The Football.....

[Pro Tour Punditry]

I'm sure the tournament will be better without us. That last game was soporific at best

I watched the first half of the Italy/Uruguay game and then switched over. I'm not sure at what point I fell asleep but my wife had to wake me up to tell me to go walk the dogs.

In a tournament of exciting matches the Costa Rica/England game was duller than the dullest thing - I saw the manger interviewed afterwards and he seemed to be upbeat about how they played; get rid of him now!

 

[martint235]

On a serious note, do FIFA actually have the authority to ban a player other than from their competitions unless it's for drug use?

 

[Andrew_P]

[QUOTE 3147133, member: 30090"] a long time off the pitch which is a shame because he is an excellent player[/QUOTE]Still Lambert and Sturridge should be ok.. On a less of a wind up note. I like watching him play, he has a boyish enthusiasm about him, he loves playing Football and it shows. Honestly I would much rather a right hand swing to chops, but biting 4 times now? Something not right mentally about, plus add the racist stuff makes for a pretty unpleasant indivdual.

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

That's Sturridge lost the Subway gig. Everyone saw Suarez biting into a Hearty Italian.

 

[gavgav]

Lost for words on Suarez. As a Liverpool fan especially. He's got something seriously wrong with him. As for England........zzzzzzzzzzzz and I fell asleep in the 1st half!

 

[martint235]

[QUOTE 3147167, member: 30090"]I think they can. IIRC Cantona was banned by the FA and then FIFA stepped in and made it a worldwide ban. Dunno, I'd be surprised if they could not.[/QUOTE]
It's confusing though. The links between FIFA, UEFA and the FA aren't particularly transparent.

 

[Smokin Joe]

If the ref dealt with the incident FIFA can do nothing. If he missed it they can impose a retrospective punishment.

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

 

[martint235]

I think the refs report will say that it was dealt with. At the end of the day I don't think FIFA have the balls to exclude one of the few players left with the ability to set their tournament alight.

This is the organisation that called evidence of corruption 'racist'

 

[Doseone]

BBC just said FIFA can deal with it retrospectively - Torsten Frings was precedent in 2006

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

The ref's report will say he never saw the incident, it can't possibly say anything else. That will then enable FIFA to act and take the moral high ground after months of controversy.

 

[ianrauk]

I suppose Chielleni does sound like a pasta dish

 

[Doseone]

I think Chiellini was incredibly restrained on the pitch after the incident. I really hope he paid a visit to the Uruguay dressing room after the match and beat seven bells of shoot into the cheating little rat faced rascist.

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

I think Chiellini was incredibly restrained on the pitch after the incident. I really hope he paid a visit to the Uruguay dressing room after the match and beat seven bells of **** into the cheating little rat faced rascist.

Nah, he's Italian. He'd wait until no-one was looking, get him from behind then run away very fastly.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

The ref's report will say he never saw the incident, it can't possibly say anything else. That will then enable FIFA to act and take the moral high ground after months of controversy.

BBC website says:
"We are awaiting the official match reports and will gather all the necessary elements in order to evaluate the matter," a spokeswoman told BBC Sport.


The disciplinary committee of world football's governing is responsible for "sanctioning serious infringements which have escaped the match officials' attention".


Any suspension could range from "up to three matches or for up to two months".