France Vs Rep of Ireland

[Chubbs]

probably been said allready but it a shame what happened, its never a nice thing for it to happen to your team but no way shuold it be replayed, if they allow it to be replaced, we'll have every team asking for replays.

[chalkies_shorts]

Althuogh I support England I'm half Bog Wog. There's no doubt it was a massive fuck up by the officials but nothing will get changed by it. The offside was a difficult call. The cheese eating surrender monkeys should be ashamed but the lure of money and SA will more than compensate.
I thikn Henry has been the best player I have ever seen in English football but if FIFA had any balls they would ban him from the World Cup and make him accountable for his actions.

[Batch]

Oh, and apparently the Irish FA are formally asking for a replay. But the refs decision is final so a futile thing to do.Though I suppose it is being done out of principle rather than expectation.

[RedRag]

The great Tony O'Cascarino who played for the Republic, scored 19 goals and played in 2 World Cup and 1 European Championship finals.

in his own words:

"Henry is an insincere cheat" (Ireland fail to qualify)

"I didn't qualify for Ireland. I was a fraud. A fake Irishman" (Ireland qualify)

Once a Gill, always a hypocrite

[flammableBen]

I reckon it depends on whether the French FA agree to a replay, if they do then I don't see a problem with FIFA agreeing to it. But, FIFA making the decision would be dangerous and I can't see them doing it.

I do. Giving the French the opportunity to decide on a replay means that they could be under political pressure to do so. Yeah the Irish aren't exactly a super-power, but do you start replaying games for every bad decision when a country can exert pressure?

[Bennett]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/8369379.stm

this cheeky chappy (cheif of FAI) thinks that the game should be replayed as one team should have gone through and it wasn't france. i'm not sure he knows that the game should have gone to penalties and ireland weren't a stick on to go through

[Batch]

Fifa have told Ireland to sod off regarding a replay.

[Summerof69]

I feel sorry for the Irish, but they're making this bigger than the Maradona incident in '86. The 'Hand Of God' was an absolute disgrace, and in a WC quarter-final as well. As people have said the Irish should've killed the game of in normal time, as there was only oneteam in extra-time, as the Irish seemed knackered.

But due to the fact that Blatter and Platini, have gone quiet, especially as they both normally like being in front of a TV camera, that the conspiracy will continue, even tough I do have sympathy in regards to 'seeding' of the draw,but they might have drawn each other anyway.

[pauld]

See Roy Keane's put the boot into the Irish on this.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/8370327.stm

And he's right. But it shouldn't detract from what is, after all, a splendid opportunity to excoriate the entire French nation

[tans]

That interview with Keano was quality

Theyd never get a replay anyway, Platini and Blatter innit

[jonny72]

But due to the fact that Blatter and Platini, have gone quiet, especially as they both normally like being in front of a TV camera, that the conspiracy will continue, even tough I do have sympathy in regards to 'seeding' of the draw,but they might have drawn each other anyway.

This is the worst part of it for me - Blatter / FIFA and Platini / UEFA being silent over the whole affair, other than issuing statements repeating the laws of the game. Most of the time they can't keep their mouths shut, especially when it comes to cheating, yet suddenly they've got nothing to say.

If that play off match had been England against France, and it had been Rooney's "hand of god" that put England through would they be so silent about it? Would the suggestion of a replay be ignored and disregarded so quickly?

I doubt it. Most likely a replay would already have been arranged and Rooney would have already been charged and banned. They are nothing more than hypocritical, two faced, cunts. They both go on about the damage the Premier League has caused, but those two and the organisations they front have done far, far more to damage the game than the Premier League ever will.

[land_of_bo]

They invinted Gaelic football, they should be appluaded Theirry's skill.

[adje]

Its only Ireland for fucks sake.All players cheat,its just about who the latest victims are.

[Summerof69]

If that play off match had been England against France, and it had been Rooney's "hand of god" that put England through would they be so silent about it? Would the suggestion of a replay be ignored and disregarded so quickly?

I doubt it. Most likely a replay would already have been arranged and Rooney would have already been charged and banned. They are nothing more than hypocritical, two faced, cunts. They both go on about the damage the Premier League has caused, but those two and the organisations they front have done far, far more to damage the game than the Premier League ever will.

Fully agree Jonny.FIFA's motto is 'For the good of the game', but they are one of the most corrupt organisations in the game. Just read any Andrew Jennings book, but especialy 'Foul!' and have a look at the following website http://www.transparencyinsport.org/.

And Platini goes on about English clubs with high debts, but goes quiet as soon as Real Madrid, who has an estimated £500m debt, goes on a £250m spending spree, and despite having rules about being financially solvent in Germany, it didn't stop Borussia Dortmund racking up debts of Eur 130m, and nearly went bankrupt in 2005 (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4274377.stm ).

[wiggy]

Some sort of move needs to be made to let technology help decide in these matters.

I would support a system like tennis, where players get 3 appeals to Hawkeye. If, in a game of football, team captains could have 3 appeals against decisions it could have a number of positive effects - it would give the ref some support and it could also stop players crowding the ref. It could also prevent diving, as players would know that the opposition could ask for TV adjudication during the match.