Author Topic: FA to probe racist remarks allegedly made by Suarez (Read 587975 times)

Gainsbarre · « **Reply #1400 on:** March 17, 2011, 12:39:15 AM »

Quote from: The Portuguese Kopite on March 17, 2011, 12:08:16 AM

"If you ask Smalling and Wes Brown, they'd love to play against SUAVEZ, he's not gonna bully them, he's not gonna really run behind them"

Has this guy even ever watched a match of football?!? Meireles at the wide LM...

What did you expect ? It's Paul Merson.... proven two-neuron hamster...

Armand9 · « **Reply #1401 on:** March 17, 2011, 12:55:47 AM »

Quote from: Raoul Duke on March 16, 2011, 11:27:48 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGb72t_JTIY

Prepare to laugh your head off.

for some reason it put me in mind of a two ronnies sketch, with the yokels talking over a 5-bar gate with barker donning the blue bobble hat and playing merson - then proceed to talk utter wank

Uruguayan36 · « **Reply #1402 on:** March 17, 2011, 02:06:28 AM »

Quote from: Carlito Roberto on March 16, 2011, 09:28:44 AM

Hi mate,

What do people is Uruguay think of Suarez's decision to come to Liverpool? Are they a little bit surprised, or do people still see Liverpool as a massive club despite our recent troubles?

Liverpool is a team of future but still has to invest and buy another player, one like Alexis Sanchez, to play with Carrol and Suarez.
People of Uruguay are proud that Suarez is playing for the reds.
Also we appreciate the welcoming given to luis by all of you.
But without investing a lot of money u can not be a match for Real Madrid, Barcelona or other teams in Europe.
Also u need to buy a left back and a central defender....in order to be what u have been years back.

PaLee · « **Reply #1403 on:** March 17, 2011, 08:15:18 AM »

Changing room chat: Muntari vs Suarez is no grudge match

SULLEY Muntari will happily shake hands with the man who shattered his World Cup dream when they come face to face on Wearside this Sunday.
The Sunderland midfielder and his Ghana team-mates looked to be heading into the semi-finals in South Africa last summer when, with the score at 1-1 in the final seconds of extra-time, Uruguay striker Luis Suarez handled on the line to deny Dominic Adiyiah a dramatic winner.

Suarez was dismissed and the Ghanaians were awarded a penalty but Asamoah Gyan fired against the crossbar from the spot and his side eventually bowed out of the competition after a heart-breaking penalty shoot-out.

Both Muntari and Gyan could meet their World Cup nemesis at the weekend when Liverpool's £22.8million January signing from Ajax, arrives at the Stadium of Light for a Barclays Premier League clash.

Asked if he would shake the striker's hand, Muntari said: "Yes, of course. Why not? If it was me on the post, that's what I am going to do.

"Definitely, I am going to shake his hand. It's part of football. Personally, I have no bad intention towards him, I haven't any grudge against him."

http://sport.scotsman.com/football/Changing-room-chat-Muntari-vs.6735391.jp

Uruguayan36 · « **Reply #1404 on:** March 17, 2011, 08:39:10 AM »

Be honest..Will you, a Liverpool fan, criticize Luis Suarez if during a game against Manchester and after 120 minutes he saves your team as he saved Uruguay?
What about if Gerrard saves England in te same situation?.
Will u burn Gerrard on the stakes or would u love him much more?

Buzz Killington · « **Reply #1405 on:** March 17, 2011, 08:44:46 AM »

Quote from: Uruguayan36 on March 17, 2011, 08:39:10 AM

Be honest..Will you, a Liverpool fan, criticize Luis Suarez if during a game against Manchester and after 120 minutes he saves your team as he saved Uruguay?
What about if Gerrard saves England in te same situation?.
Will u burn Gerrard on the stakes or would u love him much more?

No, I'd have done exactly the same, you can't blame him for it. If he does it against the Mancs, I'd love him even more!

stevedo · « **Reply #1406 on:** March 17, 2011, 08:52:27 AM »

Good honest professional answers from Muntari, well done that man.

