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The Suarez/Evra Racism Row

No worries. Someone posted the video somewhere a while back if you haven't seen it.
 
I really think we need to wait and see what happens with this , everyone is just guessing at the moment .

Hopefully the FA will address this quickly now and we as a club don't go too defensive and protective on this . We should hold our hands up and say "ok , lets all sit down and sort this out ....if our player admits his wrong doing or is proved to be lying then we will address that " . And if he is found guilty then i'd like to hear of more being done then just match bans with all then forgotten , in the end who does that really help or change for the positive .

And I hate the way this is just seen as a "football" problem ....it's problem of society . It's not just up to football organisations to stamp out racism , if is done in all general levels of society then it wouldn't even enter into football . Obviously though Football organisations have a part to play in achieving that and can use their influence to help .
 
We've already gone way too defensive and even a bit cunty on this.

It makes me wonder what was said to Kenny and Co. at the beginning to come out the way they did.
 
At this moment in time no one knows what has or hasn't been said during the investigation apart from the people involved. All we know is that he's been charged. The club know the full facts and have threw there full weight behind Suarez in support. Until proven otherwise the lad should get our support untill the facts are out in the open. Then people can cast there judgements.
 
A month after the investigation began, the FA has ruled it has enough evidence to charge Suárez with an offence that, if proven, will lead to a substantial ban. A precedent was set in 2003 when John Mackie of Reading was banned for eight matches, five of which were suspended, after making racist remarks to the Sheffield United striker Carl Asaba. However, Mackie admitted that charge whereas Suárez is denying his, meaning he would almost certainly face tougher sanctions if he were found guilty.

Liverpool responded immediately by announcing that Suárez would plead not guilty, adding that they "remain fully supportive of Luis" in a dispute that threatens to have serious repercussions for the club's relationship with United.

Evra had complained after the match that he was abused "at least 10 times" and his statement to the FA accuses Suárez of using a Spanish variation of the N-word. Suárez has categorically denied the allegations, saying the words he allegedly used were not offensive or racist, but the FA investigators disagree, charging the Uruguay international with "abusive and/or insulting words and/or behaviour contrary to FA rules", including "a reference to the ethnic origin and/or colour and/or race of Patrice Evra".

Within minutes Liverpool had released their own statement to make it clear that Suárez would continue to maintain his innocence. "The club this afternoon received notification from the Football Association of their decision to charge Luis Suárez and will take time to review properly the documentation which has been sent to us.

"We will discuss the matter fully with him when he returns from international duty, but he will plead not guilty to the charge and we expect him to request a personal hearing.

"Luis remains determined to clear his name of the allegation made against him by Patrice Evra. The club remain fully supportive of Luis in this matter."

The crux of the case appears to depend on whether the FA can prove there was racial intent behind Suárez's words but it is a complex issue given that in Uruguay it is common practice for people to use derivatives of "negro" in a non-offensive way. "Negrito", for example, is a word that is often used without being deemed as racist.

However, the fact Suárez and the France international Evra were arguing at the time counts against the Liverpool player and the FA is clearly not satisfied with his first public words on the matter, when he talked last week of it merely being a "way of expressing myself. I called him something his team-mates at Manchester call him, and even they were surprised by his reaction."

What can be said with certainty is that it represents a major embarrassment for the FA and the Premier League that one of their high-profile players is charged with racism while John Terry, the England captain, is at the centre of a parallel investigation into allegations he racially abused Anton Ferdinand of Queens Park Rangers, eight days after the Suárez-Evra incident.

Liverpool would be compelled to take their own action against Suárez if he were found guilty and their manager, Kenny Dalglish, faces personal embarrassment after steadfastly defending the player over recent weeks, insisting there was no case to answer.

The Anfield club face the possibility that a long, drawn-out dispute could disrupt their season. Suárez has been their best player this season, underlying his ability by scoring all of Uruguay's goals in a 4-0 defeat of Chile on Saturday.

Evra told French television directly after the match that Suárez had been trying "to wind me up" and that "there are cameras, you can see him say a certain word to me at least 10 times. There is no place for that in 2011." His manager, Sir Alex Ferguson, who accompanied Evra when he made his complaint to the referee Andre , has submitted a statement as part of the FA investigation.

