Im just back in the door from paris lads.................just lost for words.
As per most of you, im just devastated over last night.
All i want to say is that im so proud of the team ,the manager, the back room staff and of course the fans.
Looking around at the support we gave the team in stadium just made me so proud.
The world cup wil be alot worse off without the Boys in Green and their Green Army.
It wont matter a jot to FIFA what we do, I'm sure you could join in with the public sector marches that are planned, they will have the same effect on the budget.
How about a protest outside the French embassy?Quote:
Originally Posted by Scooby Doo
I dont have a beard so they probably wont let me march with them.Quote:
Originally Posted by centre mid
The world doesn't care ffs.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scooby Doo
If it was Slovenia losing out to Russia in similar circumstances a thread on it wouldn't get to a second page on here.
once the leagues return around europe over the weekend it will be forgotten about.
The world obviously does care ffs. Check out Times, NY Times, France24, Fox - all running it as a major story. But fair enough, maybe FIFA secretly check up on foot.ie and will sit up and take notice of our online whinging. Best fans in the world...Quote:
Originally Posted by tiktok
Give it a week and it'll be old news, FIFA keeping quiet waiting for the storm to pass before quietly getting on with the draw.
Check all those sites tomorrow!Quote:
Originally Posted by Scooby Doo
It's an interesting sports story on a slow news day, that fella who hit the crossbar at the rugby game a few days ago got worldwide coverage for a day too.
The world doesn't give a toss ffs.
Why would FIFA take notice of a protest on O'Connell Street?
Changing the tune a bit here lads but i thought damien duff was absolutely outstanding last night. He gave absolutely everything he had just like all the lads, and it almost seemed as if the yard of pace he lost had returned, he has a few years left in him yet. Absolutely shattered, fair play to all the lads, the coaching staff and the fans.
Because it would receive international coverage and as I said would demonstrate that Irish fans are not pushovers. Are you telling me that a colourful citycentre protest by YBIG, for example, and a crowd of noisy Ireland fans wouldn't be a major story on Sky Sports News. They'd have f*ckin helicopters covering it. The tabloids would eat it up and eventually the story spreads. I'm not saying it would definately work but what is the harm in fans voicing their utter disgust.Quote:
Originally Posted by tiktok
no probably not, but we still would be guilty to know that we cheated our way to south africa.Quote:
Originally Posted by seanfhear
Who exactly is trying to push us over? Every supporter of every club or country has suffered an example of this before. Maybe not in the same level, but it's hardly a new phenomenon that a footballer gains an unfair advantage and officials miss it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scooby Doo
I'm sure SSN would cover it, unless of course Wayne Rooney was eating an interesting sandwich. Would the world care though? No.Quote:
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I'm saying it definitely wouldn't.Quote:
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lads we're all getting bogged down with feeling sorry for ourselves here and feeling cheated and hard done by. And we are indeed all immensely proud of our team....
but jaysus we should have put them away in 90 minutes. Doyle, Keane, Duff, O'Shea.
we had the chances and didnt take them. Nobody is talking about that.
It was a great display that should have gotten us to penalties and then who knows what would've happened. Also, if we'd have played like that in the group games I've no doubt we would have won the group....
Just putting things into perspective a little bit before mass hysteria really kicks in
Here is another replay case. Minor offense also.
http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/f...h-1555300.html
Well, they might go on strike if they don't get their way. We don't want that now do we.Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
Dear all,
I am proud to write my first message on this thread.
Let me introduce myself, I am a french guy.
And definitely, what I've seen yesterday was a great game !
A great game from Ireland !
I consider that my country, France, has stolen Ireland's place to the 2010 Championchip...
Be proud of your team !
Be proud of yourself !
Be proud of your football !
You have been the best team on the fild yesterday. You should have won that game, it is obvious !
I am not proud of The French team. I am not proud of Thierry Henry's fault.
You are right, I consider it as a shame.
But I can't really blame him because such things can occur in live action, when a football player is engaged in the game, he act and think after... whatever the country he is playing for... he just plays football...
But what I really can't accept, it is the comment done after the game by French officials, by the french players, or by our coach...
Do they have forgotten what honnor is?
haw can Thierry Henry says that the ball cames to his hand !?! he controlled the ball with his hands. it is obvious ! has he forgotten that we all have seen the video replay many times ?
Why don't he simply admit that in live, he had done a mistake? an error is human and we can understand this but it is different of lying !!!
How can our coach or the french federation president feel happy with such victory?
Is it really a victory?
Many people have talked today in France about yesterday game. from what I have heard, many people feel embarassed with this goal...
Of course many are happy to be qualified but they don't feel happy enough to sing and shout as it should have been the case in case or legal victory.
I really hope the game will be replayed !
How happy i should be to see one more time Ireland playing football. And you know what? If the game is replayued, I will be An Ireland Supporter !
thank you for you great spirit and sorry for this stolen victory.
Please Be proud !!!
Ireland can be proud!
let me applause your team !
PS : sorry for my poor english as this is not my native language.
The chances we missed are irrelevant to the fact that we were cheatedQuote:
Originally Posted by tommy_c12000
Ok, we got a very dodgy penalty against Georgia, but had a stone wall peno denied against Montenegro away.
That said, I don't really agree with the game being replayed.However, I do agree with creating as musch fuss as possible.Henry is a cheat - he admitted to getting Puyol sent off in Euro qualifiers
One of the best and most famous players in the world cheats blatantly in a high profile game. That's why it's big news, duh.Quote:
Originally Posted by tiktok