Uhoh AureliOs · « **Reply #1407 on:** March 17, 2011, 09:38:10 AM »

Suavez

Merson, what a douche.

freedom · « **Reply #1408 on:** March 17, 2011, 09:58:43 AM »

http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2896/premier-league/2011/03/17/2397947/liverpool-striker-luis-suarez-reveals-he-expected-to-partner

Liverpool striker Luis Suarez reveals he expected to partner Fernando Torres when he joined but is excited by partnership with Andy Carroll

Luis Suarez has revealed for the first time that he expected to play alongside Fernando Torres when he signed for Liverpool in the January transfer window.

In an exclusive interview with Goal.com UK, Suarez said it was "a shame" that Torres joined Chelsea but insists he is not concerned about Liverpool losing more of their top players.

The Uruguayan striker, who signed from Ajax in a £22.8 million deal, also revealed his desire for Kenny Dalglish to remain as Liverpool manager beyond this season and spoke about his decision to move to Anfield despite interest from top clubs across Europe.

Torres joined Chelsea in a £50m deal on the final day of the winter transfer window, just two days after Suarez passed a medical to complete his move to Anfield – and the 24-year-old admits he did not expect the Spaniard to leave the club.

“Yes, it's true I expected to play with Fernando,” Suarez told Goal.com UK. “Fernando is a very good player. He's got great quality and it would have been nice to play with him.

“It's a shame that he's gone as he is an excellent player and has great qualities. But at the same time there are many other great players at Liverpool.
“When one top player goes, perhaps another great player comes in.”

Torres' departure allowed the Reds to complete a £35m swoop for Andy Carroll but speculation has increased over the future of goalkeeper Pepe Reina, who has suggested he may also seek a transfer.
Suarez believes it is inevitable that footballers may want to move on and is concentrating only on building a partnership with Carroll and improving under the guidance of Liverpool great Dalglish.

When asked whether he is worried about other players following Torres out of Anfield, Suarez replied: “This really is an issue for the club, not for me personally.

“Football is a game that changes on a daily basis so these things are going to happen. I just work hard to play for Liverpool.

"Carroll and Torres are very different players. Andy has had an injury and he's just starting to come back into the game. They have different qualities and ways of playing the game, so you can't really make comparisons.

"They have different styles - one might be better at one thing and the other better at something else. Andy is a big, strong player with many qualities and it will be exciting to play with him.

“Having a manager like Kenny Dalglish is really great for me. He is a person of great history and importance at the club. He's one of the best players the club has ever had and now he's correcting me and training me.

“I think it's really great for me to work with a legend such as Kenny and I have enjoyed it so far.”
When asked whether he wanted Dalglish to remain Liverpool manager, Suarez responded: “Yes, of course. I'm looking forward to working with him more in the future.”

"I feel much worse about the biting incident in Holland than I do about the World Cup handball"

Suarez has become an instant hero on the Kop after a highly impressive start to life on Merseyside and starred as he produced two assists in the 3-1 win over rivals Manchester United earlier this month.

Liverpool landed one of the hottest properties in Europe in Suarez, who had attracted interest from the likes of the Reds and Manchester United after scoring 49 goals in all competitions last season.

And the former Groningen and Nacional forward is satisfied he has made the right long-term decision for his career, despite the fact Liverpool sit sixth in the Premier League and may not even qualify for Europe next term.

He added: “I think you have to take hold of the opportunities in the moment and go with them. The opportunity to join Liverpool was there for me in January.

“I was aware of interest from other clubs but Liverpool trusted in me and they were the only ones who specifically asked Ajax to sign me.

“They wanted me a lot and that's why I decided to go with the decision in January. I didn't want to wait until the summer.”

Forgive me if this has already been posted!

gerrardsarmy · « **Reply #1409 on:** March 17, 2011, 10:36:36 AM »

Quote from: freedom on March 17, 2011, 09:58:43 AM

"I feel much worse about the biting incident in Holland than I do about the World Cup handball"

Bit random?