The FA is acutely aware of the sensitivities between the two clubs and asked them both at the outset not to risk inflaming the situation by discussing it in the media. Privately, United are angry that Suárez and Dalglish have ignored these instructions. The Old Trafford club say they will not make any comment "in accordance with guidance from the authorities".

"We spoke to Patrice today and he's adamant that he wants to follow it on. It's not an easy one because everyone knows that United and Liverpool have great responsibilities in terms of what happens on the field. Obviously Patrice feels very aggrieved at what was said to him and it rests with the FA now"
 
[quote author=Jack D Rips link=topic=47188.msg1426962#msg1426962 date=1321488293]
FFS the guy was charged with racial abuse. I presume both parties were interviewed the same as Evra and Suarez have been. All he had to do was say there was no racial abuse and THAT charge would have been dropped.

Lets get this straight. If Suarez is guilty I want to see him punished accordingly, but thereseems to be an attitude of guilty till proven innocent here. And fuck it Im not having that.

Add that to your disbelief!

People are putting words in Suarez's mouth from an interview, that he didnt say.

Im off to bed.
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Jack, I don't know if you're missing this on purpose or you just aren't reading the posts.

Evra didn't lay any accusation against the groundsman. It was laid by another employee of united who claimed that he heard the groundsman abusing Evra. On the basis of that accusation the groundsman was charged by the FA. When they asked Evra to give evidence (and only a fool wouldn't have asked him) he stated as he had always stated that he didn't hear the abuse. If he had he would probably have made an accusation. But he didn't so he didn't make any accusation. Now you seem to think that it's Evra's fault that the FA charged the groundsman. What was Evra supposed to do - tell the FA not to listen to someone else who was making the accusation?

Evra told them he heard no racial abuse and, guess what, the charge wasn't dropped. Why? Because Evra hearing it or Sep Blatter hearing it or bloody King Tut hearing it - they're stories all hold the same amount of importance to the legal process. Nothing unless they heard the abuse.
 
So it is ok to say f**k you, c**t at another player/referee/linesman but cannot say 'small bl**k friend'?
 
Ah i am so confused ....are we at the stage where "black" need to be commented out as it's offensive ?


Anyway , anybody any idea when this will be heard ? Surely they have to do it sooner rather than later.
And if he is found quilty then the club are going to look incredibly stupid . Why didn't they play this cautiously from the onset ? It would have been best for all parties .
If found guilty they've really cluster fucked this up .
 
If guilty then good, the cunt deserves a ban

Hopefully for the club it's after January so we can buy a player of equal supposed quality
 
Just for the record, is Evra not a little black man?

Is he big? No
Is he White? No
Is he a French cunt? Yes
 
[quote author=Jack D Rips link=topic=47188.msg1426913#msg1426913 date=1321483032]
No. I just found this article.

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/world-cup/story/_/id/793670/ce/uk/?cc=5739&ver=global

Seems he gets abused a lot does our Patrice
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I am sure the french people regards you as a winner anyway patrice. After all you led their team and made a whole nation proud....

And to the people here getting behind this arse in his meaningless attempt of playing victim well supported by Alex Ferguson: Fuck Off.
 
I know and have black friends and I know and have white friends.
What is wrong with the statement above fuck all
 
[quote author=Y1 link=topic=47188.msg1427004#msg1427004 date=1321501885]
So it is ok to say f**k you, c**t at another player/referee/linesman but cannot say 'small bl**k friend'?
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Did you honestly post that? No I suppose it's not right to abuse anyone but it happens. Trouble is when you throw race into the mix then you are not just insulting one player are you...

I do not give a fuck about John Terry the sweet FA nor dolly questions from the press nor do I give a fuck about whether Evra is or is not a United cunt. IF Suarez was using Evras race to wind him up during a match then he needs to be punished and be seen to be punished, if your kids went out in the street and used racist language you would rightly stop them. Suarez is a representative of LFC and by extension us as fans and ultimately the individual supporter, me or you for example. I do not accept nor excuse racism nor should any of us and nor should the club.

