On the Eve of the new Season...

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I'm watching on my Monsoon Vulkano…

tiote definitely out, guthrie could be out too. ouch

Gary Speed RIP - only 42, and presiding over Wales best form in generations - terribly sad

Oh well.  I guess Ireland should just be happy to be there.

A is disgusting.
B is just brutal.

group a is what we all feared with the two weak hosts

godsshoeshine wrote:
called anton ferdnand a black cunt

no player or official heard it though, it was a fan that brought the complaint forth

the evra case is more interesting, the fa must have some evidence if they are charging suarez

Replace 'black' with 'English' 'Irish' 'Yank' etc. etc. and would it be 'racially abusive'?  Blacks need to stop this shit already. While I'm on my rant why is it a 'holiday tree' but not a 'holiday candle' for the menorah doo-hickey? I had to go into a middle school today and saw 'holiday candles' all over the place but not a single 'holiday tree' to be seen…..

BTW - Toon's fall from grace is perfect karma after stealing 2 points from us at OT. I wouldn't put that AR on a Sunday pub league game after that debacle. He wasn't even in position to make a call either way.

Okay, carry on….

Merry Christmas, Mankie.

Frank wrote:


I wouldn't put that AR on a Sunday pub league game after that debacle. He wasn't even in position to make a call either way.

Okay, carry on….

i agree the foul on taylor that lead to the manc goal was a horrible call

godsshoeshine wrote:
the evra case is more interesting, the fa must have some evidence if they are charging suarez

Understatement.  Suarez fined £40,000 and banned for 8 matches…

vansmack wrote:

godsshoeshine wrote:
the evra case is more interesting, the fa must have some evidence if they are charging suarez

Understatement.  Suarez fined £40,000 and banned for 8 matches…

Political bullshit with the Terry case. How can the FA find their national captain guilty of racism???
FA = Fucking Arseholes.

Does anybody know what Suarez said? I assume it started with N and ended with gger

i now love the festive season fixture madness

Frank wrote:
Does anybody know what Suarez said? I assume it started with N and ended with gger

They released the report (mind you, this is the English, translation.  In Spanish he said "negro"):

One of the key passages of the report centres on what was said between the two players during the flashpoint.

It reads: "Our findings of fact which are directly relevant to the Charge are as follows: (1) In response to Mr Evra's question 'F*****g hell, why did you kick me,' Mr Suarez said 'Because you are black'.

"(2) In response to Mr Evra's comment 'Say it to me again, I'm going to punch you,' Mr Suarez said 'I don't speak to blacks'.

"(3) In response to Mr Evra's comment: 'Okay, now I think I'm going to punch you,' Mr Suarez said 'Okay, blackie, blackie, blackie'."

Suarez originally denied the charge and said he "used the word 'negro' in a way with which he was familiar from his upbringing in Uruguay".

in case this interests anyone here: i tossed a football* with rafa marquez on a beach in mexico over the holidays.  he throws a decent spiral.  nice guy.

*an american football.  he didn't want to play soccer b/c of risk of injury.

godsshoeshine wrote:
götze is unreal. dortmund play breathtaking football and he's their crown jewel. kind of surprised they are only asking £20m. twice as good as henderson even with the english up charge

Out two months with a stress fracture on the pubic bone.

Ouch.

I know its hard for people to understand other cultures but in Latin America  people use the word "negro" in a totally different way..For example I have a friend who calls me "negro" as a term of affection..I don't really care for it cause i'm so americanized I have trouble with it… now if you say "Negro de mierda" thats different..


I'm not defending Suarez just saying in Uruguay/Argentina I can vouch for fact that white people use the word "negro" all the time even when speaking of white people and its not necessarily done in a pejorative way.. there just isn't that history of deep racism down there so it doesn't have the same weight/impact….

You can search this thread for a similar defense/conversation I had with boardie barcelona about the way Spaniards handled a similar situation in the UCL a couple years back (I believe it centered around gorilla noises every time a player from Africa touched the ball).  We agreed to disagree and moved on.

vansmack wrote:
You can search this thread for a similar defense/conversation I had with boardie barcelona about the way Spaniards handled a similar situation in the UCL a couple years back (I believe it centered around gorilla noises every time a player from Africa touched the ball).  We agreed to disagree and moved on.

hmm… gorilla noises? that seems like a different league…


well it ain't nothing to me anyways.. i'm sure suarez got his just deserts

apparently the toon had no business winning today. i say apparently because espn doesn't want me to watch programming they paid millions of dollars for

in any case, 5th in february. take that all day