This intriques me as well, as to what's behind the motives of his bitingI think he's reluctant to change his ways or try to, because he knows how important he is to the national team. Either that or he's genuinely one of few footballers with mental or to a lesser degree severe anger issues. He was so well behaved for us this whole season as well, why does he self destruct like this ffs.
What kind of an idiot lawyer would want to take this kind of "no win" case?Suarez lawyer, Uruguay FA board member Alejandro Balbi, on #URU radio:
"We don't have any doubts that this has happened because it's Suarez and secondly because Italy was eliminated,
"There's a lot of pressure from England and Italy. We're polishing off a defence argument."
"There is a possibility that they ban him, because there are precedents, but we're convinced that it was an absolutely
casual play, because if Chiellini can show a scratch on one shoulder, Suarez can show a bruised and almost shut eye."
"You shouldn't forget that we're rivals of many and we can be for the organiser (hosts Brazil) in the future.
"This does not go against what might have happened, but there's no doubt that Suarez is a rock in the shoe for many."
"We're going to use all the arguments possible so that Luis gets out in the best possible way."
all via. https://twitter.com/Masters_JamesD
(Bolding is mine, because that's just hilarious)
This intriques me as well, as to what's behind the motives of his biting
1. If he really wants to hurt chiellini, there are various other ways he can do so without attracting all this (late tackle, elbow, etc)
2. If he wants to move, surely even he's not that dumb to know that doing this will do him no benefit
3. Asking for penalty? Red card? seems like an idiot thing to do, with all the cameras watching
Really baffling, I don't know what's in his head, but surely... he's not that dumb to do so for the third time and thinking he'll get away with it? With the TV camera capturing everything in High Definition and 3D
If it's instinctively , i really fear for his mental health
Suarez on the other handI would seriously be surprised if he gets a substantial ban. Which will only prove how toothless FIFA are.
If they don't, it will come back to bite them in the ass!I would seriously be surprised if he gets a substantial ban. Which will only prove how toothless FIFA are.
It looks tame on the Telly, but i'm sure the blows received is tremendous on everygame.Australian Rules Football (AFL stands for Australian Football League).
YouTube some highlights or big hits and great marks if you want to see something.
That was rather disingenuous of both Rodgers and Liverpool when they subsequently admitted there was indeed a release clause in his contract.Rodgers made him train alone after the transfer stuff last summer.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...odgers-blasts-wantaway-Liverpool-striker.html
Rodgers last summer: 'I will take strong, decisive action. There has been total disrespect of the club - this is a club that is historically one of the biggest in the world and has given him everything; absolutely everything.'
I know this stuff is nectar to some on here but spinning this directly against Liverpool is a stretch. As for Rodgers, his work with his squad has been extremely impressive and Suarez has benefitted from his management which has not been the exercise in sycophancy you suggest.
The Liverpool paranoia has always been good for toothy in telling him they think he's done no wrong.Given Liverpool's reaction to the racism thing and his team-mates reaction to the latest controversy, it does perhaps indicate nobody close to home has ever told him what a vile, reprehensible little prick he is. Maybe this is part of the reason why he keeps doing it. He misbehaves; "isn't the rest of the world awful to him?"
It's astonishing, the only reason Chiellini throws an elbow in the fist place is because he's got some rabid fecking nut case trying to bite a chunk out of his shoulder for no reason what so ever.What kind of an idiot lawyer would want to take this kind of "no win" case?
At best you'll get a plea bargain, but pleading innocence???
Right, because "manning up" definitely involves hairpulling, eyegouging, achilles raking, serial biting, and pretending to be hurt so you can escape sanction for all the above. Good. If Suarez and his apologists are your role models for masculinity, it's no wonder you and your Scouse ilk are serial losers. You disgust me. Cowards to a "man."
His lawyer looks like Messi from 20 years in the future.
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Those comments are hilarious.Ban him forever!!!
http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/28010967
Are Liverpool fans pissing themselves yet????
He's also a really really good lawyer.His lawyer looks like Messi from 20 years in the future.
I guess this photo should have proved he's not a racist..He's also a really really good lawyer.
WowHe's also a really really good lawyer.
Why not read up on why the FA shouldn't be judged as a pro organisation before repeating the same shit over and over? It's effectively run by the chap wearing the NTs mascot costume. No kidding.From the BBC:
"The hearing into Luis Suarez's alleged bite on Italy's Giorgio Chiellini will continue on Thursday, says the head of the Uruguay Football Association."
I sincerely hope that the extra time they need is to get their calculators out and work out what century he will be allowed back to play and not to decide whether he actually did it or not.
Also - the reactions of the Uruguayan team and FA are absolutely astonishing. I can understand wanting to keep your best player, but there comes a point when you simply cannot pretend nothing happened. It reflects extremely poorly on the integrity of everyone connected with that team. I guess that shouldn't be surprising in today's game, but I find it pretty depressing the depths to which people will sink in order to win a game of football........
Case closed.He's also a really really good lawyer.
I agree. The game has been sanitized deliberately over the last decade.It looks tame on the Telly, but i'm sure the blows received is tremendous on everygame.