Discipline · « **Reply #1410 on:** March 17, 2011, 10:37:28 AM »

Quote

I just work hard to play for Liverpool.

freedom · « **Reply #1411 on:** March 17, 2011, 11:06:16 AM »

“When one top player goes, perhaps another great player comes in.”

koolkamal · « **Reply #1412 on:** March 17, 2011, 11:10:25 AM »

Quote from: freedom on March 17, 2011, 09:58:43 AM

Forgive me if this has already been posted!

Haha I was just about to post it.

Good interview - part of a 2 part interview.

kdorg · « **Reply #1413 on:** March 17, 2011, 12:35:39 PM »

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“Having a manager like Kenny Dalglish is really great for me. He is a person of great history and importance at the club. He's one of the best players the club has ever had and now he's correcting me and training me

well go figure.

Agger · « **Reply #1414 on:** March 17, 2011, 12:44:40 PM »

Quote from: gerrardsarmy on March 17, 2011, 10:36:36 AM

Bit random?

Haha came out of nowhere that

A bit defensive is he?

Roslagen · « **Reply #1415 on:** March 17, 2011, 02:05:50 PM »

Whisper it, but, I believe he could become to us a bit like what Ronaldo was to Mancs. Really reminds me of CR in his playing style and involvement in all offensive areas. Class player this.

SerbianScouser · « **Reply #1416 on:** March 17, 2011, 03:05:43 PM »

This time next year he will be the best player in the league ( and a millionaire! )

iamrobk · « **Reply #1417 on:** March 17, 2011, 03:46:00 PM »

Quote from: Roslagen on March 17, 2011, 02:05:50 PM

Whisper it, but, I believe he could become to us a bit like what Ronaldo was to Mancs. Really reminds me of CR in his playing style and involvement in all offensive areas. Class player this.

Yeah, his playing style definitely reminds me of Ronaldos. Fortunately he seems to have a much better attitude though.

reddd10 · « **Reply #1418 on:** March 17, 2011, 11:34:53 PM »

From his twitter:

' I am sad because we couldn't make it, but the team is strong enough to stand up and go ahead. '

I love him already.

Raoul Duke · « **Reply #1419 on:** March 17, 2011, 11:37:36 PM »

We're already fully dependent on him to win matches for us, I see.. He's joined the Gerrard Club.

Rohit · « **Reply #1420 on:** March 17, 2011, 11:42:25 PM »

Just wondering by what people mean they hope him and andy have a good partnership. Do you hope for us to play 442 because i certainly dont to be honest, it means theres one less midfielder to allow to create and control possession. Most teams that go 442 get out numbered in the midfield and overrun, it has happened to us many times this season when we have gone 442 and suarez isn't really a attacking midfielder so that he will drop in the midfield and and pause to our game and make up the numbers like gerrard. I hope we go with luis on the right of a 4-3-3 or 4-2-3-1 to be honest.

But yeah he has joined the gerrard club and become one of those players we look to win games for us.

MKelly34 · « **Reply #1421 on:** March 18, 2011, 12:11:02 AM »

Can't wait for Sunday just to see him playing and to see him giving us hope to win. Is Agger up to play against Sunderland?

Kals · « **Reply #1422 on:** March 18, 2011, 12:15:04 AM »

Barca will be after him soon enough. Just you watch. Give it a year.

iamrobk · « **Reply #1423 on:** March 18, 2011, 12:15:27 AM »

Quote from: Rohit on March 17, 2011, 11:42:25 PM

Just wondering by what people mean they hope him and andy have a good partnership. Do you hope for us to play 442 because i certainly dont to be honest, it means theres one less midfielder to allow to create and control possession. Most teams that go 442 get out numbered in the midfield and overrun, it has happened to us many times this season when we have gone 442 and suarez isn't really a attacking midfielder so that he will drop in the midfield and and pause to our game and make up the numbers like gerrard. I hope we go with luis on the right of a 4-3-3 or 4-2-3-1 to be honest.

But yeah he has joined the gerrard club and become one of those players we look to win games for us.

