On July 11 2014 23:01 wingpawn wrote: A serious question guys: isn't banning Suarez not only from matches, but also from training with his club and attending games as a spectator a breach of Spanish law and human rights? I mean, okay, games are organized by FIFA and UEFA, but football practice should be outside of their jurisdiction, right? Aside from this punisment being totally outrageous, I do believe that he could complain about this verdict to a regular court or even Strasbourg tribunal, if everything else fails.
Regarding Barcelona: forget about it, Messi won't play as attacking midfielder or winger again. Under Luis Enrique, they'll most likely field 4-4-2 formation or even find Suarez a new position, because Messi, as long as he's fit, has a guaranteed spot as a leading striker. But in any case, this looks like a tactical clusterfuck to me with one star player too many to fit into the existing positions on the pitch. Somebody is going to become a pretty expensive substitute, I think.
Yes and no.
I understand it that way: Not FIFA is practically keeping him away from the training facilities, the club is. The Club has all the right in the world to lock out people and players under contract and FIFA is forcing them by saying "you are banning him from your facilities or we are banning you from our competitions".
Well, I guess you're right. But that's quite a ridiculous extension of FIFA's power through blackmail, all things considered.
IMHO, that biting shitstorm is based not on an real magnitude of the incident, but on the notion of how unusual it was. Like, if someone ever peed on their opponent during the match, he would probably get five times longer ban than if he ever spitted on someone, even though, from purely rational point of view, peeing is far less harmful, since the urine, as opposed to saliva, is actually sterile. But well, spitting has happened many times before and thus, the "gross-out" factor would be much smaller.
@WillyWanker - Agreed on Cuadrado part, but regarding Xavi's replacement - if only Barcelona had some more patience, they could maybe persuade Toni Kroos to join, instead of him going to Real Madrid. He had basically 2 last years of tiki-taka practice in Bayern under Guardiola and a lot of standard, German-style tactics under Heynckes. To me, right now Kroos is not only overall better than Rakitic or the guys you've mentioned, but also more tactically flexible choice as CM. But I think Barcelona was in hurry to sign someone, and as Rakitic seemed good enough for given money, they just went for it.
FIFA are being far too lenient on him, if it was any other profession you would be out of a job for life. If i went into work tomorrow and bit another employee and got 4 months suspension i would think that i was the luckiest man alive. Biting has nothing to do with being a contact sport before someone compares it to a bad tackle. Suarez has something wrong, hes bitten a player when unprovoked for the third time, as far as im aware hes got away with it, and only because we have a society were celebrities have a much higher worth than the average person, as sad as it is. If he'd have bitten 3 employees at work as a builder he would probally be behind bars for assault. The guy is a pretty bad human being, look at this video:
I'd even argue is ban is less because he is one of FIFA's "star players". If some unknown Iranian player did it to messi he would be banned for life id expect.
Talking of MLS, Philadelphia Vs Columbus Crew was pretty good the other night. I did the whole I'll fall asleap watching this thing and ended up watching the whole game. MLS entertainment improving.
To put this into comparison. Arsenal just signed a £170million deal for 5 years with Puma, so thats say 340million xD and Yanited just got 3/4 of a billion ;o
To put this into comparison. Arsenal just signed a £170million deal for 5 years with Puma, so thats say 340million xD and Yanited just got 3/4 of a billion ;o
Just think, by the time the 10 years is up Arsenal/City/Chelsea/Pool will all have their own newer deals that dwarf this already massive one. :S
and the world transfer record will be like 200mil or higher xD
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Ahhh thats not as bad then i thought it was like the Brazil pitches in all yellow grass but i guess was just picture quality. Im not that much against artificial grass as it saves clubs a hella lot of money. Im sure it isn't "that" different is it? I can't tell i never played on "that" kind of high quality artificial pitch that wont destroy your knees during a slide tackle that i was used to playing on xD
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On July 15 2014 02:09 Pandemona wrote: Ahhh thats not as bad then i thought it was like the Brazil pitches in all yellow grass but i guess was just picture quality. Im not that much against artificial grass as it saves clubs a hella lot of money. Im sure it isn't "that" different is it? I can't tell i never played on "that" kind of high quality artificial pitch that wont destroy your knees during a slide tackle that i was used to playing on xD
It plays different, specifically faster. This varies pitch to pitch, but the Seattle one is faster than most soccer specific turf because that's what the NFL team prefers. Additionally, some players have a fear of it because they think they're more likely to get injured on it. However, studies indicate that the incidence of injury is similar to grass. http://www.scienceofsocceronline.com/2013/06/injury-risk-artificial-turf-vs-natural.html
On July 15 2014 02:09 Pandemona wrote: Ahhh thats not as bad then i thought it was like the Brazil pitches in all yellow grass but i guess was just picture quality. Im not that much against artificial grass as it saves clubs a hella lot of money. Im sure it isn't "that" different is it? I can't tell i never played on "that" kind of high quality artificial pitch that wont destroy your knees during a slide tackle that i was used to playing on xD
It plays different, specifically faster. This varies pitch to pitch, but the Seattle one is faster than most soccer specific turf because that's what the NFL team prefers. Additionally, some players have a fear of it because they think they're more likely to get injured on it. However, studies indicate that the incidence of injury is similar to grass. http://www.scienceofsocceronline.com/2013/06/injury-risk-artificial-turf-vs-natural.html
Ahh yeah, i knew about the science bit, but its that speed your on about which is the reason why i guess it isn't being pushed for. I know some teams in England are applying to go artificial pitches due to funding issues so i hope it catches on.
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