Republic Of Ireland v France

rockthereebok · Post by **rockthereebok** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 5:21 pm

Anyone interested? Any predictions?

I was just reading a few articles on the front room site about the game and it's got me looking forward to it, even though I normally hate international breaks.

I also genuinely think the Republic will win. 1-1 away, 1-0 at home is my prediction.

Bruno · Post by **Bruno** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 5:23 pm

They should have beaten Italy, but fukked it up at the last minute - I predict the same here, but against France obviously.

potter1989bwfc · Post by **potter1989bwfc** » Fri Nov 13, 2009 10:12 am

France 3-1

enfieldwhite · Post by **enfieldwhite** » Fri Nov 13, 2009 10:46 am

http://irishsoccerinsider.wordpress.com ... -incident/

Very funny. Nice to see their Napolean complex is still going strong!

If only it were true.

boltonboris · Post by **boltonboris** » Fri Nov 13, 2009 12:21 pm

Ireland are 8-1 to win 1-0 on 188bet.com

Might use some of my sizeable £3.50 that's left in there from Fellaini scoring against us!

H. Pedersen · Post by **H. Pedersen** » Fri Nov 13, 2009 1:08 pm

From the BBC's WCQ preview:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/footbal ... 355104.stm

What they say:
France coach Raymond Domenech after the play-off draw: "They are the England Bs. There won't be any surprises in the World Cup play-offs, we know precisely what to expect."
Republic of Ireland defender Richard Dunne: "Every time a tournament comes round, they have all these world-class players and a man (Domenech) who seems intent on messing them up."

Way to go Dunne!

kagni · Post by **kagni** » Fri Nov 13, 2009 7:03 pm

Wasn't Domenech the one who referred to Bolton as the a*sehole of the universe when Mendy moved here?

bobo the clown · Post by **bobo the clown** » Fri Nov 13, 2009 11:02 pm

kagni wrote:Wasn't Domenech the one who referred to Bolton as the a*sehole of the universe when Mendy moved here?

It certainly was. He should take a trip up N-East Paris !

Tombwfc · Post by **Tombwfc** » Wed Nov 18, 2009 11:33 pm

Cheating French bastard.

Bruno · Post by **Bruno** » Wed Nov 18, 2009 11:34 pm

Anelka too, a series of shocking dives tonight

Wandering Willy · Post by **Wandering Willy** » Wed Nov 18, 2009 11:52 pm

Being loosely World Cup related I would like to be first to float the following ridiculous notion:

[spoiler] Guus Hiddink for manager [/spoiler]

fatshaft · Post by **fatshaft** » Thu Nov 19, 2009 12:50 am

Wandering Willy wrote:Being loosely World Cup related I would like to be first to float the following ridiculous notion:

[spoiler] Guus Hiddink for manager of Scotland[/spoiler]

Good idea imo

Wandering Willy · Post by **Wandering Willy** » Thu Nov 19, 2009 12:59 am

fatshaft wrote:
Wandering Willy wrote:Being loosely World Cup related I would like to be first to float the following ridiculous notion:

[spoiler] Guus Hiddink for manager of Scotland[/spoiler]
Good idea imo

Very clever FS. Took me a minute.

H. Pedersen · Post by **H. Pedersen** » Thu Nov 19, 2009 5:36 am

If I were the Irish FA I'd hire a PI to look into that referee's phone records. Five bucks says he got a few calls from Platini and Blatter lately. We'll never see video technology implemented; it makes it harder to rig games.

James B · Post by **James B** » Thu Nov 19, 2009 8:17 am

H. Pedersen wrote:If I were the Irish FA I'd hire a PI to look into that referee's phone records. Five bucks says he got a few calls from Platini and Blatter lately. We'll never see video technology implemented; it makes it harder to rig games.

when he could have easily given a penalty about 5 minutes earlier and chose not to?

was one of those things. ref might have missed it completely with the amount of players in the box. linesman should have seen it though.

seanworth · Post by **seanworth** » Thu Nov 19, 2009 9:08 am

So who handed victory to France Henry or the ref.

as · Post by as » Thu Nov 19, 2009 9:08 am

Glad Ireland lost

The peasants don't belong in the world cup, they should stick to jumping on the Man Utd/Liverpool bandwagons, and thinking Roy Keane is the answer to all their problems.

Bruno · Post by **Bruno** » Thu Nov 19, 2009 9:55 am

James B wrote:
H. Pedersen wrote:If I were the Irish FA I'd hire a PI to look into that referee's phone records. Five bucks says he got a few calls from Platini and Blatter lately. We'll never see video technology implemented; it makes it harder to rig games.
when he could have easily given a penalty about 5 minutes earlier and chose not to?

was one of those things. ref might have missed it completely with the amount of players in the box. linesman should have seen it though.

chose not to because it wasn't a penalty, anelka dived

Worthy4England · Post by **Worthy4England** » Thu Nov 19, 2009 9:58 am

Still struggling to find any comment from the UEFA President on this blatant cheating...what a surprise.

The report on the UEFA website says just this.

And so came extra time where in the eighth minute a hopeful France free-kick found its way to Henry, who squared for Gallas to head the goal that takes his country to South Africa.

Bruno · Post by **Bruno** » Thu Nov 19, 2009 10:01 am

Oh he'll be delighted, the seeding system was just another form of bias and cheating anyway. Shameful.

Connect with your social network account

Republic Of Ireland v France

Republic Of Ireland v France

Who is online