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So Much For Respect Says the FA…

So, the FA’s “Respect” campaign is a joke. I stated in a post after Luis Suarez of Liverpool refused to shake the hand of Patrice Evra of Manchester United that hopefully there would be a punishment for Suarez’s action. The FA in a statement said that the refusal to shake hands was not a disciplinary issue. What kind of issue is it? I am seriously confused.

Prior to the match the FA could have scrapped the “obligatory” handshake, but they refused to stating that doing so would negate the point of handshakes. Does anyone else find something seriously wrong with this?

The FA forces players to shake hands before the match to show ‘respect‘ to their opponents and then say that this Luis Suarez/Patrice Evra situation is basically the principal purpose for the pre-match handshake. So, Suarez who was found guilty of racial abuse, something which shows a lack of respect, on Saturday refuses to shake the hand of the man who he was found guilty of racially abusing thus disrespecting Evra yet again and the ‘respect’ campaign is not charged with anything by the FA because ‘it’s not a disciplinary issue’. What’s the purpose of this ‘respect’ campaign?

Why does the FA mandate the pre-match handshake? It’s obviously a complete joke.

Note: I had to write this about 15 times to drop the curse words which I initially had in the post.

“No, no, no,” say Liverpool, “you’ve got the wrong end of the stick” (themorningbabel.wordpress.com)
Suarez-Evra Saga: FA to Take No Action Against Either Club, but Should They? (bleacherreport.com)
Suárez misled us over Evra handshake, say angry Liverpool (guardian.co.uk)
Gordon Taylor calls for FA to step in following Luis Suárez snub (guardian.co.uk)

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Luis Suarez is a Disgrace to the game of Football…

Feb 11

Posted by Ubiquitousdark

Imaga via the Telegraph

The much-anticipated match between Liverpool and Manchester United happened earlier today. This was Luis Suarez’s first match against United since being found guilty of racially abusing Patrice Evra. Before the match the FA stated that the obligatory hand shakes would occur unlike what happened in the rematch between QPR and Chelsea after the John Terry incident. Kenny Dalglish, the Liverpool manager, said that Suarez would shake Evra’s hand before kickoff, So what happened?

Evra put his hand out and Suarez refused to shake it which lead to a very tense situation between the players on the pitch and the fans. In the end United won 2-1 with Rooney scoring two goals and unfortunately Suarez scoring for Liverpool. The result of the match was irrelevant to me, the actions by Suarez and Dalglish are what mattered most in this situation.

For someone who’s apparently an adult and claims to not have racially abuse Evra, Suarez should have shaken Evra’s hand just to end the ordeal. Instead he decided to not shake Evra’s hand, who is United’s captain with Vidic out. This is just unacceptable.

Image via The Sun

In addition, Liverpool’s manager, Dalglish (if I hear “King Kenny” again I will lose my mind, doesn’t attend the post-match conference and claims that he didn’t see Suarez refuse to shake Evra’s hand. Dalglish is full of it. He’s obviously in some type of denial. It’s one thing to support your player when he’s going through tough times and not playing well and even through his suspension, but it’s a completely different thing to not show up to your mandatory post match news conference and claim that you didn’t see what EVERYONE was looking at before the match started. What the hell was he looking at then?

Sir Alex Ferguson, United’s manager, in a statement said that Suarez is a disgrace to Liverpool Football Club, should never be allowed to play for them again and that Suarez’s actions could lead to a riot. Typically I am not a Sir Alex fan at all, but he has very good points here. Liverpool and United play in the early afternoon because of their respective fans and the fact they’ve been many large-scale fights between United and Liverpool supporters. Suarez is a not only a disgrace to Liverpool, but as this post title states, he’s a disgrace to the game of football. In terms of not allowed to play for Liverpool again, that’s not going to happen, so I won’t go on further.

Luis Suarez is a dirty player who’s has done multiple ridiculous things on the pitch. He’s a talented player, but come on! Here are two incidents which show Suarez, well being Suarez.

#1 Last week Suarez kicks Scott Parker of Tottenham in the ‘stomach region:’