itt liverpool not winning things; sandbox i love football

• thinking about John Terry, I had been tending to the view that his 'I never called you a...' explanation would get him off. But the FA statement raises a third possibility, that they accept he didn't say 'black' but that were were insults. On the basis of their statement here, they've got to ban Terry for that alone now. Basically, they can't fudge his case, it's got to be a full 'not guilty, nothing was said at all', or it's a conviction for insults at least.

the lfc statement from 'it is key to note....' onwards is embarrassing. anyone releasing it in a professional capacity as a public statement to the press wants sacking.

CPS have announced that they're going to make an announcement about Terry. Why not just make the announcement? This isn't X Factor.

So FA bans are for all competitions, league, FA Cup, Carling Cup yeah?
So he'll miss 6 league games, first leg of City C-Cup semi-final and the FA Cup game against Oldham. Back by the end of January. Oh well a nice winter break for him after 2 straight summers of international tournaments. That's not too bad.

announcements of announcements

way of the world these days IK

post announcement parties

I missed the announcement announcement, they should have let us know it was coming.

If only there was some way of doing that.

Hahaha at England's brave blubbering penalty-shanking glass-jawed stumbling racist cunt.

“I have today advised the Metropolitan Police Service that John Terry should be prosecuted for a racially aggravated public order offence following comments allegedly made during a Premier League football match between Queen’s Park Rangers and Chelsea on 23 October 2011.

“The decision was taken in accordance with the Code for Crown Prosecutors and after careful consideration of all the evidence, I am satisfied there is sufficient evidence for a realistic prospect of conviction and it is in the public interest to prosecute this case.

“Mr Terry will appear before West London Magistrates’ Court on 1 February 2012.

“He is now summonsed with a criminal offence and has the right to a fair trial. It is extremely important that nothing should be reported which could prejudice his trial.”

oh dear god its happening its really finally happening

Hurrah

early christmas present for darragh

for skilful wingers, minority ethnic groups and cuckolds everywhere, not just me tbf

you're at least two of those, no?

Why is it? Fact remains that cultural differences do come into play here surely, regardless of the fact it happened in England? Why else would Suarez admit saying something?

― Chris, Wednesday, 21 December 2011 02:00 (13 hours ago) Bookmark Permalink

yeah, i think people from ciudad juarez who move to the uk should be let off on murder charges.

liverpool's statement boiled down to: evra is a known liar + evra says suarez is not a racist

So FA bans are for all competitions, league, FA Cup, Carling Cup yeah?
So he'll miss 6 league games, first leg of City C-Cup semi-final and the FA Cup game against Oldham. Back by the end of January. Oh well a nice winter break for him after 2 straight summers of international tournaments. That's not too bad.

― pandemic, Wednesday, 21 December 2011 13:40 (2 hours ago) Bookmark Permalink

suarez ban is suspended until appeals process is exhausted. certainly won't miss any matches during 2011.

can i just say, i'm having a lovely time

If he doesn't appeal and there aren't any winter cancellations then the next game he's eligible for is Man U.

fwiw if he doesn't explicitly say he's not appealing, then the the ban is suspended until the appeal window expires

(14 days)

It also strikes me that any decision whether to appeal may be used tactically. Suárez has 14 days to either (i) accept the charge, (ii) lodge an appeal or (iii) do nothing. If he admits the charge the penalty will take effect from the date the charge is admitted. Should Suárez appeal, the penalty is suspended until after the outcome of the appeal. Alternatively, Suárez could do nothing and allow the penalty to begin at the expiry of the 14-day deadline. These options will determine which matches Suárez can play in over the coming weeks.

5pm kick off for Udinese - Juventus? Strange. But who am I to argue, I'll just sit back an enjoy. Di Natale bound to score.

how has buffon been playing this season

Made a great penalty save from Totti the other week, prompting a 'maybe I'll just leave Roma' sulk iirc.

oh dear god its happening its really finally happening

― twice banned gabbage is death (p much resigned to deems), Wednesday, 21 December 2011 14:27 (2 hours ago) Bookmark Permalink

Huzzah!

will suarez also go to jail? what about harry?

why didn't big ron go to jail?

thanks for the reminder pandemic!

buffon's been solid (missed a couple of games early in the season due to injury)
marchisio just missed a presentable chance
juve have started well
xp

is harry a mad racist?

Nah, just a wheeler dealer

suarez isn't mad

discrimination against the tax race

will terry get a jury trial and if so, how do i make myself particularly eligible for it?

wear chelsea/english shirt at all times?

i know nothing about him btw and have no particularly feelings one way or the other towards racism.

magristrates xxp

thought it might be. how do i become one of those by feb?

Chelsea's super-sensitive manager Andre Villas-Boas has had lead pundit Tommy Langley removed from his own club’s TV channel for criticising the Portuguese’s hardline treatment of disenchanted players.

Former club favourite Langley was told he was no longer required at Chelsea TV after he described AVB as ‘vindictive’ for allegedly not allowing Nicolas Anelka and Alex to park their vehicles in the first-team car park after they had been banished from the squad for handing in transfer requests.

lol

pwn3d

I want to like AVB, but week by week he's making it harder and harder.

This is the worst I've ever seen Matri play.
Ferronetti has been great at the back for Udinese tonight.
Oh Matri gets the hook.

careful, you don't want him to get completely not vindictive with you xp

udinese 0-0 juventus FT
not good at all tbh
pirlo kept quiet.

not sure whether to bother with wigan-LFC. Might leave it to MOTD. Arsenal should straight murda Villa tonight.

shda been ronaldo
http://gawker.com/5870126/someone-thought-these-were-good-ads-for-a-chinese-restaurant

udinese Vs juventus was super boring btw, thanks pandemic, thanks for nothing

yeah, i think people from ciudad juarez who move to the uk should be let off on murder charges.

Yeah, that's exactly what I meant.

Sorry!
xp

http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/latest-news/joint-statement-from-lfc-players