Yeah, I see us running a 4-3-3 or 4-2-3-1. I think that them forming a good partnership basically would result in the Suarez/Kuyt interplay we saw against Manchester United, except that imo Carroll is better than Kuyt so it could be taken to a whole new level.

rowan_d · « **Reply #1424 on:** March 18, 2011, 06:18:48 AM »

He's played 4 games, and its already clear to anyone that we desperately miss him when he's unavailable. Pathetic depth.

Calvinnn · « **Reply #1425 on:** March 18, 2011, 06:28:16 AM »

Can't wait to see him again on sunday. Really want to see what him and Carroll can do together too

new-red · « **Reply #1426 on:** March 18, 2011, 06:40:34 AM »

Quote from: rowan_d on March 18, 2011, 06:18:48 AM

He's played 4 games, and its already clear to anyone that we desperately miss him when he's unavailable. Pathetic depth.

yes, but we also were missing agger and gerrard. His loss is magnified even more in their absence. We did not send out the best liverpool side we can yesterday and we tried the wrong formation and it showed horribly.

Uruguayan36 · « **Reply #1427 on:** March 18, 2011, 09:44:27 AM »

Quote from: rowan_d on March 18, 2011, 06:18:48 AM

He's played 4 games, and its already clear to anyone that we desperately miss him when he's unavailable. Pathetic depth.

In my opinion Luis Suarez can help Liverpool to become a better team, but he will not be able to fix up all what is wrong in Liverpool.
Liverpool need another player upfront...somebody like Alexis Sanchez or Kun Aguero...otherwise everytime Luis is injured Liverpool will be in trouble.

BFM · « **Reply #1428 on:** March 18, 2011, 02:40:27 PM »

Quote from: Uruguayan36 on March 18, 2011, 09:44:27 AM

In my opinion Luis Suarez can help Liverpool to become a better team, but he will not be able to fix up all what is wrong in Liverpool.
Liverpool need another player upfront...somebody like Alexis Sanchez or Kun Aguero...otherwise everytime Luis is injured Liverpool will be in trouble.

Agreed. Let's sign Aguero and be done with it.

Lan Dees · « **Reply #1429 on:** March 18, 2011, 11:15:46 PM »

Quote from: BFM on March 18, 2011, 02:40:27 PM

Agreed. Let's sign Aguero and be done with it.

can't see us luring him to anfield

VamosLiverpool · « **Reply #1430 on:** March 18, 2011, 11:23:09 PM »

We're still a "two-man" team as last night showed.

JWAlonso · « **Reply #1431 on:** March 18, 2011, 11:27:55 PM »

Quote from: Raoul Duke on March 16, 2011, 11:27:48 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGb72t_JTIY

Prepare to laugh your head off.

How the fuck does Merson still have a job as being a pundit?

Buzz Killington · « **Reply #1432 on:** March 19, 2011, 12:08:19 AM »

Luis Suarez: "We can win 4-0 but I want to win by eight. I don't like to lose. I never accept defeat". LOVE HIM.

Rohit · « **Reply #1433 on:** March 19, 2011, 12:16:18 AM »

Quote from: Suso on March 19, 2011, 12:08:19 AM

Luis Suarez: "We can win 4-0 but I want to win by eight. I don't like to lose. I never accept defeat". LOVE HIM.

Wish the rest of our players had this attitude. For me he is one of those people that no matter how good he does it will always be as disappointment as he strives for more, a born winner.

Juan Loco · « **Reply #1434 on:** March 19, 2011, 12:17:01 AM »

Apparently his wife has moved to Liverpool with him?

She didn't move to Amsterdam though did she. Stayed in Barcelona I thought?

Arab Scouse · « **Reply #1435 on:** March 19, 2011, 12:17:23 AM »

we missed his creativity and style of play big time against Braga, he reminds me of Tevez

Azi · « **Reply #1436 on:** March 19, 2011, 12:48:29 AM »

The Matt Lawton interview: Luis Suarez - I want to be known for great goals not biting or that handball

Luis Suarez is describing the goal that secured his passage from South America to Europe. Dispensing briefly with the services of the interpreter, he re-enacts it instead, albeit while remaining seated in a small interview room at Liverpool's training ground.

