Rio Ferdinand refused to shake Luis Suarez’s hand today after seeing that the Uruguayan snubbed Patrice Evra’s offer to shake his hand. Despite being found guilty of racially abusing Evra, our captain was the bigger man in agreeing to shake his hand, but bizarrely, Suarez chose not to.
“Bad decision making from their guy,” Rio told MUTV. “It’s a touchy subject at the minute. Things could have been put to bed if the handshake was done. But after seeing what I did I decided not to shake his hand. If you’ve not got the respect you need to have in these situations and acknowledge that you’ve made a mistake and say sorry, well, I lost all respect for the guy after that. It could have been resolved today but after this, it’s not great. It’s disappointing. I expected more from the guy.”
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Rio, best to keep quiet and let Liverpool bury themselves. Be the better man.
Disgraceful – the prick suarez (sewerage) is a cunt!
Dalglish claims he did not see the handshaking time – and getting pissed by ESPN reporter. lol
Well done Rio and well done Pat……. ‘The guy’ is a cunt of the highest order
Great win United! suarez might be a good player but will do more damage to liverpool in the end. sadly liverpool supporters will blindly support him.
Disagree.
It needs to be stated and every player who actually cares about the Kick It Out campaign should refuse to shake Suarez’s hand if they play against him.
Well done Rio. Evra might have the armband, but can’t deny that Rio is still a leader out there.
And with his vulnerable back, I was amazed he kept on after that fall at the start. Ouch!
Rio should of nutted Suarez.
What was the ‘You know what you are’ chants lyrics at the game today?
Good to see the support of teammates! I bet kenny is fuming at shitarez for not putting the matter to bed today.
Evans impressed me today! Hope he can carry on.
EVERY PLAYER from this day forward should reject the hand of a racist scumbag like Suarez. That will get the ” kick it out” campaign more strength and treat these thugs like they should be treated,like worthless pieces of shit.
No matter what anybody says or any video replays show, Cunt Kenny didnt see the refusal of handshake.
Loserpool Loserpool
You Never Lose Alone !!!
Cunt of the highest order.
There was no “smoking gun” in the Suarez-Evra case to prove it one way or another. The Commission did not seriously interrogate Evra’s account, and there is a very real possibility the accused has suffered a terribly unjust slander against his name.
The most logical reason for why he brushed Evra’s handshake is Evra’s testimony has led him to being on the receiving end of a grave injustice.
I agree the players should now not comment on the situation and focus on winning the league. Let Liverpool fc hang themselves in the press. Top of the league lads what a great fucking day!!!
@Brendan
The most logical reason is because he is a knobhead.
Now go away.
RIO RIO RIO RIO!!!!!
Rio = class
Brendan use as much English as you want. Just like the other racist twats defending this rat bastard. The case is very simple. Suarez admitted using Negro. Considering the atmosphere of the game and the context ( Suarez attempting to rile up evra) in which it was said, it is RACIALLY offensive to Evra, a black man. The liverpool men who were questioned in this case all had different conflicting stories. The United men questioned in this case all had MATCHING SIMILAR STORIES. BUCKTOOTH IS BANNED. END OF STORY. now fuck off brendan will ya.
Brendan, its clearly past your bedtime…
I was thrilled to see what Rio did and credit to him. I only wished he looked down the line and said that no one shook Suarez’ hand. I wish it was original to me, but it is not: MUFC-Defending Champions, LFC-Defending Racist.
I love who ever came up with that.
**Im not having a go at Gerkeo -per se but “best to keep quiet?” – don’t make me laugh.
True, letting Liverpool bury themselves is all well and good, higher moral ground and all of that, but lets not forget we already had the higher ground when the national press was calling Evra a LIAR….
Sorry but its never been “best to keep quiet” when it comes to discrimination or abuse, that is POOR ADVICE and im fucking tired of hearing it with regards to racism to be blunt. Rio’s thoughts on this have to be declared OUT LOUD, or does modern society now believe things improved in the game due to players keeping quiet?
All this talk about being a gentleman or whatever, but it was the gentlemen of the game who sat there and did fuck all when racism was at its peak. Today the EDL are openly recruiting in the stands and theres not a peep from the press OR THE GENTLEMEN so fuck them – they’ve never been serious about fighting racism anyway and they’ve never been on the front line.
If you keep quiet about abuse you will continue to be abused, and Fifth Columns don’t get stomped out by being silent and polite do they? Ask the Brown Shirts who were welcomed elsewhere but chased out before the war. THATS how you fight he good fight, and nobody should forget that example in this country.
