Re: Liverpool Thread
No sane person criticises him for doing it at the moment, they criticise him for not leaving the pitch, sticking around til after the pen was missed and then celebrating in front of the African fans.
To be fair, I don't think he was goading in front of the African fans, was he? He was leaving the pitch and when the guy missed the penalty he turned back to celebrate.
And at the end of the game, the Uruguay players were putting him on their shoulders. So the entire team was to blame for any goading they did.
Against Mansfield, he did his usual celebration, kissing his wrist and ring finger. His wrist has his daughter's name. And it was definitely a more low-key celebration than most of his other goals.
So he was not goading anyone there either.
Of course, I do find him obnoxious at times, and he is not a classy player by any stretch of the imagination and he can be downright irritating, but I think you're really clutching for straws in your justification. Fair enough, you don't like him. So be it.
Does anyone remember Gary Neville's run and celebration in front of the Liverpool fans, or Adebayor's celebration in front of the City fans. Now that is real goading.
Sorry but the more I think of it, Suarez is just more open in what he does. Open in his aggression, cheating, whatever, But the other so called saints of football are also sinister, but it's not so obvious, and they are a bit more civilised than Suarez.
At the end of the day, they're all the same in varying degrees.