Premier League 2011/12

[Tuffdisc]

I saw bits of the game, it was less a case of Liverpool being good than Villa being very very poor.

OK, if you think so

 

[Springsteen]

Villa were extremely poor, that much is true, but it wasn't totally unexpected. Under Mcleish they've been getting gradually worse. Boring football from a team who last year beat Arsenal, didn't lose against Chelsea, held us, beat Liverpool. From that to this in six months is bad. Liverpool did what they had to do, nothing special but they didn't need to be.

Heskey and Delfounso up front

 

[Zorak]

OK, if you think so

I don't expect you to realise otherwise lol

 

[skyblue]

villa are poor.....and defensive

 

[Zorak]

They'll come good, just need some better players to build on that solid base. To be fair, they lost Young, Milner, Downing and Barry in fairly quick succession which decimated the team.

 

[Springsteen]

Suarez found guilty of racially abusing Patrice Evra and given an 8 match ban and £40000 fine. He'll think twice before calling someone a negro then.

 

[porterjack]

Suarez found guilty of racially abusing Patrice Evra and given an 8 match ban and £40000 fine. He'll think twice before calling someone a negro then.

Is that a lot of money? Salary wise

 

[Zorak]

Suarez found guilty of racially abusing Patrice Evra and given an 8 match ban and £40000 fine. He'll think twice before calling someone a negro then.

Fabulous player but he deserves everything he gets thrown at him.

Maybe they can cut a deal where Carroll serves part of the ban for being a pox against the beautiful game

 

[Zorak]

Is that a lot of money? Salary wise

No idea how much Suarez makes, I'd imagine about 70-100 grand a week though.

 

[porterjack]

No idea how much Suarez makes, I'd imagine about 70-100 grand a week though.

Was he fined by the FA or by a court?

 

[Zorak]

Was he fined by the FA or by a court?

I'm not too sure.

I think the FA charged him, even though it happened in a Premier League (the premier league is a different body to the FA) match, and the independent body that tried him was from the FA (so not that independent really)
Suarez and Liverpool could appeal to an EU court though I think, if I know my sport law.

 

[skyblue]

They'll come good, just need some better players to build on that solid base. To be fair, they lost Young, Milner, Downing and Barry in fairly quick succession which decimated the team.

a bit like us then.....only we need 11 of them

 

[Tuffdisc]

I'm gonna wait until the appeal comes through, a Liverpool team mate called something similar to his mate, which literally means mate....I think that Evra is just trying to use that as an excuse for a racial slur, sad, typical Man Utd players

 

[Springsteen]

Suarez used the word negro, which is a racial slur in England. He's very very lucky not to have been sacked. Had a normal person called someone a negro in a place of work, sacked on the spot. It might very well mean mate in Spanish, but Suarez knew what the racial overtone is, and in a different culture where that word is not acceptable, he's done wrong.

 

[Tuffdisc]

Political correctness crap

 

[skyblue]

strange how the F.A. take racism more seriously than EUFA and FIFA

 

[porterjack]

Suarez used the word negro, which is a racial slur in England. He's very very lucky not to have been sacked. Had a normal person called someone a negro in a place of work, sacked on the spot. It might very well mean mate in Spanish, but Suarez knew what the racial overtone is, and in a different culture where that word is not acceptable, he's done wrong.

If he knew and tried to hide behind the Spanish colloquial translation , he is a coward

 

[skyblue]

If he knew and tried to hide behind the Spanish colloquial translation , he is a coward

if he did use the word he knew its meaning,after all he did play in holland

 

[porterjack]

if he did use the word he knew its meaning,after all he did play in holland

Are the dutch fans known for bring racist, that would surprise me. Most dutch i meet are very tolerant

 

[Tuffdisc]

This is why the decision is wrong

No one else on the field of play - including Evra's own Manchester United team-mates and all the match officials - heard the alleged conversation between the two players in a crowded Kop goalmouth.

A statement from Liverpool FC