In my humble opinion RIO and Evra are Legends regarding all of this, and Suarez and his manager are utter filth – now If thats too course or base or common for anybody I’d suggest watching Cricket. Maybe when I see an Etonian scoring an overhead bicycle Kick I’ll be more understanding of this OBSESSION with players not rocking the boat and turning the other cheek, but until then fuck that who does it benefit being quiet? Those not driven by necessity to fight racism I presume?
Look its all well and good saying the right things and being upright but its Rio, Evra, Anton and now Micah who have to live a normal life while receiving bullets, death threats and abuse.
More to the point, turning the other cheek is over-rated, as rocking the boat in England is the SOLE reason Rio hasn’t been paid less than John Terry all these years just because he’s black. Thats how it was for Rio’s parent’s generation don’t forget – no Dogs and no Blacks and all the rest of it – and turning the other cheek WASN’T what brought about change, believe me.
Rio is right to take a stand as its his fight to fight imo, and well meaning Lefties always make me laugh trying to tell people directly in the firing line how angry to get.
Like I said, not going off on Gerkeo don’t think I’ve noticed him posting before so its nothing personal. Im just saying Rio has done fuck all wrong so the idea he should keep quiet or keep out of Evra’s problem or whatever. ITS BOLLOCKS.
Rio manned-up to a disgusting situation. Good for him. He’s risen in my estimation.
@Brendan
Really?
‘There was no “smoking gun” in the Suarez-Evra case to prove it one way or another.’ – I’ll admit that I’m not the greatest legal mind around, but I’m pretty sure that the fact that Suarez himself and two LFC employees admitting that Suarez said ‘I kicked you because you’re black’ and ‘I don’t talk to blacks’ is what pretty much the definition of what you call a ‘smoking gun’.
‘The Commission did not seriously interrogate Evra’s account, and there is a very real possibility the accused has suffered a terribly unjust slander against his name.’ – First things first, you don’t ‘interrogate’ an account, you interrogate a person. Anyway, moving on, it is very hard to argue that Suarez has been the subject of slander when he has admitted saying the thing he was accused of saying.
‘The most logical reason for why he brushed Evra’s handshake is Evra’s testimony has led him to being on the receiving end of a grave injustice.’ – That is not logical at all. Suarez made a racist statement, he knows he made a racist statement, he admitted making a racist statement and was punished for making a racist statement. The problem here is that Suarez seems to think that he can do whatever the fuck he wants, offer the flimsiest of excuses (I’m sorry, but ‘I don’t talk to blacks’ is a racist statement in any language – cultural differences don’t come into it) and get off scott free, which he can’t. Similarly, LFC, its employees and fans, in their traditional self-righteous way, have refused to accept responsibility for any wrongdoing secure in the belief that they have cornered the market on human suffering and, as such should be able to act with impunity. Problem for you is that the rest of the world isn’t buying it anymore.
I’ve got to say I have lost all respect for liverpool football club now! I’m a man utd fan and I’ve never really ” hated” Liverpool but after what that bucked toothed uraguyan twat did today I’ve joined the army of utd fans who hate Liverpool!!
Suarez should have been a big man and shook evra’s hand. I find that he didnt very disrespectful and bad for the game. He had a chance to put this to bed and help the fight agains racism ! The guy has no class and liverpool should be ashamed
On a brighter note, take a look City, we even do moral victories better than you!
Love it. The support our lads have for each other is wonderful. You the man Rio, well done!
Paul parker: no offence taken and for the most part I agree with you on the issue that a stand should be taken. Any clear minded individual can see how badly lfc have ballsed this whole situation up starting from dagleish. Rio has to be cautious too however as his comments will easily be used by terry’s council as prejudicing a fair trial against him. It’s not bollocks, its keeping your powder dry and making sure everyone gets what they deserve, suarez, terry and all.
The matter of fact is that Suarez admitted himself he used the word Negro.
Enough said
@Gerkeo – point taken mate – like most things its a balance right?
Well done rio,great day for you and man united,suares attitude is disgusting,rio we’r proud of you.
What makes me more happy is the thing that they didnt won anything 22 years…it will continue another 22 years…jerks.
i can t inderstand that you can defend that guy on any way. You say, to the other players that they do the same.
top man, Rio. He has come out strongly in what he believes in and also in support of his teammate. Sad to see Rooney being non-committal on the matter and saying that this episode was between the two players concerned.
No offence, but is this lack of intelligence a Scouse thing?Loonypool and Dogleash set the precedent by supporting “the disgrace” throughout his ban with their silly t-shirt campaign, and the scouse bastards have certainly covered themselves in glory post-match today
It will now be interesting to see if the F.A have the balls to do something about today’s incident. Do they take their Respect campaign seriously enough or not.
