No conspiracy theoryQuote:
Originally Posted by Giuly
They changed the rules to suit france & Portugal.
They don't even mention the handball on their website or match report, despite it being headline front page news everywhere else.
The evidence suggests they wanted France to qualify & their reactions suggest they don't care how and less of the patronising "grow up a little"
giuly as you say i dont think henry should be punished. he got away with it i dont blame him. the ref and the linesman are the culprits. the linesman had to have seen it but probably didnt want to upset the french and let it go. it was so blatent thats what makes it sickening. i will say 1 thing about the french, your supporters are a joke. seriously. no passion. 15000 irish and there the only ones i could hear at home. look at the bond between players and fans at the end. were all gutted but no one cares outside ireland.Quote:
Originally Posted by Giuly
anybody else feel like contacting fifa to let of a bit of steamQuote:
Originally Posted by endabob1
Fédération Internationale de Football Association
FIFA-Strasse 20,
P.O. Box 8044 Zurich, Switzerland
Tel : +41-(0)43 222 7777,
Fax : +41-(0)43 222 7878.
http://www.fifa.com/contact/form.html e-mail contact details
just to p*ss them off we all irish fans should email / phone / fax
send copies of papers / t.v replays showing this blatent act of cheating :D:D
Thierry Henry n'a pas cherché à se disculper. «Oui, il y avait main» sur l'action qui a amené l'égalisation de William Gallas (104e). Mais peu importe la manière, semble dire le capitaine des Bleus, «le plus important était de se qualifier».
I speak French. Here's the top paragraph
Thierry Henry did not look to exonerate himself. 'Yes, I used my hand' in the lead-up to William Gallas' equaliser in 104 min. But the French captain appeared to play down the incident, saying 'the most important thing was to qualify' :rolleyes:
"We suffered for two years. We have been having some problems with our press, our fans, with other people," Henry said. "It would have been better to do it in another way, but as I said, I'm not the ref."
says it all really. makes me even more depressed
in fairness whats henry going to say. he handled it, he said he did. there going to the world cup were not. he couldnt care less, or anyone else other than us.:(
I hope FIFA don't use France or any of its players in any fair play advertisement or promotion for SA 2010
Its not a muppet post its just fact. Keane is a great player and a great Irishman but he is not WORLD class and that is why we couldnt finish them off because we dont have any world class players.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scram
I'm not sure how the qualification works for the euros 2012 but if it is the same as last time and the top 2 qualify then we can go into that tournament with many players at their peak and full of confidence.
I thought it was Henry that caught it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Giuly
Conspiracy Thierry is what he meant.Quote:
Originally Posted by Giuly
Sure. i'd prefere the french games played in stade Velodrome in Marseille for passion. Still, we're more a football nation than you are.. Look at Irish first league, it's poor.Quote:
Originally Posted by Duggie
he celebrated the goal though...ran around the net on his own to the french fans...sickenedQuote:
Originally Posted by WexCar
Giuly
Are there no French fans sites you could be annoying people on?
Henry now saying he told the ref it was handball. Anyone believe him? Considering he sprinted off celebrating like he had scored the winner in the World Cup final I have my doubts. If he did tell the ref it was probably at the final whistle when he knew nothing could be done about it.Quote:
It was a handball, but I'm not the ref. I told [the referee] but he said to me the same: 'You are not the ref.
What a ridiculous post...Quote:
Originally Posted by yapster
Personally I thought all starting 11 did brilliantly. I have criticised the central midfield before, but thought Andrews was brilliant and Whelan was a huge loss when he came off.
I know we were cheated and the goal should not have been allowed,but, for the love of God, how is Mcshane a professional footballer?Even when he only plays part of a match he makes vital errors...
The conspiracy theories began when FIFA went back on their word to have an open draw and decided to seed teams so that the top four would play the bottom four of the 2nd placed teams. Now why on earth would they do that?Quote:
Originally Posted by Giuly
They didnt want Portugal and France to play each other.
I don't think the ref or linesman was intentionally trying to get Ireland beaten though. If so they would've given Anelka's peno claim. and indeed Evra's in the first game.
Censorship at its finest, FIFA will attempt to brush this under the carpet for a while and not address the issue. It's up to us to kick up an almighty stink so that it can't be ignored.
course he didnt tell him.Quote:
Originally Posted by Maroon 7
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Originally Posted by Noelys Guitar
can anybody give me the address of some good French or English websites / boards that are discussing this?
cheers
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