pachapapa Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 90': à Dublin, la Guiness coule à flots. Les voilà vengés.90': J'ai hâte de lire la presse irlandaise demain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubbles Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 Yes - just desserts. Well, not quite.They shouldn't have been there in the first place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Coeur de Lion Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 Well, one player shouldn't have been there, Henry. Can't tar the whole team with the same brush, Henry was the one who handled it, not the rest of the team.But it was bloody funny watching. France have been dire for years and would never have got to the final last time had it not been for Zizou. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gardengirl Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 Huge shouts of approval in the square tonight as we drank our coffee.Mexico had led 1 - 0, and we were told they had won. Is that so? Most people sitting around screens were French, the man who rolled up worse for wear but very happy about the result was French. As was the man who passed us with half a bottle of whisky left, telling us he was very sad.Why the general approval about the result? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LEO Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 [quote user="gardengirl "]Huge shouts of approval in the square tonight as we drank our coffee.Mexico had led 1 - 0, and we were told they had won. Is that so? Most people sitting around screens were French, the man who rolled up worse for wear but very happy about the result was French. As was the man who passed us with half a bottle of whisky left, telling us he was very sad.Why the general approval about the result?[/quote]Hi Gardengirl ,most of the (football) world reckoned ,France cheated Ireland ,to gain a place in the World cup finalsThe cheating came in the form of a double hand ball by Thierry Henry, that resulted in a goal to put Ireland out and France in!Today's result;Mexico 2 France 0;.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Coeur de Lion Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 Henry cheated Ireland, not France. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LEO Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 [quote user="Mr Coeur de Lion"]Henry cheated Ireland, not France.[/quote]France had the opportunity to support the motion for a replay but,refused."France rejects Ireland plea to replay World Cup qualifying match"http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/article6925303.ece.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Coeur de Lion Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 and they were right to.Can you imagine the mess if this happened at the end of every match because of a missed decision?Video ref is the answer like in rugby. There would have been no problem if this technology was implemented. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gardengirl Posted June 18, 2010 Share Posted June 18, 2010 Thanks Leo and Richard. My brother who's quite keen on football kept wandering off to see screens while we sat chatting at a non-screen café, and kept us informed of the 1 - 0 score. I'd heard Henry had done something or other at an earlier stage, but not exactly what. So presumably most of the people watching were real football fans and maybe would not have felt comfortable if France had won the match. It seemed a strange atmosphere in the square last night, not a lot of people eating out, despite the lovely weather we'd had during the day, and we'd only wandered round for coffee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gardengirl Posted June 18, 2010 Share Posted June 18, 2010 Have you seen this one? - I think it's sweet, always did like these men!http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=157BD2472C3A33A4&annotation_id=annotation_153460&feature=iv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Coeur de Lion Posted June 18, 2010 Share Posted June 18, 2010 That's great gardengirl.Unfortunately the England USA one is down at present. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gardian Posted June 18, 2010 Share Posted June 18, 2010 I asked for a "gros mexicain" in the boulangerie this morning. Received icily.[:-))] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gardian Posted June 18, 2010 Share Posted June 18, 2010 [quote user="Gardian"]I asked for a "gros mexicain" in the boulangerie this morning. Received icily.[:-))][/quote]Oh........ m e r d e [:'(] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchie Posted June 18, 2010 Share Posted June 18, 2010 I'll ask for a petit roastbeef at the butchery tomorrow............... [Www][;-)]What a boring game.......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Coeur de Lion Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 England and France are as both bad as each other.I hope they both get knocked out for the good of the tournament. Neither deserve to be there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchie Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 [quote user="Mr Coeur de Lion"]England and France are as both bad as each other.[/quote]Agreed, unfortunately... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickP Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 [quote user="Mr Coeur de Lion"]England and France are as both bad as each other. I hope they both get knocked out for the good of the tournament. Neither deserve to be there.[/quote] They both deserve to be there as they won the right to take part through the qualifying competition. If you mean that in the finals they are not playing very well, you are correct. [:P] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchie Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 [quote user="NickP"][quote user="Mr Coeur de Lion"]England and France are as both bad as each other. I hope they both get knocked out for the good of the tournament. Neither deserve to be there.[/quote] They both deserve to be there as they won the right to take part through the qualifying competition. If you mean that in the finals they are not playing very well, you are correct. [:P][/quote]I agree Nick.And please don't mention Henry's hand again , it happens sooo frequently in matches ... IMO, the problem with the French team is that it is not a team but players gathered together , no group^spirit, and they didn't even wave at the French supporters who had made the trip to south Africa to support them.That's really bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pachapapa Posted June 19, 2010 Author Share Posted June 19, 2010 I think Abdul-Salam Bilal summed the gallic situation UP rather well.[:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchie Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 Coupe du monde : Nicolas Anelka exclu de l'équipe de France Serves him right! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pachapapa Posted June 19, 2010 Author Share Posted June 19, 2010 [quote user="Frenchie"]Coupe du monde : Nicolas Anelka exclu de l'équipe de France Serves him right![/quote]Anelka out of Africa.Have you seen the film![:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pachapapa Posted June 19, 2010 Author Share Posted June 19, 2010 At the end of the day no great shock. In the warm up games Mexico played ITALY. Mexico beat Italy 2-1.So Mexico beating France 2-0 is reasonable as in my opinion this year Italy are a better side than France. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickP Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 Good for the French Football association, shame the English one isn't as honest, after all these people are heroes to kids, and if they publicly say things, young impressionable kids will do the same. Wayne Rooney's reaction to the fans voicing their displeasure at the poor performance was unforgivable. Because if the fans who earn less in a year than most players earn in a couple of days; spend their money following and supporting these so called super stars, they are entitled to get some effort from the players in return not abuse. Mr Rooney would do well to remember that the fans make football the huge financial success it is. Very simple no fans no big wages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchie Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 [quote user="NickP"] after all these people are heroes to kids, and if they publicly say things, young impressionable kids will do the same. .[/quote]YES, that' s exactly what I tried to say in one of my previous messages. And even if only for that reason, these pople must get excluded. I work in education as most people on the forum know, and we spend our time telling the kids that if they insult anyone they will be punished, so the " superstars" they admire , and sometimes worship! must set an example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LEO Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 [quote user="Frenchie"][quote user="NickP"] after all these people are heroes to kids, and if they publicly say things, young impressionable kids will do the same. .[/quote]YES, that' s exactly what I tried to say in one of my previous messages. And even if only for that reason, these pople must get excluded. I work in education as most people on the forum know, and we spend our time telling the kids that if they insult anyone they will be punished, so the " superstars" they admire , and sometimes worship! must set an example. [/quote]Nicolas Anelka did not utter anything in public . (it was in the privacy of the dressing room)He was not sent home because he swore at the "Manager".He was sent home because he refused to apologise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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