The Hand Of Strangford
Kieran McCarthy must have been up to high doh last night. The Strangford MLA has denounced the Henry handball as an "absolute scandal...The FAI should demand a replay in Paris for next week. If FIFA do not agree to this measure the FAI should seriously consider suing them for the revenue lost as a result of missing out on one of the most lucrative events in world sport."
Following swiftly on from the Irish Justice Minister Dermot Ahern's demand for a replay, the Strangford intervention will surely tip the balance with Sepp Blatter.
If FIFA don't respond maybe the Executive could take unilateral action, say, by refusing to host Olympic soccer in our new multi-sports stadium. Oh we did that already. Any other ideas?
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Mark
You must be pulling my leg !!!
A post that doesn't mention an MLA or political party is wiped !!!
Not a mention of anybody,just a schoolboy expression of things "french" !
Can I call N.Americans- Yanks ???
The Scots - Jocks ???
The OZ - More culture in a pot of yogurt !!!
Who is the Aussie/Jock/Yank **** who is now a moderator ???
The post was a one liner,so maybe I'll send it again.
Think if I leave "french" blank,others will fill in !!!
Stop pulling my leg !!!
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#1(sub)extra time !!!
Boycott "-------" cheese and onion pomme frites !!!
What's the Ref's decision ???
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I was reading your blog "Pressing Ahead" about the DUP,those people I am seldom able to comment on,and having encountered the "leg pulling" of a humourless moderator,I just wanted to post an aide to Stormont !!!
Give Thierry Henry a job in FM/DFM. He could handle it !!!
Better than most !!! oops there I go again !!!
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For those who didn't understand the "blank", the descriptive "-------" was "an amphibian/loved for their legs/plural"
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Football is the worst officiated game in the world. To expect one man to start and stop a game and with only two sideline flag waving assistants is a nonsense, It fact at the higher levels of his game it has never worked.
High definition TV has brought this into focus in recent times. I think it unfair to blame any ref for a bad call this is unfair under the conditions they currently operate in. To expect them to operate efficiently is nonsense.
I hope that as a result of what is the most obvious injustice that some form of assistance is given to ref's in the form of a TV official similar to Rugby,
Professional players by the way operate under a culture of cheating that will be a far more difficult problem to change.
I can only conclude that the reason FIFA have not done what is obvious is that this present system gives them a degree of control over results and manipulation of results. The constant chant of fair play is now called into direct question lets watch how they react.
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Froggie admits to diverting a ball,with his hand/and hand again into the goal.
How can a froggie ask for a replay when he has cheated his sport ???
Bann the froggie for 5 world cups games.
At least the cheeting froggie couldn't play before the final !!!
Moderators,stop my post???
French comments here before !!!
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