Hopefully North Korea declare war on somebody and get kicked out. Other than something like that we can forget it. Probably best to just suck it up at this stage
wow - Owlsfan is travelling to the World Cup and he's taking the humour bypass.Originally Posted by OwlsFan
I suspect you'd probably be the very one to castigate the FAI if they didn't explore every avenue. Damned if you do, damned if you don't.
"Suit/blazers" - what would you prefer tracksuit bottoms or pajamas
I like high energy football. A little bit rock and roll. Many finishes instead of waiting for the perfect one.
Stupid idea.
LESS OF THE BULL NOW!
i'd imagine if that happened bahrain would get their spot.
it's over. five more years minimum.
Not entirely the whole story - UEFA were due to go ahead without Liverpool as they hadn't met the qualification criteria in their National League the year they won the thing. UEFA had never had a rule post-Champions League creation that the winners were given an automatic place.
The Scousers whined and whinged so much to anyone who they thought would listen (massive comparisons with this sorry sordid little affair of "I'll cry and cry until I am sick") that in the end TNS of Wales simply said to UEFA "Sure - we're just down the road - we'll play them in an Extra-Prelim Qualifier for the Welsh spot in the Champions League."
In the end UEFA said - "sod it - we'll accomodate them ONLY on this occassion, bump one of the smaller nations National Champions into a lower round so the fifth place finishers in England can get their way - and then everyone can shut the heck up".
By coincidence - who did Liverpool draw in their "Tantrum Game" - TNS of Wales!
Last edited by Réiteoir; 30/11/2009 at 4:31 PM.
Kom Igen, FCK...
Who cares if its embarrassing,I think we should be put in a very tough group because of the way we got in.
How close did Georgia get to the finals? Maybe their results ultimately didn't count after all.
There is more hope of getting a replay than being a "33rd team", but the FAI are within their rights to kick up a fuss. Of all the teams who qualified for the finals, none of them qualified at the expense of their opponents like France did. The "embarrassing" thing in all this is that's what it took to get them to the finals.
As a nation, we are always told that we don't complain enough. Now when we do, we're told to stop complaining.We won't and shouldn't "get over" or "move on" about it.
Last edited by mypost; 30/11/2009 at 4:51 PM.
Reckon we should abandon this tournament and start the whole campaign again. Fancy another trip to Montenegro....
We should go to South Africa, if only to p*ss on FIFA's bonfire....would love to see us picket their poxy opening ceremony. It's not about not qualifying, but their failure to address continual & blatant cheating, corruption and complacency.
And also start a campaign to prevent these inadequate fools running the world game.....they make the worst administrators in the EL/FAI/GAA look like the most efficient ever, by comparison. They should be removed from their role ASAP and would like to see a boycott of their activities.
I wish we were in the world cup, you wish we were and the players wish they were but at the end of the day we are not and we will never be. It's time we took it on the chin and shut up about getting into SA2010. The best the FAI can do out of this is push for video technology or better refereeing standards. My fear is that they have lost there say and respect in these matters due to this desperate, unrealistic plea
pain is only temporary, glory is forever.
They just showed a clip of Sepp Blatter telling the media that the FAI had requested to be the 33rd team in the WC.
Their response? Laughter (and rightly so).
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Its all getting a bit embaressing now. Fair enough ask for a replay, but to ask to be the 33rd team is silly. Logistically it would be a nightmare and FIFA would never agree to it. Best hope is France meet Argentina and Tevez sends them home Maradonna style
After reading through this whole thread I think the best point that was made was that if the FAI didnt kick up a fuss and try everything,no matter how far fetched or unlikely, people would have been having a go at them saying they were afraid of upsetting FIFA or something along those lines.
Blatter can laugh it off all he wants, the guy is obviously a very good politician to rise to the position he knows how to deflect issues to take the heat off himself, but I for one am still extremely bitter about it and I want to see the issue keep getting highlighted in the hopes that in future changes will be made for the better of football
Its really not that complicated!!!
Surely we should laughing, if not pitying, at the morons in FIFA.....the FAI are
yeah but i think blatter was being a bit bravado , one of the first thing he said on the matter. kinda like the big bully in the playground picking on the guy with glasses (who has a case) but all of the school kids are afraid to takeo on the bully and laugh with him....
Just saw it on Sky news.
Cringe
Cork City: Making 'Dream Team' seem realistic since 2007.
he makes me sick
While not directly related to the World Cup, EUFA altered there rules to allow Liverpool defend the Champions League a few years agom when they failed to qualify.
Why it may happen - Money
FIFA's credibility is damaged through this incident and could be restored very easily by allowing a 33rd team and Blatter would still have his French there and would have another guaranteed vote the next time he is up for reelection.
FIFA are corrupt and make up the rules as they go along, we all know that.
Logistically there would be no real problems.
Group 8 is the last group to start. The first matches are on the 16th June.
5 team schedule
Series 1 1 v 2 3 v 4 5 idle 8th June ADDITIONAL MATCHES
Series 2 2 v 3 4 v 5 1 idle 12th June ADDITIONAL MATCHES
Series 3 1 v 3 2 v 5 4 idle 16th June
Series 4 1 v 4 3 v 5 2 idle 21st June
Series 5 1 v 5 2 v 4 3 idle 25th June
2 Additional match days, 12th would be on current day 2.
THe opening matches on the 8th would be 3 days before the scheduled start and could be classed as preliminary group games rearranged to prove FIFA fair play in alive and well.
A long shot yes, but Delaney is a sharp cookie and maybe this was FIFAs way out and maybe it was they who suggested to DElaney to make the request and Blatter can take the credit for saving the game from cheats and in the meantime taking in even more revenue from 4 additional matches.
Blatters comments that hand ball is the biggest sin in football maybe his way of coming out of this smelling of roses.
The most important thing to remember Blatter makes the rules as he goes along and if it suits him anything is possible.
Fair Play died Nov 18th 2009, Stade Francais.
total contradiction GF, FIFA's credibility would be shot to pieces.
All rational thinking seems to have gone out the window on this matter
Hell no, this is Ireland. This story will do the rounds a few more times till at least the world cup and after.
I think Fifa are right. 33 teams, an Irish joke, surely
To be fair to The FAI, FIFA couldn't organise a drink-up in a beer manufacturing establishment....
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