ECHO Comment: "Fears of Witch-hunt Against Liverpool FC"

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toffee-fellaini said:
Remember this from Carragher the weapon.

''When my leg was broken in an horrific tackle by Lucas Neill in September 2003, my mates were ready to hunt him down if I gave the go-ahead.

A few weeks later I received a phone call. "You won't believe this, Jay. We're in the Trafford Centre and Lucas Neill is walking straight towards us. What do you reckon?"

Did I really want Neill to take a crack? "There's only one problem," added the voice. "Little Davey Thommo is with him."

That was that. I could hardly let one of my best mates, David Thompson, now a Blackburn player, become a witness to an assault. Besides he'd have recognised the attackers. The impromptu mission was aborted and I sent a text to Thommo telling him Neill should give him a hug of thanks''
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God I hope he's been mis quoted there, otherwise he's a gigantic tool shed
 
Carragher's quote just goes to show that them lot really don't know when to button it.

They truly are the gift which keeps on giving.
 
Mikey_Fitzgerald said:
Jamie Carragher just went down in my estimation
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You mean the life long Blue who went to every home game signed for Liverpool and now calls himself a Kopite

This from the 11-year-old who, when Michael Thomas scored the last-gasp winner at Anfield in 1989 to deny Liverpool the title, celebrated in delirious fashion, applauding lads who scrawled 'Thank You Arsenal' on the wall of a Bootle pub.

'I was a total Everton fanatic right through my childhood and teens,' says the defender who went on to play over 500 games for Liverpool.

'Everton controlled my life and dominated my thoughts 24/7. I went to the away games, followed them across Europe and in the mid-80s went to Wembley so often it began to feel like Alton Towers.

'When I talk about that Everton team I still say 'we'. Even when I was playing for Liverpool reserves I'd want Everton's first team to win the derby every time.'

He added: 'I hate what they sing about Steven and his family. It's disgusting and goes way beyond the kind of banter that's acceptable in life, not just football.

'Robbie Fowler suffered the same type of scandalous taunts which really hurt him and his family. I'm not saying Liverpool fans are blameless because they're not. They dish out abuse during games with our rivals too. But it ends when the game ends.

'Evertonians spread the lies around the streets of Liverpool and chant them whether they're playing us, Reading or Portsmouth.

'I even hear it on the telly when they're playing away in Europe and I think that could be my family they're singing about.'
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It's called football for goodness sake. The ball is on the ground and the players try to kick it. Naturally, competing for the ball is part of the game which results in miss timed, overly aggressive and sometimes intended bad tackles. There's a natural grey area where all you can do is try to apply the probable level of misconduct. Biting is in no way a natural part of the game and is a fully intentional assault. It was unprovoked and 100% malicious.
 
Get ready for a full on rawk meltdown this afternoon, when the FA announce Fergie's decision on the length of Suarez ban :lol:

A guaranteed fume fest.
 
Its hard to judge what the FA will give him.
I dont know if they can take his other actions into account, the fact he has done it before in a different country or the fact he has served a long ban under the FA for the Evra incident.

I'd love it to be a whopper, like 10 + games but I can't see it being more than 5
 
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