So even if there is a situation where a referee is clearly bribed, and I'm not saying that about this game, you are saying his decisions should be final??Quote:
Originally Posted by Irish_Praha
That's just madness.
That would just encourage teams to bribe referees in advance, safe in the knowledge the referees decisions won't be changed. Football would end up in chaos.
LOL. Best post yet. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Irish_Praha
Why dont the FAI go legal and sue FIFA/Henry/FFF for loss of earnings?
:rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Emmet7
You now don't understand the difference between a bribe and a mistake?
Great idea! What - two ads for RTÉ between the end of extra time and the penalties? E5k?Quote:
Originally Posted by mark mcc
The amount of people on here who have simply lost their grip on reality is amazing.
Agree. I suggest the following measure which will being France to its knees.
1) Demand Johnny Depp stop shagging his missus
2) Demand RTE stop showing that fat bird from Belfast who lives in Paris cooking Fat Bird food
3) Demand the Hugh Lane Gallery remove their collection of Monet's and Degas paintings from public show and replace them with Kevin Sharkey's spashes of paint on canvas
4) Have the dish "Chicken Ala King" be changed to "King's Chicken" in the menus of **** Irish cafes
5) Have Henry Street in Dublin renamed Boyzone Lane.
The only reason the Frogs will get away with this is if no one shouted stop!
A bribe, a blatent mistake or a referee ignoring a blatent handball, these are instances when decisions should not be final.Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
This referee was under serious pressure, the most likely pressure to be on the FIFA refereeing list for SA.
It's clear he tried his best put possibly in the end cracked under the pressure.
The refereeing team made an appalling mistake that has cost the FAI tens of millions and the fans the chance to see their team in the WC. This is not small fry. This is not a game decided in the Pheonix Park by a bad decision.
This is a monumental c*ck-up by the powers that be.
I didnt think he was great to be honest...Quote:
Originally Posted by Bottle of Tonic
He knew he was giving a press release yet didnt do enough research and didnt have the answers to stop the journos in their tracks,,
He only answer was this was a worldwide game,,,
why didnt he make some bold statement and go the full hog,
Like "Henry an ambassador for fair play? More like an ambassador for hypocracy (excuse spelling),
When they questioned his point around the english game in 86 why didnt he react with the points that 1) fair play wasnt an issue in the game then and 2) that that was one of the most talked about sporting incidents for a decade and still and surely a repeat shouldnt be allowed happen 20 years later,,,
Im happy he came out with it just think he could of did alot better..
any views?
Brilliant!Quote:
Originally Posted by Boh_So_Good
its happened before Emmet...but sure lets do what we can...The French need to put pressure on the FFF.
french should be taken off the irish cirriculum.
If people put half the energy invested in crackpot ideas into figuring out how to force FIFA into video refereeing, ye might actually get somewhere.
http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2009/1119/economy.htmlQuote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
Just saying ;)
If we won on penalties. Like, it's not even as if we were going through as it stood.
Suppose we could have sued the French keeper if he saved any.
Can you imagine the mess football would become if Wenger/Ferguson/Benitez/whoever could point to the precedent of replaying a game because a ref made a mistake? Every bloody game would be challenged in the courts. Then you'd get into the dividing line between what's blatant or not. Maybe the French could counter-sue because they were denied a "blatant" penalty.Quote:
Originally Posted by Emmet7
Are people actually thinking on this thread, or are they just typing the first thing that comes to their Premiership-riddled minds?
The players have done their bit and are devastated.
Now it's time for the fans to do their bit.
Only if he came of his line before the ball was kicked. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
Well that's something different; I meant if he genuinely makes a mistake that can't be proven otherwise. Such as an offside, handball, foul, din't see that a ball was over the goal line and so on.Quote:
Originally Posted by Emmet7
A bribe or a decision that toatally goes against the rules of the game should of course be considered.
I think you'll find it's happened before
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/image..._handofgod.jpg
They were denied a sporting chance to win the match by a player cheating.Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
It would be the equivalent of someone deliberately tripping up a horse or an athlete on the back straight who had a chance of winning.
John Delaney is going to be on Today FM after 5 o clock.
And do you know what - it's happened before, and will happen again. Zola Budd for example? That race wasn't re-run.Quote:
Originally Posted by Emmet7