27 Jun 2014 12:39:43
Good day to the finest fans in all the land :-)!

I will probably get ripped to shreds for this but here I go anyway (also posted it on the World cup page but also wanted to hear the views of my fellow fans). People have been advocating a 2 year ban for Suarez behaviour. I get it, this is the third time he has bitten someone and that is very unsportsman -like. But none of the players he has ever bitten had to miss long stretches of the season due to injury. In the same vein of punishment, FIFA should have punished the likes of Ryan Shawcross for his horrible, potentially career-ending tackle on Aaron Ramsey or the Nigel De Jong kick to Alonso in the last world cup final. The worst thing about a bite is that it is shocking for the player bitten as well as the fans. I agree it is unsportsman-like, undignified, unrefined, un-gamely, unusual etc. But at the end of the day, it's just a silly bite and will not prevent a player from continuing with the game. But some of the tackles in football deserve stronger punishment than a simple red card and missing 3 matches.

1.) 27 Jun 2014
Rue! I think the fact that you state NONE OF THE PLAYERS HE'S EVER BITEN have missed long periods of the game, says it all :-)
You could also say of all the players he's bitten none have suffered long term damage, doesn't sound any better does it :)
Let's face it there's no getting away from it the bloke has a real mental issue that makes him want to bite people and he can't stop it coming out when things aren't going his way, that is a serious issue to have

2.) 27 Jun 2014
A ten game ban won't stop him it is a mental problem. For the image of the sport he should be made to wear a mussle and at least when he tries again it won't cause any harm and allows him to carry on playing. It won't kill anyone but for the sake of kids we can't have him going around taking lumps out of any player who happens to be near him when he flips.

3.) 27 Jun 2014
I'm with you original poster (Rue) but the football world, over here at least, absolutely isn't.

My argument isn't so much that Suarez deserves less (though 5 would do for me) but that dangerous play (forget intent, can't be proved) should be more, and dangerous play which results in serious injuries much more again.

As it stands, players are now more aware than ever that biting is bad (as if anyone, bar Luis, needed the lesson) while still aware, whether at the back, side, front, wherever of their brain, that they can basically use any amount of force in a challenge, however late, causing any amount of damage and, supposing they haven't previously threatened a player or brought both feet off the ground froma mile away. three matches is the worst that can happen.

That's the state of play here and arguably only an injury to a media darling could prompt any change.

Thing is, the Shawcrosses, Taylors and whatever the **** was from Sunderland never quite tackled the same against others as they do us, and certainly not against Fergie's lot (coincidentally, all the breaks came against teams managed by pals and proteges of him), so the threat will be higher than it should be again next year, and no-one should expect anything like justice if it happens again.

But (admittedly weird and deserving of decent punishment) biting, biting. oh, criminal! defang him! Tie a chain around him so he can accompany Sepp to his meetings to show what that moralist does with cheats.