With his arms out he sways one way and then the other, before drawing a curve through the air with his left hand. He continues to speak in super-fast Spanish but I get the drift. It seems he beat two players, nutmegging one of them, before lifting a glorious left-foot chip over the goalkeeper.

'It was the best game I ever had in Uruguay!' he then declares, pausing long enough for the interpreter to offer a quick translation. Suarez was 18 at the time and unaware that in the crowd that day, watching this young Nacional striker terrorising the defenders of Defensor, were some scouts from a Dutch club called Groningen.

'They were in Uruguay to see a different player from a different team,' he says. 'But they'd watched him on the Saturday and then chosen to watch our game on the Sunday. Afterwards they talked to me, and then told me they wanted to buy me. After one game.'

He did earn a penalty he then converted but he reflects on his wonder goal with more excitement.

'The way I beat those players that day I did exactly what I intended to do,' he says. 'Against Manchester United the other day it just sort of happened. It was not lucky but it was more instinctive. But against Defensor I knew what I was going to do.'

This, it seems, is the kind of thing Liverpool's new striker wants to be recognised for and not those more controversial moments in his career.

There was the handball on the line against Ghana during the 2010 World Cup that enraged an entire continent, not to mention the incident last November that prompted De Telegraaf to brand him 'the cannibal of Ajax'.

In fairness to the Dutch newspaper, Suarez did receive a seven-match ban for biting PSV Eindhoven's Otman Bakkal. Suarez can't really explain it and when you watch it again on the internet it is bizarre. Even Bakkal seems more bemused than anything else. 'It was a spur of the moment thing, and one of those things you regret afterwards,' says Suarez. 'I had never reacted that way before. It is not in my nature to react that way. I normally try to be tranquil on the pitch.'
Luis Suarez

Infamous: Uruguay's Luis Suarez, left, stops the ball with his hands during the World Cup quarter-final against Ghana

When Liverpool meet Sunderland at the Stadium of Light tomorrow, the incident during last summer's World Cup in South Africa will come back into focus.

Suarez might have prevented Dominic Adiyiah from scoring with the goal-line save that earned him a red card during Uruguay's quarter- final with Ghana - by then the only African team left in the competition - but it was Sunderland's Asamoah Gyan who missed the resulting penalty and Sunderland's John Mensah who then missed from 12 yards in the shoot-out that followed. Even Sulley Muntari, who opened the scoring, is now at Sunderland.

'I do regret what happened but if you asked 1,000 footballers I believe they would tell you they would have done exactly the same thing,' he says. 'We were fighting for a place in a World Cup semi-final and I had the chance to stop a goal. I didn't have time to think about it. I just did it.' But he then celebrated wildly when Gyan squandered the opportunity to secure Ghana's place in the last four.

'I've never seen the pictures but people have told me I did,' he says.

'I was caught up in the moment. As I said, it was a World Cup quarterfinal and I had never been in a situation like that before. I'm not even sure I realised I was celebrating.'

While he says he will shake Gyan's hand tomorrow he has no intention of mentioning the World Cup.

'For me he will just be another player and someone playing for Sunderland,' he says. 'It is not about us. It is a game between Sunderland and Liverpool and my focus will be on doing my best for my new team. I live for the present and the future. Not the past.'

His past is something he nevertheless remains proud of. Even when it comes to emerging from a family full of footballers. 'I wasn't even the best player in my house,' he says. 'I am one of six children and two of my brothers (Paolo and Max) are footballers too.

'And my father (Rodolfo) was a footballer. My parents separated when I was nine but my father was always around and he still follows me now. He is always sending me messages.'

He moved to Holland at 19, joining Groningen for around £750,000 and, after scoring 10 goals in 29 league appearances that season, was sold to Ajax for roughly 10 times that amount a year later.
Luis Suarez

At Ajax he was a revelation, but he says much of the success he enjoyed was down to the education he received from some brilliant teachers. There was Marco van Basten and Dennis Bergkamp, Frank de Boer and Henk ten Cate.

