France v Rep of Ireland ,WC Playoff 2nd leg,[Mod Warning Post #1/988/1169/1400]

robbie_998

There has to be some kind off official enquiry to that hand ball !!!

Kick France out of the Cup !!!!!!!!!

Headshot

cheating wins in the end I see

I bet fifa wont be saying anything against this

am i bovvered

I really hate football right now.......

ROCKMAN

Sick as a parrot , But as proud as hell , This Irish squad has surprised the crap out of me tonight , Just did not think they had this type of performance in them . But Hands up one of the best I have ever seen by any Irish Team home or away.

Great stuff ,
VERY VERY PROUD

Sherifu

Disgusting.

Liam O

I have much more respect for Anelka than Henry. Henry shouldn't be celebrating that. Fairplay to Evra as well.

sceptre

flahavaj wrote: »

Most galling of all wasn't the cheating, it was the way he celebrated it, running to the crowd like a madman.

At least have the decency to look embarrassed.

When Maradona scored his infamous goal in 1986 (I linked to it above), he said later in an interview that none of his teammates came to celebrate with him, assuming that it would be disallowed. So he hissed "come here and hug me or the ref won't allow it". It's all perception kids, remember that when you're pretending wo work later in life.

Pompey Magnus

was it offside also?

flahavaj

The fact that those Irish lads went there, played the French off the pitch against all the odds and were beaten by a blatant cheat is an absolute scandal.

I'm proud tonight, proud but f*cking angry.

Guy:Incognito

Why the **** is Dunne not telling Henry to **** off?

Simply Red

Well done lads, superb performance, best i've seen from an irish team. Cheated out of the world cup...

Arnold Layne

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

Just thinking about the handball, it's a travesty that this can happen in our sport. What will it take to have technology?

When the likes of "minnow" like Ireland defeat a "major" team in similar circumstances to qualify for a major competition.:(

Basq

Just when I think I can't get anymore angry..


.. they start playing the Black Eyed Peas in Stade de France!

Jesus Wept

Jebus I wish France had beaten us 5-0 tonight as opposed to having to listen to whinging for the next few years about how Henry robbed us.

We should have buried France in 90 minutes, they were there for the taking, we were too proud of ourselves for just having a go - Never cold blooded or clinical enough.


I've said it already but I'll reiterate my stance that all (or almost all) outrage should be focused on why football is run by prehistoric dinosaurs who don't allow the use of video replay technology for major decisions.
There is no good reason whatsoever for this.


Ngog last week
Henry this week.
Someone else next week.


I couldn't give a fúck who, it matters not.

Mitch Connor wrote:

No - it should be pointed at the cheats, who cheat fellow pro's.

Henry shouldn't be absolved of his cheating actions tonight because there are no video replays - he is a cheater who chose to cheat because that is who he is.

Big picture PLEASE.

Mr.Nice Guy

Sik to my stomach. Gutted. Disgusted at Henry. So proud of the Irish lads.

Latchy

Sick, we are cheated ........:mad:

if only we had taken the chances ...........if ..if ....if ...if again

robbie_998

Charco wrote: »

was it offside also?

yeah but they missed it so it was left to play on

I WANT TO SEE AN OFFICIAL ENQUIRY !!!

BobbyD10

Apart from the cheating, that was a brilliant team performance from the Irish team, when they where put to the test they showed true Irish spirit and it was magnificent.

Unlucky lads.

redout

Look at Henry sitting with Dunne trying to play it down!

FFS

He has gone down a notch in my book.

EKRIUQ

We lost it in Dublin and I'm going to get really sick of debating Henry's goal hand ball and this crap of a Heroic performance, we lost over 2 games, that's it.

Wow another moral Victory:rolleyes:

dreamers75

fair play ireland, i is proud

mikemac

Sepp Blatter must be happy at least

Robbed!

Hank Scorpio

Liam O wrote: »

I have much more respect for Anelka than Henry. Henry shouldn't be celebrating that. Fairplay to Evra as well.

always had respect for anelka. evra too

Mr. Presentable

Not just Henry.
Evra dived in the first leg, Anelka in this one. Endemic cheating.

flahavaj

Look at Duff, tears streaming down his face, having run his heart and soul out for 2 hours.

Go look that lad in the eye Thierry, if you're able, and think about what you've done.

Headshot

cheating there way to South Africa

thats very embarrassing

Pompey Magnus

robbie_998 wrote: »

yeah but they missed it so it was left to play on

So it was Offside..Handball...Handball...Goal.

Brilliant.

Lord Trollington

close to tears.

johnnyrotten

Time for the video ref

Mr. Presentable

Liam O wrote: »

I have much more respect for Anelka than Henry. Henry shouldn't be celebrating that. Fairplay to Evra as well.

Why? They are both cheats also! Both dived in this tie looking for a penalty.

dioltas

Fair play to the lads. Some dissappointment though.

gandalf

Great play from the Irish team a honest and brilliant performance. French fans should hang their heads in shame at cheating their way to South Africa like that. Henry who had a brilliant reputation up to this has now tainted it and will forever be remembered as a blatent cheat (and this is from an Arsenal fan who thought Henry was one of our best players ever).

Every man in White was a hero tonight.

Iago

Lads I don't care how emotive it is, any further instances of personal abuse will be infracted and may be banned, we can express ourselves without resorting to it

Soby

Robbed.....That it for players like Given,Duff...??

Arnold Layne

Don't bet on France to win the wc

dioltas

Charco wrote: »

So it was Offside..Handball...Handball...Goal.

Brilliant.

Were they both offside?

Jay P

jayteecork

Please forget about this "Moral Victory" and "you did us proud" stuff.

We played them off the park, and had two clear cut chances to win the game(Duff and Keane) which we missed.


Sick way to go out but the game should have been over by that stage.

D2D

gandalf wrote: »

Every man in White was a hero tonight.

Second

Fighting Irish

And that's why i haven't watched an Ireland match since they lost to macedonia

Exclamation Marc

Well FIFA got what they wanted. Absolutely disgraceful from Henry.

Pompey Magnus

dioltas wrote: »

Was they both offside?

Actually thats true. What ineptitude.

DigiJem

I'm angry, frustrated and would gladly swing for the Henri right now. But mostly I'm bursting with pride, Ireland were fantastic to a man, What a great performance. Well done the travelling fans too, they were equally brilliant.

Gaspode

Oh noes.

Pity we didnt play that well throughout the campaign we wouldnt have been in the playoffs!

My name is URL

A load of cock

If FIFA were worth a fcuk they'd have a system in place to deal with blatant cheating like this in retrospect

it's insulting to the players and it's insulting to the fans that this can happen in the modern game

Bluetonic

johnnyrotten wrote: »

Time for the video ref

There are extra refs in the UEFA cup on both post at the moment under trial.

That would have solved that.

Keane handled the ball five times tonight trying to gain advantage.

theteal

i may vomit

ah FIFA were never gonna let us get to South Africa, something would have come up

Fighting Irish

gandalf wrote: »

Great play from the Irish team a honest and brilliant performance. French fans should hang their heads in shame at cheating their way to South Africa like that. Henry who had a brilliant reputation up to this has now tainted it and will forever be remembered as a blatent cheat (and this is from an Arsenal fan who thought Henry was one of our best players ever).

Every man in White was a hero tonight.

I've never liked Henry
But most footballers will do anything for their team to win

homer simpson

Sigh, one word DISGRACE!

Only thing is that we should be all proud of the irish team! Well done lads, stood up and were counted tonight, only thing missing is the the fact it is france not ireland going to SA!

Soby

So whos creating the Facebook group to abuse the Ref?