Evra accuses Suarez of racism

[TheElephantMan]

If Suarez gets an 8 match ban and a huge fine that's one thing, it's the injustice of him being branded a racist which really appals me. I don't believe for a second that he is, I don't care greatly about the rest of the punishment - I just hope that Suarez gets a fair chance to clear his name.

[RichC]

I agree with your post, but can you really see a Liverpool fan boycott of England matches having any impact? I don't know anybody who supports Liverpool who also attends England games. It would be a good suggestion if we could rely on sympathy from other clubs, but clearly in this instance we can't.

as I said it would take a huge number to do it and even then the tickets would be picked up by those that never go to games as they're available.

In terms of other clubs the only way would be to galvanise them to act against the FA for their own interests - not a chance of this ever happening as most at the moment have no outstanding issues and therefore not worth the hassle.

[Jack D Rips]

Apparently the FA have already broken their owns rules by not delivering the document by 6pm three working days after the verdict.

[RichC]

where did you see this?

[Jack D Rips]

On another forum. The rule on requests for written confirmation was posted

[ChesterDave]

Suspension from all competitions for any club doing this is now mandatory (thereby discouraging clubs from taking it this far)

Which is near as damn it denying them the right to appeal and undermining the authority of CAS.

Would love someone to fasttrack a case through granting an interim jusgement against FA/UEFA/FIFA to force their hand away from such cuntery.

[Craig_H]

The way to get these cunts back and hurt them the most, would be a breakaway european league, not affiliated with Uefa. It'd **** the FA too.

[Arn]

Which is near as damn it denying them the right to appeal and undermining the authority of CAS.

Would love someone to fasttrack a case through granting an interim jusgement against FA/UEFA/FIFA to force their hand away from such cuntery.

Well, Sion have just done it.

[Arn]

I'm not sure Suarez can actually do that Arn without facing the same potential penalty (ie expulsion from all competition until the case is finalised)

I cant remember a player ever taking it that far, and presumably there is a good reason for that

We will appeal it to the FA most probably - although I'd prefer to wait and see the report before committing myself on that

Beyond that I'm not confident the club or Suarez will pursue it further

I'm not saying they wouldnt be morally right to do it, but just that going down that avenue might be more costly (in terms of time out of the game etc..)

A few players have sued other players for dangerous tackles so you can do it. IIRC an Australian player won a case because the injury ended his career.

[ChesterDave]

This isnt really a football matter, despite it happening on the pitch it is very much a civil issue that affects Suarez reputation beyond the game itself.

I think the restriction on civil action is only against the authorities although I may be wrong.

[Craig_H]

Get your cringometers ready. I have no idea how i managed to watch this in full. It was pretty painful...

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[Zapater]

****ing hell, Craig. You're one hell of a masochist when it comes to cringe videos. I don't know how you do it, these, the Bodge ones and so on. I had to stop that after 15 seconds haha.

[Craig_H]

I think it was a combination of numbness and spending time trying to actually believe somebody could be such a cretin. It took the whole five and a half minutes to sink in.

[TheElephantMan]

Apparently the FA have already broken their owns rules by not delivering the document by 6pm three working days after the verdict.

The FA have really ****ed up here, it's quite obvious now that they're manipulating the details to deliver a more convincing report. I hope they are ****ting themselves, as The Independent article stated every single word WILL be scrutinised. They'd better hope that the reasoning behind their verdict is watertight. I suspect that it won't be.

[Glenn Hysen]

Get your cringometers ready. I have no idea how i managed to watch this in full. It was pretty painful...

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