Henry has just put his foot in it by doing what he did last night..I know it goes against everything he said about him not being a diver BUT he did get a free for it and France got a goal from the free kick..Hes rubbing his hands now!!
Nearly every playing in the Tournament has dived at somestage, some more than others. but the fact is that it has gone way out of control and at this stage it will never change but only get worse. Even half tackle's players are rolling around in AGONY and holding up the game and when they finaly get up off the ground there's another player at it...IT'S ONLY GOING TO GET WORSE..
But saying that it's really only the World Cup that has been bad for Diving and going out of there way to get players booked/sent off
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It was certainly a foul by Puyol. He didn't shield the ball, he changed his path to stop Henry from running. He took his opponent out off the ball.
Here is the incident:
http://www.yourfilehost.com/media.ph...kes_Injury.zip
One angle makes it looks like Henry barged into him but the first angle clearly shows it was Puyol who commited the foul.
As for Henry, I can't stand the guy and that dive won't do his reputation any favours.
I am an Arsenal fan, i agree with you 110% about Henry's incident last night, he shouldn't of done it. It was a free kick and puyol was always going to get booked, but what Henry done was a disgrace. Lets not forget the spanish managers racial remarks about Henry last year, i think what goes around comes around, diving and racisim should be thrown out of football!!
I thought you were a Utd. fan?
Aragones apoligised for his remarks will we see Henry do the same. Does not look like it.
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Bit of a dodgy link there Eirebhoy, some nice girls in my area though. Cheers.
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he was obliged to in fairness.
haha.Bit of a dodgy link there Eirebhoy, some nice girls in my area though. Cheers.
Aragones should of been sacked after his remarks!! Henry is the best striker in the world!! I'm an arsenal fan, i'm new to all of this!!
What station were you watching? All three said they were wrong at half-time and said France were the better side. They said the same again at the end with Cunny Kenningham admitting that he was hopelessly wrong about France.
I thought they were very magnaminous towards Les Bleu. More than I would have been anyway. Zidane and Viera weren't 'immense' by any stretch, Spain were quite simply rubbish.
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Well Reyes came out and said that Aragones is not a racist and that Henry knows that Aragones is not a racist. I would prefer to look at the actions of a man rather than a one off comment in a heated and private situation. I think if we are to be sacked for waht we say in private i think a lot of us would be out of a job. That is not saying that racism is ok but I would not like to hang someone just for a one off remark said in private. Esp when he said sorry for it.
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What does Kenny Cunningham know in all fairness?
Yeah have to agree , rubbish post there by Clifford in my opinion. France looked very weak for the last 4 years, so Giles and Cunningham used this as evidence to back a Spain win. Irwin had a sneaking feeling that the experience of France would see them through along with their strong back line. Irwin proved to correct. At half time Giles and Cunningham said that France were the better team as they were working harder and defending much better. Giles had flagged the 2 Spanish full backs and they were rubbish last night.
I dont look for predictions from the pundits but good informed analysis which is what we got last night from 3 Irish footballing legends and Peter Collins.
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If it hadn't happened to Puyol, the worst diver of them all, I'd be disgusted. As it is, I found it hilarious. Puyol is the worst kind of imaginary card-waving chancer who tries to get opponents sent off while diving all over the pitch. He's pure filth. So, good riddance to him and it was a foul anyway. But it wasn't a booking and Henry's reaction was disgraceful. At least it showed everyone a different side to the bloke, which is good. He's probably dived plenty of times and gotten away with it so maybe refs, in their infinite wisdom for booking players who dive, will take a harsher look at him next season. Speaking of which, two players got booked in the Brazil-Ghana game, Adriano being one. I only saw the highlights but I'm sure he thought twice about diving again.
Henry is quoted as saying today "puyol apoligised to me for the challenge" so he admitted his guilt that it was a clear foul, however henry's actions after the challenge left a lot to be desired! There is no better striker in the world than him at the moment, i think he should be remembered for his masterclass football and not just one incident. France were the better team last night!!
I think the Henry incident is one that is very hard for refs to spot but I think retrospective yellow cards should be given out for that sort of thing. Henry should have a booking going into the Brazil game at least in my view. That way a player may get away with it in a game but would not get away with it after video evidence has proved them to be a cheat like Henry and Viera were last night.
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how can we believe what this cheat says. HE should also be remembered for his cheating last night and his response to seeing Arsenal getting beaten by the better team in Paris a few weeks ago. Barc were the better team that night but we did not hear any of that from saintly Henry. His slurs against ETO and Ronny that night were terribe and showed him up for what he is.
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From BBC.
Puyol insisted the referee had made the wrong decision, adding: "If anything it was a foul by Henry."
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From a different angle, which tracks the runs Puyol and Henry make, you can see Henry run in behind Puyol and head after the ball. Puyol, meanwhile, ran across Henry's path without going for the ball. He was not shielding the ball - he didn't have it to shield - and was playing the man, not the ball. An obvious foul, I would have thought. But it was not a booking, except maybe one for Henry. Still, Puyol's done it enough times. Sorry, I have serious issues with the bloke.
probably a lot more than you or me. He was a great centre back and great organiser and played at the highest level in England and for Ireland for ten years. A very good player for ireland and always gave it 100%. I think he is good on the RTE panel but probably lacks a bit of a charisma at this stage but that will come.
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But he was useless last night. That incident was the only thing off note he did apart from standing around in an offside position. If he really is the best striker in the world the World Cup is the place to prove it.....he hasn't been so far
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