Internationals 18 November 2009

[Kenneth]

Absolutely, I'll be getting right behind England although i would also like to see Spain do well. I ****ing know now how gutwrenching it is to be denied by a slice of cheating and poor decision making.
I am now officially a bitter Irish begrudger that hopes them fickle french ****s fail at the WC.

Hopefully we can get a bit of revenge in the 6 nations.

We can all drink to that. Hating the French, the biggest uniting force in the world.

[greenbloodred]

Cunts......

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[greenbloodred]

Surprised to hear that although my Uncles over there and other family do tend to support "us"/England once the Irish interest is over. I think it's a family thing...we all get on great and my family is 50/50 split English/Irish.

Question for the less honourable Irishmen...those of you who'll support ABE (anyone but England) - England draw France in the quarters, who do you cheer for?

England all the way!!!

[Chrono]

Absolutely, I'll be getting right behind England although i would also like to see Spain do well. I ****ing know now how gutwrenching it is to be denied by a slice of cheating and poor decision making.
I am now officially a bitter Irish begrudger that hopes them fickle french ****s fail at the WC.

Hopefully we can get a bit of revenge in the 6 nations.

That's really good to hear. I assumed that most would be an ABE (as Shaggy defined) but nice to know that some aren't that bitter. I was cheering on Ireland last night and it really was very cruel way to lose like that.

Shameful for France who will get knocked out early doors anyway

[kingfunk]

Henry now says he told the ref it was handball when it happened, and the ref replied, "you are not the ref" very fishy.

Henry admitted the ball did strike his hand and claims he told the referee, who chose to allow the goal to stand.

The Barcelona striker said: 'The ball hit my hand, I will be honest. It was a handball, you can clearly see it. (Sebastien) Squillaci went to jump with two Irish players, I was behind him and the next thing I know the ball hit my hand.

'It was a handball, but I'm not the ref. I told (the referee) but he said to me the same: 'You are not the ref.'

[Shaggy]

"the ball hit my hand", like it was a ****ing accident. He ****ing cushioned it with his hand, perfectly and right into his path. Absolute cheat.

[G]

Surprised to hear that although my Uncles over there and other family do tend to support "us"/England once the Irish interest is over. I think it's a family thing...we all get on great and my family is 50/50 split English/Irish.

Question for the less honourable Irishmen...those of you who'll support ABE (anyone but England) - England draw France in the quarters, who do you cheer for?

I'm an ABF now.

I hope the cunts lose every game and return home humiliated

EDIT:-

just to clarify I wasn't and ABE either.I've never been arsed how other countries get on,till now.

[Tee]

"the ball hit my hand", like it was a ****ing accident. He ****ing cushioned it with his hand, perfectly and right into his path. Absolute cheat.

The Irish were desperately unlucky but they had more than 1 opportunity to kill the tie off on the night, so whilst they can blame that decision they need to look at themselves as well. Some of the missed chances were pretty poor at this level.

[-V-]

He probably told the ref after the fookin game. When they scored he went off to celebrate as far away from the ref as he could.

Cheating cunts. The Anelka dive was clear too. He kicked the ball away from goal then moved his leg towards given hoping to catch him

[Scratch]

Let's use an illustrative example. If I was an attacker and Shaggy was a defender. I have the ball, enter the penalty area, lose control and throw myself into Shaggy who has simply stood his ground. I bounce off his chest, fall over and start waving my arms around like Didier Drogba on speed. Is this a penalty? There was contact.

If Shaggy has stood his ground, then no, it ain't a penalty...if Given had stood his ground then fine, but he didn't, he dived at the feet of anelka, missed the ball and caught the player.

Using your example, if you lost control of the ball, ran after it and Shaggy stepped across your path to obstruct you, then i'd have no hesitation in giving a penalty.

[kingfunk]

Ex-Liverpool striker: Gillette should sack Henry

Former Liverpool and Ireland hitman John Aldridge has claimed that shaving giants Gillette have every right to sack French striker Thierry Henry as a brand ambassador following the player’s handball assist in last night’s World Cup qualifier in Paris. The irate Kop hero believes that the ex-Arsenal striker has no excuses for his actions or the manner in which he celebrated William Gallas’ goal and that he has no right to share a platform with fellow Gillette sponsored athletes Tiger Woods and Roger Federer.

“Should they (FIFA and UEFA) ban him? Definitely. Something should happen but sadly it won’t,” Aldridge stated to The Liverpool Echo.

“UEFA is run by a Frenchman (Michel Platini) while FIFA is run by Sepp Blatter. They make the rules as they go along.

“It is just unbelievable. For a footballer who has the highest respect to do something like that and stoop to such a level shows the desperate measures France had to take.

“It’s pretty galling, to put it mildly. It’s all very well him apologising and saying that he told the referee he had handled it but just look at the way he celebrated.

“He raced off as if he had scored himself and when that happens, there is absolutely no way a referee is going to change his mind.

“It’s the biggest talking point in the World Cup since Diego Maradona handled against England in 1986. And to think he makes adverts with Tiger Woods and Roger Federer – they (Gillette) would have every right if they decided to sack him.”

[Imy]

What did the Irish expect, Platini's men were always going through. He (UEFA) even fixed the draw so the supposed big teams would be guaranteed through, imagine if there was no seeding it could have been the French vs Portugal.

Platini is a grade A ****** (and i'm not Irish )

[Exiled_red]

What did the Irish expect, Platini's men were always going through. He (UEFA) even fixed the draw so the supposed big teams would be guaranteed through, imagine if there was no seeding it could have been the French vs Portugal.

Platini is a grade A ****** (and i'm not Irish )

I don't think many people will argue with that

[Tee]

What did the Irish expect, Platini's men were always going through. He (UEFA) even fixed the draw so the supposed big teams would be guaranteed through, imagine if there was no seeding it could have been the French vs Portugal.

Platini is a grade A ****** (and i'm not Irish )

FIFA, UEFA etc are a ****ing joke.

[Shaggy]

Still can't believe Scratch thought that was a penalty

Former official Graham Poll on BBC Radio 5 Live: "If we're going to punish Thierry Henry for the handball, we should punish Nicolas Anelka for the disgraceful dive that was an attempt to cheat and con the ref minutes earlier - that is equally as bad. The refs do their best but the players are good at cheating. Take that one incident away, (referee) Martin Hansson had a good game and I'm sure if he had seen the handball he would have given it. Sometimes match officials can't see things because of angles. I'm hoping Hansson makes the final 24 for the World Cup finals when selection is made and that his mistake will not count against him, but he will be worried today because he knows that the mistake happened on his watch."