Domenech gets a seriouslt tough press, can you imagine any other manager taking their country to the final of the World cup and still being compared to Stan?
although Clare hurlers and officials come to mind in that regard)
The whole Henry thing was just tabloid hype./QUOTE]
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Qualifying for the World Cup is easy . Win your home games, draw (at least) your away games and you're there (or thereabouts).
Ireland's attempts to qualify for this World Cup included a dodgy penalty in the Georgia away game, failing to beat Bulgaria at home, failing to beat Italy at home, failing to beat France at home in the play-off.
Then, in Paris, the Henry goal prevented Ireland an opportunity to fail to score in yet another 30 minutes of play, and then the lottery of a penalty shoot-out.
Ireland have no-one but themselves to blame for not being in RSA and painting themselves as victims will be of no help when they start the Euro 2012 qualifiers.
And as for the FAI's cack-handed response to the play-off defeat ?
Domenech gets a seriouslt tough press, can you imagine any other manager taking their country to the final of the World cup and still being compared to Stan?
We all got upset about the handball at the time, but I can't get over how we are clinging onto it still. i can understand the Irish journalists constantly stoking the fire to keep themselves busy but the general public should have moved on by now.
Luis Fabiano handled twice before scoring against Ivory Coast (same national colours as us!) and nobody is saying that Brazil are cheating there way through the world cup.
Personally, given the players they have, I'm a bit disappointed to see them gone. The whole Henry thing was just tabloid hype. If Robbie Keane had done the same, would we have offered a replay?
You'll have to elaborate on that mathepac so I can defend the county (or at least try )
No need to as apparently a number of posters have copped on already.You'll have to elaborate on that ...
(a la Stan, best description I heard of Domenech was from an American journalist who called him "an unloveable Inspector Clouseau), .
.. the fact is he cheated ..
..he prevented the game from going to a penalty shoot out
True, though if Robbie Keane had done it, we would have a different view.