Evra accuses Suarez of racist remarks | Suarez guilty of racial abuse

Gus Poyet is back

13.45: Quote Gus Poyet, the Uruguayan manager at Brighton & Hove Albion, has come out in support of his compatriot desrcribing Suarez's ban as "incredible" before saying he will back the striker "to the death".

Talking to Ultimas Noticias, a Uruguayan newspaper, poyet said: "The ban is incredible, shocking, it's disproportionate. I back Luis to death.

"Things have happened before with Evra. He is not a saint. He is a controversial player.

"I don't know in which world we are going to live in from now on people. People will accuse each other of anything.

"Suarez just arrived [in the Premier League] and there are things that he has to learn when you are in another country because they might be normal in your country but perhaps they are not considered that way in other parts of the world.

"I have tried to explain that we live with coloured people in Uruguay. We share different experiences with them. We play football, we share parties. We are born, we grow up and we die with them. We call them 'blacks' in a natural way, even in an affectionate way. That is the way we were brought up. We are integrated and there are no problems from either side.

"I've explained how the Uruguay people and the South Americans experience these situations with coloured people. I've been many years in England and I understand them. I know how to deal with it, but Luis has only recently arrived here."

Liverpool's Luis Suarez guilty of racially abusing Patrice Evra: live - Telegraph

They just can't fecking get it can they, their tiny fecking brains cant see it from Patrice Evra's point of view, and the fact is, they will never will get it because they'll never be in that position.
 
To be honest, I'm interested to see how we'll play now Suarez is out. Firstly, we obviously now have the "world is against us" mentality which always helps and Dalglish can manipulate.

Secondly, gives a chance for Carroll to settle in. I still think he's going to be very good along with Henderson in the future - maybe not price tag class but just what a Dalglish team needs.

Unlike Lucas, Suarez isn't out for the season so when he does eventually come back we'll hopefully be a good squad/team unit by then. Thus less pressures on his shoulders to keep hitting the woodwork.

You say "obviously" but it still puzzles me why you feel you have/deserve this?

How has Suarez become the victim in all this?????
 
Another way that Liverpool have shot themselves in the foot is that they pretty much have to appeal regardless of the evidence that is presented to them by the commission.

The aggressive statement they made means, even if the evidence is compelling, they'll look like an even bigger bunch of idiots if they go "fair cop, we'll take the ban, cheers". They are going to have to appeal regardless.

What this does is take away the freedom that they would have had, if they had played it just a little bit cool, in picking the games that Suarez would miss.

So, if the commission present evidence which is clear and compelling, Liverpool would probably say "fair enough" and Suarez would miss:

Wednesday, 21 December 2011: Wigan
Monday, 26 December 2011: Blackburn
Friday, 30 December 2011: Newcastle
Tuesday, 3 January 2012: Man City
Saturday, 14 January 2012: Stoke
Saturday, 21 January 2012: Bolton
Tuesday, 31 January 2012: Wolverhampton
Monday, 6 February 2012: Tottenham

Whereas, they will no doubt take their 14 day appeal period, meaning he'll miss:

Saturday, 14 January 2012: Stoke
Saturday, 21 January 2012: Bolton
Tuesday, 31 January 2012: Wolverhampton
Monday, 6 February 2012: Tottenham
Saturday, 11 February 2012: Man Utd
Saturday, 25 February 2012: Everton
Saturday, 3 March 2012: Arsenal
Saturday, 10 March 2012: Sunderland

Yeah, they'll get to keep him for their trip to City. A fixture which they would probably lose regardless. However, they'll lose him for United, Everton and Arsenal - three games which they would probably fancy their chances in but would be devastated to lose.

The ban is suspended until the appeal process is done. If they do appeal after 14 days (they will) then he will be cleared to play until the appeal has been heard and sorted. Depending on how long the appeal process takes he could still be ok to play against Stoke and even maybe Bolton.
 
To be honest, I'm interested to see how we'll play now Suarez is out. Firstly, we obviously now have the "world is against us" mentality which always helps and Dalglish can manipulate.

Secondly, gives a chance for Carroll to settle in. I still think he's going to be very good along with Henderson in the future - maybe not price tag class but just what a Dalglish team needs.

Will you be happy with kick and rush though? That's how you'll have to play with Carroll.
 
Poyet looks like a royal cnut again.

'Things have happened before with Evra, he is a controversial player'

Erm no, he reported Suarez for saying a word to him that Suarez has admitted saying. And this is the first time Evra has done so, he doesnt have previous you utter knob. He should be acknowledged for helping to kick racism out of football.
 
You say "obviously" but it still puzzles me why you feel you have/deserve this?

How has Suarez become the victim in all this?????

I think your not following along here mate!

Try saying "And then they will fight for the title and and end up winning it."
 
Even if he's avalible for the game against us, I hope he's not playing. It could get very ugly and our fans won't make it easy for him and then it's Evra vs Suarez again. But hope he's suspended for more games if appeal, he deserves to be.
 
Suarez suspension is still ridiculous. He should have been banned for the rest of the season.
 
I love this idea that there's no racial antagonism in Uruguay, as if people aren't called 'black' in a racist and derogatory way.

Does Poyet not understand that words have more than 1 meaning? Negro means black, it is used to describe people with dark skin of many cultures, it can mean 'pal' just like n***** can mean 'pal' when you're identifying yourself as a member of this group to another in the group, it's banter akin to calling your friend a son of a bitch.

That doesn't mean you should swear at a cop and expect him to be pleased, nor does it mean you can go up to a stranger and banter with him or her about this 'race' they or you both belong to.
 
What would you call a society or group that defends a racist?
 
