You shouldn't always believe what you read in the papers. Liverpool fans know all to well how a newspaper can manipulate and deceive the general public.
Unfortunately for us the majority of the UK are having the wool pulled over their eyes. This is abundantly clear when we look at the oxymoron that is Luis Suarez. To us devoted Liverpool fans he is a humble and honourable character, committed to the club, the cause and his family. But for those misinformed he is a racist cheat who thrives on controversy.
The latter perception is shaped by those who earn their money making news that sells, or similarly our rivals who want anything but a happy, in-form Suarez lining up against their inferior defences. Those opinions formed by what they see and hear from the man himself, having watched the Channel 5 series Being Liverpool, followed him on Twitter, or listened to his interviews, can be left with no doubt of his genuine nature.
So where did this open deception of Suarez’s persona begin? After the 1-1 draw with Manchester United on the 15th October 2011, it was not Evra’s belated claims of racism that formed the media firing squad on Suarez, but Ferguson’s post match interview. The United manager described the free kick that lead to Liverpool’s opener as soft, but instead of opening fire on his usual target the officials, he had sympathy for the referee, bearing in mind “the boy Suarez dives all over the place”.
Considering the match was fairly uneventful and Ferguson has a significant influence upon most football journalists, Suarez the so-called diver was headline news. Worse yet it had an immediate effect on official’s assessment of the player. In our following game hosting Norwich, Suarez was regularly man handled by Bennett, yet failed to win a single free kick throughout the match.
Despite Ferguson’s frequent interference with refereeing decisions, even by his standards the immediate impact was remarkable. A year on from Ferguson’s spineless comment, journalist and pundits are all too readily sticking a foot into our pride and glory. They portray him as a delinquent character alike Balotelli. “Let’s hope he makes the headlines on the pitch today” is the type of garbage sprouted in the build up to each televised match. Since when did anyone hear of Suarez setting off fireworks within his house?
The fact of the matter is that Luis Suarez sells. While a laughable dive and admission by Phil Neville didn’t go beyond the post match interview. Suarez’s recent comments regarding a blatant dive against Stoke City were delivered to the public in a similar fashion to Lance Armstrong’s interview with Oprah. The over zealous media coverage of this may have been forgiven had his dive not been extremely evident on the day.
The recent outcry that followed Suarez’s accidental hand ball, leading to Mansfield Town being knocked out of the FA Cup, caused more debate than Thierry Henry’s deliberate hand ball against Ireland, consequently cutting short a country’s trip to the World Cup.
Another Suarez dispute blown so far out of proportion it was barely recognizable from the half second it took to score. Until the day Suarez and Liverpool part this ill informed perception of a true gem is likely to remain. But for those of us who know the real Luis Suarez, may that day never come.
Unfortunately for us the majority of the UK are having the wool pulled over their eyes. This is abundantly clear when we look at the oxymoron that is Luis Suarez. To us devoted Liverpool fans he is a humble and honourable character, committed to the club, the cause and his family. But for those misinformed he is a racist cheat who thrives on controversy.
The latter perception is shaped by those who earn their money making news that sells, or similarly our rivals who want anything but a happy, in-form Suarez lining up against their inferior defences. Those opinions formed by what they see and hear from the man himself, having watched the Channel 5 series Being Liverpool, followed him on Twitter, or listened to his interviews, can be left with no doubt of his genuine nature.
So where did this open deception of Suarez’s persona begin? After the 1-1 draw with Manchester United on the 15th October 2011, it was not Evra’s belated claims of racism that formed the media firing squad on Suarez, but Ferguson’s post match interview. The United manager described the free kick that lead to Liverpool’s opener as soft, but instead of opening fire on his usual target the officials, he had sympathy for the referee, bearing in mind “the boy Suarez dives all over the place”.
Considering the match was fairly uneventful and Ferguson has a significant influence upon most football journalists, Suarez the so-called diver was headline news. Worse yet it had an immediate effect on official’s assessment of the player. In our following game hosting Norwich, Suarez was regularly man handled by Bennett, yet failed to win a single free kick throughout the match.
Despite Ferguson’s frequent interference with refereeing decisions, even by his standards the immediate impact was remarkable. A year on from Ferguson’s spineless comment, journalist and pundits are all too readily sticking a foot into our pride and glory. They portray him as a delinquent character alike Balotelli. “Let’s hope he makes the headlines on the pitch today” is the type of garbage sprouted in the build up to each televised match. Since when did anyone hear of Suarez setting off fireworks within his house?
The fact of the matter is that Luis Suarez sells. While a laughable dive and admission by Phil Neville didn’t go beyond the post match interview. Suarez’s recent comments regarding a blatant dive against Stoke City were delivered to the public in a similar fashion to Lance Armstrong’s interview with Oprah. The over zealous media coverage of this may have been forgiven had his dive not been extremely evident on the day.
The recent outcry that followed Suarez’s accidental hand ball, leading to Mansfield Town being knocked out of the FA Cup, caused more debate than Thierry Henry’s deliberate hand ball against Ireland, consequently cutting short a country’s trip to the World Cup.
Another Suarez dispute blown so far out of proportion it was barely recognizable from the half second it took to score. Until the day Suarez and Liverpool part this ill informed perception of a true gem is likely to remain. But for those of us who know the real Luis Suarez, may that day never come.
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Can't agree with you more, it is a media, nay world, nay cosmic conspiracy of despicable proportions aginst an honest and modest man, Suarez, and the wonderful good city of Liverpool that oasis of the north........or he's just a cheat.
ReplyDeleteGet your heads out of the sand and face up to the truth of the matter, i'm all for supporters defending their players but really there comes a time when you can not defend the indefensible.
Like Cantona karate kicking a fan, oh wait that was the fans fault.
DeleteLike that thug Keane deliberately ending a fellow professionals career and then sabotaging Ireland's world cup? Oh no that's Keane lets give the twat a job on ITV.
Like Giggs f******* his brothers wife and then doling out the cash to make it go away.
Like the famous liar Evra screaming over and over again that a chelsea player was a N*****r, and a Mother f****** and then combing the two to great effect before telling the FA that the word in his mouth made him feel sick.
The bacon faced Alcoholic shit himself when Suarez tore his defence to pieces at OT and everything from that day has been an attempt to get him out of English football.
Couldn't agree more... It will be a travesty to see a talent like Suarez leave the premiership because of the way he is being portrayed by the media. The 'boo boys' of rival supporters would soon stop of they had him on their team. He is a gem of a player,a true game changer,which are few and far between I'm the epl and I hope he stays committed to Liverpool and gets some more world class players on the team to support our rise back to the top.
ReplyDeleteWell constructed article... Suarez YNWA!!!
ReplyDeleteGreat article, full of the truth and not the lies the ferguson influenced media trys to portray for suarez
ReplyDeleteGood article but I have to disagree with some of your points. I have to blame mr dalglish for the way suarez is portrayed. He showed the exact way not to defend a player to the media. It is well known ferguson knows how to influence the media as he has made many managers and players look like fools.
ReplyDeleteWould it not have been best for suarez to apologise straight away after the racism scenario?
I think the diving case is a different case. People forget its human reaction to avoid being hit. Im under the belief contact doesn't need to be made for it to be a foul if he is avoiding the tackle. Bale is a perfect example of this. The slightest touch knocks him over because of the pace he runs at, yet he has been booked 3-4times this season for diving.
Yet I believe the start of the hatred of suarez began in the world cup when he purposely handle the ball to deny the oppositon a clear goal. He was red carded and the opposition got a penalty yet he was deemed a cheat. Would this have been the case if gyan had scored that penalty?