He got a 10 match ban last time and effectively a 23 match ban(plus friendlies and training)this time.So I think it's about right, maybe a tad harsh on Liverpool as he wasn't even playing for them and they get a harsher punishment than Uruguay.

So how come this adult is still doing it but behaving as though it isn't a problem?

Apply regular law while the governing body of football ban him from the sport. It's pretty easy to understand, not sure why you're having great difficulty with it.

That was not the point being made. The point is children naturally bite and have to be taught not to.

So are you suggesting that Luis Suarez is mentally disabled?

No, but any ruling body has to take into consideration the public revulsion towards a particular action. Arguably, spitting does no harm to anyone, but around most of the world it's regarded with disgust.

I guess Liverpool's "punishment" comes from employing The Biter and not having dealt with it since his previous bite. Ivanovic should have been his last ever bite, but it wasn't.

Not being part of the mindless witchhunt against suarez makes me a fan of his......riiight


I don't even like him, but looking at this objectively, what damage has he actually caused? some guy having some bite marks on his shoulder that would've faded away within a few minutes. Its disgusting behaviour and should be punished, but its hardly the worse thing in the world.

The Ajax incident should have been the first and last but I get what your saying. Liverpool should have sent him for a mental health review imo.

the point is biting is human behaviour, we just learn that it is wrong, but some people still do it for some reason.

He has.

did I say that, if not no I am not.

It's hardly a mindless witchhunt. The guy is a lunatic, and a cheat. His behaviour leads people to wonder what the sport is all about.

We simply cannot have that in football. 4 Months punishment is a cop out and will be ineffective.

Do you condone drug cheats too? After all, they aren't harming anyone, are they?

Oh, must just be me then.

People with serious mental health problems. I would bite someone as a last resort if I was been attacked and pinned down. Not when I'm playing football.

An attitude that would soon change if you got bit at work, especially from someone who had previous.

Where did you get the idea that I condone drug cheats?

I'm just saying, if you look at the damage from suarez's bite, you'll realise its not a great deal, certainly not compared to reckless tacklers, drug cheats, etc. If you have to give suarez a 4 months ban, half of the stoke team should get 2 year bans.

I see him as being totally amoral. He simply thinks that nothing he does is wrong, even when it's clear that everybody else does. I don't think this would have happened at Liverpool because they have been working very hard to make sure it doesn't. The second he's away from any kind of active influence, this is the result. He can do no wrong so far as Uruguay are concerned, ever. It doesn't help him.

Yes Stoke are rough within the laws of the game. As are many other people.

What Suarez does is outside the laws of the game.

Why don't you see the obvious difference?

yes it must be

Toddlers don't bite all the time I only ever knew one toddler to do it and he did it to my son I was mortified.

There are situations where biting might well be acceptable, but football is hardly one of them. Football isn't war, even if some like to promote it as being an extension of it. If Suarez hasn't learnt not to bite to get his way, then he should be forced to spend a few years with his parents, who might be bothered this time to educate him on the matter rather than let him act feral. Failing that, a spell in nursery might be in order...

Don't get me wrong, I know football is not the place. I was trying to get over the point that biting is a late resort in certain situations like getting attacked. NOT on the football field.

I don't think you can dismiss something like biting so lightly. It does transcend most other things we see on a football pitch. It's primitive, inhuman, and just plain weird.
I agree, deliberate foul play that results in a serious injury to an opponent should be punished even more harshly. But with tackles it's usually difficult to prove that it was definitely deliberate. In cases involving head-butts, punches etc, perhaps we should introduce longer bans.

I think he was making the point that it is not always within the laws of the game and stoke player(s) have admitted that