It appears to be a clusterfuck to me, highly embarrassing for Suarez and for the club, I refuse to allow it to embarrass me by defending it through half arsed character assassination or deflection onto Terry or the press scouse witch-hunt.

By the way and while we are at it, if you are talking about the newspaper then you may wish to register your continuing disgust by spelling the word with asterisks but when talking about the fucking celestial object it is The Lying Rag, a big orange looking thing in the sky and absolutely blameless so perhaps reproaching it with asterisks is a bit fucking dozy.

Sorry to say like but tooooo many people on here have written too much and thought too little.
 
Re: Re: The Suarez/Evra Racism Row

[quote author=Molbystwin link=topic=47188.msg1427065#msg1427065 date=1321517898]
[quote author=Y1 link=topic=47188.msg1427004#msg1427004 date=1321501885]
So it is ok to say f**k you, c**t at another player/referee/linesman but cannot say 'small bl**k friend'?
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Did you honestly post that? No I suppose it's not right to abuse anyone but it happens. Trouble is when you throw race into the mix then you are not just insulting one player are you...

I do not give a fuck about John Terry the sweet FA nor dolly questions from the press nor do I give a fuck about whether Evra is or is not a United cunt. IF Suarez was using Evras race to wind him up during a match then he needs to be punished and be seen to be punished, if your kids went out in the street and used racist language you would rightly stop them. Suarez is a representative of LFC and by extension us as fans and ultimately the individual supporter, me or you for example. I do not accept nor excuse racism nor should any of us and nor should the club.

It appears to be a clusterfuck to me, highly embarrassing for Suarez and for the club, I refuse to allow it to embarrass me by defending it through half arsed character assassination or deflection onto Terry or the press scouse witch-hunt.

By the way and while we are at it, if you are talking about the newspaper then you may wish to register your continuing disgust by spelling the word with asterisks but when talking about the fucking celestial object it is the S**, a big orange looking thing in the sky and absolutely blameless so perhaps reproaching it with asterisks is a bit fucking dozy.

Sorry to say like but tooooo many people on here have written too much and thought too little.
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Post of the season.
 
[quote author=Molbystwin link=topic=47188.msg1427065#msg1427065 date=1321517898]
[quote author=Y1 link=topic=47188.msg1427004#msg1427004 date=1321501885]
So it is ok to say f**k you, c**t at another player/referee/linesman but cannot say 'small bl**k friend'?
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Did you honestly post that? No I suppose it's not right to abuse anyone but it happens. Trouble is when you throw race into the mix then you are not just insulting one player are you...

I do not give a fuck about John Terry the sweet FA nor dolly questions from the press nor do I give a fuck about whether Evra is or is not a United cunt. IF Suarez was using Evras race to wind him up during a match then he needs to be punished and be seen to be punished, if your kids went out in the street and used racist language you would rightly stop them. Suarez is a representative of LFC and by extension us as fans and ultimately the individual supporter, me or you for example. I do not accept nor excuse racism nor should any of us and nor should the club.

It appears to be a clusterfuck to me, highly embarrassing for Suarez and for the club, I refuse to allow it to embarrass me by defending it through half arsed character assassination or deflection onto Terry or the press scouse witch-hunt.

By the way and while we are at it, if you are talking about the newspaper then you may wish to register your continuing disgust by spelling the word with asterisks but when talking about the fucking celestial object it is the S**, a big orange looking thing in the sky and absolutely blameless so perhaps reproaching it with asterisks is a bit fucking dozy.

Sorry to say like but tooooo many people on here have written too much and thought too little.
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The bloody obvious point is that Evra was not winded up by any comments. He was winded up by a far superior player and team and went to the most coward attack back. If United rolled the game and won it he wouldnt even raised his eyebrow. What the hell is wrong with people. Alex Ferguson have been allowed to play this game for ages, and very few stands up to him. He was fucking all over Torres as a diver when OShea should have been sent off last season. He was all over Luis as a diver this time, and is helped by his arsehole captain.
 
