Luis Suarez has become a firm fan-favourite since arriving at Anfield in January. Overall, the Uruguayan's creative impact for the club has been excellent, but, as I will show, there is room for improvement. This is not a criticism; Suarez will get undoubtedly get better and better, which means the future is very bright for Liverpool.
As regular readers will know, this site has a zero tolerance attitude to cheating, and after Suarez's shameless cheating at the last World Cup, I was totally against Liverpool signing him, to the extent that when he was actually signed, I quit writing on the site for 9 months in protest.
My feelings about Suarez have not changed, but he is a Liverpool player now, which means I will support him, especially in light of the facts he's doing such a good, honest job for the club.
When it comes to judging the success of creative players, I believe you have to look at their specific, measurable creative contribution (SMCC) to the team. So - what SMCC has Suarez made since taking over the fabled no. 7 shirt? Let's look at the facts:
* Appearances: 16 - W9 (56%) D3 (19%) L4 (25%)
* Minutes on pitch: 1306
* Goals: 7
* Assists: 5
* Shots on target: 26
* Shots off target: 61
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* Goal/assist every 1.2 games
* SMCC in 75% of games so far
* Shot on target every 50 minutes
* Shot off target every 21 minutes
* Shot (on or off target) every 15 minutes
* Liverpool unbeaten in 75% of games with Suarez in the team
These are pretty impressive results for a player still adapting to life in the Premier League. With a goal or an assist every 1.2 games, Suarez's SMCC is extremely good so far, and extrapolated across an entire season, he could be looking at final total of 31 goals/assists combined, which would be outstanding.
It's clear to see where Suarez needs to up his game: 70% of his shots on goal are off target. If shooting accuracy was improved, Suarez could increase his average of one shot on target every 50 minutes, which would inevitably lead to more goal-scoring opportunities.
As I said earlier though, I have no doubt Suarez will get better and better the more he adapts to the league, which means there are exciting times ahead for Liverpool fans.
Jaimie Kanwar
As regular readers will know, this site has a zero tolerance attitude to cheating, and after Suarez's shameless cheating at the last World Cup, I was totally against Liverpool signing him, to the extent that when he was actually signed, I quit writing on the site for 9 months in protest.
My feelings about Suarez have not changed, but he is a Liverpool player now, which means I will support him, especially in light of the facts he's doing such a good, honest job for the club.
When it comes to judging the success of creative players, I believe you have to look at their specific, measurable creative contribution (SMCC) to the team. So - what SMCC has Suarez made since taking over the fabled no. 7 shirt? Let's look at the facts:
* Appearances: 16 - W9 (56%) D3 (19%) L4 (25%)
* Minutes on pitch: 1306
* Goals: 7
* Assists: 5
* Shots on target: 26
* Shots off target: 61
=
* Goal/assist every 1.2 games
* SMCC in 75% of games so far
* Shot on target every 50 minutes
* Shot off target every 21 minutes
* Shot (on or off target) every 15 minutes
* Liverpool unbeaten in 75% of games with Suarez in the team
These are pretty impressive results for a player still adapting to life in the Premier League. With a goal or an assist every 1.2 games, Suarez's SMCC is extremely good so far, and extrapolated across an entire season, he could be looking at final total of 31 goals/assists combined, which would be outstanding.
It's clear to see where Suarez needs to up his game: 70% of his shots on goal are off target. If shooting accuracy was improved, Suarez could increase his average of one shot on target every 50 minutes, which would inevitably lead to more goal-scoring opportunities.
As I said earlier though, I have no doubt Suarez will get better and better the more he adapts to the league, which means there are exciting times ahead for Liverpool fans.
Jaimie Kanwar
My mistake. I was under the impression that you actually cleared off because your increasingly hysterical and untenable defense of Roy Hodgson was making you look like a tit.
ReplyDeleteClearly you are simply a man of principles who has ZERO tolerance for cheating. Well, for nine months anyway, then sod it.
Fowler would have if he thought he would get away with it all day long. Get over it support your team and see what he has done for us. Torres gone we will drop like a stone but no along came suarez and filled his boots and more.
ReplyDeleteJerry - I deleted your last comment. If you can't make your point without using insults then don't bother at all.
