Mansfield Town 1:2 Liverpool, In game & post match debate.

Do you mean the story that was around in the press regarding her previous er.... Employment

I had a strange suspicion regarding how he might have "bumped into her" and to be honest, good luck to him. If they're both getting what they want out of the relationship then who are we to care or judge, certainly an odd couple though.

ESPN Statement re Jon Champion’s comments

ESPN have issued a statement regarding the comments Jon Champion made about Suarez.
 
“We take our responsibility to deliver the highest standards of coverage to our viewers. ESPN’s editorial policy is for commentators to be unbiased and honest, to call things as they see them. Inevitably this can involve treading a fine line on occasion, especially in the heat of the moment. Comments during the Mansfield v Liverpool match caused offence where none was intended and we have spoken to our commentator about this incident.”

http://www.empireofthekop.com/anfield/2013/01/07/espn-statement-re-jon-champions-comments/

ESPN Statement re Jon Champion’s comments

ESPN have issued a statement regarding the comments Jon Champion made about Suarez.
 
“We take our responsibility to deliver the highest standards of coverage to our viewers. ESPN’s editorial policy is for commentators to be unbiased and honest, to call things as they see them. Inevitably this can involve treading a fine line on occasion, especially in the heat of the moment. Comments during the Mansfield v Liverpool match caused offence where none was intended and we have spoken to our commentator about this incident.”

http://www.empireofthekop.com/anfield/2013/01/07/espn-statement-re-jon-champions-comments/

they should apologise to Luis.Its just not on to vilify this one man when there are half a dozen handballs each game that go un-noticed.
I have just left a comment on their site regarding this outrageous comment.

ESPN Statement re Jon Champion’s comments

ESPN have issued a statement regarding the comments Jon Champion made about Suarez.
 
“We take our responsibility to deliver the highest standards of coverage to our viewers. ESPN’s editorial policy is for commentators to be unbiased and honest, to call things as they see them. Inevitably this can involve treading a fine line on occasion, especially in the heat of the moment. Comments during the Mansfield v Liverpool match caused offence where none was intended and we have spoken to our commentator about this incident.”

Irrespective of fine lines and having words with the commentator it would be interesting to find out if the remark is slanderous and/or defamation of character.

they should apologise to Luis.Its just not on to vilify this one man when there are half a dozen handballs each game that go un-noticed.
I have just left a comment on their site regarding this outrageous comment.

Wel

they should apologise to Luis.Its just not on to vilify this one man when there are half a dozen handballs each game that go un-noticed. have just left a comment on their site regarding this outrageous comment.

Well done walton,good on yer mate I might just do the same,in fact if everyone bombarded ESPN with emails it might have a genuine effect.cheers.

Oh Warren Barton (Fox Soccer Analyst), how quickly we change our tune.

Minutes after the game Warren Barton went on live tv stating that Luis Suarez was a full on cheat and a continuation of his cheating from the last World Cup.

Then he releases this on a Fox Soccer online review the very same day:

"It’s disappointing that once again we have to talk about Luis Suarez. He just seems to always be at the center of controversy. To be clear, the goal he scored should not have counted: it was a blatant handball. Everyone in the stadium saw it – everyone in Los Angeles saw it as well! But I don’t blame Suarez: I blame the referee and his crew. I think it was a natural reaction from Suarez, and I don’t want to say it was deliberate. But the referees should have seen it, and waved it off."

Hillarious mate, make up your mind....

Source: http://msn.foxsports.com/foxsoccer/facup/story/barton-third-round-games-show-off-fa-cup-allure-010613

Oh Warren Barton (Fox Soccer Analyst), how quickly we change our tune.

Minutes after the game Warren Barton went on live tv stating that Luis Suarez was a full on cheat and a continuation of his cheating from the last World Cup.

Then he releases this on a Fox Soccer online review the very same day:

"It’s disappointing that once again we have to talk about Luis Suarez. He just seems to always be at the center of controversy. To be clear, the goal he scored should not have counted: it was a blatant handball. Everyone in the stadium saw it – everyone in Los Angeles saw it as well! But I don’t blame Suarez: I blame the referee and his crew. I think it was a natural reaction from Suarez, and I don’t want to say it was deliberate. But the referees should have seen it, and waved it off."

Hillarious mate, make up your mind....

Source: http://msn.foxsports.com/foxsoccer/facup/story/barton-third-round-games-show-off-fa-cup-allure-010613

It's known in the trade as ------covering your arse.

Whats the betting old whisky nose will have something to say about the handball when he does his pre match talk!
Good on you Luis,play to the whistle, f**k them all. How many times does a defender run to the ref after he has handled the ball in the area,and says you better give a pen there ref.

Bunch of hypocrites the lot of them.

It's known in the trade as ------covering your arse.

Agreed   Great analysis Warren haha

ESPN Statement re Jon Champion’s comments

ESPN have issued a statement regarding the comments Jon Champion made about Suarez.
 
“We take our responsibility to deliver the highest standards of coverage to our viewers. ESPN’s editorial policy is for commentators to be unbiased and honest, to call things as they see them. Inevitably this can involve treading a fine line on occasion, especially in the heat of the moment. Comments during the Mansfield v Liverpool match caused offence where none was intended and we have spoken to our commentator about this incident.”

http://www.empireofthekop.com/anfield/2013/01/07/espn-statement-re-jon-champions-comments/

Jon Champion is a c**t anyway. Never liked him. His voice has a smug tone to it which I've never particularly liked.

It's known in the trade as ------covering your arse.

Yeah, and out of he trade it's known as being a loud mouthed f**ker, with no bottle or backbone to support your statement. So you change your views to what you think might make you slightly more popular. Slime ball.

Anyway, who's got the details for espn so we can collectively F**k up John Champions career as a comentator.

Not going to choose anyone for man of the match. We may have gotten the win but that second half was a complete shower of sh*te and an embarrassment, they out played us in every area and we were lucky to only concede the one goal. The line up we put out should have battered them, I know it was an awful pitch but we went into this game with the wrong attitude completely, the team seemed half interested and as though they would stroll it, the passing was terrible, the dribbling was terrible, the first touch was terrible and just overall not good enough. If we play like that against United then we will get royally twatted.

On a brighter note, great for Sturridge to get a debut goal, took it well and hopefully the first of many.

Mansfield f.c are a class act in so many ways,they fought hard  and those empty seats for hillsborough  fans who perished speaks volumes on there class.  Also the statement they made on saurez goal confirmed this. Now on the the game, sturridge goal indicates he has pace and predtory insticts. Brad jones was awesomeand carragher stood tall. But we did let the game slip away. Good move by brendan to put saurez on when he did.

Performance was not pretty in particular in the secondhalf but it was a classic FA cup tie between a fighting minnow and a giant.

Not worried about turning in the same performance against the mancs on Sunday as the squad will be rotated and we will step up.

There's one thing that the majority of the critics seem to be missing when they say Luis should have owned up and said it was handball.
The officials didn't miss it!!!
The 4th official was quizzed by Mansfield and replied yes it was handball but the ref says it wasn't deliberate.

you can't get away from it early in the season all the refs were cheating bas**rds everything and everybody was against us get your F***ing heads out of the clouds you're just like every other team supporter you take goals whether scored legally or not  and that goal was scored by someone who would take credit for a goal even if he had scored with the ball tucked up under his shirt it's the likes of him who's taking this club down with his behaviour every one else can't be wrong all of the time can they it's like he's bigger than the club which he's definitely not

Man of the match between Brad Jones, Sturridge, Seb and Luis. The two who scored, and the two who stopped the enemy's charges.