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Poyet: Evra is a crybaby, FA will be abused

Comment: 0 November 18th, 2011 by: admin

GUS Poyet, manager of Brighton & Hove Albion, recently deemed Manchester United’s Patrice Evra a crybaby for accusing Liverpool’s Luis Suarez of continuously throwing racist remarks during their Premier League tiff.

A Uruguayan like Suarez, Poyet stated that he was also put under verbal abuse by fellow footballers during his years as a player, but never complained about any of the incidents unlike Evra.

‘I played football for seven years in Spain and was called everything, because I was from South America,’ Poyet recalled.  ‘And I never went out crying like a baby, like Patrice Evra, saying that someone said something to me.’

The manager continued, warning that the Football Association’s decision to charge Suarez with Evra’s accusations could lead to future occasions with anyone easily throwing accusations of racism without sound evidence.

‘I’m really sad about this charge as it’s going to become too easy,’ he said.

‘I can make a complaint about any opposition manager and if I take it as far as I can he’s going to get charged.  Why are we going to take one person’s word over another?  It’s too risky.’

Suarez, who maintains his innocence over Evra’s accusations, had explained that there was no racist intent in his statements, and that his words were the same ones used by Evra’s fellow Manchester United players.

He is expected to plead guilty for the charges.

‘I believe Luis Suarez,’ Poyet said.  It’s simple.’

Liverpool have received the FA’s official statement on their decision to file charges, and the club had announced that they will support their striker in full.  They also announced that they are prepared to stand by Suarez and defend the charges.

Furthermore, Reds manager Kenny Dalglish surmised that Suarez’s playing will not be affected by the controversy.

‘I don’t think his form will suffer for any reason other than like everyone else sometimes you don’t play as well as you are capable of playing,’ Dalglish said.

Dalglish continued, insisting that he believed the issue will in fact encourage Suarez to exert extra effort in the coming tiff against Chelsea.

‘Adversity helps some, hinders others,’ he explained.  ‘Everyone is different.’

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