Anyway I am obviously on my own calling for a bit of prespective
Gutted for Ireland, and delighted a stink is being kicked up about it. When you get beat by a cheat you don't just lie down and say 'Ah well'. You stand up and make some noise.
Please tell me you are joking - that was a complete wind-up interview!
Actually the penalty was still given and Fowler scored it!
and I'm a Leeds fan so know a thing or two about injustices!!
But even so, I have to admit I'm happy at least that the French acknowledge it was a cheat and they're not happy about it. Fair play to them for that.
Any way. Are we seriously going to bombard UEFA/FIFA with letters and emails? I'm as pee'd as the next, but that's sport, you take it on the chin. Seriously, if this hyperbole continues we will never be able to pass any judgement on the English again.
It was a harsh and unjust way to go out. It stinks, but let's go out with some dignity.
No, you're on your own with your "sure we would have lost anyway" attitude.
I have never asked for a replay of the match. We lost on the night, however unfairly it was, and that is that IMO. Plenty of countries though the years have been the victim of poor officiating decisions without the result being affected, the most high profile being Geoff Hurst's goal in the 1966 WC final and Maradona in 1986, not to mention the World Cup in 2002 where South Korea were the beneficiaries of several dubious decisions, agianst both Spain and Italy.
However, it is not beyond FIFA's remit to take action against Henry using video evidence vis-a-vis a 2-3 match ban for unsportsmanlike conduct which would put his World Cup participation in jeopardy.
That is of course, assuming FIFA want to stamp out cheating and the evidence is not there to suggest that they do.
Giving or receiving?
Personally, I don't just blame the Officials & Henry.
I think it's the Banks, Property Developers, & Fianna Fail
Oh...and the Public Sector too.
It's not the point though. We were robbed but no-one died. It's sport. Its there to be enoyed in all its beauty and ugliness. All this is taking away from what was Ireland's finest ever performance in my view. Henry and the match officials should be embarassed but calling for replays and lifetime bans is just plain stupid.
This would be ok if you were talking about amateur sport such as the olympics before professionalism. There is a real impact on peoples lives as a result of this. People forget that the players on the field are doing a job. The outcome of the match will have a huge effect on the future careers of some of the participants. Those that missed out on going to the World Cup could have missed the biggest opportunity of their lifes. There lives and those of their family are altered forever. While professional sport can often look like a soap opera, you have to remember that the people on the pitch are real people doing real jobs for real money.
Thanks be to Jaysus!!Oh let me see, how about these few injustices ... [poster drones on and on and on here about real and imagined injustices dating back centuries] ...
Anyway, this isn't about Leeds!
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