Originally Posted by Louis VI the Fat
You would bring that up.
Re: [B]Diplomatic row between Ireland and France revealed[/B]
You would bring that up.
Re: [B]Diplomatic row between Ireland and France revealed[/B]
Yeah, but Trapatoni is crazy and cute and Domenech is just crazy.
Re: [B]Diplomatic row between Ireland and France revealed[/B]
We need to get our predictions in!
England B - France 1-1. Possibly 0-0 or, God forbid, 1-0.
Or so Venus standing in Jupiter would seem to indicate.
Last edited by Louis VI the Fat; 11-14-2009 at 19:57.
Re: [B]Diplomatic row between Ireland and France revealed[/B]
Well done to France.
Talent will out, it seems - even if it only turns up for the second half.
Some commentators here are actually pleased about losing 1-0. In Paris, the French players might not even bother and may send their valets instead. Mind you, even in that case there's not much hope for Ireland to actually put the ball, you know, in the net.
Ah well, enough of the tiresome round ball. Time for Australia.
"If there is a sin against life, it consists not so much in despairing as in hoping for another life and in eluding the implacable grandeur of this one."
Albert Camus "Noces"
Re: [B]Diplomatic row between Ireland and France revealed[/B]
Huh? Australia is getting involved?
Alright then, prepared to get whipped at whatever it is we are doing.
Re: [B]Diplomatic row between Ireland and France revealed[/B]
If I were Irish, I'd be outraged!
But I'm not, so I'm not going to get to worked up. Sad day for the beautiful game, though.
CR
Ja Mata, Tosa.
The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to all the forces of the Crown. It may be frail; its roof may shake; the wind may blow through it; the storm may enter; the rain may enter; but the King of England cannot enter – all his force dares not cross the threshold of the ruined tenement! - William Pitt the Elder
Re: [B]Diplomatic row between Ireland and France revealed[/B]
I don't see what complaints Ireland could have. Henry won the game with a legitimate 3 pointer in added time.
If I were Irish, I'd be outraged!
But I'm not, so I'm not going to get to worked up. Sad day for the beautiful game, though.
CR
Re: [B]Diplomatic row between Ireland and France revealed[/B]
It is all very dissapointing. Even if you win, the fun and pride are gone.
Meanwhile, as unsympathitic as it may be to post the video below, it should serve to add some sense of perspective.
Ireland-Georgia, only a few months ago, from this same qualification campaign. The referee awards Ireland a penalty, after an Irish player (Keane?) raises his hand to ask for a penalty, ostensibly accusing a Georgian player of playing the ball with his arm. Very unsportsmanlike, and an amazingly incorrect refreeing decision. The score was 1-0 for Georgia with less than twenty minutes left. Ireland converted the penalty and went on to win the game.
It is a near copy, mirrored, of what happened yesterday. This game, the Irish did not want to have replayed, and they do not consider the crime of the century.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jf9fx4ipF4Q
Last edited by Louis VI the Fat; 11-21-2009 at 00:25.
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