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Suarez the Nefarious!

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REMEMBER when Fonzie jumped the shark? Neither do I, I wasn’t even born either, but you know where I’m going. Anyway, a great many members of the British press did the equivalent of the Happy Days star yesterday.

It started mere seconds after an incompetent refereeing decision allowed a goal to stand for Liverpool. Only, it wasn’t a goal for Liverpool, it was a goal for him.

He’d been too quiet for too long. All these goals, nutmegs, tricks and excitement that he had been serving up just wasn’t cutting it. Who wants consistent effusive praise of his talent when you can denigrate his character, question his morality and ponder whether he is the most despicable person on the planet?

ESPN commentator Jon Champion got things moving. He actually went as far as to call a player a ‘cheat’ on national television. He then started the ball rolling on the ridiculous notion that Suarez had kissed his right wrist to gleefully rub in the fact that he had screwed minnows Mansfield. Champion even used the word ‘nefarious’ for God’s sake! NEFARIOUS!

Twitter predictably went in to meltdown. Alex Ferguson probably found that his glass of red tasted that bit sweeter as he plotted his next bout of ‘mind games’ which will no doubt centre around Luis Suarez again this week. Outrage, vitriol and indignation seeped from the pores of that woman who married the Mansfield chairmen that ESPN gave, actually gave, a live interview to. Everyone regretted the fact that the little cheat from Uruguay had sullied the FA Cup’s good name and denied a deserving non-league team a lucrative replay at Anfield.

Suarez was the bad guy again. Equilibrium was restored.

Then, late last night, the perverse levels of bullshit and spin found their nadir. I ventured over to the Independent’s website to read James Lawton’s take on the events that had unfolded and found quite possibly, the most ridiculous sentence that I’ve ever seen in a football article.

Lawton, a man working for a national newspaper and being paid for it, actually wrote the following words:

‘He looked sheepish enough not to repeat the claim of his fellow South American Diego Maradona that it was the work of God but you didn’t have to be a supporter of Mansfield to believe that he had come off the bench with diabolical intent.’
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Suddenly, John Champion’s use of the word ‘nefarious’ was less impressive. Lawton tells us that Luis Suarez sat for an hour on the substitutes bench at Field Mill yesterday and then entered the pitch determined to commit a ‘diabolical’ act. He had this planned all along!

He probably hit that first shot straight at the goalkeeper on purpose just so that he could handle the ball on the rebound! He probably even wielded a psychic power on the game that made Daniel Sturridge miss that great chance in the first-half just so that his handled goal would be decisive. THAT’S HOW GOOD LUIS SUAREZ IS AT BEING BAD!

Fortunately, in the cold light of day, a great many people have put this whole charade into perspective. Mansfield’s manager Paul Cox and his players refused to condemn Suarez; they correctly bemoaned the incompetent officiating instead. People like Alan Hansen and Gordon Strachan and a great number of journalists who have not sought to follow the lazy path of their peers have also defended the actions of the Liverpool forward, and rightly so.

Yesterday was, as football often is, very cruel. Mansfield as a club did themselves proud on every level. Their gesture of leaving 96 seats with the names of those Liverpool fans lost at Hillsborough was touching. The atmosphere whipped up by their fans was enthralling. The class of their manager after the game was admirable and the performance of their players was fantastic. They deserved a replay yesterday and they didn’t get one because professional referee Andre Marriner and his assistants made a shocking error.

That should have been the narrative from the masses. A bad refereeing call cost a non-league side their chance to play at Anfield and put Liverpool out of the FA Cup.

As we know though, examining the real flaws in football only goes so far in this land. Why bemoan yet more incompetent officiating when a pantomime villain was at the eye of the storm?

The ball hit his hand. He kicked it into the net. He didn’t reverse the referee’s decision. He kissed his daughter’s name that he has tattooed on his wrist as he does after every goal.

