[The Arseache Kid]

Furthermore where the fuck are Piara Powar and Clarke Carlisle et al with their indignation?

[Joel]

Originally Posted by The Arseache Kid

Furthermore where the fuck are Piara Powar and Clarke Carlisle et al with their indignation?

They were raging when the courts couldn't deem Terry guilty.

Why do Liverpool always have to make it about them?

[united_07]

good section of an article from Daniel Taylor of the guardian

Terry, naturally, will cling to his warped belief that he is the victim, not Anton Ferdinand, and we have already witnessed from the Suárez case how inside the football bubble there will be a stampede of people reassuring him that they believe every word and it is all a witch hunt – for no other reason, very often, than because they happen to follow his football team.

Yet the truth, unmistakably, is that Terry has been fortunate. The FA's commission had the chance to impose the kind of sanction that does justice to the idea that racism is, to use Terry's own words earlier this summer, as deplorable as it gets and that football won't tolerate it. It went for leniency instead.

That is not the way Terry will see it, of course, when the FA's investigators have not been deterred by the verdict from Westminster magistrates court in July and, true, the damage will be considerable in other ways, in terms of his standing, the way he is judged and what it means for him over the rest of his career.

Men of supreme arrogance have a tendency never to admit wrongdoing but, from here, it does not matter how many people his lawyers produce to talk about what a nice guy he really is and how, again, it is all one big misunderstanding.

His reputation has suffered potentially irreparable damage with this judgment. Chelsea's captain used to be nicknamed "Teflon Terry" because of the way nothing ever stuck and every accusation of potentially dodgy behaviour – allegedly charging £10,000 for a training-ground tour, the apparent touting of his executive box at Wembley, and all the rest – was explained away as crossed wires or some innocent mistake. No more. The stigma of racism is attached to Terry like a tick on the side of a dog.

also another interesting bit

What Terry's sympathisers have never explained is why, inside football, it was known well before the trial began that Didier Drogba, Nicolas Anelka, Mikel John Obi and Chelsea's Kick It Out ambassador, Florent Malouda, were not among those from Stamford Bridge who had signed statements supporting their colleague.

[JOAL.com]

yes but choco ice signed it

[The Arseache Kid]

Originally Posted by Joel

They were raging when the courts couldn't deem Terry guilty.

Why do Liverpool always have to make it about them?

Do you have a link to this as I have seen nothing except excuses being prepared for Terry from Powar?

[Hank Scorpio]

Goal.com ‏@goal_intl
Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers is hoping Daniel Agger & Fabio Borini will return this weekend against Norwich

I'm actually shocked to hear that about Agger. Looked way worse than I guess it turned out be.

[The Arseache Kid]

I can't see either of them playing.

[5th-Horseman]

Originally Posted by kingfunkel

I would of gave Terry an extended suspension just to say "Suarez was a warning, that we are sorting it out" every time someone racially abuses someone just keep extending it.

Suarez - 8
Terry - 12
*Next guy* - 16
*Next guy* - 20
Etc.

Just to send a message that the FA are taking it serious. A 4 match ban and £220,000(?) is not enough. Especially to a footballer. Just my opinion though

Great idea. Whilst we are are at it lets give the next guy who gets a straight red a 6 match ban to send a message.

United 07, I will reiterate the point Redead made. You are convieniently missing out the pretty obvious factor that Cole went into a court of law and corroberated Terry's version of things.


:Edit

Daniel Taylor, whom the first quote was from seems like a fair and balanced source (despite the fact he is apparently a Newcastle fan)...

Daniel Taylor is chief football writer for the Guardian and Observer. He was previously the Guardian's man in Manchester He has written books on Manchester United and Nottingham Forest

[JOAL.com]

this whole nfl referee controversy has made me wonder

handball goals, dives, goals that arent counted, goals that are counted, offsides given, offsides not given, why is it one fucked up call in the NFL sent shockwaves across the USA, but in football shits gets fucked up in huge games on a weekly basis, but we never bat an eye?

[Kiz]

because it's part of the game and has been ever since it started. handegg has technology in place to assist the refs (i think), football doesn't.