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

norrie rugger

gillette just replied to me, basically telling me that they do not care. I will paste the mail once i am not on mobile

SlickRic

bayviewclose wrote: »

And some player from Denmark was on saying French got away with murder.

Brian Jensen of Burnley.

it was f*cking priceless.

he started all restrained for 45 seconds, trying to sound all diplomatic like they all do, and then it's like a voice went off in his head going 'f*ck it!'...and he ended up just coming out and all but condemning henry, using the word 'cheat' in the process.

legend.

MagicMarker

FIFA would be idiots to allow the game be replayed. Even if it was, what if there was another bad decision? Should it be replayed again!?

No, they need to fix what's wrong with the game, before any replay is played.

JerryHandbag

A day later and I'm still sick, disgusted and outraged. I've never been so upset after a game of football. Duff's tears said it all, a country's dreams shattered by a piece of incompetent refereeing buffoonery.

The fact that the entire Irish defence instantly put their hands up before the ball was in the net speaks volumes....its like they all stopped because they thought the whistle would be blown!

Probably the greatest performance by an Irish team since I first watched them as a kid vs Belgium in late 1986, all for nothing. It still leaves me so proud, and optimistic looking towards Euro 2012.

Happy Monday

As a Liverpool fan I never called for a replay when Luis Garcia claimed and was awarded a goal that never was in 2005 vs Chelsea in the CL semi.

I didn't hear Man U fans call for a change to the score when Owen scored 7 minutes into injury time - beyond what was allocated - to beat Man C.

As an Irish fan I do not now have the right to call on the French to agree to a replay of this tie.

He tried it on, the ref didn't see it, he got away with it.
This is part and parcel of the game as currently constituted.
Not right - but part of football none the less.

SlickRic

Happy Monday wrote: »

Not right - but part of football none the less.

i know we obviously have a vested interest...but a country is going to have to take a stand at some point over this sort of stuff.

the seedings.

the cheating.

the lack of any acknowledgement from the powers that be.

why not start with this?

norrie rugger

why do you accept cheating as part of football?
As Cas said earlier, why should we not shout, why should we accept it and why can we not be the ones to set a precedent

Boggles

Happy Monday wrote: »

I didn't hear Man U fans call for a change to the score when Owen scored 7 minutes into injury time - beyond what was allocated - to beat Man C.

You can scratch this one from your list, it was proved that the time added was bang on.

mink_man

and for clarity would the replay be 0-0 or would france still be leading after the "first leg"

tolosenc

SlickRic wrote: »

the lack of any acknowledgement from the powers that be.

This.

The only match reports that don't mention(or even entirely focus on) the handball are those on fifa.com and ffr.fr

It's like they're trying to brush it under the carpet. Disgraceful.

ctrl-alt-delete

Terrible what happened last night, i don't think we'll be getting a replay though.

Just watch Henry on a Sky Sports video, i can't believe he still has the neck to say it wasn't deliberate, talk about kicking people when they are down.

mink_man

i also read on yahoo someone said that blatter and platini were communicating with the referee when the goal went in to allow the goal or else he wouldn't be refereeing at the world cup!

Headshot

Toulousain wrote: »

This.

The only match reports that don't mention(or even entirely focus on) the handball are those on fifa.com and ffr.fr

It's like they're trying to brush it under the carpet. Disgraceful.

exactly what fai are doing is bang on

dont let this travesty be washed away in to the gutter

Im sick and tired of watching the same incident on ssn but 24/7 coverage is brilliant for us

SlickRic

Boggles wrote: »

You can scratch this one from your list, it was proved that the time added was bang on.

always on the look out for anything approaching false info Boggles, even in the Ireland/France thread.

legend.

Raoul

mink_man wrote: »

i also read on yahoo someone said that blatter and platini were communicating with the referee when the goal went in to allow the goal or else he wouldn't be refereeing at the world cup!

Is that a pisstake? No way would they be able to communicate with the referee.

mink_man

and its not henrys fault so people should stop with the personal insults...

Holsten

Bollox it's not his fault.

He clearly knew what he was doing.

mink_man

Raoul wrote: »

Is that a pisstake? No way would they be able to communicate with the referee.

why not, they wanted france to make it to the world cup! at the rugby world cup in 2003 it looked like martin jihnson was in contact with clive woodward, why coulddnt the same happen?

Quint

mink_man wrote: »

and for clarity would the replay be 0-0 or would france still be leading after the "first leg"

We should have a 2 goal advantage, and Anelka is with us

SlickRic

mink_man wrote: »

and its not henrys fault so people should stop with the personal insults...

agreed on part 2.

'it's not henry's fault'? really?

i mean, yeah, of course, someone dragged his hand onto the ball; not only dragged it onto the ball, but caressed it perfectly in order to place it on his right boot.

again, you can't abstain someone just because they're not caught.

this is what is wrong with football. it's accepted as 'part of the game'.

f*cking ridiculous, i'm sorry.

Chucky the tree

mink_man wrote: »

why not, they wanted france to make it to the world cup! at the rugby world cup in 2003 it looked like martin jihnson was in contact with clive woodward, why coulddnt the same happen?

You'd think they'd have just told him to award the peno for anelka then wouldn't you.:rolleyes:

enda1

Raoul wrote: »

Is that a pisstake? No way would they be able to communicate with the referee.

Everything's possible. Just not very likely

Headshot

SlickRic wrote: »

agreed on part 2.