ReplyDeletei don't know why do you call that cheating, he wasn't trying to get away with it, and he got the deserved punishment for handling the ball in the box: a red card and a penalty kick.
ReplyDeleteFair enough, but if you can't admit why you REALLY cleared off and have to invent a half arsed protest as a cover story, then you probably shouldn't bother either.
ReplyDeleteFowler has a reputation for fair play; in a game against Arsenal in 1997 he went down in the penalty box. It looked like the keeper had taken him out but Fowler remonstrated with the ref telling him repeatedly that there was no contact, and that he should not give a penalty. Once was given anyway but the point is Fowler had an acute sense of fair play, and rather than take the easy advantage, he tried to stop a penalty being given.
ReplyDeleteThat's what fair play is all about, and that's why it's obvious Fowler would never do what Suarez did.
I know this will drift from title topic, but concerning Suarez's World Cup handball against Ghana, perhaps you should try to pick words carefully. Cheating is term used (in my humble opinion) to describe intention to trick officials (simulating penalty, kicking player while no one is watching etc.), while Suarez's deliberet handball in goal opportunity was nowhere ''in disguise'' (he knew what to expect). It is more similar to tackling a player while in goal opportunity, than simulation of penalty. I don't think that aim justifies means, and while Suarez have history of diving, this was individual sacrifice for team/country benefit (without knowing the outcome of his action)
ReplyDeleteThere is no cover story - My protest was mostly against the Suarez signing but also against the disgraceful treatment of Hodgson by so-called 'fans'. The personal nature of the ridicule was out of order, especially against someone who was a manager of LFC.
ReplyDeleteMost people (including you) twist my views on Hodgson. I never once argued he was the right man for the job, or that he wsa the long term solution. I argued repeatedly that he should be treated fairly and with respect, especially in his first 6 months at the club amid major turmoil off the pitch. Irrespective of results on the pitch, Hodgson did not deserve to be treated like a dog by fans. That callous disregard for the man was totally out of order.
1 case and he has a reputation for fair play lol. Yeah right wot ever, like i say get over it and move on.
ReplyDeleteSupport your team and not moan about it's players. If you dont like it then there's plenty more teams you can follow.
YNWA.
You see - this is the attitude that allows cheating to prosper in football. He cheated, end of story. Just because he was punished for it doesn't make it better. Using your logic, if I shot someone dead and then called the police, confessed and then went to prison for 20 years, it wouldn't be classed as murder because I got a 'deserved punishment' (!)
ReplyDeleteSo it's okay to cheat if it's an 'individual sacrifice for team/country'?!
ReplyDeleteAre you listening to yourself? Can you not see how you're trying to rationalise cheating?
*shoots self*
No, not one case; an entire career without one incident of cheating and exemplary fair play in all respects.
ReplyDeleteLoads of players cheat every week in most leagues. Just take a look at all the diving that goes on. Hardly any contact, sometimes none at all and down they go. At the end of the day they are doing the same thing CHEATING
ReplyDeleteSo what is your point? That we should just accept it as part of the game because so many players are doing it?!
ReplyDeleteNot every rule infringement is cheating
ReplyDeleteHi Jaimie
ReplyDeleteIn the situation you are talking about, Fowler dived to win that penalty. Also if he was that interested in fair play he would have tapped the ball to the keeper or put it wide or over the crossbar. I know he missed but no on purpose.
I'll be shocked if Suarez ends the season with as few as 31<span> goals/assists</span>
What about Fowler's disgraceful homophobic gestures towards Graeme le Saux??
ReplyDeleteAn act that would qualify as a hate crime if done on the street. Hardly fair play
Did u see Fowler standing guarding the post , in the dying moments of the pot boiler of a world cup knockout match against Ghana ?
ReplyDeleteIf not , you have no idea what Fowler would have done at that moment ... U r comparing a Premier LEAGUE match to a World cup knock out match , and saying emotions and intensity of that moment is same as what it was in the match against Arsenal ?
You play against Arsenal every year , 4 or 5 times every year ...
Do you play a World Cup knock out match every year ?
Hi Arabee. I disagree that Fowler dived to win the penalty; if he did, and the penalty was going to be given, why would he tell the ref not to give it? If he dived, then is must have been for a reason, no?
