2014 FIFA World Cup

[BishopMVP]

Originally Posted by Mizzou B-ball fan

Crazy to see the exits.

Spain.....out.
England.....out.
Italy.....likely out.
Portugal.....likely out.

Not sure you could have guessed any of those before group play outside of maybe Portugal. Lots of fun to see the Euro teams getting sent home!

Costa Rica's certainly a surprise, but Uruguay making it ahead of Italy/England on their home continent isn't.

[Chief Rum]

Wait, he fucking bit him?

[kingfc22]

Originally Posted by JPhillips

Such a shame that one of these teams will move on. After today they both deserve to go home.

Originally Posted by MIJB#19

My thoughts exactly.

Add me to this crowd. I really wanted to root for Uruguay too, but Suarez is a disgrace. And to think I thought he had changed...

[SirFozzie]

Originally Posted by Chief Rum

Wait, he fucking bit him?

As I said, definitely headbutted him. Don't think he bit him

[Chief Rum]

Originally Posted by MIJB#19

He bit Chiellino in his shoulder. Chiellini clearly didn't like it and elbowed Suarez in response. The referee and assistants missed it completely.

I guess Suarez likes...Italian.

YEEEEAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!

[MIJB#19]

Originally Posted by Chief Rum

I guess Suarez likes Italian.

Only because it's the flavor of the day.

[cartman]

Will be interesting to see if there is a bite mark on Chiellini's shoulder. It looked like he was trying to show one to the ref when it happened.

[Solecismic]

I wonder if Balotelli understands that the fact they had to substitute him at the half played a big role in this?

Yeah, not missing the Italians at all, but Suarez is easily my least favorite player in the world - going back to the whole West Ham/agent mess.

[BishopMVP]

Originally Posted by MIJB#19

I have little faith in FIFA, but there's no way they can ignore this incident.

I'm with SirFozzie... it was definitely a headbutt, but I haven't seen anything showing a bite yet. Pepe got suspended 1 game for his headbutt, but that was just the automatic 1-gamer for the Red Card. Unless I see any evidence of biting, I'd be content with a 1 or 2 match ban.

[bhlloy]

Clear bite

[JPhillips]

Yeah, the closeup on ESPN is pretty definitive.

[AlexB]

Originally Posted by Solecismic

I wonder if Balotelli understands that the fact they had to substitute him at the half played a big role in this?

Yeah, not missing the Italians at all, but Suarez is easily my least favorite player in the world - going back to the whole West Ham/agent mess.

Sounds like your tied between Suarez, Tevez and maybe even Mascherano there Jim

[BishopMVP]

Oh, yup, that's a bite. 5 game minimum.

[kingfc22]

Originally Posted by BishopMVP

Oh, yup, that's a bite. 5 game minimum.

How about we add a zero and make that 50.

[Solecismic]

Originally Posted by AlexB

Sounds like your tied between Suarez, Tevez and maybe even Mascherano there Jim

Crap. You're right... Tevez. Serves me right for not following soccer most of the time.

[cartman]

When all you have it a hammer, every problem looks like a nail. When you have that much of an overbite, every shoulder looks like a meal.

[Ronnie Dobbs3]

[Chief Rum]

Here we go...

[SirFozzie]

Yup. He bit him

Twitter / nicoolea: @JamesPiotr @Marcotti AhÃ* ...

[MrBug708]

[Chief Rum]

I'm too lazy to get the Italian player's name right.

[BishopMVP]

Originally Posted by kingfc22

How about we add a zero and make that 50.

I got no problem with that, but it's FIFA. If they give him 5 games so there's no chance he can play again this World Cup I'll take it.

If they did suspend him longer, would it only be competitive matches, which would be what next, Copa America? Or does it count friendlies too?

[AlexB]

Does look like a bite.

[bhlloy]

The starting point should be 15 games all competitions, but it really should be a lot longer. Part of me still thinks FIFA is going to whitewash the whole thing.

