[quote=âfarmerinthecity, post: 764022, member: 24â]
Still - at the end of a storm, thereâs a golden sky.[/quote]
Itâs the fault of those sensationalising, moralising Murdoch-owned cunts that itâs come to this.
Suarez has been banned for a total of 25 league games since November 2010 but has never received a straight red card.
Interesting fact
Liverpool fans: âSee he is the victimâ
Everyone else: âSee he is the sneaky sewer rat we thoughtâ
[quote=âScrunchie, post: 764045, member: 1408â]Interesting fact
Liverpool fans: âSee he is the victimâ
Everyone else: âSee he is the sneaky sewer rat we thoughtâ[/quote]
Not a fact
Donât you start on âFactsâ
I was obviously referring to Rockoâs informative post
This is a sporting injustice, a travesty for football.
Suarez is a master of the dark arts, heâs a winner and his temperament is impeccable, he controls his impulses and pounces upon them at the right time. He should be rewarded for being cunning but instead the caveman of British football vilify him. Recently they let a knee-high, potentially career ending tackle off without sanction, now they are handing out a draconian punishment for a minimal offence - they make me sick. They canât hack it when a foreigner outwits them, I despise them - this is the same league who banned Paolo for 11 games for a little shove.
[quote=âIl Bomber Destro, post: 764065, member: 1052â]This is a sporting injustice, a travesty for football.
Suarez is a master of the dark arts, heâs a winner and his temperament is impeccable, he controls his impulses and pounces upon them at the right time. He should be rewarded for being cunning but instead the caveman of British football vilify him. Recently they let a knee-high, potentially career ending tackle off without sanction, now they are handing out a draconian punishment for a minimal offence - they make me sick. They canât hack it when a foreigner outwits them, I despise them - this is the same league who banned Paolo for 11 games for a little shove.[/quote]
Itâs sickening⌠But Luis will have the last laugh⌠I just fear it will be while playing elsewhere.
We must maintain our faith in natural justice here.
In two yearsâ time, weâll be where Dortmund are now.
New Bran(islav Ivanovic) Flakes jingle:
Heâs tasty, tasty,
very very tasty,
heâs very tasty
[quote=âSidney, post: 764025, member: 183â]We need to get a âJustice for Luisâ single and concert organised ASAP, preferably involving JLS (Justice for Luis Suarez).
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Ivanivic has made an amazing recovery to line out for Chelsea tonight.
Sidney[/USER] [USER=1052]Il Bomber Destro[/USER] [USER=9]Bandage Jamie Carraghers speaks outâŚ
Jamie Carragherâs column on Luis Suarez:
It was said in the aftermath of Sundayâs game against Chelsea, firstly by Graeme Souness as he began his analysis on Sky, that nobody is bigger than the club and that Liverpool should make Luis pay the heaviest penalty by getting rid of him.
Now I am not for one moment trying to sugar-coat the incident in which Luis bit Branislav Ivanovic. It was wrong on all levels. You simply donât expect to see a grown man bite another grown man âthat is behaviour you would associate with nursery school.
But the way things are now being pitched is that Liverpool have got to do something about the rotten apple in their midst.
It is as if Luis is the only player to have represented Liverpool who has ever been embroiled in controversy.
That simply isnât the case.
We have had it many times before, as have every other club in the country. I know this as I was responsible for one incident in January 2002. I threw a coin into the crowd at Highbury during an FA Cup tie against Arsenal after one had initially been flung at me.
Souness, who was captain of Liverpool at the time, broke the jaw of Dinamo Bucharestâs Lica Movila during a European Cup semi-final in 1984 when he punched him in an off-the-ball incident.
It was a serious incident but it is one which fans and some of his old team-mates speak almost nostalgically about.
Robbie Fowler had his scrapes, too. There was outrage after he celebrated a goal against Everton in April 1999 by mimicking drug taking. A couple of months earlier he was hugely condemned when he taunted Graeme Le Saux with a homophobic gesture.
