Suarez

[ludwig]

I've just seen people whinging on the news about the ten match ban Suarez got for biting an opponent like an animal. Shouldn't they be directing their anger at the player for being such a thug?

[jno]

FredPuli, yes, I think the scale of punishment partly depends on just how likely a crime is to be committed. People are always getting bitten in scrums so rugby adjuges it dangerous and takes a bard line. There are less harsh penalties in football because it doesn't happen very often (though more often than karate kicks to spectators). If biting became frequent the price would be higher, as it seems to be for racial abuse.

I still think Gromit's right: the charge was violent conduct and this violence was somewhere mid-scale, though worse because it was a repeat offence.

[mikey4444]

If this chap was a Teacher, or a Nurse, or a Librarian, or anything similar, he would be looking at unemployment, and nobody would argue with that !

I find all this celebrity nonsense with footballers a bit hard to understand. How can it benefit his Team that he will be able to play again ? Why don't they just get on with their extremely well-paid jobs !

[ludwig]

Now it's morning and I'm sober, I'd probably agree a 10 match ban is about right. The thing that annoyed me and prompted the question in the first place was listening to people complaining that this punishment was excessively harsh.

[doctordb]

I hope you're not a Q.C ludwig. :-)

[mushroom25]

//There are less harsh penalties in football because it doesn't happen very often..//

using that logic, would it be right for a murder on the field of play go unpunished?

[mikey4444]

Look...this idiot has behaved entirely unacceptably. How anyone can even begin to defend him is beyond me.

I am genuinely not sure about this but can I presume that he will continue to get paid while his ban is in place ?

[pilotlight]

Î could take a guess at the outcome had Bill Shankley been the manager.

[daffy654]

http://i37.tinypic.com/2itmtrl.jpg

[bednobs]

i haven't read the rest of the posts about him, but does anyone know if he still gets paid during that time>? after all, he has put himself out of use for the period

[sir.prize]

Luis Suarez has told friends he is "destroyed" by the 10-match ban he has received for biting Branislav Ivanovic - and that he could leave English football as a result.

As for his likely destination ... Well, while the Romanian League is the obvious answer - surely some Transylvanian team will take him?

[chaptazbru]

Should have been arrested by the police for assault.

[andy-hughes]

chapatzbru - a fair point.

If the incident had happened in the street, Suarez would have been arrested, or at the very least spoken to - so why not here, when it was witnessed by officers on duty?

[ChillDoubt]

As posted on another thread:

Brendan Rodgers criticises FA over ban.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/22295309

IMHO, Rodgers needs to be very careful because he's starting to sound like Dalglish did shortly before his 'departure'.

And what the funny/peculiar does "punished the man" rather than the actual offence mean? He is the only one expressing surprise at the severity, why is no one else even vaguely surprised?

What does Rodgers expect when his player has this on his CV?:

1) Bitten someone. Twice.
2) Racially abused another player.
3) Sworn at Fulham fans
4) Dived throughout his career
5) Had a fight with another Ajax player
6) Punched Gonzalo Jara
7) Refused to shake Evra's hand

[Arksided]

Awe poor Suarez, bless him, to me it shows that Rodgers is a Bias n0bhead.

"Those who know him know he's a great person but sometimes, when he plays, his temper plays tricks on him."

Yes Mr Rodgers unlike yourself.

[andy-hughes]

Brendan Rogers said, quote- "The boy has worked tirelessly to fit in to the country."

The 'boy' is 26, and most people could settle anywhere in the world for a £12 million-plus salary!

Maybe if those around him started talking about him - and perhaps to him more importantly, as though he is a multi-million pound professional sportsman at the top of his profession, and not a three-year-old throwing a strop at nursery, he would start to accept some of the responsibility for his actions.

As it is, he is surrounded by people who should know better, telling him he has been treated harshly and unfairly.

He is an idiot, but he is surrounded by other idiots who compound his and their own idiocy - which is why no-one will learn or change fro this incident.