France V Ireland - Wednesday, 18th November 2009 - World Cup 2010 Playoff Second Leg

[endabob1]

Conspiracy theory.. please grow up a little

No conspiracy theory
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"

[Duggie]

Punished for what? Robbie Keane spent half the game playing with his hands. The only difference is that the ref caught it.

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.

[old git]

FIFA will do nothing, they wanted France, they don't care how. No one else really cares, in 7 months time the WC will be on and no one outside of Ireland will be thinking about Henry's handball

anybody else feel like contacting fifa to let of a bit of steam

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

[DeNiro]

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'

[Fixer82]

"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

[Duggie]

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.

[DeNiro]

I hope FIFA don't use France or any of its players in any fair play advertisement or promotion for SA 2010

[as_i_say]

Muppet post

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.

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.

[centre mid]

Punished for what? Robbie Keane spent half the game playing with his hands. The only difference is that the ref caught it.

I thought it was Henry that caught it.

[as_i_say]

Conspiracy theory.. please grow up a little

Conspiracy Thierry is what he meant.

[Giuly]

1 thing about the french, your supporters are a joke

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.

[Ozymandias]

Henry wasnt even celebrating at the end of the match, looked like he was apologising to Dunne when he sat down beside him at the end

he celebrated the goal though...ran around the net on his own to the french fans...sickened

[centre mid]

Giuly

Are there no French fans sites you could be annoying people on?

[Maroon 7]

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.

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.

[Den Perry]

Typical Keane does something good then turns around and does something stupid. His stupid decision to take it around the keeper when he had the time to shoot or lift it over the keeper was the real reason Ireland are out of the WC Finals. It gave the french renewed confidence and they controlled the game ater that and the Irish team were gutted after it even though they still played out of their skins. Robbie Keane is NOT a top striker as Liverpool found out last year,he may score the odd goal or two but he will miss the most important ones due to his stupid decisions and attempts at glory. When he was most needed tonight he failed. I know he works hard but his inital job is to put them away especially at crucial times of the match. Kudos for his goal but when it mattered most he bottled it.

What a ridiculous post...

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...

[Fixer82]

Conspiracy theory.. please grow up a little

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?
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.

[Murfinator]

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.

[Duggie]

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.

course he didnt tell him.

[Den Perry]

Thats it. Go on anyones message board whether it be German, English, Italian. They are all saying the same thing. It makes a mockery of football if this result is allowed to stand.

can anybody give me the address of some good French or English websites / boards that are discussing this?

cheers

[Giuly]

Giuly

Are there no French fans sites you could be annoying people on?

I'm only registered on Lille football Forum. My home team. Now i only give my opinion, i'm being polite, stupid man.

can anybody give me the address of some good French or English websites / boards that are discussing this?

cheers

http://garagepl.forumactif.com/forum.htm

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