The OFFICIAL Liverpool FC thread - #DankeJürgen

[Rouge_Diablo]

True although he was found by the FA hearing at the time to have provided evidence that was "exaggerated and unreliable". So whether this will be taken into account this time around remains to be seen.

you might want to check your facts too.

[heganboy]

Andy Carroll - Rory Donnelly direct swap?

Dalglish directly in contact with Cliftonville at the weekend

[supersub]

Directly in contact with Donnelly today!

[angermanagement]

Andy Carroll - Rory Donnelly direct swap?

Dalglish directly in contact with Cliftonville at the weekend

Kenny confirmed he's spoken to Cliftonville about Rory Donnelly: "I spoke to the chairman, it was nice of him to tell everybody!"

[Gabriel_Hurl]

Eight game ban and 40k fine for Suarez

[Hashtag]

Rory Donnelly will replace him don't worry.

[Captain Obvious]

Eight game ban and 40k fine for Suarez

Rumours on twatter were true so. Time for Carroll to step up.

[Up The Middle]

Be interesting to see what the england captain gets now, should be at least double. They have come down very hard on suarez who in my opinion had a very good defense in that it isn't a racial term in his own country or language.

[cicfada]

Be interesting to see what the england captain gets now, should be at least double. They have come down very hard on suarez who in my opinion had a very good defense in that it isn't a racial term in his own country or language.

He isn't playing in his own country though!!! Maybe someone should have told him especially any spanish speaking players at the Club!! Will be interesting to see how much ofa   ban John Terry gets now but of course he is english captain and that counts for something!

[Forever Green]

While Suarez gets this punishment, that other tube Terry will get off no bother. I would agree with the punishment but I just cant see the English giving out the same ban to one of their own. Hopefully I`m wrong though

[Up The Middle]

Hopefully on appeal this can be at least halved, for liverpools sake at least

[cicfada]

Didn't Suarez play in Holland as well, surely to God that spanish phrase would not have gone down well there either! what an idiot!

[Bingo]

Strong statement in Liverpool website from club, still supporting him and are shocked at outcome as they say the FA and evra both said Suarez is not a racist and is of mixed race himself.

[GalwayBayBoy]

Wow. Pretty shocked to see him get an 8 game ban and effectively branded a racist by the FA considering the case is basically one person's word against another. Unless the FA have some actual evidence that nobody has seen or heard yet (which you have to think is unlikely as it would have emerged long ago) it's a very dodgy road they are going down. The Terry case will certainly come in for some major scrutiny now whenever the police hand it over to the FA.

Seems the ban doesn't start for 14 days so you would imagine Liverpool will appeal depending on the reasons for the judgement which could hold the whole thing up again. Plus you would have to wonder about Suarez's long term future in England now. He may decide in the Summer to move on.

[The Worker]

Liverpool Football Club is very surprised and disappointed with the decision of the Football Association Commission to find Luis Suarez guilty of the charges against him.

We look forward to the publication of the Commission's Judgment.  We will study the detailed reasons of the Commission once they become available, but reserve our right to appeal or take any other course of action we feel appropriate with regards to this situation.

We find it extraordinary that Luis can be found guilty on the word of Patrice Evra alone when no-one else on the field of play - including Evra's own Manchester United teammates and all the match officials - heard the alleged conversation between the two players in a crowded Kop goalmouth while a corner kick was about to be taken.

The Club takes extremely seriously the fight against all forms of discrimination and has a long and successful track record in work relating to anti-racist activity and social inclusion.  We remain committed to this ideal and equality for all, irrespective of a person's background.

LFC considers racism in any form to be unacceptable - without compromise.  It is our strong held belief, having gone over the facts of the case, that Luis Suarez did not commit any racist act.  It is also our opinion that the accusation by this particular player was not credible - certainly no more credible than his prior unfounded accusations.

It is key to note that Patrice Evra himself in his written statement in this case said 'I don't think that Luis Suarez is racist'.  The FA in their opening remarks accepted that Luis Suarez was not racist.

Luis himself is of a mixed race family background as his grandfather was black.  He has been personally involved since the 2010 World Cup in a charitable project which uses sport to encourage solidarity amongst people of different backgrounds with the central theme that the colour of a person's skin does not matter; they can all play together as a team.

He has played with black players and mixed with their families whilst with the Uruguay national side and was Captain at Ajax Amsterdam of a team with a proud multi-cultural profile, many of whom became good friends.

It seems incredible to us that a player of mixed heritage should be accused and found guilty in the way he has based on the evidence presented. We do not recognise the way in which Luis Suarez has been characterised.

It appears to us that the FA were determined to bring charges against Luis Suarez, even before interviewing him at the beginning of November. Nothing we have heard in the course of the hearing has changed our view that Luis Suarez is innocent of the charges brought against him and we will provide Luis with whatever support he now needs to clear his name.

We would also like to know when the FA intend to charge Patrice Evra with making abusive remarks to an opponent after he admitted himself in his evidence to insulting Luis Suarez in Spanish in the most objectionable of terms.  Luis, to his credit, actually told the FA he had not heard the insult.