He did aye, not sure how much of it I would believe mind you.
THIERRY HENRY, the man whose handball effectively denied the Republic of Ireland a place at the World Cup finals, admitted afterwards that he had handled the ball but then put the blame on the referee.
I handled it, I admit it, but Im not the referee. Squillaci jumped and the ball fell to me. I played it and we scored, but it was the referees decision. Thats why the Irish all ran to him, not to me.
I said that I handled it to Richard Dunne, but he said the same thing to me, youre not the referee.
[quote=“Sledgehammer”][FONT=Helv][SIZE=2][FONT=Helv][SIZE=2]To the Andy Reid cult; please close the door on your way out.
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[quote=“Pikeman”]Why do you think Doyle tires early though-he has to make up for the work Robbie doesn’t do also. Granted Robbie worked hard last night for a change but where was his work rate for the last couple of years the lazy fuck. His goal was easy enough in fairness. A strikers dream to have a ball laid back to him from the byline for a tap in. His miss was poor enough (even that Glendenning fella said it was the worst of the night)
I have seen Duff play better for Ireland too but it’s also been a very long time since he did so-one good game in about 10 or so for him.[/quote]
Keane gave the best Irish individual sporting, cultural or artistic performance of all time last night.
Blundering Swedish referee Martin Hansson was this morning condemned in his homeland.
Hansson missed Thierry Henry’s handball in extra-time which led to France’s equaliser against the Republic of Ireland in Paris last night.
The match finished 1-1, meaning France advanced to South Africa with a 2-1 aggregate victory.
Hansson’s blunder - and Henry’s dishonesty - were the major talking points afterwards but Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet laid the blame squarely at the official’s door.
Their story said: 'There are approximately 80million Irishmen around the world. We guarantee they all feel pretty bad today.
'But I sincerely hope there are three Swedes that feel even worse.
‘They are Martin Hansson and (referee’s assistants) Stefan Wittberg and Fredrik Nilsson.’
They concluded by adding: 'There will be no World Cup for Ireland and I assume that Team Hansson has also forfeited it’s right to continue to take charge of major international matches.
'Anything else would be a further insult to the Irish nation
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[FONT=Helv][SIZE=2][FONT=Helv][SIZE=2]Puke, I did an interview for local Clare radio, I don’t suppose you were listening to their build-up?
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[quote=“Sledgehammer”][FONT=Helv][SIZE=2][FONT=Helv][SIZE=2]Puke, I did an interview for local Clare radio, I don’t suppose you were listening to their build-up?
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I only listened to clare fm on the weekends…Was it a bit of a gormless lad with longish hair that interviewed you…
