Re: Suarez Bites No More (we can but hope)

by Onyx Sun Aug 03, 2014 7:36 pm

Would rather see him play in the Clasico imo. Pepe vs Suarez. :bow:

by Great Leader Sprucenuce Sun Aug 03, 2014 7:42 pm

I think allowing him to train is a possibility. Doubt you'll see a complete reduced ban though, still reckon that stays as is.

by Hapless_Hans Sun Aug 03, 2014 7:45 pm

allowing him to train is a MUST imo, can't imagine forbidding him to train is tenable with employment laws etc.
It was a ridiculous sentence anyway, so it's good this is dealt with by CAS

by Onyx Fri Aug 08, 2014 9:13 am

Luis Suarez has arrived at a Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas) hearing that will determine whether the Uruguay striker will have to serve a four-month ban for biting an opponent.

The former Liverpool player brushed aside photographers and refused to comment as he arrived by taxi at Cas' headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland.

The 27-year-old's legal team are confident the ban will be halved.
If successful, Suarez would be available to play from August 25.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/28695526

by MJ Fri Aug 08, 2014 10:51 am

Not at all surprised. Not one bit.

by Great Leader Sprucenuce Fri Aug 08, 2014 10:55 am

Think it will get rejected, there's some parts of the ban which realistically could get overturned.

But I don't believe the 4 month ban is one of them.

by futbol Fri Aug 08, 2014 10:57 am

MJ wrote:Not at all surprised. Not one bit.

by LeSwagg James Sat Aug 09, 2014 3:04 am

Would be an absolute disgrace if it gets reduced...

by Collblanc Sat Aug 09, 2014 2:13 pm

madrid fans plz :bow:

to uefalona

by BarrileteCosmico Sat Aug 09, 2014 3:49 pm

Frankly the ban is excessive. It should have been just a ban from international football, what you do at an int level should not affect club competitions. I think there are legal grounds to reduce the "all football related" ban.

by Hapless_Hans Sat Aug 09, 2014 4:15 pm

Agree.

by Great Leader Sprucenuce Sat Aug 09, 2014 4:19 pm

No it's not excessive at all, it's the 3rd time he has bitten an opponent.

The only part of it that maybe excessive is the fact he's not allowed to train.

The ban itself is extremely fair.

by Hapless_Hans Sat Aug 09, 2014 4:28 pm

he hasn't bitten an opponent in an international game before though.

by Great Leader Sprucenuce Sat Aug 09, 2014 4:31 pm

Don't see how it's relevant at all.

by FalcaoPunch Sat Aug 09, 2014 4:34 pm

The ban isn't excessive and it's what he deserves.
Barcelona knew what they were getting into buying a player who was already banned.

by Tomwin Lannister Sat Aug 09, 2014 4:40 pm

Doesn't matter what competition you're biting people in, you're *bleep* biting people in competitions in the first place.

"Oh he murdered that guy in New York but he's never done that in Florida so let's give him a pass and leave him to it lads"

by Hapless_Hans Sat Aug 09, 2014 5:21 pm

yeah, but if you get a red for breaking a guys nose with an elbow, or leg with a tackle, in the league, a couple of years later if you do it at the WC you won't get a 4 month ban from everything because "you did it before".

It's just because biting is more memorable than other forms of fouling that peple even remember lol.

by MJ Sat Aug 09, 2014 6:15 pm

It's more plausible that someone could get a nasty elbow or tackle in a game by accident, even if it (a case so bad that it would warrant suspension) was intentional.

There's no conceivable way to accidentally bite someone on the pitch. It's just an action so far removed from the game that when you see it happen three times in four years...

by FalcaoPunch Sat Aug 09, 2014 8:36 pm

Hapless_Hans wrote:yeah, but if you get a red for breaking a guys nose with an elbow, or leg with a tackle, in the league, a couple of years later if you do it at the WC you won't get a 4 month ban from everything because "you did it before".

It's just because biting is more memorable than other forms of fouling that peple even remember lol.

But fouling/tackling is a part of the game. Although the we have seen cases with deliberate intentions to hurt another player. It's a contact sport and it's a given and there are rules against things like that.

Biting players has nothing to do with the sport nor should it ever be an issue. This guy has done it 3 times.

by Donuts Sat Aug 09, 2014 9:20 pm

Pepe has been caught stomping on Messi's hand, this would be his what third offense of intentionally trying to hurt a player? where was his 4 month ban no practice.
there are many incidents of crazy players doing somewhat of the same thing, of course biting is the weirdest one of them all but would it be fair to give some punishment for being weird? whereas the other incidents were just as bad, or possibly worse.

by Onyx Wed Aug 13, 2014 10:57 am

Suarez will learn the result of his appeal on Thursday.

CAS said in a statement: “The Court of Arbitration for Sport will announce its decision in the matter Luis Suárez, FC Barcelona and the Uruguayan FA on Thursday 14 August 2014, at around 3pm (2pm BST).

“At the request of the appellants and with the agreement of Fifa, the CAS has conducted an expedited arbitration procedure. As a consequence, the CAS Panel has accepted to render its decision within a short period of time but with grounds to follow later.”

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/aug/13/luis-suarez-biting-appeal-announced-thursday

by Onyx Thu Aug 14, 2014 2:02 pm

Early reports say the appeal was rejected, however he can still train.

by Onyx Thu Aug 14, 2014 2:31 pm

Full statement:

Spoiler:

by dostoevsky Thu Aug 14, 2014 2:33 pm

Sensible decision, the ban from training was indeed excessive.

by Great Leader Sprucenuce Thu Aug 14, 2014 2:35 pm

Great Leader Sprucenuce wrote:I think allowing him to train is a possibility. Doubt you'll see a complete reduced ban though, still reckon that stays as is.

Clairevoyant Mole Proud

by Onyx Thu Aug 14, 2014 2:38 pm

Suarez can apparently play in friendlies for both Barca and Uruguay.

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