[ISiddiqui]

Wow, Italy goes down - no Italy, no Spain in the knockout rounds. I can't believe Suarez bit someone again - he should get suspended, but I can't be upset that Uruguay beat Italy. Italy flops too much and plays too much defensive football for me to want to root for them over someone else.

[Fidatelo]

Who the fuck bites a soccer player??? That shit was crazy when Tyson did it, and he's a guy taking punches to the head over and over.

[MIJB#19]

Top quarter of the playoff tree is getting South America heavy:

Brazil . . . .\
Chile . . . . /w\
(Colombia) . .\w/w\
Uruguay . . . / . .\
(France) . . .\ . ./w\
(Nigeria) . . /w\w/ . \
(Germany) . . \w/ . . .\
(Algeria) . . / . . . . \w
Netherlands . \ . . . . /w
Mexico . . . ./w\ . . ./
Costa Rica . .\w/w\ . /
(Ivory Coast) / . .\w/
(Argentina) . \ . ./
(Ecuador) . . /w\w/
(Belgium) . . \w/
(USA) . . . . /

Surprising that it's shaping up to have only 4 European teams left standing...

[sterlingice]

You guys are all just all bigots against soccer vampires

SI

[AlexB]

Originally Posted by Solecismic

Crap. You're right... Tevez. Serves me right for not following soccer most of the time.

Your character assessment on all three counts is spot on though

[Andreh]

Thats unexcusable, 6 months hang at minimum.
A kick in the crotch, a punch in the face might be. That is not.
If a guy gets at an antidopping for a little pot will get 2 years. Time to ban these stupid from our lives

[Toddzilla]

"The Cannibal"

HAHAHAHA

[Peregrine]

I had a feeling The Cannibal was going to make an appearance /sometime/ in the WC, but at that critical time near the end of a drawn game? Come on.

[BishopMVP]

Originally Posted by Andreh

Thats unexcusable, 6 months hang at minimum.
A kick in the crotch, a punch in the face might be. That is not.
If a guy gets at an antidopping for a little pot will get 2 years. Time to ban these stupid from our lives

So... a bite to the shoulder is worse than an intentional elbow or punch to the head that can cause concussions and brain damage, or a studs-up tackle to a guy's plant leg that can put him out for a year?

The guy deserves whatever punishment he gets for being an idiot if nothing else, but I guess this is another situation where I question where our priorities are and why there's more outrage towards this than other intentional attempts to injure players that have a greater chance of causing long-term or permanent damage.

[cuervo72]

Originally Posted by DaddyTorgo

FML

Yes. Yes because your life is REALLY so fucked, being intertwined and invested in a soccer tourney where you're rooting for a team you have...I don't know, do you have some sort of immigrant status I'm not aware of? Do you have a summer home in Tuscany? Does your grandmother make her homemade gravy for you every Sunday?

[JPhillips]

Some of these are meaningless, but Suarez has a ton of bad behavior behind him.

luis-suarez-bite-eleven-controversies

[Ronnie Dobbs3]

Not defending the biting, which at this point is absurd, but I have never understood the handball criticism for Suarez.

[AlexB]

It was the blatant over celebrating afterwards that rubbed me up the wrong way rather than the handball itself

[HomerSimpson98]

Originally Posted by BishopMVP

So... a bite to the shoulder is worse than an intentional elbow or punch to the head that can cause concussions and brain damage, or a studs-up tackle to a guy's plant leg that can put him out for a year?

The guy deserves whatever punishment he gets for being an idiot if nothing else, but I guess this is another situation where I question where our priorities are and why there's more outrage towards this than other intentional attempts to injure players that have a greater chance of causing long-term or permanent damage.

After you try and bite someone, I'm thinking all bets are off on the 'bows to the face and such. F that guy.

[digamma]

Originally Posted by cuervo72

Yes. Yes because your life is REALLY so fucked, being intertwined and invested in a soccer tourney where you're rooting for a team you have...I don't know, do you have some sort of immigrant status I'm not aware of? Do you have a summer home in Tuscany? Does your grandmother make her homemade gravy for you every Sunday?

