Good question. It's a hard one to call... Think I'd be just hoping for a decent ref with 20/20 vision

Your post makes no sense. Ireland was robbed of a certain win by a cheating player and inept referee and linesman. Ireland was clearly the better team .

Suck it up fellas, I'm sorry the Irish went out, but let's be honest, you (and ourselves the Scots) have been lording it over the English over Diego's hand of God in '86 for over 20 years, it's football, not the end of the world.

Something tells me that international players aren't going to be losing their careers or livlihoods over this, so don't feel too sorry for those poor souls scrounging about on a measly £10,000+ a week.

Finally, take a look in the mirror. I didn't hear anyone down the pub criticising Keano's 2 failed attempts to get away with handball last night. As with all things in football, Henry just does it better than Keano.

Bah, I'll just have to make do with hanging my Swiss and English crosses off the balcony. The Irish one will be gathering dust somewhere.....

Lets face it if Dunn had did it and sent Ireland through with a Keane header there would be no complaints (and before any one says anything, all professional players at some point try seek to gain an unfair advantage, whether its to dive, to exaggerate an injury or to bring down an opponent).

Is it right? No but Henry is a decent bloke who at least had the balls to say that he did it. Its hard luck on the Irish if they had not been so wasteful with the chances that they had then it wouldn't have come down to this one moment.

Well done Ireland for making the Irish proud. Well done France for getting through to the finals.

Why are FIFA being so quiet about this when it's on the back pages of all the World press? It really is about time for Herr Blatter to say something!

I believe he's busy in some S&M with Mosley.

This was Wikipedia earlier today:

It made me smile today, which is a miracle after Thierrys shenanigans

Gordon Brown must be thanking his lucky stars the ref wasn't English

Guys - they weren't going to win, even on penalties. They made themselves some good chances, didn't finish them - thats the way the cookie crumbles.

It's amazing that it has taken almost 150 years of professional football before anyone broke a law of the game.

I'm sure after this outcry, it will be another 150 before anyone dares to do the same.

you sound like one of those Refs I heard so much about. Last one I knew lived on Harsehole Hill

He could have (as the first player ever in history) told the referee in that very moment that he did it on purpose. Then the referee had to change his ruling.

I guess there is no gentleman ship and honour left in this sport anymore. Gary Lineker.....where are you?

Didn't see this quoted and it made me laugh,

http://www.journallive.co.uk/newcast...4229-25205033/

I can imagine them High 5ing each other, probably true to.

If that is true then the referee needs a good talking too.

Oh heavens sake - 2000 years of Irish history is one long "we wuz robbed" sob story ....

Wouldn't that be on a par with Match Fixing? Wonder if he had money on the outcome?

But we wuz robbed. *sob*

The Irish-French relationship has just been one disappointment after another since 1798.

this honestly made me laugh.

I'd just like to remind people of when Sol Cambell "scored" against Portugal in 2004 and Urs Meier disallowed the penalty. English fans AND newspapers made Wikipedia defacement look like Kindergarten stuff.

I've told Urs that most English football fans took this on the chin and it was only the minority (in the thousands) that saturated his answering machine and email with threats and rants.

Yea - I never managed to pick up a French bird either ...

They all have hairy armpits anyway...