Evra accuses Suarez of racism

[RedReet]

Why not wait til after tonight's game?

Was wondering that myself, but I assume that forever reason the club want the ban to start tonight. Whether they fancy getting points off Spurs more than City or they don't think Suarez would be in the right frame of mind tonight (so no point in not playing and not have it count off the ban), I don't know, but I'm guessing that's why.

[vonk]

Great statement by the club. Fighting it would be pointless. The FA put enough into that statement to ensure it could not be countered. They have explained why they objected and although they have accepted the ban for the greater good, explained why the FA's case was ridiculous.

[doogle]

The final is at the end of Feb right? so he won't miss it or have I missed something, I think people are talking about progress in FA cup

[Rabiosa]

Good rest for Suarez i suppose, he should take a holiday and enjoy himself, something he hasn't been able to do. The worrying thing is that it is his 2nd long ban in a year after his Biting ban, he needs to learn to calm it on the pitch.

[Craig_H]

Was wondering that myself, but I assume that forever reason the club want the ban to start tonight. Whether they fancy getting points off Spurs more than City or they don't think Suarez would be in the right frame of mind tonight (so no point in not playing and not have it count off the ban), I don't know, but I'm guessing that's why.

It can only be that.

I also think, weirdly or not, the results of Chelsea/Arsenal in the past few days, in taking the pressure off us for tonight's game, played a part in this decision. Because of their dropped points, even a defeat tonight wouldnt leave us in bad shape regarding the race for top four.

[Daniel 7]

****ing Everton fans - look what one of them put on Facebook

"Liverpool admit Suarez is guilty by not appealing. Sensible move if you ask me. Now let's move on."

Ignorant. Probably put on to wind up, but still....

[pondus]

Great statement by the club. Fighting it would be pointless. The FA put enough into that statement to ensure it could not be countered. They have explained why they objected and although they have accepted the ban for the greater good, explained why the FA's case was ridiculous.

Great statement by the club, and the sensible thing to do. No way does this mean that we agree on the verdict.

[Rabiosa]

No he wouldnt miss the final. The final is scheduled for February 26th, by which stage the ban will have expired. We have 7 games in January and the FA Cup 4th round is scheduled for January 28th, which would be an 8th game.

I still maintain we should draw with Oldham

Would the replay count as another game on his ban?

[Mostar]

He'll miss 4 PL games:

Cityh away
Stoke home
Bolton away
Wolves away

We should have strong enough squad to deal will all 4 games the only difficult would be the one tonight.

[RedReet]

I think that's the only decision that was left open for the club. For whatever reason, we found ourselves in a position that meant no appeal would have been successful and that by making an appeal, the suspension (extended or not) would have taken place during some seriously critical periods of the season. By accepting it now, we've taken a measure, partly tactical, to ensure that Suarez is available for Man Utd away and, assuming we beat Oldham to ensure a 4th Round FA Cup tie, he will be available for Spurs at home the game before. Ultimately though, there was nothing to be gained for the club in appealing this and clearly things reached a stage where it's best for the club to put this whole ugly affair behind them. That's what they've done.

If we wanted to be cynical about things, we could seek to draw the cuptie at home and make sure that 2 of the 8 games are against Oldham when he wouldnt have probably played anyhow. Likewise, if we were to get a lower division side away from home in the 4th round, we could draw that and take it to a reply at Anfield - meaning half the ban will take place for 'easy' FA Cup ties.

The games Suarez will miss (as things stand):

Man City (a)
Oldham (h) FA CUP
Man City (a) CARLING CUP
Stoke (h)
Bolton (a)
Man City (h) CARLING CUP
Wolves (a)
Spurs (h)

As i said, if we progress in the Cup, he wont miss the Spurs game. Clearly the club have had a look at which games he will miss and decided that there are more important, harder games that we'll need him for.

I also wonder if this means we'll move for a striker fairly shortly.

Ha ha, how great would that be? Play our normal game, go 4 up, then with 5 mins to go, score 4 own goals as a big **** you to the FA.

[Assassin]

Great timing by the club IMO. He will be back to rip a new arsehole in evra, fergurson, the rest of the scum players, the scum biased pundits, the scum biased reporters and the ****ing useless FA

[Rabiosa]

****ing Everton fans - look what one of them put on Facebook

"Liverpool admit Suarez is guilty by not appealing. Sensible move if you ask me. Now let's move on."

Ignorant. Probably put on to wind up, but still....

That's what i mean, from their point of view, we are accepting he's a racist. although we are not

[Assassin]

That's what i mean, from their point of view, we are accepting he's a racist. although we are not

They are just baiting the likes of you........

[Craig_H]

Would the replay count as another game on his ban?

It would count as one of the 8 games, yes. Likewise, if we progress to the 4th Round of the FA Cup, that game would also count as part of the 8 game ban.

So if we drew the Oldham game, won the replay, drew the 4th Round tie, won the replay - that would mean four of the eight games would be FA Cup ties, hopefully against sides we wouldnt have selected him for anyway.

[Rabiosa]

Good, lets hope Kenny players a weakened team and plays for a draw.