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[michaeljb]

sure looked like a bite

I agree.  I'd like to see the angle from the front if they have it though.

Not from the front of the play, but maybe this will do.

[Ozle]

Greatexpectations, you reading this thread?

"until recently he was a dirty player"
I would argue he is still a dirty player, he just hasnt done anything for the last three months as bad as this.

if he hasn't done it for 20 matches then does he still deserve the reputation? what has he done this season that is at all questionable? he has even been on the receiving end of challenges (looking at you mirallas) that could have been red cards and he did not retaliate in any way. he got blasted by rodgers and the ownership this summer (and deservedly so) and has been a different player since then.

Hows the new changed Suarez doing these days?
Once a scumbag....always a scumbag

[DG]

Suarez even faked a dive to make it look like a clash of heads.

[greatexpectations]

Greatexpectations, you reading this thread?

"until recently he was a dirty player"
I would argue he is still a dirty player, he just hasnt done anything for the last three months as bad as this.

if he hasn't done it for 20 matches then does he still deserve the reputation? what has he done this season that is at all questionable? he has even been on the receiving end of challenges (looking at you mirallas) that could have been red cards and he did not retaliate in any way. he got blasted by rodgers and the ownership this summer (and deservedly so) and has been a different player since then.

Hows the new changed Suarez doing these days?
Once a scumbag....always a scumbag

of course i am reading this thread! obviously what he did was disgraceful, but he was inarguably well behaved all season at liverpool. it sure looked like he had turned a corner but hey i guess i was wrong.

[Ozle]

Also on my scumbag list....

Yaya Toure, for using the death of his brother as another poor attempt to have a pop at man city.
Losing a family member is terribly terribly hard, but it shows a massive amount of disrespect to use that grief to have a vague unsubstantiated go at getting your way out of your contract.

[2.71828.....]

What a great goal for Japan to close out the half.  I would love to see them win this game and advance with Greece winning their game (I am assuming Japan would advance on goal differential.)

[ashersky]

What a great goal for Japan to close out the half.  I would love to see them win this game and advance with Greece winning their game (I am assuming Japan would advance on goal differential.)

This is my hope as well.  Japan looked good mostly the first 30 minutes (all I could watch before work).  The penalty was unfortunate.

[2.71828.....]

What a great goal for Japan to close out the half.  I would love to see them win this game and advance with Greece winning their game (I am assuming Japan would advance on goal differential.)

This is my hope as well.  Japan looked good mostly the first 30 minutes (all I could watch before work).  The penalty was unfortunate.

Well, I doubt Japan will score two more.  You can't really be that disappointed though.  Colombia was the best team in this [pretty weak] group

[MarkowKette]

Greece did it! *claps hands*

[Ozle]

Har! Just won a bet I had all but written off last week that either Netherlands or Ivory Coast wouldn't make it through.

Keeping it close to win though!

[theory]

Costa Rica vs Greece, there's a knockout round fixture you didn't expect to see

[2.71828.....]

Just wondering, does anyone else watch the Men in Blazers commentary?  I find it hilarious.

[Ozle]

Hopefully the Greeks will keep playing the nice football if they go far. That euro 2000 tournament they won was the most dreary thing imaginable!

Ok, and now I can support Costa Rica!

[navical]

Random fact: with Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Uruguay in one quarter of the draw, we're guaranteed a South American semi-finalist already. (Where they will likely meet the winner of France v Germany!)

[Twistedarcher]

Ridiculous

[yuma]

I for one refuse to watch any match that Uruguay is in as long as Suarez is playing. I am boycotting him and encourage everyone else to do so. Should be banned Pete Rose style.

ash is he still your hero?

[Joseph2302]

Hopefully the Greeks will keep playing the nice football if they go far. That euro 2000 tournament they won was the most dreary thing imaginable!

It was Euro 2004 actually....

[ashersky]

I for one refuse to watch any match that Uruguay is in as long as Suarez is playing. I am boycotting him and encourage everyone else to do so. Should be banned Pete Rose style.

ash is he still your hero?

Pete Rose is my favorite player, although I doubt I'd call him a hero.

If you meant Suarez, he will forever be a hero for that amazing play in the World Cup against Ghana.  As for his behavior in the EPL, or if he bit some dude in a game today (I didn't see the game), obviously I'm not defending any of that.  But he is a brilliant player of soccer, and his selfless act of heroism to keep his nation's team alive in the World Cup deserves all the accolades possible.

[Teproc]

We're calling his hand against Ghana a "selfless act of heroism" ? That's bonkers. That's like saying Henry is a hero for his hand against Ireland.

Ok, not exactly the same (because Henry was not caught), but still. I'm not saying what Suarez did against Ghana was horrible (it's a very understandable reflex), but it's not something to be glorified either.

[ashersky]

We're calling his hand against Ghana a "selfless act of heroism" ? That's bonkers. That's like saying Henry is a hero for his hand against Ireland.

Ok, not exactly the same (because Henry was not caught), but still. I'm not saying what Suarez did against Ghana was horrible (it's a very understandable reflex), but it's not something to be glorified either.

If it was France and Henry saved a goal and kept your team in the Cup, you would be against it?

I dream of my country's players being so awesome and keeping the team alive.  Anyone who says they prefer to lose is lying.

[ipofanes]

Hrm. I would rather have seen the penalty shootout of 1982 to be won by France in exchange for Schumacher not having charged on Battiston.

[ashersky]

Hrm. I would rather have seen the penalty shootout of 1982 to be won by France in exchange for Schumacher not having charged on Battiston.

I haven't seen that game.  Was there a reason the keeper charged?  It wasn't a foul, either, right?  Did it impact the game at all (in the way Suarez saved a goal)?

All I know is, if a Michael Bradley handball is the only thing between the USA winning the World Cup or losing the World Cup, he damn well better put his hand up.  A red card is absolutely worth the chance to see your country hoist the Cup as champions.

If he just stood there and watched it go by...how do you live with yourself?  Knowing you could have changed history but chose not to.  I just don't understand that way of thinking.

[DG]

I haven't seen that game.  Was there a reason the keeper charged?  It wasn't a foul, either, right?  Did it impact the game at all (in the way Suarez saved a goal)?

That's exactly the problem. The French guy came as close to death as you'd ever want anyone to be on a football pitch. Nobody should ever suffer that, no matter how "important" the game is.

[ashersky]

I haven't seen that game.  Was there a reason the keeper charged?  It wasn't a foul, either, right?  Did it impact the game at all (in the way Suarez saved a goal)?

That's exactly the problem. The French guy came as close to death as you'd ever want anyone to be on a football pitch. Nobody should ever suffer that, no matter how "important" the game is.

I can agree there.

But a handball in the box is not the same as physically injuring someone.

I'm not defending the biting or his personality.  I just think his quick thinking/instinct in 2010 against Ghana was phenomenal.

[Davio]

There's a difference between doing something to save your team and getting punished accordingly (a foul) and doing something really nasty and getting away with it.

Unfortunately, Suarez does both.