Actually, scratch that last one and replace it with this more fitting, agenda-driven narrative: He kissed the hand that he used to put Mansfield out of the FA Cup just to irk the Mansfield fans. He was a cheat and remains a cheat. He is a blight on our national game. He is Suarez the Nefarious!
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16 comments

  • tommy says:

    if luis is a cheat , then every football player who’s gone and made a deliberate foul , or even wasted time to count down the clock , every little pull on the shirt or even obstructing the goal keeper is/ are cheats the rule is play to the whistle , even when the players in the wall at free kicks are not 10 yards away from the ball , they too are cheating what is it open day on luis suarez again , these so, called honest reporters can point the finger at luis , but rememer there’s 3 other fingers on your own hands point back at you when you point at luis

  • rotchie the red says:

    HIS HEAD FEET AND HIS HANDS, HIS HEAD FEET AND HIS HA AA AANDS, LUIS SUAREZ WILL USE ALL THAT HE CAN….. YNWA LUIS “EL PISTOLERO” SUAREZ……great stuff Dave by the way.

  • NJRedsFan says:

    Suarez looked as if he was waiting to hear the whistle as he tapped in and enterered the goal, didn’t happen. Rodgers states Refs told him they saw the handball and felt it wasn’t intentional, their call. Hugely worrying though is now Rodgers is telling us to enjoy Suarez while we can, God help us! If he goes Fergie and his FA cohorts will have won and we will all be the lesser for it.

  • yuvank says:

    Maradonna, Henry, young , van persie ronaldo any many others who have dive or still diving are cheat even managers trying to bully n influence referees are nefarious.

  • tommy says:

    same again luis when we go to the so called famous man united commeeeee onnnnnn you mighty REDS ynwl luis

  • Gerry B says:

    Well done mate, a great piece which really shows up the farce that now surrounds Suarez every time he steps near a pitch. The positive to take away from this is that the accusers are starting to look rather foolish and their agenda is being scrutinised openly. Jon Champion was wrong, very wrong and James Lawton’s piece simply highlights how ludicrous this has all become. Thanks for writing this mate.

  • John Ritchie says:

    Superb mate!

  • tommy says:

    born n bred in everton but most of us are REDS dont ye just love king luie , we reckon the liverbirds are waking up , old whiskey nose fergie will be next to chat chit bout luis , making luis more important HA!

  • Holy Brother says:

    Fergie is a serial cheat for often harassing match officials !

    • deane fitzpatrick says:

      Love it,gets away wit watever he wants,seems to b immune from any sort of punishment.I’m praying we do them on Sunday,they’ll probably win the league but another win at old Trafford would be a great start to d year

  • stan howard says:

    Photo clearly shows Luis has his eyes closed when the ball hit is hand,instinctive self protection.

  • stan howard says:

    ESPN apologised – ESPN put Liverpool on tv to take advantage of our world wide support (advertising) upsetting that support is counter productive, stupid in fact, they will have pointed this out to Mr Champion in no uncertain terms.

  • they can go to hell 4 alk i care.is suarez the ref?is he responsible 4 da officiatin?
    Why don’t they call the ref a nefarious and a cheat instead.
    Why didn’t danny welbeck tell the ref dat he dived and was not a penalty against wigan?Again why didn’t the everton defenders tell the ref suarez was onside and not offside.Also why didn’t valencia tell the ref he wasn’t fouled by johnson buh rada fell down himself and wasn’t a penalty.why is suarez always the bad guy when it aint even his fault.

  • Ozred says:

    Suarez represents the quality of player every top line club craves. He is an out and out superstar.

    Hats off to Kenny for getting him. As it turns out, with the Torres deal, we ended up with a better player in Suarez and what ever cash we get from the Carroll sale.

    IMO will be a better player when he can link up with another quality goal scorer. Let’s hope sturridge is just that!!! Ynwa Luis suarez

  • tommy says:

    ITS IN OUR TROUPHY ROOM , WE WON IT 5 TIMES

  • Dave says:

    EVERYONE should know by now that Champion and that other fool Clive Tylsdley are both totally biased man ure fans . especially Tylsdley – if i have to watch a match on itv ( I try not to , its awful) – then i actually turn the commentary off

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