'it's not henry's fault'? really?

i mean, yeah, of course, someone dragged his hand onto the ball; not only dragged it onto the ball, but caressed it perfectly in order to place it on his right boot.

again, you can't abstain the cheater just because he wasn't caught.

this is what is wrong with football. it's accepted as 'part of the game'.

f*cking ridiculous, i'm sorry.

really slick really

SlickRic

Headshot wrote: »

really slick really

damn straight really

Bandit12

mink_man wrote: »

and its not henrys fault so people should stop with the personal insults...

?what are you talking about.of course it's henrys fault

mink_man

if the referee doesn't see it its legal!

SlickRic

mink_man wrote: »

if the referee doesn't see it its legal!

so if someone kills someone but doesn't get caught, the act is legal?

excellent.

mink_man

just to state i want the replay im not accepting whats happened!

Headshot

SlickRic wrote: »

so if someone kills someone but doesn't get caught, the act is legal?

excellent.

lol

Im coming for ye

Bandit12

mink_man wrote: »

if the referee doesn't see it its legal!

You are kidding right?

mink_man

SlickRic wrote: »

so if someone kills someone but doesn't get caught, the act is legal?

excellent.

the act is illegal but if he doesnt get caught then its legal...

SlickRic

Headshot wrote: »

lol

Im coming for ye

showdown at dawn.

awesome.

choose your weapon of choice carefully, because if we don't make a sound, all will be ok.

i'll bring the chloroform.

rizzee

mink_man wrote: »

the act is illegal but if he doesnt get caught then its legal...

Hmmmm.... nope. Still wrong sunshine

If he doesn't get caught it's still illegal but he just wasn't caught. Basically.

SlickRic

mink_man wrote: »

the act is illegal but if he doesnt get caught then its legal...

it's all about the act, you must know that. just because you don't get caught, doesn't mean what you did was right. ffs man.

you must be taking the p*ss.

MagicMarker

mink_man wrote: »

the act is illegal but if he doesnt get caught then its legal...

I post too many facepalm pics as it is, and I'm trying to quit.

Don't tempt me.

mink_man

yaya say what ye like, its the referees fault for not seeing it...if he seen the handball then he would have given a free, he didnt give the free therefore france scored a goal and all goals are legal therefore it was legal!

Stargate

mink_man wrote: »

and its not henrys fault so people should stop with the personal insults...

SpecSavers come to mind :rolleyes:

rizzee

mink_man wrote: »

yaya say what ye like, its the referees fault for not seeing it...if he seen the handball then he would have given a free, he didnt give the free therefore france scored a goal and all goals are legal therefore it was legal!

You, my friend, are talking brown.

Hank Scorpio

mink_man wrote: »

yaya say what ye like, its the referees fault for not seeing it...if he seen the handball then he would have given a free, he didnt give the free therefore france scored a goal and all goals are legal therefore it was legal!

solid logic there.

so if i stabbed u in the face and i wasnt caught thats legal too? :rolleyes:

mink_man

SlickRic wrote: »

it's all about the act, you must know that. just because you don't get caught, doesn't mean what you did was right. ffs man.

you must be taking the p*ss.

its not whether the act is right or not, our rugby manager gives a few kicks in the rucks and that and his motto is if the ref doesnt see it then its legal!

mink_man

nuxxx wrote: »

solid logic there.

so if i stabbed u in the face and i wasnt caught thats legal too? :rolleyes:

just topoint, theres civil law and laws in soccer, 2 different things!

Chucky the tree

Just want to say thanks Mink man, your contributions to this thread have been solid gold, so much so that I've been able to laugh for the first time since last night so cheers. :pac:

Hank Scorpio

mink_man wrote: »

just topoint, theres civil law and laws in soccer, 2 different things!

So handball is legal in soccer, gotcha

SlickRic

mink_man wrote: »

its not whether the act is right or not, our rugby manager gives a few kicks in the rucks and that and his motto is if the ref doesnt see it then its legal!

that's a semantics problem.

he doesn't actually mean it's 'legal' when he's telling you that.

he's simply encouraging you to cheat while you can't be seen.

if you were caught, you'd be penalised.

hence, the act is still wrong.

are you honestly not getting this?

MagicMarker

nuxxx wrote: »

So handball is legal in soccer, gotcha

It's legal in soccer so long as no one sees you stab someone in the face.

MagicMarker

SlickRic wrote: »

that's a semantics problem.

he doesn't actually mean it's 'legal' when he's telling you that.

he's simply encouraging you to cheat while you can't be seen.

if you were caught, you'd be penalised.

hence, the act is still wrong.

are you honestly not getting this?

MrMatisse

Theres a vote on a french website as to whether france desrve to be in the world cup

http://www.lemonde.fr/sport/

Click the second option starting with NON to say no.

Its the vote bit in the middle towards the bottom of the page.

tolosenc

Headshot wrote: »

exactly what fai are doing is bang on

dont let this travesty be washed away in to the gutter

Im sick and tired of watching the same incident on ssn but 24/7 coverage is brilliant for us

OK, aknowledgement that the hand was used on FIFA.com now, but it's only a very brief mention (on possibly the most important moment in the match).

Though, in fairness, spotting Evra's handball was fantastic!

Chucky the tree

Really-Stressed wrote: »

Theres a vote on a french website as to whether france desrve to be in the world cup

http://www.lemonde.fr/sport/

Click the second option starting with NON to say no.

Its the vote bit in the middle towards the bottom of the page.

I'd much rather see what the actually French opinion is rather then have a load of leprechauns rig yet another vote.

Stargate

nuxxx wrote: »

So handball is legal in soccer, gotcha

Only in France :eek: