Saurez [FA release investigation findings]

[Blue Hefner]

I'm quite pleased with this really.

Not because it is taking action against a hardcore racist - it isn't and I doubt he is.

However, it goes into some detail and shows up nicely the sort of "It wasn't me", deny it at all costs culture in football (and in society in general really).

The likes of Dalglish and Ferguson live their lives by the pathetic mantra of 'it's not my fault'.

The statements made by Suarez and LFC here highlight that attitude quite nicely and this no doubt go some way towards explaining the displeasure of the FA.

Instead of holding his hands up, Suarez and several people have reviewed and refined their 'evidence' after intial statements/descriptions. All in the name of wriggling out of something.

Let's not forget. He is not convicted of being a racist. His is not definitely convicted of using a racist insult. He is convicted of using an insult that makes reference to race.

Instead of holding his hands up to the charge (something that might have earned some leniency and, although the action is not nice or something that most of us would ever consider doing, is, I suppose, somewhat understandable in the heat of the moment) as any man of honour would, his only concerned is getting out of it. In whatever way he can.

Dirk Kuyt particularly comes out of that report as a bullshitter.

Not accepting personal responsibility is a disease in both football and society and I can't stand it. For that reason I am happy to see him get everything he has.

They should have made him hold his hands up, simple and perhaps saved some face.

Instead they wore these ridiculous t-shirts and come up with the most ridiculous defence 'he didn't say it' and 'if but if he did say it, 'it was out of context' a fucking joke!!

Like I said earlier, Glen Johnson must feel like he's been stitched up good and proper! But that what he gets for blindly sticking up for people when he obviously doesn't know the whole story

 

[TCIB]

Well done king racist having your players all wear them t-shirts before you knew anything.

They are badged for a good few years now as a bunch of racist twats and rightly so.

Disgusting

 

[LoveCity]

dogleish MUST RESIGN

Noooo, they might get someone competent and living in the year 2011 then! I hate to think of someone like Mourinho (or even Benitez again) in charge of the Dippers.

 

[JohnMaddocksAxe]

all jest aside, and i mean ALL jest , i know i fuck about on this forum taking the piss, its what i do ..but this has serious ramifications for liverpool.

dogleish MUST RESIGN , he has put his flag in the sand, he has marked his own cards and backed the wrong horse.

utter , utter disgrace .

liverpool fans should be gobsmaked and ashamed.

you will probably know , i hold no sort of affection to the scum that is liverpool, this whole episode has proven my point , as they support their player regardless of evidence.

i can say with confidence and pride , if this was a city player , we would run the **** out of town !!





liverpool = scum racists

I wouldn't run a City player out of town if there was no previous and they made attempts to rectify the situation. And I say that being in general, no doubt, what the internet politician would refer to as a 'lefty', 'liberal' or whatever other idiotic, bullshit, inane, stupid phrase is in vogue.

I'd be massively disappointed but, given lack of completely clear evidence as to his intention, I might be able to live with it if he showed no signs of it in the past or the future. Everyone deserves a second chance and there have been worse 'heat of the moment' offences in football and elsewhere.

The shameful thing is the way that they have, as an individual and an institution, tried to wriggle out of it and absolve themselves of responsibility. Changing what could perhaps be seen as a very poor and shitty error of judgement (if he doesn't have a history) to a concerted effort to avoid justice.

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

I reckon Liverpool were always going to accept this but just when the 8 game ban suits them. The owners will certainly want top 4 over Carling Cup and in my opinion he will play against us next week, then they will accept the ban. He will then miss 2 CC games and most likely 2 FA Cup games so only missing 4 prem games, Stoke, Bolton, Wolves and Spurs.

However if they had any sense and bearing in mind they are closer to Spurs than us, they would accept it straight away so he misses our game and is free to face Spurs.

 

[BertTrautmann'sParachute]

When Gary Cooke makes a mistake he gets sacked for his insensitivity. When a liverpool player is clearly shown to have deliberately used racist language against another player (in his own words to the FA investigation) he is defended to the hilt. And they say we haven't got any class....

 

[Blue Haze]

I've just read the articles about the report and it's absolutely damning.

Evra was racially abused without doubt.

 

[marco]

I've just read the articles about the report and it's absolutely damning.

Evra was racially abused without doubt.

7 times during the game also received shit about his sister 8 game ban my arse hope they double it after the apeal

 

[mancunial]

When Gary Cooke makes a mistake he gets sacked for his insensitivity. When a liverpool player is clearly shown to have deliberately used racist language against another player (in his own words to the FA investigation) he is defended to the hilt. And they say we haven't got any class....

spot on bert

 

[bennyboy]

Shocking if they do appeal.If they do appeal it means all the anti racism stuff the club has taking part in is all a sham.Dalglish must think he has acted like a right prick the last couple of months as well.They as a club must know an appeal would be very damaging after this report.