Liverpool's stance is shocking. No point going back over the points made to death by others in this thread though.

As for their whole defence that negro/negrito is an inoffensive term, John Terry has just been charged and faces criminal conviction, also for using an apparently non-offensive word: "black".

Context is clearly lost on a lot of people.
 
Even if he's avalible for the game against us, I hope he's not playing. It could get very ugly and our fans won't make it easy for him and then it's Evra vs Suarez again. But hope he's suspended for more games if appeal, he deserves to be.

Pft, you know Dalglish will put him out there if he can, otherwise it would look like admitting guilt.

Nor do I think we or Evra should be punished in a football sense by leaving Evra out of the Liverpool game. If his simply playing means things will kick off, then the game needs to be played without away supporters or something else.
 
What would you call a society or group that defends a racist?

Apologists. Made even worse because they aren't doing it out of any sense of loyalty to the man himself, but because he is the best player in the football team they support.
 
Liverpool's stance is shocking. No point going back over the points made to death by others in this thread though.

As for their whole defence that negro/negrito is an inoffensive term, John Terry has just been charged and faces criminal conviction, also for using an apparently non-offensive word: "black".

Context is clearly lost on a lot of people.

It makes you think none of them ever had a real friend who wasn't a white Englishman. What if it was your friend who had been abused, would all this rhetoric seem appropriate then? How would you feel if people starting making up things about how he falsely accused people of using racist language before and couldn't be trusted?
 
Uruguay's Captain has his say:

"I can't believe this. It is a huge mistake that is being made. It is obvious that England has a problem with racism that they're trying to eradicate there, and that is fine, but this sentence has no solid grounds. Luis is a victim. I don't understand how a player like Evra can do this. He's breaking all the codes of football. We all know the kind of person Luis is, the values he has. We are very hurt. When a teammate of ours is suffering, we are all suffering. Now, all there is is supporting him and being with him", he said.

Source:
Diego Lugano :: Sitio Oficial | FansClick.com
 
Uruguay's Captain has his say:

"I can't believe this. It is a huge mistake that is being made. It is obvious that England has a problem with racism that they're trying to eradicate there, and that is fine, but this sentence has no solid grounds. Luis is a victim. I don't understand how a player like Evra can do this. He's breaking all the codes of football. We all know the kind of person Luis is, the values he has. We are very hurt. When a teammate of ours is suffering, we are all suffering. Now, all there is is supporting him and being with him", he said.

Source:
Diego Lugano :: Sitio Oficial | FansClick.com

What!?! :(:wenger::mad:
 
Uruguay's Captain has his say:

"I can't believe this. It is a huge mistake that is being made. It is obvious that England has a problem with racism that they're trying to eradicate there, and that is fine, but this sentence has no solid grounds. Luis is a victim. I don't understand how a player like Evra can do this. He's breaking all the codes of football. We all know the kind of person Luis is, the values he has. We are very hurt. When a teammate of ours is suffering, we are all suffering. Now, all there is is supporting him and being with him", he said.

Source:
Diego Lugano :: Sitio Oficial | FansClick.com

Another idiot making a judgement without hearing the evidence.
 
Will you be happy with kick and rush though? That's how you'll have to play with Carroll.

Reminds me of this:

Agger shrugs, he rolls the ball back to Carragher. Carragher rolls the ball around lazily, teasing, mocking the opposition. He switches it to Reina. Reina knocks it back to Carragher. Carragher looks up, he sees it! "RELEASE THE KRAKEN!" I cry. The crowd stir, they stare blankly up towards the sky in anticipation. HOOF!

"GOL! GOL! GOL! GOL! GOL!" the commentators cry as the ball bounces off Carroll's head and into an empty net. Beautiful play, the Liverpool way.

Us and them. The beautiful game.
 
It's not such a big thing in Uruguay.

Yeah, they just shrug their shoulders & say that Evra is an uppity black Frenchman, so he's obviously a liar.
 
We are laughing at the scousers about this and rightly so....but my concern is supporters on both sides getting physically hurt. Relations between our respective supporters have never been good at best. This will just drive that over the edge.

I hope clearer heads prevail over there and eventually they make a statement accepting the FA's charge and move on.

As for Suarez, I do believe his playing days in Britain and Europe are numbered.

I think he will eventually go back to South America.

But he can clean up his legacy by at least accepting the findings and making amends.
Evra will I am sure will help. He has made his point and will want to move on too.
 
I was expecting a 4-5 match ban and could see 4 matches after an appeal with 4 suspended. It does set an interesting precedent for the Terry verdict if he is found guilty as he has does not even have the excuse of cultural ignorance.

Out of curiosity, do companies in the UK have training that covers discrimination and sexual harassment? It seems Liverpool FC and possibly other clubs (Chelsea comes to mind) should be instituting such training if they aren't already doing so? It might help players who are from other cultures to be aware of what constitutes sexual and racial harassment in the UK.
 
uruguay's captain has his say:

"i can't believe this. It is a huge mistake that is being made. It is obvious that england has a problem with racism that they're trying to eradicate there, and that is fine, but this sentence has no solid grounds. luis is a victim. I don't understand how a player like evra can do this. He's breaking all the codes of football. we all know the kind of person luis is, the values he has. We are very hurt. When a teammate of ours is suffering, we are all suffering. Now, all there is is supporting him and being with him", he said.

Source:
diego lugano :: Sitio oficial | fansclick.com

"kenny buy this lad la!"
 
As for Suarez, I do believe his playing days in Britain and Europe are numbered.

I think he will eventually go back to South America.

It is possible, although still unlikely just now that it could threaten his Liverpool career. However I'd be really surprised if he was to move back home rather than move to one of many top European clubs who would still want him.