That reminds me :(http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=GqqZpO1dgVg#t=89s
― Number None, Tuesday, 20 December 2011 19:00 (twelve years ago) link
(footage of an extremely fat Ronaldo in a charity match last week)
related to the pitch invasion link I posted above, an interview with the founder, my friend Tom
http://afootballreport.com/post/14504885566/tom-dunmore-pitch-invasion-mls-invasion-football
― v-whiney (Cuauhtemoc Blanco), Tuesday, 20 December 2011 19:25 (twelve years ago) link
4-4, both managers to be sacked by the morning.
― Chris, Tuesday, 20 December 2011 19:53 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.minus.com/ib1OZYz7T99Nma.gif
― zappi, Tuesday, 20 December 2011 19:58 (twelve years ago) link
This is the big one. Venky's to hammer 'em I fancy.
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 20 December 2011 20:02 (twelve years ago) link
fuckin soft
― delonge and winding refn (p much resigned to deems), Tuesday, 20 December 2011 20:04 (twelve years ago) link
Suarez banned for eight games for being a racist!
― ShariVari, Tuesday, 20 December 2011 20:05 (twelve years ago) link
....
good?
― delonge and winding refn (p much resigned to deems), Tuesday, 20 December 2011 20:07 (twelve years ago) link
Of course. He pretty much admitted it. It's nice to see a serious punishment attached.
― ShariVari, Tuesday, 20 December 2011 20:08 (twelve years ago) link
Eight match ban apparently makes you a trending topic on twitter. I thought he'd died or something.
― lebateauivre, Tuesday, 20 December 2011 20:13 (twelve years ago) link
course
john terry denying it will mean that he gets a harsher punishment, right?
right?
― delonge and winding refn (p much resigned to deems), Tuesday, 20 December 2011 20:14 (twelve years ago) link
Seven match ban last season, eight this. Wonder what he's gonna do to beat his record next year
― Number None, Tuesday, 20 December 2011 20:15 (twelve years ago) link
I wish we had details of the evidence. I'll admit to being a bit surprised. Can't argue with it, but that length of ban is very rare, no?
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 20 December 2011 20:18 (twelve years ago) link
Ya IK, that's how I feel. He must have outright admitted it?
― lebateauivre, Tuesday, 20 December 2011 20:19 (twelve years ago) link
He admitted saying it (whatever it was) but the way it was reported as hingeing on semantics and cultural connotations made me think it was going to be a 'slightly guilty', if that.
It doesn't leave much wriggle room on Terry, anyway.
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 20 December 2011 20:21 (twelve years ago) link
def. feel vindicated making that 'who will have a more lol liverpool career' poll in february now, even if ronan was annoyed by the audacity of thinking suarez and carroll could be lol
― big popppa hoy, Tuesday, 20 December 2011 20:22 (twelve years ago) link
The statement said they are going to provide reasons for the verdict "in due course"
― Number None, Tuesday, 20 December 2011 20:22 (twelve years ago) link
This isn't very lol tbh.
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 20 December 2011 20:23 (twelve years ago) link
I don't think Suarez' defense could've been "cultural differences" tbh. He's playing in England.
"It doesn't leave much wriggle room on Terry, anyway."
This warms my heart tbh
― lebateauivre, Tuesday, 20 December 2011 20:23 (twelve years ago) link
I'm not loling but he's a deeply unpleasant character and i'm not losing any sleep over this
― Number None, Tuesday, 20 December 2011 20:24 (twelve years ago) link
i'm telling you, terry's denial will be a major factor in nothing happening there
suarez admitted to using 'negro' iirc? wasn't that common knowledge?
― delonge and winding refn (p much resigned to deems), Tuesday, 20 December 2011 20:24 (twelve years ago) link
So clue me in, can Suarez now face criminal prosecution too?
― lebateauivre, Tuesday, 20 December 2011 20:26 (twelve years ago) link
very unlikely that evra pushes for that, am not sure if anyone else can do so
― delonge and winding refn (p much resigned to deems), Tuesday, 20 December 2011 20:27 (twelve years ago) link
Yes xp, but if he was speaking Spanish then it'd be different. I don't know what language he was speaking.
He could theoretically be prosecuted, but the verdict reads quite weakly so I wouldn't expect that to be a realistic outcome.