ReplyDeleteFowler missed the penalty; it was clearly a half-hearted effort, but the rebound was put in my Jason McAteer.
Hi Simon - yes, you're right about that. Not professional behaviour.
ReplyDeletesince the suarez 'cheat' thing has been brought up in what is otherwise an impressive statistical article, let me talk about that for a minute.
ReplyDeleteyes, he handled the ball on the line and prevented ghana scoring what would have been a winning goal.
but can it really be called cheating? suarez knew he would get send off, and rightly so he did. ghana (as memory serves) then subsequently took a penalty and missed. they had a chance to score and blew it. the keeper didnt even save it, the ball whacked off the crossbar and over.
thats football.
since the day and hour that competitive football was played, the rules have been set for virtually every senario on the pitch. for every action, there is a rule. anyone who has played in a competitive football match, at ANY level, knows that players will do anything to ensure their team wins. when your mind is in the game, you focus on nothing else but winning, and playing for your team mates,
i dont condone what suarez did, he handled the ball, and paid the penalty.
but to call him a cheat is not right in my opinion. a cheat is someone who dives in the penalty box. a cheat is someone who gets pushed and goes down like hes just been hit with a shovel.
suarez is now the envy of the premier league. there isnt a team out there who wouldnt want him in their squad, 'cheat' or otherwise.
embrace him jaimie. the rest of us have. its time to forgive and forget.
YNWA
I was not originally in favour of signing Suarez because of his volatility, he is bound to get at least a couple of red cards this year
ReplyDeleteHis biting incident was a real moment of madness
He could have seen red twice already
1. for pulling Rafaels hair v Man Utd
2. for kicking Dawson on the ground v Spurs when Dawson dived to earn a free kick as they came together
What he did in the World Cup is an absolute irrelevance. If you have ever played football you would know that EVERYONE would do the same given the circumstances
He infringed the rules of football, that's all. Not every rule infringement is cheating, otherwise every player would be a cheat
Also in that category would Mr Fair Play Paulo Di Canio, catching the ball when the keeper was injured
ReplyDeleteLet's just forget about his shove on the referee and one handed fascist salutes in the Rome derby
Also, another thing that pissed me off
ReplyDeleteI write, what i thought was a pretty well developed piece on what i believed the underlying causes of greed, lack of loyalty etc in the game, while trying to entertain my 1 and 3 year olds, in response to your last article and nothing back
I thought you wanted intelligent debate?? I know it was tough when there was 100s of responses but there's only 10s now
That also highlights that you left cos you were pissed off big time. If you were just trying to ramp up the numbers, like i may have accused you of before, you wouldn't have let it fall off - unless you are actually Tom Hicks junior......... ;)
i'm not comparing any matches if you read what i have said and never even mentioned arsenal? It's all in your head i think. Making it up as you go along. People will soon see the fool you are with that out look on life lol you sure you haven't got a manc scarf hiding in your closet.
ReplyDeleteJaime I really respect the time, effort and amount of research you put into your articles, you obviously spend a considerable amount of time contemplating these topics.
ReplyDeleteBut your kind of annoying.....
idiot alert
ReplyDeleteI will ring up the phone in show the next time Aldo is on and ask
ReplyDeleteI'll wager anything with you he says that he too would've handled the ball
And I'll ask him how many of the others would have too, I'll double the wager that he says the rest would have too in the circumstance of a world cup semi
EVERY footballer would. Even in a 5 a side you would. Handling a ball on the line is like taking a bullet for the president and his wife and kids...... It's a selfless act to protect the thing that is most dear to you. Your GOAL!!
Sorry about not replying to that comment - I may be a little slower than replying nowadays than I used to be unfortunately. I used to spend way too much time replying to comments; it's addictive but it can take over sometimes! I read every comment though, as do thousands of other visitors. The comment software I have provides view-counts for each comment and yours are always huge readership numbers. Regular commentors build up their own following, which is great.
ReplyDeleteAnd you're right about why I left - there's never been any substance to the idea that I write just for hits. As you note, if it was all about the numbers I wouldn't take such long time-outs. In the last 4 years, I've had about 18 months away from writing at various times, which is not the gameplan of someone obsessed with increasing hits.
I'd be really disappointed if Aldo admitted to something like that. It will be interesting to hear his response!
