I think the problem with going after parts of the report, appealing, etc... is that we'd have the situation we now have where football isn't the focus...the media and Ferguson and now our ownership are the focus. It's going to be hard for the team to focus as all of this swirls around them. I think that's why it was decided early on to basically accept it and move on...but unfortunately we've now had another incident and this is what's come of it.
One key question here that we may never know the answer...what if Suarez had just made the effort and shook Evra's hand......would we be talking about this today? As much as Evra didn't deserve it, may have been the smarter thing to do.
I think my issue though is have we accepted it or buried our heads in the sand hoping it goes away?
On the handshake very briefly and for the record I think he should have done it even if there was no meaning in it, I said so last week before the game.
But the things Evra has accused him of that there is not one shred of eveidence of shouldn't be in that report, he should have been banned for the use of the word once and everything else in it shouldn't be there for him to be presumed guilty of.
Would you respect a man that made stuff up about you and have potentially ruined his character for good? Maybe the emotion of that when stood right in front of him spilled over.
Had it only been in the public he said that word once which he admitted to and said he would never use again on the pitch in England then he may have said sorry to Evra months ago and shaken his hand. But if he feels he completely lied about other things and he hasn't been able to clear his name?
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