Although to be fair, the American Football looks bloodier on telly (even with all that pads)
When did he become an arsehole whisperer?
Cesar Milan got this.
I think number 3. Looking for a penalty in a creative way by getting the player to react strongly. Right place, right time for a bite. It sort of looks like Suarez is running behind him and Chiellini has thrown an arm back and knocked him in the mouth. Penalty!This intriques me as well, as to what's behind the motives of his biting
1. If he really wants to hurt chiellini, there are various other ways he can do so without attracting all this (late tackle, elbow, etc)
2. If he wants to move, surely even he's not that dumb to know that doing this will do him no benefit
3. Asking for penalty? Red card? seems like an idiot thing to do, with all the cameras watching
The real Lionel Hutz.He's also a really really good lawyer.
sorry, this article doesn't mix.A little perspective perhaps ? Though due to the tribal nature of football it's maybe asking too much. It was a weird, idiotic, unbelievable (this after all being the World Cup) and frankly totally insane act and fully deserving of a substantial ban and fine, there simply can be no defence, he doesn't deserve it. He didn't though eat a baby (though some say he would given the chance) or add cyanide to the aquifer. Therefore this makes interesting reading after the initial shock :
http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/...k-value-and-get-some-perspective-9563690.html
[article=[url]http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/worldcup/luis-suarez-bite-lets-move-past-the-shock-value-and-get-some-perspective-9563690.html]Luis[/url] Suarez bite: Let’s move past the shock value and get some perspective
Glenn Moore
Danny Mills would send him to jail, Alan Shearer would ban him worldwide for “as long as I could”, which under Fifa statutes is two years. What heinous crime could Luis Suarez have committed to prompt such a response from two players who were not exactly shrinking violets on the field?
He bit someone.
He did not fix a match, which strikes at the very heart of sport. He did not use performance-enhancing drugs, which is the most insidious form of cheating. He did not go over the top and break an opponent’s leg, or shatter an opponent’s nose or cheekbone with an elbow. He did not attack a referee (he has done that, head-butting an official, but that was 11 years ago when he was playing youth team football at 16 and he received a long ban).
In my mind these are all worse acts than biting an opponent, especially given it was in the heat of the moment, and he did not pursue the act long enough to draw blood.
What he did was disgusting and horrible, sets a terrible example and would be deeply unpleasant to be a victim of. But Giorgio Chiellini played on. If Suarez had broken his leg with a reckless, even premeditated tackle (it happens) he would have been out until Christmas.
Suarez needs psychiatric help, not a jail sentence. He deserves to be banned, ideally for the duration of the World Cup with a longer sentence suspended on condition he has professional treatment, but is his offence really deserving of a longer ban than a player who has threatened the livelihood of another? It is the shock value, and the recidivism, which has accounted for the publicity and outrage.
There is also, clearly, a cultural issue. In Italy, according to a SkyItalia reporter, they are more interested in assessing who is to blame for the Azzurri being out of the World Cup at the group stage (Mario Balotelli appears to be receiving more blame than Suarez). In Brazil the incident seems to be regarded as comedy rather than horror.
In England, however, Suarez is beyond the pale. Diving, biting, cheating: he fits our stereotype of the South American footballing bad guy, the latest in a long line stretching back past Diego Maradona to Antonio Rattin. There is also a place, it should be said, for lovable South Americans, such as Ossie Ardiles, Gus Poyet, and all things Brazilian.
And yet, if the behaviour of Uruguayan Suarez is so reprehensible, how is it Dylan Hartley is still being picked for England’s rugby union team? The hooker was banned for eight weeks for biting the finger of Ireland’s Steven Ferris in a Six Nations international in 2012 – and a finger is rather more vulnerable than a shoulder. Nor was it his first, or last, offence. In 2007 Hartley was banned for six months for eye gouging, which, considering the possible consequences, is far worse than nibbling on a shoulder. He was also banned for punching an opponent and for abusing a referee. Last week this serial offender started for England against New Zealand, his 56th cap. No one seemed to be outraged.[/article]
feck me, what a shit attempt.He's also a really really good lawyer.
Biting (Bakkal, Ivanovic and Chiellini), eye gouging (Parker and Ivanovic), punching an opponent (Jara), abusing a referee (in Uruguay at 16). Suarez has done all those things this Hartley fella has done. Multiple times! Not to mention the smaller acts of cheating such as diving and playacting. On top of that he has been banned for racism as well.And yet, if the behaviour of Uruguayan Suarez is so reprehensible, how is it Dylan Hartley is still being picked for England’s rugby union team? The hooker was banned for eight weeks for biting the finger of Ireland’s Steven Ferris in a Six Nations international in 2012 – and a finger is rather more vulnerable than a shoulder. Nor was it his first, or last, offence. In 2007 Hartley was banned for six months for eye gouging, which, considering the possible consequences, is far worse than nibbling on a shoulder. He was also banned for punching an opponent and for abusing a referee. Last week this serial offender started for England against New Zealand, his 56th cap. No one seemed to be outraged.[/article]