ReplyDeleteenglish bull - stop insulting other posters. make your point in the right manner or don't make it all.
ReplyDeleteHaha. Funny stuff. Bathos in spades :-D
ReplyDeleteHe dived without thinking and tried to make up for it. Why did he only protest this type of decision once in his career ( that I know of).
ReplyDeleteI still think if he really he wanted to miss the penalty he would have missed the target, why chance it? Don't get me wrong Fowler is my hero.
Yes, I'll try get on the next time he's on, I'll save the response and upload it somewhere
ReplyDeleteBut dude, I'm telling you, every decent player I've ever played with would do it. That's why they are decent. They want to win and will take the hit for the team
It's the football equivalent of diving on a live grenade!!! (Ok, my analagies are stretching it a bit :)
Nothing more to say apart from the article written is one of the worst Ive ever read on a Liverpool player. That's at least 2 Min's of my life I'll never get back.
ReplyDeleteI'm off to bed i aint got time for this dribble.
Oh, Jaimie, grow up for goodness sake. You still haven't got over Suarez's "cheating" which he got punished for in the end, but you haven't even mentioned a certain Phillip Neville in your list of cheats, who did exactly the same thing, but was he so vilified? No, because we actually scored that penalty so no one even remembers that. Gyan should have scored the penalty, end of. So stop taking indirect attacks on Suarez.
ReplyDeleteAnd as for our supposedly "heinous" treatment of poor old Roy Hodgson, well he treat us Liverpool fans like dirt, like degrading our efforts to save our club from the two parasites, only caring about his own sorry career, and when we did voice discontent against him, he insulted us even more by questioning our character as a whole. So why don't you get both sides of the argument in first, because if your beloved Hodgson was allowed to stay, well I shudder to even think of the consequences.
Handball is the most basic infringement possible in a game called Football
ReplyDeleteIf God had created football in a weird creationists style view of the world (I can be disparaging towards creationists? Right :) ) it would have gone something like this
"and on the second day his booming voice, louder than all the thunder (created day 1) that ever existed (just from day 1) decreed, that there shall be no handball in football!!!"
It's just a foul, when the referee can blatantly see it and the consequences are clear
Where it really differs, and it broke my heart and every Irish person's heart, was when a true icon, a sporting hero to all of us, clean living and utterly respectful to his colleagues and opponents throughout his career, double handballed to control a pass and square for Gallas, who also was positioning a hand, just in case he missed with the header (this is what the ref thought Ireland were complaining about)
Yes, Monsieur Thierry "le C*nt et le Cheat" Henry
His double hand ball, firstly off the left fore arm, then off his left hand was utterly cynical and devious
By an act of utter subterfuge, devisively subverting the rules of football he sent his team to the World Cup and betrayed a career of good will
That 2 second slow motion clip is burned onto my brain just like the haunting JFK "back and to the left" footage. It was our JFK moment!!!
He then had the cheek to console hardworking, heartbroken players like Richard Dunne after the game. Richard Dunne didn't know he had handled the ball, he would have torn Henry's forlorn little head off his shoulders if he had known. I think Henry did regret it afterwards. He destroyed his legacy, and then they imploded in a fit of pompous self importnace at World Cup anyway
That was cheating, the only penalty to Henry, if caught, would have been a yellow card.
Of course if dimwit Damien Duff had taken his chance, we would've been through already
Suarez handled a ball, knowing that he would be off the pitch, but that his team just might survive. Still had a penalty to survive too
There is no comparison between the offences in my mind as someone who still plays 2 /3 times a week even though my physio / foot doctor tells me not to
You can't say Jamie doesn't get you guys writing. Obviously he likes to stirr things up and rarely has a good word to say about anyone, but the more you come back to read it, the more he writes.
ReplyDeleteJamie. Please try to be constructive. I know how hard that is for you
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ReplyDeleteI still don't get it ............ what Suarez did was not cheating - he did get sent off didn't he, there was a penalty awarded wasn't there ........ those are the rules, how is that cheating
ReplyDeleteif you call that cheating then every player who brings down a player in the box after being the last man, preventing him from scoring after there was a clear goal-scoring opportunity - and then gets sent off, and the penalty taker blazes the ball over - that is cheating, right !!!!!
