First comments from Martin Hansson

Not exactly disgusted with himself and his officials performance


http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2...eferee-hansson

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The referee who was in charge of the Republic of Ireland's World Cup play-off with France, Martin Hansson, spoke for the first time today about his error which contributed to Ireland's World Cup exit, insisting "life must go on".

Hansson failed to spot Thierry Henry's handball in the build-up to William Gallas's equaliser on the night which enabled France to go through 2-1 on aggregate. Hansson has since been widely condemned for his mistake but he is hoping to put the incident behind him.

He told the Swedish regional radio channel Radio Blekinge: "I cannot comment on the game itself but life must go on and I hope I will survive this too."

Reports have suggested Hansson will still make Fifa's list for next summer's World Cup finals in South Africa. "Really? Has it been in the evening papers? Well, then it has to be true, hasn't it?" he said, with more than a hint of sarcasm.

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Nothing from Bluffer or Platini yet. And it sounds like this guy will continue blowing his whistle at the big gig. You get the feeling that with Henry's earlier comments today that the whole thing is being co-ordinated through FIFA.

I'd like to hear the Daily Mail's views on this

tosser. he just took our chance of going to south africa away and says life goes on. no mention of i made a mistake or an apology.

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Originally Posted by jebus

I'd like to hear the Daily Mail's views on this

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Then buy it and **** off.

do we know if the 4th official had a re-play screen or not? where these taken away after zidanes incident in 2006?

duff has said he ran over there...

did this happen

"I ran across to the fourth official straight away. I think he has a monitor there"

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I'd like to hear the Daily Mail's views on this

Then buy it and **** off.

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I think you forgot to put a sarcastic smiley face in there jebus.:rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by jebus

I'd like to hear the Daily Mail's views on this

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Is anyone else getting p*ssed off with the small number of people on here who are taking such glee in our defeat. We know you dont like the Ireland team, we know you think that FAI clubs are under supported, we know you dont like British clubs and especially Irish people supporting them, we know we are being slightly irrational in our anger, we know worse things happen in life, we know things arent going to get changed, we just want to be angry.

I thought the referee did a good job. The linesman was sh!te.

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Originally Posted by Scram

I thought the referee did a good job. The linesman was sh!te.

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agree. the ref had a very good game. the linesman on the opposite side of the pitch must have had a great view. id say he saw it but didnt want to make such a big call

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Originally Posted by onenilgameover

do we know if the 4th official had a re-play screen or not? where these taken away after zidanes incident in 2006?

duff has said he ran over there...

did this happen

"I ran across to the fourth official straight away. I think he has a monitor there"

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This is an area that needs to be sorted. It's well known that in some high profile incidents the referee has suddenly realised his mistake after talking to the fourth official. Although the two notable examples (World Cup Final and Brazil Egypt match) led to the right decision being made there has to be a rule on this.

I think the ref was badly positioned but his linesman is the official who got it most wrong with the blatant offside not to mind the handball. In fairness though none were cheats.

Let's hope the real cheats lose their lucrative marketing contracts and their FIFA job.

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Originally Posted by cavan_fan

Is anyone else getting p*ssed off with the small number of people on here who are taking such glee in our defeat...

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I don't think anyone's been taking glee in our defeat, but as hysterical as the reaction to Henry's hand-ball has been, there are a few people here whose reaction to that hysteria has not cast them in a good light either.

The concept of a referee's infallability in football needs to be looked at.

In a defined way and with narrow parameters - a referee should be able to call upon technology if he is genuinely unsighted or undecided.

I'm not talking about contending every throw in or offside - work would have to be carried out to fully define when the technology could be called upon.

forget video evidence during a game IMO. have 4 linesmen right and 2 officials at each goal just like umpires in GAA. is that not simple. personally i wouldnt be in favour of stopping the game. its a bit different in other sports there more stop start like rugby.

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Originally Posted by John83

I don't think anyone's been taking glee in our defeat, but as hysterical as the reaction to Henry's hand-ball has been, there are a few people here whose reaction to that hysteria has not cast them in a good light either.

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John, there is an element amongst this site who are actually not fans of the Irish football team but post in the international section all the time for some reason.

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Originally Posted by Duggie

no mention of i made a mistake or an apology.

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He didn't make a mistake though, he missed it. You can't make a decision on something you haven't seen.

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Originally Posted by Scram

I thought the referee did a good job. The linesman was sh!te.

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Same here, in fact Beglin also commented on his good performance before that goal. Cant blame the ref as he was unsighted, but wonder what the hell the linesman was upto.

As for vid technology - no way. It wouldn't be fair at all in the game - could you imagine one league having it then a league like Macedonia not, what about if a non league team played a premier team, etc etc.

In my mind its very simple - there has to be harsh penalties for cheating from fifa and uefa. Imagine Drogba only got 3/5 match ban - thats rubbish.
Henry should be banned for a few world cup games.
Its the players and the officials that are ruining the game - not refs

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Originally Posted by NeilMcD

John, there is an element amongst this site who are actually not fans of the Irish football team but post in the international section all the time for some reason.

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You're talking single figures Neil. Small single figures.

Its not fair to label those who criticise the hysteria as being lesser fans, which has been asserted in a number of threads.

You fight the battles you can win. This was a battle we were never going to win, no matter how many Facebook groups were started or how much Sky Sports and the British red tops stirred it up.

Life goes on, it doesn't mean we need to forget what happened and hopefully it will push FIFA to make the necessary changes in the future, but the mass hysteria is ridiculous. After laughing at the English for bringing up Maradona at every available opportunity for the last 20+ years I sincerely hope we aren't in the same boat.

Life is tough sometimes, and there are bigger problems out there.

Sky did a graphic analyis of this last night

Shows that the ref may have been unsighted, but linesman had a clear view

But then why did Hannson tell the Irish players - as reported - that Henry took it on his chest ? Either a liar or incompetent - or else working to Platini's instructions