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The funny thing is, VC keeps banging on about how right The FA got this. How the procedure shouldn't be questioned. Yet I bet he had a different view on The FA when Rooney was banned for swearing, or when Ferguson was banned from the touch line.

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I'm also surprised that VC would find the judgement and resulting ban dished out to Rio 'choc-ice' Ferdinand for his drug test avoidance fair and deserved.

Ferdinand accepted his ban, after he looked into an appeal based on a hair sample to prove his innocence. He missed his initial test too many times, so did the time

Paisleys

This is also true.

Yet I bet he had a different view on The FA when Rooney was banned for swearing

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My view on Rooney being banned for swearing into the camera, was that it served the oaf right.

My view on SAF being banned from the touch line was that he deserved it, he overstepped the mark with comments on Riley (I think it was).

My problem is that the FA are inconsistant with their punishments.

Oh, and I could argue the defence of Rooney and SAF in those instances, but at the end of the day, they got what they deserved.

This is the big difference between United and Liverpool fans. We don't bury our head in the sand when someone from our club does something wrong.

You lot do it on mass.

Ferdinand accepted his ban, after he looked into an appeal based on a hair sample to prove his innocence. He missed his initial test too many times, so did the time

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Of course, at the time. no Manchester United fan complained about the verdict or the ban

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I'm also surprised that VC would find the judgement and resulting ban dished out to Rio 'choc-ice' Ferdinand for his drug test avoidance fair and deserved.

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Like Suarez, which I have already stated, I think the penalty was very harsh to Rio.

Yes he should have been banned for missing the test, no problem with that. But he shouldn't have been banned more that players who had, at the time, failed one.

"This is the big difference between United and Liverpool fans. We don't bury our head in the sand when someone from our club does something wrong".

Really, that is the funniest thing I think I've ever read on here. Of course you do, and the term ABU means?

That term gets trotted out anytime anything goes against United. Be it a penalty decision, a difference of opinion from rival fans, or a disciplinary hearing by The FA.

Of course, at the time. no Manchester United fan complained about the verdict or the ban

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Not many complained about the verdict, but a hell of a lot of us complained about the lenght of the ban.

If it had been a Liverpool player, you lot would still be doing daily threads about the injustice of it.

Not many complained about the verdict, but a hell of a lot of us complained about the lenght of the ban.

If it had been a Liverpool player, you lot would still be doing daily threads about the injustice of it.

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Think of the t-shirt sales!!

If it had been a Liverpool player, you lot would still be doing daily threads about the injustice of it.
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They be chaining themselves to the FA's railings & going on hunger strike

Let em starve

My problem is that the FA are inconsistant with their punishments
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I agree with this. Also, considering the precendent set with Suarez case, I would now expect Rio Ferdinand, John Terry, Anton Ferdinand and Emmanuel Frimpong will be charged by the FA (where 99% of the verdicts are guilty).

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What do you see the FA charging Rio with?

Unless someone makes a complaint the FA will do f-a

Endorsing and circulating a racial slur, which to others may cause offence.

Paisley ....you should raise a complaint if you were offended by 'choc ice' as a description

I wasn't offended, but I would like to see some consistency on such matters.

That's because it wasn't used to cause offence.

Rio quickly removed the post and the original vanished...because it could be taken the wrong way

As the courts are not going to pursue Ferdinand (I believe that are going to charge the person who originally made the comment endorsed by Ferdinand), it would appear that this leaves the door open for the FA to charge him.

i should think plenty of people were offended by someone saying that a person was behaving like a person of another race. how can you get any more racist than that ?

Endorsing and circulating a racial slur, which to others may cause offence.

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Hard to see that one sticking.

Who was Rio actually replying to on his tweet.

A racist.

Is it related to colour? Is there a difference in race background between Rio and Ashley

That's because it wasn't used to cause offence.

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The term used could easily be contrued as offensive. My interpretation is that it is along similar lines as the term 'uncle tom', which in my understanding is a highly offensive.

For once I applaud Ashley Cole for taking a mature stance, but I still envisage the FA charging Ferdinand for distributing it around the internet.