Or, do you think that their legs just tangled ....... get this straight, 80% of such penalties are intentional , not after trying to tackle ....... and who is to say Suarez's reaction at the world cup was spontaneity rather than intent.......
please do your research and share your results for the incidence i have stated on the players you listed that would never "cheat" ......... awaiting eagerly
Suarez didn't cheat. i see it as a sacrifice for the team, he got punished for his actions and got sent off. if you watch the games you would see how much a hard worker he is and how honest he is. he's anything but a cheater.
ReplyDeleteits obvious this jamie guy is ghanaian hahaha,and if it was cheating than fifa should ban every player who dives,fouls in the box,or touches the ball with their hand.Your logic is falliable,according to you way of thinking every player is a cheater for even fouling for example if someone like messi gets fouled in mid-field that person should be called a cheater because had messi not been fouled he would have ran passed 4 defenders and scored a goal......now do you see how ignorant you sound
ReplyDelete<span>"I quit writing on the site for 9 months in protest"......way to short perhaps........
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What suarez did was not right but to be fair if he did the same thing for liverpool against Man utd and we won the league out of it, i would not cry over it and suggest it was cheating, i would be sitting there laughing at Man Utd fans as they tried to justify that we won the league due to suarez cheating. to be fair it would probably work out better as it would piss the mancs off more.
ReplyDeleteTo be fair though, I agree surez did cheat and we see cheating all of the time, even when a manager says to a midfielder "let him know your their". This is a form of cheating and that happends every game whatever level.
Its like when steven gerrard ran through in 2005 chapions league final when it was 3-2. He knew that it was the easiest penalty he could win all day, going at full pelt to a 60-40 ball, all he had to do was get their first!!
Cheating is a part of the game and it will never go away. The impact of cheating and how you feel about it depends on whether your the one on the receiving end. Like the example above, if rooney was the one to hand ball and man utd won the league as a result. Then as a liverpool fan, I would be going mad, call him a cheating bastard, and burn effigies of him outside anfield!!! ha ha.
This kid Jamie has a massive ego. And not much else to back it up.
ReplyDeleteAll I read in hid articles is his own self importance.
Obviously you haven't read my poast carefully (or you don't want to accept different arguments) since I stated ''I don't think aim justifies means''. I don't think that Suarez did honest thing by stoping that ball in goal line, but my point is that he didn't cheat (he knew he would be given red card). There is no intention to rationalise cheating, but to call this as it is: foul play or offence. If you see foul on a player (or any other obvious offence) as cheating, than I can understand your point of view. On the other hand it is disrespectfull to use only one part of my poast to oposite my opinion
ReplyDeleteJamie,
ReplyDeleteWhat are you talking about? If you shot someone and then called the Police to confess you would still be charged with murder the fact that you confessed has no bearing on this and as a lawyer you know this! So your example is a bit silly imo.
Kenny is simply making the point that the connotation 'cheating' generally implies that you get away with something... Suarez handballed one could argue that he did not cheat but that he infringed one of the rules of the game which is that players are not allowed to obstruct the ball with their hands. He was sent off for his actions.
Suarez is an absolutely fantastic player but there are sides to his game I don't like and make for uncomfortable viewing. The handball incident, the biting in Holland and his habit of asking players to be booked (see Sunderland/Richardson as an example) after he's fouled.
ReplyDeleteHowever, I do honestly think that Dalglish and Clarke will appropriatly tame this side of his game and get him to focus his aggression on what he does with the ball....only time will tell I guess.
I'm pretty sure that most players, including those that you've listed Jamie, would have done the same thing in that instance. They may not have reacted in the same way afterwards (joyously revelling in the success of the act) but it would have been an instinctive reaction to do whatever is necessary to keep the ball out of the net. When playing Sunday League football I instinctively find myself sticking my hand out when the ball is going past me, not out of ill intent but it is just a natural reaction to try to get your body in the way of the ball.
ReplyDeleteTo say that Suarez was not guilty of cheating because he was caught and punished though is pretty ridiculous. The repurcussions of an act don't determine the intent of the act itself. That's as if saying that a murderer who gets caught and locked up didn't actually commit a crime in the first place!
Suarez is a great player, and I argued the same case that we should definitely buy irrespective of his indescretions, but there really is no need to attempt to justify his actions in the WC as if he did nothing wrong.
ReplyDeleteCheating in football in my opinion is attempting to gain benefit for your team through foul means. It is against the rules to use your hands, and Suarez purposely used his hand to prevent his team conceding a goal which would ended their WC campaign, so imo that is clearly cheating. Whether he felt he would be caught and knew the punishment is irrelevant (facing a penalty with 10 men is undoubtedly a preferable situation to conceding a goal in the last minutes anyway, so it wouldn't really have been a difficult decision to make even if Suarez had had time to weigh up the pros and cons of his actions).
Even when players do something as minor as attempting to claim a throw-in knowing full well that they last made contact with the ball, they are cheating. There are different extents of cheating, but it is still cheating nevertheless.
In regards to the actual subject of the post though, once Liverpool get some actual creative midfielders in the team to do that work for Suarez instead of just standing on the edge of the box/back post and waiting for him to create chances for them (Maxi being the perfect example, but also Kuyt and sometimes even Meireles also to a lesser extent) then Suarez will be able to spend more time off of the ball, in the box and finishing chances.
ReplyDeleteAt the moment he has to do most of the hard work, not only in creating chances for himself but also for everybody else too! That's one of the reasons that I'm so disappointed to see Aquilani move on, especially with Gerrard unavailable for God knows how long... :(
Speaking of which, how come I'm only down as submitting a handful of comments in the commentators cloud? I'm sure I was still commenting as Jay Wright in yesteryear? =-O
ReplyDeleteAsk the ghanaians if it was cheating. Also ask Peter shilton whether he thinks maradina cheated in 86
ReplyDeletedear jamie, a certain man once said 'If a player is not interfering with play or seeking to gain an advantage, then he should be.' look it up...you'll be pretty surprised i guess...
ReplyDeleteFrom that perspective, cheating is every foul on a payer, since it is against the rules. Despite we disagree on term cheating, I already stated that Suarez's action at the Wourld Cup were far from honorable.
ReplyDeleteThe handball was not cheating. It was the same as a tackle from behind or any other infringement. Suarez was then punished appropriately. Any player worth his salt would have done that in the world cup in that position. If they didn't, you have to question their passion and dedication.
ReplyDeleteSuarez has my total respect because I would have done exactly the same thing.
Suarez is clearly our main man now, I'm worried more about his temperament than whether he handballed it on the line or not. If he stays fit and we play through him, rather than Carroll, as much as possible, we can achieve great things this season. Although I do not understand this idea that getting caught and doing it in clear view means it is not cheating. Foul play is not necessarily cheating, it can be accidental or it might be deliberate. But I'd take Suarez, or any player who handballs over a leg breaker like Shawcross any day of the week. A handball on the line is not admirable, but it could be the difference between a manager losing his job or not. There's unfairness wherever you look in football.
ReplyDeleteStill think that there are more serious concerns in football, the ridiculous transfer fees and salaries, for a start. I think Wenger is doing a good thing fighting to keep down transfer fees and wages, and facing a witchunt for it, while other teams, us included, are throwing stupid money around. This financial irresponsibility really does represent 'winning at all costs', which is a form of cheating, in my opinion. When you spend 100 million, what do you have to win to justify that kind of expenditure?
@gorki,most tackles are mistimed but honest attempts to take the ball, rather than attempts to subvert the rules, and so are not incidents of cheating. cynical fouls when there is no intent to gain the ball through fair means however are incidents of cheating also
ReplyDeleteapparently the glory of winning fourth place is all the return that is demanded of the multimillions being spent nowadays... =-O
ReplyDeletei agree with all that u said there though gab
What about Bill Shankly?
ReplyDeleteBy the definition of the word, Suarez did cheat,and the offence was exacerbated by the subsequent celebrations. Gab is quite correct when he opines that an explicit offence is no exemption. Only the intention of the perpetrator alters whether or not the offence is regarded as cheating,and obviously this can be hard to ascertain in some instances. Suarez's comments after the game clearly indicated his actions were deliberate and unfortunately resulted in the wrong team going through.
ReplyDeleteIncidents such as this occur constantly during football, and are often incorrectly justified as 'gamesmanship' by fans and comentators. Illegal transgresions, covert or not, should be regarded differently to attempts to manipulate a situation using dubious but permitted means. That said, there is no denying the nebulosity of many of the situations that arise during a game.
