Comments on: Thierry: It’s Okay To Cheat… If You’re English

by: Wenger's Immortals

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:25:03 +0000

Good link Dave, Robbie Keane didn’t have any problems putting away the penalty when it was awarded to Ireland!

The whole incident is just an example of how hypocritical the British media actually is. If Robbie Keane got away with the two handballs he tried against France (funny that no-one actually mentions those) then he’d be hailed as a hero!

by: Gra

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:31:38 +0000

Get over it-Shit happens! That’s what football’s about!.There are controversional decisions every week.Whether it’s a world cup qualifier,FA cup match,or a game over Hackney marshes!I dont recall the goverment getting involved over the Maradonna ‘incident’. Do you really think if Rooney,Keane,Miller,Ward or Giggs had of scored for any of the UK/IRL sides in Similar Circumstances,and qualified for the finals there would have been such an outcry? I think not!

by: mark j

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:08:45 +0000

Suck on that karma Robbie Keane
-but seriously y don’t we have video refs yet?

by: Dave

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:52:04 +0000

A lot of people are speculating about what Robbie Keane would have done, well the answer lies in an earlier Qualifying round against Georgia. Keane deliberately handles the ball, it bounces of him and then played through to him again when he is in an offside position. Bizarrely the ref. interprets this sequence of events as a penalty to Ireland. Keane takes the penalty and scores and celebrates. Watch it on YouTube …

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jf9fx4ipF4Q

by: bono

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:35:20 +0000

and people wonder why wales scotland and ireland have no time for the english its because your full of shit world cup you wont win a tea cup not with that bunch of overated players.

by: Paul N

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:43:15 +0000

What is it with people in great britain when it comes to dives and handballs? why the hell are they so self righteous?

The point of the article is that when a player from a different country does something you call them all sortof names including the disgusting british media but when its one of the good ole boys who never cheat or dive like Rooney most of you dont say anything, the british media goes hush, or its clever.

Henry handled the ball, so what?! its happens in almost every football match! you wouldnt say anything if it didnt result in a goal. Mind you the foolishness of the matter is that Irelnad still needed to score regardless to go through, well outside of penalties that is.

Can we also not forget that Anelka’s foot was grabbed by the Goalie.

Some of you guys go way overboard, calling people names and all that crap. It was a reaction, IT HAPPENS!

One play reduces one of the best players in PL History to a cheat. Give me a break!

Very immature attitude!

by: Charlie

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:52:19 +0000

What the British press is about is that it lacks prepective. Similarly, if the revrese happens, the French papers will go overboard. Anyway, It was a foul that the ref did not spot in the buildup to the goal. Happens all the time. The Chelsea/MU game, fouls were committed/not commited in the buildup to the goal. What do we do; replay the game; stop the game for five minutes and review the video tape? Did any of the Chelsea players go to the ref and said we foul so and so. Ridiculous suggestions by some quarters. Get on with the game.

by: AOC14

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:52:14 +0000

Alright Im irish but im a huge arsenal fan, and i knew that this would happen, Arsenal blogs defending Henry and giving Ireland, and especially keane, abuse and telling us 2 get over it.
Henry is probably my favourite player of all time but what happened yesterday was ridiculous, and what angers me more is that you gunners blogs keep defending him. I know your proud supporters, but maybe your too proud, because when something like this happens its alright 2 say Henry was completely wrong, however i blame the ref more.
But the context of this incident is just phenomenal. A small country like Ireland have been denied going 2 a world cup, one of the biggest things that can happen 2 a small country like us, because of a blatantly incorrect decision.
please stop defending him, and hes 1 of my heros aswell

by: Stewart

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:19:36 +0000

The funniest thing is why would anyone from England truly care????

I see this all the time….in all sports….

We all want Scotland, Wales and Ireland to do well and always support them….

Why?????

They hate us, absolutely hate us……they want to see us fail..

The World Cup is better for having France and Henry there.

And people really need to grow up and take a reality check……how many controversial (Cheated goals) have been scored by every team at some point……

Our xenophobic media are the main problem here

by: clockendrider

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:23:57 +0000

Frankly, none of this has anything to do with Arsenal. Can we please get back to the Arsenal. One national side beat another. Who cares.? When our players get injured playing for national sides, there’s no discourse on the ridiculous unfairness of the supporters paying their wages while they’re out for months, so why should there be any more effort expended when any given player cheats or doesn’t for his country? Apart from semi-literate, lazy, talentless journalists tryijng to sell papers by manufacturing a story. Strangely, Rooney’s blatant dive aganst Slovenia, in the same week as his dive against Arsenal, merited no such opprobrium. Odd that.