KENNY DALGLISH fears Luis Suarez is set to run a nationwide gauntlet of hate. The Liverpool boss says the delay in revealing the reasons why the striker was found guilty of racial abuse means he will be targeted.
Suarez faces an eight-game suspension after the verdict was announced on Tuesday ďż˝ and he was subjected to a constant barracking from Wigan fans the following night.
It followed a three-month investigation into Manchester United left-back Patrice Evra's claims that he was the victim of a racist slur from Suarez during the Anfield clash in October.
But the written judgement could take until the end of January to be made public ďż˝ and that has made the Uruguayan hitman public enemy No 1 until such time.
Reds manager Dalglish reckons releasing both the verdict and explanation on the same day could at least have made a murky situation crystal clear from the start.
The Kop boss insisted: "I think where they have to be more supportive is with the reaction from people ďż˝ and then antagonism of the crowds ďż˝ towards Luis.
"That is the great problem. It's dangerous waters we are getting into ďż˝ if the focus is purely on how they operate their system.
"I don't know how it works ďż˝ they run the game, we don't, do we?
"Whether you agree with it is another matter, and I just don't know whether it is the right way to do it."
And Dalglish is baffled how football can work in a totally different way to the rest of society.
He added: "In another walk of life they would have walked away and waited until they had everything ready.
"But this is what happened.
"We don't know what the judgement is and why they came to that judgement. We only know what we know.
"I don't know if this is the way they have done it before. If this is normal, you have just got to get along with it.
"It is they who have set the rules, not us.
"But I wouldn't think it is helpful to anybody that is it done before they have seen the written documents."
Liverpool were roundly condemned when their players warmed up ahead of Wednesday's game at the DW Stadium wearing shirts with Suarez' name, number and picture on.
Dalglish ďż˝ who also sported one before kick off ďż˝ was in a more conciliatory mood when facing the Press yesterday.
But he had no regrets about the club's stance ďż˝ either at Wigan or with the strongly-worded statement in the immediate aftermath of the verdict.
He added: "The club have issued a statement and the players have made theirs ďż˝ verbally and physically.
"I don't think the players have caused the FA any trouble with either their statement or the T-shirts.
"I think we'll leave it at that before we do get into any trouble.
"We came out with what we did from the knowledge we had and based the statement on that.
"Equally, I think that if everybody waited until the statement is shown on The FA website, you will have a better idea for why they came to their reasoning. You can have your opinion then."
Suarez has received total support from everyone inside Anfield and although Dalglish knows the player will come in for fearful terrace stick, it will not stop him being selected for as long as possible.
He added: "If Luis is fit and well, he will be considered for the matches until such time is that he under sanction.
"If he is fit, he will be considered.
"Luis has been quite emotional and very grateful for all the support at the club, but he is a very strong character.
"Obviously he would be better off without it but he is a strong enough character and he has handled it very well up to now.
"I wouldn't expect him to show anything other than total strength."
Source: thesun.co.uk
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