With regard to our Uruguayan import,I share sentiment of many posters that the influence of Kenny and the pervading ethos of the club will eliminate his more unsavourary behaviour and allow that incredible raw talent to be fullfilled.<span><span> Statistics aside, just watching Suarez beguile and torment defenders </span></span>
<span><span>with his innate fluidity is truely mesmerising! </span></span>
<span>By the definition of the word, Suarez did cheat,and the offence was exacerbated by the subsequent celebrations. Gab is quite correct when he opines that an explicit offence is no exemption. Only the intention of the perpetrator alters whether or not the violation is regarded as cheating, and obviously this can be hard to ascertain in some instances. However Suarez's comments after the game clearly indicated his actions were deliberate and unfortunately resulted in the wrong team going through.
ReplyDeleteIncidents such as this occur constantly during football, and are often incorrectly justified as 'gamesmanship' by fans and comentators. Illegal transgresions, covert or not, should be regarded differently to attempts to manipulate a situation using dubious but permitted means. That said, there is no denying the nebulosity of many of the situations that arise during a game.
With regard to Suarez at Liverpool, I share the sentiment of many others, that the influence of Kenny and the pervading ethos of the club will surely eliminate his more unsavourary behaviour and allow that incredible raw potential to be completely fullfilled.<span><span> Statistics aside, just watching Suarez beguile and torment defenders </span></span>
<span><span>with his innate fluidity is truly mesmerising! Long may it continue!</span></span><span>
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<span>By the definition of the word, Suarez did cheat,and the offence was exacerbated by the subsequent celebrations. Gab is quite correct when he opines that an explicit offence is no exemption. Only the intention of the perpetrator alters whether or not the violation is regarded as cheating, and obviously this can be hard to ascertain in some instances. However Suarez's comments after the game clearly indicated his actions were deliberate and unfortunately resulted in the wrong team going through.
ReplyDeleteIncidents such as this occur constantly during football, and are often incorrectly justified as 'gamesmanship' by fans and comentators. Illegal transgresions, covert or not, should be regarded differently to attempts to manipulate a situation using dubious but permitted means. That said, there is no denying the nebulosity of many of the situations that arise during a game.
With regard to Suarez at Liverpool, I share the sentiment of many others, that the influence of Kenny and the pervading ethos of the club will surely eliminate his more unsavourary behaviour and allow that incredible potential to be completely fullfilled.<span><span> Statistics aside, just watching Suarez beguile and torment defenders </span></span><span><span>with his innate fluidity is truly mesmerising! Long may it continue!</span></span><span> </span><span>
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Thats not why you stopped writing. You stopped because your defence of Hodgson started bordering on lunacy. Your last article was on Dec 13 2010, You'll Never Walk Alone (unless your name is Roy Hodgson). Suarez signed on Jan 31st. Don't tell porkies
ReplyDeletethe way you treated benitez?
ReplyDeleteif he really wanted to miss he would hav blasted it wide
ReplyDeleteHey, Mr.Jamie Kanwar, I didn't get an answer/reply, or you simply have none????
ReplyDeleteI've replied to your comment in other replies: what Suarez did in he world cup was cheating. If you refuse to accept that then we'll just have to agree to disagree.
ReplyDeleteWonder if supporters would spend their own money in this way!!
ReplyDeleteWonder if supporters would spend their own money in this way!!
ReplyDeleteWow what a hack you are Jamie, you don't actually get paid to write this sort of dribble do you? get over the Ghana incident, he didnt get away with it so he didnt really cheat, maradona cheated, henry cheated, the english ref that let the portugese literally kick Pele out of ther 66 world cup cheated, and there are probably millions of other examples. Suarez paid the ultimate price and it was just instinct. If an Englishmen would have done that for his team to stay in the world cup he would be hailed as a hero.
ReplyDeleteHAHA! The moon on a stick please!
ReplyDeleteDear Kenny,
Please can you sign a cross between Messi, Maradona and Molby; with all the longevity and loyalty of Ian Callaghan; and the virtue and honour of Sir Stanley Matthews and Nelson Mandela?
Thanks,
Jaimie...