with. This lack of control is certainly affecting his career, the number of games he has missed through bans is significant and this is two World Cups that he has found himself banned from. He is a supremely talented player who loves playing for his country but it is unlikely that a Suarez at his peak will get to light up a world cup, and with him suspended the chances of Uruguay progressing are significantly reduced.

Regarding Suarez and LFC, I don't have a problem with him playing for us again, I don't understand any LFC fans saying get rid. What we need to do is control his temper which I assume we had been doing this season while he was with us. Of course the media here have blown this up, he was the pantomime villain here before this, everything he does get highlighted and criticised more than anyone else.

Hopefully the ban will keep him fresh for us for the new season and he will come back hungry for success

[James P]

No I can't because the two are completely different things. But OK, lets pretend they are similar. If I punched someone and got arrested whilst on holiday in Spain I would not expect my employer to be told and if they were I wouldn't expect my employer to care.

As an employer of 75 people I can tell you that they would very much care.

But lets get back to what really happened. Suarez committed a foul that will be punished with a ban. Big Deal.

A mistimed tackle is a foul. Biting someone for no apparent reason when the ball is nowhere near you is essentially assault. If Chiellini had bitten Suarez I'd imagine you'd be howling for justice right now.

[baitman]

Personally I hope the Uruguayans try every trick in the book to lessen the sentence on our lad - what use is the corrupt FIFA anyway?!

**** the english media

**** the FA

Mad Luis

surely its not a question of will they take a bung, more a question of how much

[dom9]

As an employer of 75 people I can tell you that they would very much care.

Out of interest, why? And what would you do about it if somebody was convicted of assault on holiday?

[Exiled_red]

surely its not a question of will they take a bung, more a question of how much

[Shaggy]

Saw a Uruguayan journo on Twitter saying the Uruguayan Football Federation have employed some orthodontic forensics to prove an 'overbite' rather than a bite. i.e. Suarez went to nut him and his protruding teeth inadvertently sank into Chiellini's shoulder

[James P]

I'm rather confused by some of the reactions on here for two reasons.

Firstly, if Suarez (or any other Liverpool player) was the victim of a bite rather than the perpetrator, I'd bet that most if not all of you would be outraged and demanding serious sanctions. There's sticking up for your players, and there's being blindly partisan to the extent that you end up looking ridiculous. If he is found guilty by the FIFA panel, then will you accept the decision, or continue to rail against it?

Secondly, the widely used argument about a bite being less serious than a deliberate foul, elbow, headbutt, eye gouge, punch or being shot in the face is missing the point entirely. This isn't a totting up system likes points on a driving licence. All of those kinds of actions are unacceptable anywhere, including on a football pitch, and debating which is more or less unacceptable is entirely without merit. The "I'd rather be bitten than elbowed" argument is daft. Given the choice I'd rather not suffer any of those, and anyone dishing out any of that behaviour deserves to be punished.

[ChesterDave]

hahahahahaha

These pundits are such two faced cunts. Utterly transparent.

Making excuses for Sahko's deliberate elbow. It was as deliberate and more conclusive than Suarez!

[James P]

Out of interest, why? And what would you do about it if somebody was convicted of assault on holiday?

In our case, our regulatory body requires disclosure of any criminal convictions. It doesn't mean that you'll be kicked out, but failure to disclose could.

Most employers these days will ask about criminal convictions, and in some cases having one can make a particular role impossible.

[Leyton388]

It was quite clear that the lad tried to nut Sahko in the elbow FFS.

[kev776]

In our case, our regulatory body requires disclosure of any criminal convictions. It doesn't mean that you'll be kicked out, but failure to disclose could.

This is also the same in my Company, they would also provide assistance with lawyers, bribes etc and they have been known to use contacts at very high level to get employees out of sticky situations.

[Leyton388]

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[Roboklopp]

But no one is arguing he shouldn't be punished James - just that it should be proportional to the punishment for those other transgressions. Which clearly the reactions thus far aren't.

[BrooklynRed]

Secondly, the widely used argument about a bite being less serious than a deliberate foul, elbow, headbutt, eye gouge, punch or being shot in the face is missing the point entirely. This isn't a totting up system likes points on a driving licence. All of those kinds of actions are unacceptable anywhere, including on a football pitch, and debating which is more or less unacceptable is entirely without merit. The "I'd rather be bitten than elbowed" argument is daft. Given the choice I'd rather not suffer any of those, and anyone dishing out any of that behaviour deserves to be punished.

I think the level of outrage over an elbow or a hard, intentional foul is about 1,000,000 times less than the hysterics about Suarez biting. So, yes, none of them are good, but one is being treated as "cannibalism" and while the rest is "what happens when you play football". So, I agree; FIFA should punish him and it should be an international ban for violent conduct on par with what he's done. The rest feels like absolute hysteria or intellectually dishonest journalists who love other English clubs winding everyone up to sell papers and feign outrage when, had THEIR own players done something egregious, they would be making their own excuses. I'm not making excuses for him. If we sell him, fine-- get proper value and invest it in the team. But the hysteria is laughable.