When Martin Jol arrived as manager, he responded to the sale of Thomas Vermaelen to Arsenal by making Suarez captain. Before joining Liverpool in January for £22.8million, the 24-year-old joined Van Basten, Bergkamp and Johan Cruyff in scoring more than 100 goals for Ajax. Eighty one of those came in just 110 Dutch league appearances. Some record.

'Even as a kid in Uruguay I knew I would one day have to play in Europe,' he says. 'And I saw Holland as a great school. I learned so much in my time in Holland and, because of the way they do things there, I don't think I would have learned as much somewhere else.

'I was a selfish player. But they taught me the importance of being part of a team. Van Basten taught me a lot about how to play as a forward; about shooting techniques and about things that worked for him. His movement, his technique.

'But from all of them I learned about remaining calm on the pitch; when in front of goal and also when being fouled. You have to try not to react; take a step back. I learned to control my attitude more.'

So why did Jol make him skipper?

'He said I had the qualities to become the captain,' he says. 'Even though I didn't speak every word of Dutch. He said I could transfer my mentality and my attitude to the team. I think it really helped with my development, to be captain. 'I always want more. I always want my team to perform to their best. We can win 4-0 but I want to win by eight. I don't like to lose. I never accept defeat.'

It is an attitude, when combined with his very obvious ability, that should make him popular at Anfield. He says he had no idea what the No 7 shirt represented when he requested it, but is now happy to carry that extra burden.

'I hadn't realised its history when I asked for the seven,' he says. 'I was asked what number and I chose it. But now I'm quite happy that I did, now I know about players like Kenny Dalglish and Kevin Keegan. I have seen some videos of Dalglish scoring for Liverpool. He was a great player.'
luis suarez boots

I suggest that, like Dalglish, he too could be great. 'No,' he says modestly. 'I wouldn't compare myself to him.'

But he is thrilled to be working with Dalglish, and to be living in England with his wife Sofia and baby daughter Delfina. Just as he is relishing the opportunity to build a formidable partnership with Andy Carroll. Even if he did expect to be alongside Fernando Torres when he agreed to join.

'At clubs like Liverpool great players come and go,' he says. 'When I signed I was just delighted to be joining such a big, important team. After I came Fernando went. But there are other big players at this club. Steven Gerrard, Pepe Reina. Some top, top players.

'Andy showed at Newcastle that he is a really good player and now I believe we can build a good partnership together. All the strikers are good here and I am happy to play with any of them. But I think the strengths Andy and I have will complement each other well.

'In other leagues in Europe defences play very tight. There is not much room for the strikers. But here, because of the pace of the game, you get space. It is more competitive. At Ajax, against some teams, you just knew you were going to win. Here the lower teams still beat the stronger teams. But for players like me it is more open, and I am enjoying it.'

He can certainly see himself scoring a few more spectacular goals.

Armand9 · « **Reply #1437 on:** March 19, 2011, 01:05:16 AM »

But he then celebrated wildly when Gyan squandered the opportunity to secure Ghana's place in the last four.

'I've never seen the pictures but people have told me I did,' he says.

I love his mentality, the guy is a winner, nothing else is acceptable. That's how every player should think, unfortunately I think that a fair number in our squad haven't got that kind of mentality. A few years back we would go down but never give up and win some of those games at the death or earlier by noteable come backs. This season we go behind and look like we're facing an impossible task. I can't even remember the last time we went a goal down in the league and came back to win.

When the inevitable clear out begins I want defeatists gone and quality players with winning mentalities in. I don't want to see heads down, I want to see heads pissed and up for the battle.

Angelius · « **Reply #1438 on:** March 19, 2011, 01:32:11 AM »

Uruguyan6 - just wait till the summer because I have a feeling that Suarez is going to have a decent amount of help in making Liverpool a force once again :-)

Uruguayan36 · « **Reply #1439 on:** March 19, 2011, 01:34:57 AM »

You should wait a bit longer and judge later on to judge if Luis Suarez is the player you think he is.
I don't mean disrespect toward him or any of you, but sometimes even a good player like him may no perform as well as you expect and that would bring some dissapointments to those who expect too much from him.
Lets see what happen this sunday first...