Welbeck tried to avoid the handshake too. Anyone seen it? Would have been great if not just Rio but the entire team had snubbed the ugly racist cunt.
Sad to hear Rooney trying to alienate himself from this issue. Loose Suaracist is brainless twat who needs some serious schooling. What he’s doing has no place in the modern world expect dogleish’s classless cunts
I set my username to five when I joined this site cause of Rio’s shirt number and I have always admired him as a player but today I truly saw just why he’s considered a leader it’s no secret that his back is absolutely fucked and he was having trouble even standing up at times today but he defended well and most importantly showed Suarez that he’s not going to get away disrespecting our captain like that.
Fucking great win, come on United two trophies left lets snag them both
@Gerkeo – im just now realising what your saying mate, I saw the reference to keeping Gun Powder dry and liked the sound of it haha.
So no, your still off in your post at 17:42 imo.
Why should Rio succumb to a misguided fear he could effect John Terry’s trial by speaking out about LFC? Thats daft, because as far as the law is concerned Rio’s comments today have FUCK ALL relevance to John Terry’s trial.
Remember mate, the England Captain is facing CRIMINAL CHARGES.
If a handbag is snatched in Liverpool on Monday it matters not what someone subsequently says about thieving little cunts snatching handbags in London on Tuesday, do you follow? No unrelated words from Rio weeks after the alleged offence against Anton can change the substantive facts of the case.
Terry isn’t gonna get off just because Rio said a few words about Suarez mate, thats daft. All the CPS wanna know is did CLLC racially abuse Anton contrary to English Law. YAY OR NAY.
Thus far Rio hasn’t spoken about the allegations Terry is facing and thats rightly because his words COULD potentially be prejudicial. But that aside, Rio can say whatever the fuck he wants about LFC without it effecting the Criminal Trial of the England Captain. Of course he can.
As for John Terry beating this charge, if the courts rule that Rio has prejudiced the trial by speaking out about LFC that wouldn’t be Rio’s fault – that would be what you’d call a miscarriage of justice pal!
@paul parker: come July I see suarez pissing off to Spain and leaving the scousers crying into their stupid t shirts, I also see terry becoming a convicted criminal like his two parents and I see number 20 at old trafford.
Sadly I fear balance on the real issue may never be seen. You just have to read the bile spouted on any site by cowards hiding behind the anonymity the internet affords them. Hopefully by removing their rolemodels will deminish their numbers.
Pat is alwayz a big boy come rain come sunshine and that mumu called suarez is nothing but a big disgrace to football profession even if wrongly judged he could have bury the hatchet and move on like a professional,I wonder what esteem legends like PELE will hold him.
Good for you Rio proud of you.
@Gerkeo – Would be nice wouldn’t it? Personally im loving the fact that racists on Twitter are being hunted down and charged like the cunts they are. The game isn’t doing enough to stamp out racism but that is one thing I will give the authorities credit for. People who protest are prepared to go to prison, but these mindless cunts Tweeting Micah Richards from the safety of the internet will soon knock it off when they realise they’ll have to do time for it. Theres people around the world setting themselves alight for what they believe in, so the “cause” being carried by these silly cunts in England can’t be that powerful or inspiring can it? Bunch of pussies you ask me.
You should be out on your ear for doing monkey chants and the like at ANY game, people have been thrown out for less! A heavy hand on a racists collar is always a pleasing sight in my eye. And coward ain’t the word mate, when you see the membership lists of these organised racists it reads like a whose who in society. Shame they can’t stand up for their beliefs in their roles as teachers, judges, policemen and bloggers aye?
*silly little cunts in England that should say, haha.
Rio’s been misquoted. What he said was “seeing what HE (Suarez) did I decided not to shake his head”. This may sound trivial but I’ve listened to people accusing Rio of being just as bad as Suarez for blanking him on Talksport for the last 90 minutes and I think we have a duty to be clear about the facts because of that: Rio was not premeditated, he did what he did because he saw Suarez disrespect Evra and if you don’t give respect you can’t expect to get it.
and i thought balotelli was bad
Great result today , if we get a win at white hart lane no 20 ‘s on the way, wel done to evra and rio today , yous were the bigger men today,Rooney was awesome again, hitting form at the rite time, hopefully wel ave a clean bill of health for our next pl game.
Rio did the best thing and i expect all our other player to snub Suaracist hand when they saw what he did to our darling captain.