It's interesting to note that you all think the FA are absolutely hopeless 99% of the time and yet now appear to have complete faith in their process.

Such a mob mentality.
 
If negrito can be used as mate in Uruguay, how on earth can anyone get punished for that? The mob mentality on here is baffeling to say the least. The crux of the matter is did Suarez say the words with rascist intent? No. I certainly dont think so. The club and staff doesnt think so either.
 
[quote author=Hansern link=topic=47188.msg1427077#msg1427077 date=1321519252]
If negrito can be used as mate in Uruguay, how on earth can anyone get punished for that? The mob mentality on here is baffeling to say the least. The crux of the matter is did Suarez say the words with rascist intent? No. I certainly dont think so. The club and staff doesnt think so either.
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That's all well and good mate, but where's your pitchfork?

You're not...one of them... a racist, are you?
 
I'll ask again.

Has Suarez actually admitted using the word "Negrito" My view of it is that the Guardian just took the word "Negrito" as an example of a word that could be open to interpretation, and some people then run with the idea that Suarez admitted using that word.
 
[quote author=Jack D Rips link=topic=47188.msg1427085#msg1427085 date=1321520968]
I'll ask again.

Has Suarez actually admitted using the word "Negrito" My view of it is that the Guardian just took the word "Negrito" as an example of a word that could be open to interpretation, and some people then run with the idea that Suarez admitted using that word.
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It doesnt matter. Evra is a coward fuckhead, and that people let him and Fergie harras our player is unbefuckinglievable....
 
I still believe Suarez's name will be cleared, and when it does, we better go after Manure hard hard core for slander etc.

Hansern - I also don't get the almost 'need' to want to find Suarez guilty on this site. There is no information whatsoever that hints that he is.
 
If Suarez is found not guilty, I don't think Evra should be punished necessarily.

It'd have to be proven that he made it up, which is unlikely to happen.
 
[quote author=LeTallecWiz link=topic=47188.msg1427091#msg1427091 date=1321521343]
I still believe Suarez's name will be cleared, and when it does, we better go after Manure hard hard core for slander etc.

Hansern - I also don't get the almost 'need' to want to find Suarez guilty on this site. There is no information whatsoever that hints that he is.
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It wouldn't be for slander though would it, unless it can be proven that Evra made it up, which seems unlikely given that Suarez admits he said something.

Anyway, we will just have to see what happens. I am not going to condemn Suarez and nor can we say that Evra has made anything up.

I am interested in why he endured being called something offensive 10 times without ever telling the ref or his team mates about it during the match though.
 
[quote author=Insignificance link=topic=47188.msg1427087#msg1427087 date=1321521118]
[quote author=Jack D Rips link=topic=47188.msg1427085#msg1427085 date=1321520968]
I'll ask again.

Has Suarez actually admitted using the word "Negrito" My view of it is that the Guardian just took the word "Negrito" as an example of a word that could be open to interpretation, and some people then run with the idea that Suarez admitted using that word.
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It doesnt matter. Evra is a coward fuckhead, and that people let him and Fergie harras our player is unbefuckinglievable....
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I wish people would stop telling me it doesnt fucking matter.

Can anyone, ANYFUCKINGONE, on here tell me what exactly Suarez said the his interview in Uruguay. Whether it matters or not, I want to know and I cant find it myself.
 
[quote author=LeTallecWiz link=topic=47188.msg1427091#msg1427091 date=1321521343]
I still believe Suarez's name will be cleared, and when it does, we better go after Manure hard hard core for slander etc.

Hansern - I also don't get the almost 'need' to want to find Suarez guilty on this site. There is no information whatsoever that hints that he is.
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I think the belief is that if the FA are charging him after investigating for a month then they must have evidence .They're under a huge amount of pressure with these
race incidents .I think they'll feel they still have to charge him even if he used a supposedly 'innocent' term in spanish , like "negrito" .He may not get a huge ban or fine
for it but they'll want to be seen to be doing something . If that scenario is true of course.


Actually ...anybody any idea on if anything happened in Spain with the Fabregas / Kanoute supposed abuse ? All swept under the carpet like usually done there or was there even a story there in the 1st place ?
 
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