Never never never say no...

iceminers26 · 11-18-09, 04:02 PM

1-0 Ire at the break, now just need France to add a late 1 for the draw

ClydeFontaine · 11-18-09, 04:28 PM

Come on Bhoys. Setanta announcers are ripping the French a new one.

mihaita666 · 11-18-09, 04:36 PM

i watch it also on setanta, lol

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jasonw · 11-18-09, 04:53 PM

Annnnd that just made my day.

Chi_archie · 11-18-09, 04:55 PM

ireland won?

tullamore · 11-18-09, 04:56 PM

Originally posted by Chi_archie

ireland won?

For betting purposes.

pavyracer · 11-18-09, 04:57 PM

Originally posted by Chi_archie

ireland won?

They won the game in terms of betting purposes. They are playing ET now to determine who goes to the WC because France also won the first game 1-0.

tullamore · 11-18-09, 04:57 PM

Originally posted by ClydeFontaine

Come on Bhoys. Setanta announcers are ripping the French a new one.

They are really laying into them.

iceminers26 · 11-18-09, 04:57 PM

Congrats Ireland backers

Chi_archie · 11-18-09, 04:59 PM

yeah

tullamore · 11-18-09, 05:07 PM

French are a bunch of whinners.

demize21 · 11-18-09, 05:07 PM

Originally posted by TheBeautifulGame

Ireland, Ireland, Republic of Ireland, rev it up and here we go!

Win, or lose guys, it's going to be a great game tonight V France. Anyone sharing in my Irish enthusiasm and spirit can back Ireland to win in 90 mins at +600. It's a long shot guys but not impossible. I've only put a very small token bet on it myself.

My Irish flag is at the ready. C'mon Ireland, prove the critics wrong

nice call you brought out my Irish pride and i played a few dollars on dnb and +.5

EaglesPhan36 · 11-18-09, 05:08 PM

Awesome. Ireland saved me an even day. Way to go IRish!

tullamore · 11-18-09, 05:09 PM

Fvck

tullamore · 11-18-09, 05:10 PM

How do you miss that hand ball?

aneurysm00 · 11-18-09, 05:12 PM

Typical.

smitch124 · 11-18-09, 05:13 PM

so close

aneurysm00 · 11-18-09, 05:14 PM

Well, it's not over yet. Ireland just need one.
France have been a disgrace.

ClydeFontaine · 11-18-09, 05:15 PM

Holy crap Ireland got screwed. Too bad this is not the NBA and they would just give a make-up call. Just sad if they lose on that.

Ace_of_Spades · 11-18-09, 05:20 PM

Duff ****ed Ireland. Got to take your chances. Maybe Video Replay should be brought in, but then again. that would be kind of bad for soccer.

mihaita666 · 11-18-09, 05:33 PM

looking like that, france has NO chacen of doing great performance next year (great performance = at least the semifinals).

Ace_of_Spades · 11-18-09, 05:48 PM

France have been playing bad for years and got into the 06 WC Final against Italy and lost, but you just don't know what this team will do on the day.

iceminers26 · 11-18-09, 05:51 PM

Ireland deserved that match, its a shame

sportsfun · 11-18-09, 05:54 PM

Ireland got robbed.

aneurysm00 · 11-18-09, 06:10 PM

iceminers26 · 11-18-09, 06:12 PM

Awful

Ace_of_Spades · 11-18-09, 08:27 PM

Originally posted by aneurysm00

Brutal.

tullamore · 11-18-09, 09:01 PM

Such a bad call, too bad a trip to the World Cup was a result of the call.

Jack Napier · 11-18-09, 09:04 PM

Nice call, **** the french

that was sick

TheBeautifulGame · 11-19-09, 06:45 AM

Absolutely gutted today guys. Could not believe it. When we went 1-0 up, I honestly thought we could do it. We may still not have qualified had it gone to penalties but we never got the chance due to the French cheating. We were robbed.

Now, I have to sit in work with a sore head and a sore heart.

CS-Cedrick · 11-19-09, 06:50 AM

TheBeautifulGame, I was completely astonished, that was a nasty dirty trick coming from France...

tailmypicks · 11-19-09, 06:55 AM

what is with these scandinavian referees..........remember that norwegian prick tom henning ovrebo who helped barca beat chelsea last season.

TheBeautifulGame · 11-19-09, 06:58 AM

Originally posted by CS-Cedrick

TheBeautifulGame, I was completely astonished, that was a nasty dirty trick coming from France...

Could not believe it. Apparently Henry said to the reff that he handled the ball and the reff said "you're not the reff", thats according to Henry anyway.

However, I ask you, if you were going to be so 'sporting' about handling the ball, why cross the ball in the first place? Why not just let the ball fall to the ground, put your hands up and say, ' I handled the ball, free out'. Not mention to the reff once the damage is done.

The only reason he's admitting it is because you can't really deny that it happened. You can cleary see it. Anyway, I'm going to calm down before I book a ticket to France and do something I regret

Ace_of_Spades · 11-19-09, 07:07 AM

Henry was correct in saying that he did handball the ball, the ref is an idiot and i guess he didn't want to look like one either by retracting the goal because he missed it. Henry did the right thing and at the end of the day, you do what you got to do to win the game. Ireland had their chances, they didn't take them. I don't blame Henry one bit.

TheBeautifulGame · 11-19-09, 07:30 AM

Originally posted by Ace_of_Spades

Henry was correct in saying that he did handball the ball, the ref is an idiot and i guess he didn't want to look like one either by retracting the goal because he missed it. Henry did the right thing and at the end of the day, you do what you got to do to win the game. Ireland had their chances, they didn't take them. I don't blame Henry one bit.

I'm not going to dwell on it, it's football it, it happens but you don't blame Henry? It was a blatant handball.