Just to put it into perspective, Barton 12 game ban and £75,000 fine for violent conduct, Suarez 8 game ban and £40,000 fine for racially abusing someone.
Just to put it into perspective, Barton 12 game ban and £75,000 fine for violent conduct, Suarez 8 game ban and £40,000 fine for racially abusing someone.
Barton attacked 3 people, Suarez said something very wrong. Legal courts would probably reflect the punishments.
12 games?! wow. though i'm happy because i cant stand barton. at the same time i do like to watch a bit of handbags, a of a scuffle between players. contributes to a more heated atmosphere on the pitch. good fun. unless of course its your own player, or an england player. then it just makes me angry. like when danny mills got himself sent off for us, or beckham against argentina.
Don't have a problem with this ban, just think it shows other offences are given an overly light touch - for example Suarez's ban for the whole Evra incident. I assume Tevez will be getting some kind of retrospective punishment for having a sly dig at barton in the run up to Barton losing his marbles?
I wouldn't shed a tear if he was chucked out altogether. He's poisonous in a sport watched by millions of kids. His retort is 'I'm a tortured soul who soothes his ills by listening to The Smiths, having a superficial interest in modern art and talking about it on Twitter.'
Tell that to the lad who had a cigarette stubbed out in his face, the 15 year old he beat up and the team mate who was left with a detached retina.
3 for the sending off, one additional because it was his second, 2 for the knee, 1 for the attempted nutting and 5 for googling clever quotes then tweeting them. Got off lightly.
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seems fair to me.
I still had plenty of laughter watching it though and couldn't give a toss if he does it again
12 games?! wow. though i'm happy because i cant stand barton. at the same time i do like to watch a bit of handbags, a of a scuffle between players. contributes to a more heated atmosphere on the pitch. good fun.
unless of course its your own player, or an england player. then it just makes me angry. like when danny mills got himself sent off for us, or beckham against argentina.
Has he tweeted anything about this yet?
Is there anything he won't fight?
Tell that to the lad who had a cigarette stubbed out in his face, the 15 year old he beat up and the team mate who was left with a detached retina.
Arsehole.