Martin Skrtel

[Saveloy]

Nah. He's running absolutely full pelt chasing a through ball with the keeper sliding towards him, no way is he going to stop dead.

I don't think he'd stop dead. He'd jump over him, no?

[Saveloy]

a lot of things on this forum do my head in too i just dont comment on it

Maybe you should

[Exiled_red]

For me it is difficult to say whether it is intentional or not, the Gerrard one is clear cut as are many others, but looking at that again he is running through and doesn't break stride or jump in with any force. If there is intent there he disguises it well. Could he have stopped or prevented it? - I don't know But given the fact that the FA have charged him he will almost certainly be found guilty.

[The_weatherman]

Should we maybe consider a switch to a back four? Something like

Johnson - Can - Sakho - Moreno?

Can - Toure - Sakho - Johnson?

We should maybe give the 3-4-3 a go against Arsenal but I can see change coming soon after that.

[Pablo]

Pointless contesting that

We should take it on the chin and move on

The more you look at it, the more you think he meant it. His reaction afterwards, looking for a fight, pretty much proved it. Idiot.

Why are we so prone to hitting the self destruct button?

[The Birdman]

Why are some on here defending Skrtel??
It's a blatant stamp and he deserves his 3 games just like Costa did.

[-V-]

Nah I don't think he meant it. Looks worse slowed down but in normal speed I think he tries to jump over him normally

[rudedog]

I think he might have actually been looking for a pen from Jones - watch his left leg as he's coming in, he trails it along the ground like players do when they are trying to draw contact.

[danperkins]

Nah I don't think he meant it. Looks worse slowed down but in normal speed I think he tries to jump over him normally

it's far from a cut and dry stamp..... but knowing our luck he'll probably get charged.

[Norbs]

Sakho, Lovren, Can and Toure then

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZBdxvego1E"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZBdxvego1E[/ame]

[Doc_Piptorious]

The more you look at it, the more you think he meant it. His reaction afterwards, looking for a fight, pretty much proved it. Idiot.

Why are we so prone to hitting the self destruct button?

I think his reactions afterwards certainly did not help his case. Normally when a player catches someone like that they are over to check on the player and offer a conciliatory gesture.


When I first saw it in real time I thought he tried to go in hard as a retaliation for what Rooney did to Mignolet and that he did not make too much contact. My reason for thinking there was not a lot of contact was based on how De Gea hopped up quickly to argue before falling down to roll around.


Looking at it again, it looks pretty bad slowed down, but at normal speed it could look like he charged in and mistimed his jump. What is putting some doubt in my mind is Skrtel's reaction afterwards.

If 100% accidental then I would have expected some sort of "sorry mate" type gesture, but he did nothing of the sort and his reaction to the contact looks even worse than the "who me?" type reaction Gerrard made after his stamp.


And to make up a hat trick of suspect moments, I think Rooney catching Mignolet was no accident either.


Am curious though to see if the FA charge Bentaleb for his little attempt at a bitch slap on Ulloa. You would have to think that if the ref saw it it would have been a red.

[Shaggy]

He's denied it

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/martin-skrtel-denies-fa-charge-8912253

[meffin]

To be fair, Costa got away with it on him so why should't he get away with it

[baitman]

To be fair, Costa got away with it on him so why should't he get away with it

thats his best defence. tell the duffers at the fa that is costa was innocent then so is li'l marty

[Scratch]

Indeed, just go in with a video of which ever incident Costa got away with, play it to the board and walk away scot free. Or suddenly realise that the fa really are an incompetent entity and that they don't deal with logic, but instead live by the law of the magic 8 ball.