2011/2012 English Premier League - Striper Talk Striped Bass Fishing, Surfcasting, Boating

mosholu · 02-09-2012, 05:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Clogston29

maybe that will be mourinho's window to get back to the EPL as rumored.

it would be interesting to see how differently the brits treat one of their own as coach than a foreigner (look at how differently suarez and terry were treated for a similar offense).

Well there are reasons why Suarez and Terry cases are being treated differently. In Terry's case the police were informed about the alleged conduct by a fan which prompted them to be involved in the investigation which has led to the current charges. Once the police were involved the FA decided to not conduct their own investigation concurrent with the police one. If Terry is convicted the FA will then suspend him.

The Brits have been very hostile to Brit coaches that have not had success. Look at Gordon Taylor and Bobby Robson both had a torrid time while in charge.

luds · 02-10-2012, 12:13 AM

numbskull · 02-11-2012, 04:28 PM

Quite the spectacle, Suarez/Evra. The game itself sorta sucked. Liverpool looked sloppy, ManU a bit dull. But the sideshow was worth the admission.

This will be fascinating to see what the FA does.

The more I read about it, the more I doubt they will act against Suarez. It seems refusing to shake hands is not unheard of in the EPL. Still, I suspect they are going to be very tempted to punish him again because this mocks them as much as it mocks Evra.

Chunkah · 02-11-2012, 06:46 PM

The FA is a friggin joke. The double standard shown by them regarding these two cases is ridiculious. Who knows if Suarez, when he called Evra a "negrito" meant it in a negative manner, but by his account, and many others familiar with Central American culture, he likely did not. Evra is a scumbag, he proved that at the last World Cup, and has cried wolf in this manner before; this time it just happened to stick. I wouldn't shake his hand either.

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Clogston29 · 02-13-2012, 09:08 AM

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Originally Posted by mosholu

Well there are reasons why Suarez and Terry cases are being treated differently. In Terry's case the police were informed about the alleged conduct by a fan which prompted them to be involved in the investigation which has led to the current charges. Once the police were involved the FA decided to not conduct their own investigation concurrent with the police one. If Terry is convicted the FA will then suspend him.

The Brits have been very hostile to Brit coaches that have not had success. Look at Gordon Taylor and Bobby Robson both had a torrid time while in charge.

"Once the police were involved the FA decided to not conduct their own investigation concurrent with the police one." - I guess that's the part I'm questioning. Would they make that same decision if it was not an England international? I doubt it, but its just my opinion. In either case, there seams to be alot more evidence against Terry than there was Suarez.

And i agree on the coach thing in the past, i just wonder if Harry might get a bit for slack. Maybe not.

I think Evra and Suarez are both pricks, but in the interest of moving on Suarez should have just gone ahead with the hand shake IMO. You have to shake hands with guys you hate sometimes, just a fact of life.

lots of boring games this weekend.

mosholu · 02-13-2012, 09:35 AM

The issue with the FA is that if they went ahead with their own hearing Terry's legal team would not let him participate because you can not risk having him say something that will come back to haunt him in the criminal case. In a way that leaves the FA with not much to do. That turns out to be a blessing for Chelsea as they get the player for the rest of the season as they fight for a CL spot where Liverpool lost its top striker for 8 games.

As an Arsenal supporter I thought this w/e went rather well as everyone around us dropped points. Will be interesting to see if the return of Gervinho means Walcott goes to the bench (hopefully). The Mertsacker injury is worrisome. All in all I think the schedule does not favor us getting a fourth place finish.