Sure when would it be played?
there is zero chance, not a hope in hell lads.
Sure when would it be played?
I always liked him.
LESS OF THE BULL NOW!
A winner takes all game in Wembley would be fair.
The more high profile ppl like Ginola, Lizarazu, Brady etc that call for this the higher the chance.
A man can have no greater love than give 90 minutes to his friends
I'm still sick at what I saw last night. I really am but lads life goes on and as the french say "C'est la vie". IMO what Thierry Henry did last night and from a man who actively sought for fair play in the EPL I found it quite sickening & he showed his true colours.
Ireland should of had this game wrapped up long before the full time whistle. Unfortuneately we didn't take our chances and I had a feeling when Keane missed his chance with the 1 on 1 with Lloris that France had that bit of luck on their side to get one back and that we missed too many good chances.
All the outcome of this game does is enhances the chances of TV evidence being giving during the game. It does not slow down other sports and say in rugby it actually draws a line under debates like this. Retrospectively nothing can change what happened and FIFA will make no attempt to rectify last nights result because they will, like the eduardo case for diving, realise that they can open up a huge can of worms.
I was very proud of the irish team and possibly the first time since the 2002 WC that I actively went out of my way to watch Ireland play. I hope they can play like they did last night in the future and hopefully we will have a lot of exciting times ahead.
Whjat i am trying to say really is that we can disect this game and the the prelude to it for years to come, the fact is, is that it will not change a single thing. Unfortuneately a creul handball that should of been seen wasn't and it was the difference between success & failure.
Long Live King Kenny
If that's what happened then we can't complain, play the whistle...Originally Posted by tricky_colour
FIFA had no right to fly the flag before yesterdays game, never mind afterwards.
If anyone has read "Foul", they know what I mean.
Money makes the world go round.....
I'm surprised this hasn't been mentioned before. Didn't Arsenal do something like this a few years ago?
This one-off playoff would be a huge moneymaker and great PR for the game in general. France would probably wake the f up and stuff us anyway so FIFA would still get what they want - France through to the World Cup. I can definitely see it happening.
Dara o brien made a good point there on radio. While this is still fresh we can complain about it for the next day or so, but it will all be old news soon.
Any chance, and theres next to none, of a replay would depend on the amount of pressure that can be put on fifa in the next day or two.
Enjoy
No chance of a replay.
As gutting as it was, we benefited from an equally dodgy decision in the home game against Georgia with the penalty for the non-handball. Although that game didn't cost Georgia qualification, none of us were calling for a replay there.
Christ that's hypnotising. From every other angle you'd wonder, but from there it doesn't look instinctual at all. What's the source of the footage?
It's the least we owe the thousands of devastated young fans around the country. Otherwise, if that result remains, it reinforces the view that if you cheat you will win. Thierry Henry has admitted handling the ball, claims he told the ref he handled it," Ahern added.
If the French press, public, players, managers, ex-players and government put enough pressure on the French football association then who knows. It won't matter what we say. It will matter what they say and think about themselves. Do we really want to qualify for the World Cup this way? This is a huge worldwide news story not just sports story. And the next few days might be interesting.
Not sure, found it on another forum.
Swedish Newspaper report on the officials
Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet's report reading: "We guarantee they the Irish fans feel pretty bad today, but I sincerely hope there are three Swedes that feel even worse. They are Martin Hansson and his assistants. There will be no World Cup for Ireland and I assume that Team Hansson has also forfeited it's right to continue to take charge of major international matches. Anything else would be a further insult to the Irish nation."
Could it be done like the Lisbon treaty i.e. keep replaying it until we get the right result
It would be a great deed if the French FA offered to replay the game. I would say that the bookies would still make them favourites though.
Totally agree, I thought of that incident this morning.
I haven't thought of much else, terrible night's sleep, warned at work about mood. This is as bad as gets as a supporter but it won't lead to a replay. We lost our chance when we missed the gilt-edged chances in the 2nd half of 90mins last night, Henry then rubbed salt in the wounds and boy does it hurt
Yes and the ridiculous Minister for Justice, Dermot Ahern, AKA Minister for Soundbites, has also called for a replay, knowing full well that this will NEVER take place, but courting popularity is what he and Fianna Fail are all about.
There must not be enough crime in Ireland to keep this fool busy?
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