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 20 December 2011 20:28 (twelve years ago) link
It's not Evra's call, it's for the police & CPS. But they need a complaint first and so far as I am aware there hasn't been one (unlike Terry)
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 20 December 2011 20:29 (twelve years ago) link
john terry was speaking english, i'm not sure that's relevant tbph IK
― delonge and winding refn (p much resigned to deems), Tuesday, 20 December 2011 20:30 (twelve years ago) link
oh that's a beaut
Kean must stay.
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 20 December 2011 20:30 (twelve years ago) link
Think it was supposed to have been 'negrito', maybe he argued that the diminutive form was especially affectionate/harmless? At least in an S. American context.
― boxall, Tuesday, 20 December 2011 20:30 (twelve years ago) link
see yon wee black cunt
― delonge and winding refn (p much resigned to deems), Tuesday, 20 December 2011 20:31 (twelve years ago) link
Relevant insofar as it'd have a different meaning in Spanish, is what I mean. I'm sure racist abuse in Spanish could equally be prosecuted.
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 20 December 2011 20:31 (twelve years ago) link
i dunno, it is p lol that liverpool bought a dude like suarez, as if shit like this wasn't going to happen.
cya all post-downtime, let's hope shearer is in by then.
― big popppa hoy, Tuesday, 20 December 2011 20:35 (twelve years ago) link
Suarez on twitter:
"Today is a very difficult and painful day for both me and my family. Thanks for all the support, I'll keep working!"
― lebateauivre, Tuesday, 20 December 2011 21:51 (twelve years ago) link
kennethdalglish Kenneth DalglishVery disappointed with today's verdict. This is the time when @luis16suarez needs our full support. Let's not let him walk alone. KD
― awesome to have a clever englishman zinging yr enemies (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 20 December 2011 22:06 (twelve years ago) link
That club statement isn't hanging back.
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 20 December 2011 22:08 (twelve years ago) link
ffs Liverpool, we've been over this.
It is also our opinion that the accusation by this particular player was not credible - certainly no more credible than his prior unfounded accusations.
― Number None, Tuesday, 20 December 2011 22:15 (twelve years ago) link
He has played with black players and mixed with their families whilst with the Uruguay national side and was Captain at Ajax Amsterdam of a team with a proud multi-cultural profile, many of whom became good friends
― awesome to have a clever englishman zinging yr enemies (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 20 December 2011 22:17 (twelve years ago) link
the american liverpool fans I know are v fucking annoying right now with their #freeluissuarez tags and whatnot
― v-whiney (Cuauhtemoc Blanco), Tuesday, 20 December 2011 22:26 (twelve years ago) link
actually that's probably not something limited to the usa is it
― v-whiney (Cuauhtemoc Blanco), Tuesday, 20 December 2011 22:27 (twelve years ago) link
I'm dreading finding out.
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 20 December 2011 22:28 (twelve years ago) link
I've seen some of the choicer RAWK posts
― Number None, Tuesday, 20 December 2011 22:30 (twelve years ago) link
theyve freed nelson mandela, might as well look into suarez now too
― awesome to have a clever englishman zinging yr enemies (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 20 December 2011 22:31 (twelve years ago) link
looking forward to the EDL coming out in support of Luis Suarez
― Nemanja Vmić (Julie Lagger), Tuesday, 20 December 2011 22:32 (twelve years ago) link
to be fair nobody appart from evra heard it, so he's been banned for 8 matches on one person's word. which seems strange to say the least.
― jim in glasgow, Tuesday, 20 December 2011 22:40 (twelve years ago) link
the assumption is that he's admitted saying something but denied that he meant it offensively
― Nemanja Vmić (Julie Lagger), Tuesday, 20 December 2011 22:42 (twelve years ago) link
will the text of the proceedings or judgement be made public?
― cccccc, Tuesday, 20 December 2011 22:49 (twelve years ago) link
pretty sure dictatorships dont bother with those niceties
― awesome to have a clever englishman zinging yr enemies (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 20 December 2011 22:54 (twelve years ago) link
www.amnesty.org.uk/freeluis
― awesome to have a clever englishman zinging yr enemies (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 20 December 2011 22:55 (twelve years ago) link
They said reasons would follow in due course but I imagine details will probably be leaked everywhere by tomorrow. It'll definitely be appealed too.
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 20 December 2011 22:57 (twelve years ago) link