To all those saying get over it.....yeah fine but its four more years to make amends, too late for a number of Irish players who really merit a chance at the world stage
To all those comparing the injustice of Henry's handball to that of recent league games i once again refer to my earlier point, there's a big difference between four years and next week
To all those saying that Ireland are not good enough and probably wouldve lost on penalties or shouldve sealed the deal before the handball incident....fine but anyone who watched the two games can hardly say France merited victory,an own goal and this 'strike' in this second leg?!
To all those who are being racist leave it out....My disdain for French people is justified and i can back it up, I'll keep my counsel in this case because its not a suitable forum
To those English fans who empathise with us because of Maradonna in 86, take solace in the fact that he rounded half your team to score an excellent goal later in that half....France never had a serious chance of note tonight
To any French fans who had the cheek to celebrate that 'victory' tonight....we'll break your hearts one day, maybe when you can do nothing about it, maybe when we're in a qualifying group together and you need a favour from us, see what happens
To Thierry Henry everything you've ever done in football up to tonight has been diminished, the rest of your spiralling career is going to be an uphill struggle to regain any sense of self respect, it'll eat away at you gradually, knowing that you couldnt get over the fiish line without cheating
To Ireland the country that for better or worse has been my great supporter I thank you for everything, for giving me pride in the face of such pathetic deception shown by France. Our fans have travelled the world and shown great sportmanship, it is South Africa's great loss and FIFAs shocking lack of foresight that next summer will be deprived of their joviality
And finally to football, that most cruellest of Mistresses, Trappatoni and his charges tonight brought flowers of passion and chocolates of good taste, he tried to woo you with old fashioned charm but instead you went for the guy with the flash car....dont be surprised if he breaks down on the way home having run out of petrol va va voooom indeed.
