mopc
New member
Final match of first phase is over, Russia x Algeria in the holy city of Curitiba
-
Features
Brazil 2014--The FIFA World Cup Thread
- Thread starter MarkW
- Start date
MarkW
Senior Member
What's troubling to me, at this point, is the defensive response of the Uruguayan Football Association to Suarez's behavior; I'm also waiting to see if Adidas, which sponsors Suarez, ends up taking a tough line on his behavior (early signs are not promising).
I hear he's been offered the lead villain role in the next Sharknado movie (and ya, you know damn well there's going to be a next one).
bilby
Fair dinkum thinkum
- Joined
- Mar 6, 2007
- Messages
- 35,742
- Gender
- He/Him
- Basic Beliefs
- Strong Atheist
Just when you thought it was safe to go back on the football field...
Suareznado. At cinemas near you from Thursday. Rated 18.
EricK
Senior Member
Argentina must be glad Suarez has been banned - he is a Messi eater.
dystopian
Veteran Member
So if the Netherlands wins the world cup, Space Expedition Corporation (A Dutch private space company operating from Curacao and California) has promised to send the entire team into space. I kind of wish I was in the team now. Wonder if they'd send all the players who just warm the bench too.
Nah, they just go to the upper stratosphere and wait there while the top line players go into space. They can see space about twenty feet away, but they don't quite make it.
Getting to the upper stratosphere us pretty good, though.
http://fivethirtyeight.com/
They've also had Brazil as the favourites to win the cup since day one. I'm a little leery about that prediction but I guess Brazil is always a contender:
Odds of U.S. winning against teams in the knock-out phase:
laughing dog
Contributor
To be fair to FIFA, I think the only real deterrent would to ban Suarez from for life. You are right, the fine is ridiculous for someone who earns the sums Suarez does.
laughing dog
Contributor
I disagree. I think FIFA bites.
Sabine Grant
Member
Deschamps brought in his "non veterans" in a game against a team he knew (IMO) would not be a threat. Giving a break to his veteran players, not putting as much pressure on them as he normally would.
To add that against Nigeria on Monday, Deschamps is not going to leave out Evra, Valbuena and Cabaye. Nigeria has the advantage of having a speed attack strategy. They have formidable athletes (as most African teams) with the disadvantage of not benefiting of top notch coaching (they cannot afford it). IMO we are going to see Les Bleus coming back full strength against Nigeria.
I will be cheering for both teams.
Jimmy Higgins
Contributor
- Joined
- Jan 31, 2001
- Messages
- 45,986
- Basic Beliefs
- Calvinistic Atheist
Lets keep things in perspective.
He bit someone... errr... again.
There appears to be little evidence he won't do it again.
Though he has "only" bitten someone three times over a long period of time.
He has not hurt anyone.
He has not performed a tackle that broke a leg or ended a career.
The suspension is notable. He won't play in the World Cup anymore. That is a pretty big deal. He is suspended for the first 10 or so games for Liverpool in the EPL, and a number of Champions League matches.
Sabine Grant
Member
Though a different incident resulting in ending the career of a player, Zidane's headbutt against Materazzi got him a red card and a suspension from three games. He permanently retired from Les Bleus. It was a big blow for them. Zizou ranked as one of the best in the history of soccer.
Although, biting someone, with the potential to break their skin could potentially be extremely dangerous to the person on the receiving end. The thing is, if you're not deterring him from doing it again, then what is the point of the punishment? If he's probably going to do it again don't let him back on the field.
This should be applicable to anyone who poses a threat of assault to other players in any way.
Jimmy Higgins
Contributor
- Joined
- Jan 31, 2001
- Messages
- 45,986
- Basic Beliefs
- Calvinistic Atheist
He was closer to the end of his career at the time than Suarez, I believe.
It is really hard to gauge this. What Suarez is doing is ridiculous and should not happen, but I've seen some very very very very reckless tackles that resulted in far shorter suspensions.
This is a big deal. It harms Liverpool notably, unless Sturridge starts out like he did last season. Liverpool will most likely put Suarez on the transfer market. As awesome a player he is, he has yet to score a goal while on suspension.
Jimmy Higgins
Contributor
- Joined
- Jan 31, 2001
- Messages
- 45,986
- Basic Beliefs
- Calvinistic Atheist
One must wonder if there was communication between Fenway Sports Venture (owners of Liverpool) and FIFA.
Bacillus anthracis
Member
That's just not enough. They should have taken him up in a helicopter to 5,000 feet and pushed him out. Only then would justice be done.
Jimmy Higgins
Contributor
- Joined
- Jan 31, 2001
- Messages
- 45,986
- Basic Beliefs
- Calvinistic Atheist
That would probably be a bit extreme. The judgment seems in line with previous rulings. In 1974 FIFA gave a Columbian player a 20 game suspension for hacking off the leg of a Peruvian defender. A West German striker received a 15 game suspension in the 1960s for tripping a Bulgarian player into a vat of boiling oil. And of course, there was the notorious downing of an England plane by the Soviets in the the 1934 World Cup that led to the banning of USSR from the World Cup for one year.
Underseer
Contributor
Look on the bright side: the usual idiots on the Internet have new material for silly images.