Jan Molby was sent to jail in October 1988 for three months for a drink-driving offence.
More recently, Steven Gerrard appeared in court charged with affray but was subsequently found not guilty.
Every one of the players I mention regretted what happened and Luis is the same. More importantly, the club stood by every one of them.
Luis is normally a bubbly lad around the training ground. He tends to mix mainly with the other South Americans in the group but he is well liked all around because he has a fantastic attitude to his job and just loves playing football.
In my time at Liverpool, very few players have possessed an appetite to win the same as mine but Luis has got it. He trains well every day. When we get a day off, he will come in to do extra work and there is nothing arrogant or flash about him. He slots into the group without problem.
Yesterday, however, it was clear that events had taken a toll.
Luis knows he has done something seriously wrong, letting himself down. He has been told that a repeat of such behaviour will not be tolerated and the clubâs stance has been different from how it was following his altercation with Patrice Evra.
But, rather than hounding him out of the country, shouldnât we be helping him?
We have a top psychologist in Steve Peters who comes to the club once a week and he could have as big a role as our manager, Brendan Rodgers, for Luis.
Ian Ayre has stated that the club are not looking to sell Luis. History shows that message has always been the same. What happened when Tony Adams was released from jail in February 1991 after serving a sentence for drink- driving?
He went back to captain Arsenal and won eight major honours. Look at Eric Cantona.
Less than eight months after returning from his eight-month ban for an assault on Crystal Palace fan Matthew Simmons, he had inspired Manchester United to the Double. It is selfish but clubs need their best players.
As Martin Samuel said in his column yesterday, perhaps if a player of lesser ability had been guilty of Luisâs offence, he would have been shown the door by now. Again, a precedent at Anfield has already been set.
During the Hillsborough memorial service in 2009, Charles Itandje and Damien Plessis were caught laughing and messing around. Itandje, a third-choice keeper with a terrible attitude, was banished immediately. Plessis, who was viewed as being a player of promise, was admonished but stayed.
Morally you could say such standards are wrong but it happens in any walk of life, not just football. If someone is exceptional at what they do, many people are prepared to put up with them regardless of the hassle they may cause.
People may say this is a Liverpool-biased opinion but I donât want to see another world-class player leave the Barclays Premier League, like Xabi Alonso, Cristiano Ronaldo and Cesc Fabregas have.
We are talking about one of the top five players in world football here.
Finally, I would like to finish by putting forward a thought from a footballerâs perspective about the incident.
The bite was shocking, no question, and everyone who has seen it was amazed. Yet was it worse than a challenge that could end someoneâs career?
I know what it is like to have your leg broken by a reckless tackle. Lucas Neill cost me six months of my career in September 2003 when he played for Blackburn. Would I have preferred to have been bitten?Absolutely.
I suspect that Branislav Ivanovic, who has conducted himself with great credit in the aftermath, would agree. You can get up and carry on after a skirmish. If someone shatters your leg, you wonder whether you will play again.
Lads,
I think it would be great if we could send an email from the TFK to Liverpool with our messages of support and unity with Luis during this troublesome period. If you have anything nice you would like to say to Luis, please send me a PM where I will collate all our personal wishes and then pass on to Rocko who can forward the email to the relevant people.
[quote=âIl Bomber Destro, post: 764828, member: 1052â]Lads,
I think it would be great if we could send an email from the TFK to Liverpool with our messages of support and unity with Luis during this troublesome period. If you have anything nice you would like to say to Luis, please send me a PM where I will collate all our personal wishes and then pass on to Rocko who can forward the email to the relevant people.[/quote]
I donât need a PM, mate. Tell him he is a beautiful man and he is an inspiration to us all. We will never stop believing in him.
You came from South America, the land of Uruguay
King Kenny brought you to Anfield, we heard the news on Sky
What a deal! We eulogised, could this actually be real?
