Should we be so quick to judge Luis Suarez?

[DHSC]

FWIW, I love Suarez and fuck the naysayers.

 

[Sunny]

Sellllll the twaaaat.

Yeh, sell him !

 

[Jack D Rips]

Dont know where Modo DB got that idea

 

[Gerry_A_Trick]

Him and DB are so used to having opposing opinions to everyone else, I guess it's not surprising they'd jump to that conclusion.

 

[Modo]

Him and DB are so used to having opposing opinions to everyone else, I guess it's not surprising they'd jump to that conclusion.

They'd??
Where did I say that I'm the only one who appreciates Suarez?

 

[Gerry_A_Trick]

They'd??
Where did I say that I'm the only one who appreciates Suarez?

Oh, had assumed you had. DB on his own so...

 

[Whaddapie]

I love him. Brilliant player and the witch hunt being orchastrated against him is revolting... But that makes me paranoid, or something.

 

[LadyRed]

I don't understand why BR or someone doesn't just give him a serious talking to about the diving?!

 

[Modo]

Bale is worse than Suarez, theres clearly a media bias cooked up by certain managers to discredit Suarez.

 

[FreshRed]

I pretty tired of the whole "diving" discussion. I think "diving is a cancer" is completely misplaced energy. I think most of the supposed dives are not dives at all. When players are moving at game speed, it does not take much contact to lose your balance. Sometimes, it does not take any contact. Just the act of avoiding contact can cause you fall over.

I think the Bale clip above is actually a good example. At Bale's speed, even a little contact (on his right heel) when his weight has already shifted to the wrong foot, means he is likely to go down. But, it is also not a foul. The contact was incidental and there was nothing the defender could do to avoid that incidental contact other than stop playing.

I do think embellishment is a problem and one which Luis is guilty of. But, he embellishes everything and that is part of what makes him an amazing player. Last week against Stoke, there was contact in the box. The contact probably was not a pen. And his flop was a little ridiculous, but there was contact and the referee was spot on. Embellishment yes. Simulation no. No penalty. No card.

I do think that sometimes players dive and when there is irrefutable evidence that a player intentionally dived - that there was no reason for the player to fall over - then it should be retroactively punished, but I think that bar needs to be extremely high.

 

[mark1975]

The problem is, the powers that be are always going to interpret it as they see fit and have differing rules for different plays dependent on reputation. That's the real issue.

 

[RolandG]

Suarez is boss but should just cut out the silliness in his game. Its disgraceful how theres one set of rules for him and another set for other players. Whatever happened to impartial refereeing?