Thank you Rio………and thank you Evra for the celebration in front of that stupid fool named shitrez.
Rio did the best thing and i expect all our other player to snub Suaracist hand when they saw what he did to our darling captain.
Thank you Rio………and thank you Evra for the celebration in front of that stupid fool named shitrez.
Instead of u guys complaining about what Rio said, wazza shld have scolded for opting out of the issue. He needs to support his captain.
*have been scolded*
I personally would have love it if the whole man utd team snubbed Suarez hand shake! United we stand and surport our captain!!!
Watching the match I was outraged when Evra offered his hand and was snubbed by Ratface, but Rio snubbing Suarez made me fill with pride for our CB, wish the rest had fallen suit too.
what i wanna know is though why this matter was not taken to a federal court like Terry v Anton F. Was this a mutual decision by both clubs? Hope someone can fill me in on this. Thanks
sorry Brendan, but i have to disagree.
suarez DID admit to using the word “negro” and did the next ‘best’ thing, too – he said that Evra should’ve kept it quiet since “what happens on the pitch, stays on the pitch”. while that makes sense, “Kick It Out” has kicked in and so he’s been punished for what he thought wouldn’t have left the pitch.
kinda sad, really, that people like this still exist, stupidity’s one thing, but suarez..
to think i used to like the guy and his footballing ability. looks like liverpool fucked yet another player up.
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hahahahahah shake his head
we all should also give evra credit. why?? becoz he is multilingual, i think if he wasnt able to understand spannish then i do have a doubt to believe that this former amsterdam cannibal wudve got away with it in october. so i think it really helps to speak another lingo.
that cunt suarez thot he cud say anything in spanish to french speaker and get away with it. shudve been banned for more.
kenny dalglishit, he is the one pulling all the shots
correction: i meant to say, i do have no doubt
People better Dont waste your time for some dickhead daft cunts lfc scums. They wouldnt listen, wouldnt understand these issues. Just hope suarez do a Torres, fuck off to richer clubs & we’ll see their hypocrities fans might call him racist too that time.
Did anyone see suarecist kiss his skin after scoring. Did anyone see him dusting/wiping his shirt where he was touched by valencia when sualess kicked the ball out in anger?. i appeal 2 all antiracist thought 2 snub his greating
Weldone Rio but you should have finished him with a clean sheet. The goal you game him,made him full of himself. Anyway is three point for us.
Suarez guy only regards the name at the back of his shirt and not the name at the front, what a shame he should better think of living in the summer, funky little brager.
The dippers (unfortunately know some on FB) are claiming that it was our Pat who pulled away to start with thus allowing their racist not being able to shake his hand but Pat’s reaction says otherwise!!
As we sang yesterday!
IT’S NEVER YOUR FAULT, IT’S NEVER YOUR FAULT, ALWAYS THE VICTIMS…..IT’S NEVER YOUR FAULT!
Theres no point even getting in to it with liverpool fans. Look at them i mean fucking hell, fuck fourth these fuckers will struggle to get a europa league spot. The whole system there is laughable, from when you spend 35 million on a donkey you cant expect to be taken seriously. The funniest thing is theyre being loyal to a convicted racist, and do u honestly think that ugly racist scumbag will return the favour…bollocks, give it two years and while these scouse numptys are struggling to finish 6th the racist will be gone in a flash.
Quote DG-The dippers (unfortunately know some on FB) are claiming that it was our Pat who pulled away to start with thus allowing their racist not being able to shake his hand but Pat’s reaction says otherwise!!
Despite the above being bollocks ( It looks like the dirties have exhausted all 911/JFK conspiracies and are dredging the barrell)
It was Evra as the victim who had the choice whether to shake hands or not, he never got a chance to accept the offer from Suarez. He might be small be Evra is twice the man that suarez is just for offering his hand in the first place.
Suarez should be grateful it wasn’t Remi Moses he racially abused, he might just be missing more than 8 games this season.
To all those fuckers who think Evra pulled his hand away, I suggest you guys show em this
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/manchester-united/9077488/Luis-Suarez-issues-apology-for-refusing-Patrice-Evras-handshake-before-Liverpools-defeat-to-Manchester-United.html
let’s see them deny it after this
You have to accept it Scouce cunts, YOU ARE FINISHED,plain and simple!!!!!
Just look at your performances on and of the field, winning almost nothing for these last 10 years or so and above all the handling of the Suarez affair from your top brass in your so called f’ball club was utter disgrace. You have turned into the laughing stock of world f’ball.
Just enjoy it you stupid assholes all of you !!!!!!