This kills me. I have no idea of DaddyTorgo's Italian bona fides, but was at a party on Sunday with two gals who are as American as the day is long. I'll be damned if they didn't have on their Portugal windbreakers to cheer on CR7. (I'm sure there must have been another reason, but I never figured it out.

[MIJB#19]

Originally Posted by Ronnie Dobbs3

Not defending the biting, which at this point is absurd, but I have never understood the handball criticism for Suarez.

True, the handball criticism was mainly there because it was Suarez and his badboy reputation. Had it been Messi, Pirlo or any Spanish player, the world would applaud the player's willingness to sacrifice himself.

[Thomkal]

So this is the only time I really pay attention to soccer, but ESPN was saying this is the third time the guy has bitten someone. Plus other problems. Isn't it time to talk about a lifetime ban...or is FIFA really that...um...toothless? (sorry couldn't resist )

[cartman]

Rugby banned a guy for life for, umm, giving unwanted prostate exams in scrums.

[BishopMVP]

Originally Posted by HomerSimpson98

After you try and bite someone, I'm thinking all bets are off on the 'bows to the face and such. F that guy.

I don't have a problem with Chiellini's response after seeing teh replays - that's just a get the fuck off me response instead of a deliberate attempt to injure. I'm talking about guys who throw an elbow to the face after some light jostling for position, or come through a guy's head on a challenge with no attempt to play the ball.

[Galaxy]

I wonder how this will effect the transfer speculation (and contract) over Luis.

[Galaxy]

Originally Posted by BishopMVP

I don't have a problem with Chiellini's response after seeing teh replays - that's just a get the fuck off me response instead of a deliberate attempt to injure. I'm talking about guys who throw an elbow to the face after some light jostling for position, or come through a guy's head on a challenge with no attempt to play the ball.

The sad thing is the ball wasn't even in the play...was rather out-of-the-area for a while before the biting.

[Vince, Pt. II]

Originally Posted by BishopMVP

So... a bite to the shoulder is worse than an intentional elbow or punch to the head that can cause concussions and brain damage, or a studs-up tackle to a guy's plant leg that can put him out for a year?

The guy deserves whatever punishment he gets for being an idiot if nothing else, but I guess this is another situation where I question where our priorities are and why there's more outrage towards this than other intentional attempts to injure players that have a greater chance of causing long-term or permanent damage.

Have you seen the aftermath of a human bite? Saliva plays hell on wounds, and they last forever and can have some awful repercussions.

[HomerSimpson98]

Originally Posted by BishopMVP

I don't have a problem with Chiellini's response after seeing teh replays - that's just a get the fuck off me response instead of a deliberate attempt to injure. I'm talking about guys who throw an elbow to the face after some light jostling for position, or come through a guy's head on a challenge with no attempt to play the ball.

I'm thinking intent.

Its easy to tell when some jackhole opens and shuts his mouth on someone's shoulder. I cant believe I just posted that in the World Cup thread. Anyway, if someone gets rocked with the ball in the air, that can generally be explained away as unintentional. "I mis-read the flight of the ball and my elbow inadvertently hit Chucharito in the face." Or "I didnt meant to blow out Neymar's knee when I slid in for a tackle, but all these bumps in the turf caused my spikes to go high."

[Abe Sargent]

Originally Posted by Vince, Pt. II

Have you seen the aftermath of a human bite? Saliva plays hell on wounds, and they last forever and can have some awful repercussions.

Yum!

[Lathum]

My son got bit 2 days in a row last week by a kid in his class, he is 4. Guess the kid needs to stop watching soccer.

I told my wife I was going to tell my son next time the kid bites him to turn around and punch him in the face and it would be the last time he got bit. She wasn't fond of that idea.

[Radii]

Originally Posted by cartman

Rugby banned a guy for life for, umm, giving unwanted prostate exams in scrums.

I believe every prostate exam is unwanted. Sounds like the guy was just performing a public service.