But yes it was, thanks to the boss, you really were a steal
You made an instant impact, the Kop sang out your name
They couldnât seem to get enough, in every single game
You wore the number seven, like many greats before
Like Keegan, Dalglish, Beardsley, now we had a great once more
When I see your cheeky smile, I canât help but smile like you
You know it breaks my heart to hear those nasty boo boys boo
You fill my heart with such pure joy, when I see you score a goal
Your fiery Latin passion is a tonic for the soul
A grinning little genius but a troubled lightning rod
Like Diego was to Napoli, to us you are our God
But your flaws they do endear us to you, make us love you more
Youâll never be like Shearer, a smarmy, smug, bland bore
The English press donât like you, but thatâs a badge of pride
Theyâd been waiting to vilify you, since Margaret Thatcher died
The Little England Tories, they demanded you be banned
But theyâd been like that since Mansfield, since the time you used your hand
Now they want to force you out of your beloved Merseyside
Just like the Sun at Hillsborough the FA went and lied
Anfield will always be a place that you can count on as your home
In Liverpool, Luis, we say âYouâ'll Never Walk Aloneâ
It was rare to see Rodgers as animated as he was in defending Suarez in that press conference today.
Tell him, tell him that the sun and moon rise in his eyes
[quote=âSidney, post: 764851, member: 183â]You came from South America, the land of Uruguay
King Kenny brought you to Anfield, we heard the news on Sky
What a deal! We eulogised, could this actually be real?
But yes it was, thanks to the boss, you really were a steal
You made an instant impact, the Kop sang out your name
They couldnât seem to get enough, in every single game
You wore the number seven, like many greats before
Like Keegan, Dalglish, Beardsley, now we had a great once more
When I see your cheeky smile, I canât help but smile like you
You know it breaks my heart to hear those nasty boo boys boo
You fill my heart with such pure joy, when I see you score a goal
Your fiery Latin passion is a tonic for the soul
A grinning little genius but a troubled lightning rod
Like Diego was to Napoli, to us you are our God
But your flaws they do endear us to you, make us love you more
Youâll never be like Shearer, a smarmy, smug, bland bore
The English press donât like you, but thatâs a badge of pride
Theyâd been waiting to vilify you, since Margaret Thatcher died
The Little England Tories, they demanded you be banned
But theyâd been like that since Mansfield, since the time you used your hand
Now they want to force you out of your beloved Merseyside
Just like the Sun at Hillsborough the FA went and lied
Anfield will always be a place that you can count on as your home
In Liverpool, Luis, we say âYouâ'll Never Walk Aloneâ[/quote]
[quote=âSidney, post: 764851, member: 183â]You came from South America, the land of Uruguay
King Kenny brought you to Anfield, we heard the news on Sky
What a deal! We eulogised, could this actually be real?
But yes it was, thanks to the boss, you really were a steal
You made an instant impact, the Kop sang out your name
They couldnât seem to get enough, in every single game
You wore the number seven, like many greats before
Like Keegan, Dalglish, Beardsley, now we had a great once more
When I see your cheeky smile, I canât help but smile like you
You know it breaks my heart to hear those nasty boo boys boo
You fill my heart with such pure joy, when I see you score a goal
Your fiery Latin passion is a tonic for the soul
A grinning little genius but a troubled lightning rod
Like Diego was to Napoli, to us you are our God
But your flaws they do endear us to you, make us love you more
Youâll never be like Shearer, a smarmy, smug, bland bore
The English press donât like you, but thatâs a badge of pride
Theyâd been waiting to vilify you, since Margaret Thatcher died
The Little England Tories, they demanded you be banned
But theyâd been like that since Mansfield, since the time you used your hand
Now they want to force you out of your beloved Merseyside
Just like the Sun at Hillsborough the FA went and lied
Anfield will always be a place that you can count on as your home
In Liverpool, Luis, we say âYouâ'll Never Walk Aloneâ[/quote]
Outstanding !
good to see luis smiling at melwood today
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