ireland robbed by evil 'enry...

[happiness stan]

Originally Posted by happiness stan

Nice, congratulations!
Yes, more than likely you will get spanked...sorry, but it's still the next step regardless.
One decent game in the group stage can raise the profile of the sport and hopefully convince a few kids to forget the egg-chasing.

As for Roy, that looks a bit daft doesn't it?
Massive game for Ipswich on tv later, is he taking the spotlight off his team?

God knows, he wants to let the FAI thing drop, he does have a point about the defending though, McShane just isn't good enough, nice thinly veiled pop at Given too...I think it's actually against the law to say anything negative about Shay here.

[dubman]

i love when shit like this happens

getting mad online when your team gets robbed only makes it funnier to people who are vastly indifferent to the sport.
at first it was amusing but the lols are paying off in dividends from this fallout

[jole]

Only reason why so much attention has been given to this thing is because of the importance of the match. To be honest every football match i watch has a few cardinal ref mistakes that directly influence the final outcome, wherther its wrong offside call, or simulation of penalty or unfair play foul that doesent get redcarded...., and i ve used to it, i see it as normal thing that in a way gives charm to the game. Afterall some of the most memorable things i remember came from those kinda controversial ref mistakes. Even tho i should be against it since i m from small country whos clubs got robbed as hell in more than few occasions (just pick a sport), i am not, i like that kinda refereing. However my problem is that those ref mistakes often dont seem accidents because rarely u ll see a ref helps a team like Ireland or some other unattractive team when they play vs France or some other over rated team that just has to be a part of WC.