Re: The Football Chat Thread : Sun Oct 16, 2011 10:39 am  

Lord Tony Smith wrote:

Evra playing the old racism card. Three times he has falsely accused somebody. Talk about bitter. They should throw the book at him if he's found out to be lying (which he probably will be.)

After Suarez' interview on Sky the other week after the Everton game, I'd be hugely suprised if he even knew any words to diret rasicm.

Evra's a very bitter boy.

As said previously, it was a fan that reported Finnan not Evra. Not proven doesn't mean didn't happen, also Evra saying it, doesn't mean it did. It will be just as hard to prove that Evra is lying as it is to prove Suarez said it.

Re: The Football Chat Thread : Sun Oct 16, 2011 10:40 am  

Lord Tony Smith wrote:

Evra playing the old racism card. Three times he has falsely accused somebody. Talk about bitter. They should throw the book at him if he's found out to be lying (which he probably will be.)

After Suarez' interview on Sky the other week after the Everton game, I'd be hugely suprised if he even knew any words to diret rasicm.

Evra's a very bitter boy.

We dont know that Evra has falsely accused anyone. Its a very difficult accusation to prove one way or the other.

Its a tricky one because if the FA do not find the evidence to back up Evra's claim then Evra will be labelled as a serial false accuser. Possibly rightly, possibly not. But obviously Suarez is entitled to the benefit of any doubt.

Re: The Football Chat Thread : Sun Oct 16, 2011 10:58 am  

Quite disappointed with a point yesterday, but when an opposing manager openly admits his only chance of getting something is to change his team and park a bus in front of goal, it's no surprise really.

Fairly embarrassing for SAF to point out the fact that Suarez dives. We know. I know he's getting on but to have already forgotten about Ronaldo is surprising.

Re: The Football Chat Thread : Sun Oct 16, 2011 11:07 am  

Lord Tony Smith wrote:

Btw Saddened, Rio addmitted post match that there was contact, thus making your post stating Adam 'dove' incredibly weak and desperate.

How sad has football now become that we accept a player diving because he has received 'contact' from an opponent?

He is certainly not the only culprit, and Liverpool are not the only team to do it, but Adam dove.....With all this cheating and now supposed racist name-calling on the pitch, how football is treated as the religion it is, becomes more and more baffling.

Re: The Football Chat Thread : Sun Oct 16, 2011 12:01 pm  

Adam made a meal of it, but so what, most players do. The fact that Fergie is coaching Nani and has coached Ronaldo, yet can brand Suarez a diver is extremely amusing.

Re: The Football Chat Thread : Sun Oct 16, 2011 12:49 pm  

Lord Tony Smith wrote:

Adam made a meal of it, but so what, most players do. The fact that Fergie is coaching Nani and has coached Ronaldo, yet can brand Suarez a diver is extremely amusing.

I agree....Still it doesn't make it right.....The gradual re-branding of football as a non-contact sport as made it a joke.....Footballers now actually set out to cheat - how morally corrupt is that?

While the saturation of foreign players in our league during the Sky era has been seen as a good thing, it has surely been negated by the fact that most of them are cheats. who, over the years have made their antics seem the norm in our game...So much so that we now seemingly allow diving after minimal contact an acceptable tactic?

Re: The Football Chat Thread : Sun Oct 16, 2011 2:20 pm  

DAR130 wrote:

Well Kean has finally got us to the bottom of the league where we will stay for the rest of the season unless the clueless owners get rid of him.

Nevermind. I think we'll be keeping you company for most of the season.

Re: The Football Chat Thread : Sun Oct 16, 2011 2:53 pm  

Re: Lucas - I think he's below the standards he set himself last year. He's still brilliant at breaking up play though, it's testament to some of the coaching he's had at LFC because they've completed changed his style of play from when he arrived from Gremio.

That said, I don't know where he's going to fit in if he doesn't get back to the level he is capable of soon.

For me, I'd like to see something along the lines of:

------Adam----Gerrard--------
Kuyt------Suarez--------Downing
-----------Carroll--------------

I must also point that I have no idea what our strongest set-up is.

Re: The Football Chat Thread : Sun Oct 16, 2011 3:59 pm  

Dita's Slot Meter wrote:

I agree....Still it doesn't make it right.....The gradual re-branding of football as a non-contact sport as made it a joke.....Footballers now actually set out to cheat - how morally corrupt is that?

While the saturation of foreign players in our league during the Sky era has been seen as a good thing, it has surely been negated by the fact that most of them are cheats. who, over the years have made their antics seem the norm in our game...So much so that we now seemingly allow diving after minimal contact an acceptable tactic?

It might help if refs awarded free kicks or pens when players are fouled but try to stay on their feet.

Re: The Football Chat Thread : Sun Oct 16, 2011 5:55 pm  

I'd love to know what Suarez has said. Probably just banter.