Theirry Henry you should be ASHAMED

[Masoud_A]

how bout iran vs. china in the AC04????
all the refs fault...

You on crack? what does Iran vs China have to do anything with France being a cheat?

[shayan20]

He admit that he took the ball with his hand today. He admitted after the game, not during the game bastard.

Did you expect him to go to the ref and say I handled the ball ?

[PersianMadrid7]

don't put words in my mouth, that's not what i'm saying at all!!!! I was saying that in Henry's case the ball popped up in front of him abruptly causing a sudden movement/reaction as to where Maradona knew the ball was out of his reach and made a conscious desicion with his handball. you guys need to stop watching the slow-motion version and watch it at game speed because its very different. I'm bashing Maradona, not praising him, since when do people categorize me as some kind of Maradona worshiper. when did i praise Maradona or say viva Argentina?
as for the me calling it unintentional, i already corrected myself, i only used that word because i was too lazy to re-explain the way i saw it. listen, I wish the ref's would have seen it and I don't think France (especially Henry) played a good game at all, not one that merrited them going to the World Cup. bottom line is none of us can be critical of Henry because anyone of us would have done the same thing for Iran to be in the World Cup. This has nothing to do with me being a Barca fan, and trust me I feel for the Irish, if I was Irish I would be outside setting a car on fire. If the same thing would have happened to Villa or Rooney or any admarible player then I would be saying the same thing, because these kinds of players have strong characters and don't deliberately cheat.
also the linesmen should have had a clear enough view of this, it was off a set piece so the linesmen should have been pre-positioned to spot something like that, also considering it was so apparent to 5-6 players flairing their arms about after the act tells you that the linesmen was at fault.
i think its very unfair to call me biased PersianMadrid, I'm openly a huge Barca fan but I think i call the game the way I see it and don't allow bias to affect me viewpoints, I think even Milad would agree with this.
Henry has always been a great guy, not one that cheats. He's made a career of playing beautifully and acting as a role model. this action against Ireland certainly isn't admirable or something worth applauding, however to call him a cheat and disgrace is completely ridiculous.

So basically you think he handball was unintentional and apologize for being lazy in the previous post. I`ve never said Henry is a bad player. I respect him and have respected him before any other Barca fan has in this thread.

My point is for you to call it unintentional handball is like justifying Maradona`s handball. Player`s like Henry play at this level because they are extremely fast, and that`s why a slow replay can show us exactly their intentions. And why do you think the freakin commissioner of Ireland is launching a formal complain campaign to FIFA for this... it`s because everyone even Henry said it was a intentional handball, so are you still calling it unintentional...

lol at Masoud_A, you are so passionate about this, like the avatar...

[Club monaco]

This is what makes the game great - Human error. Classic historical part of football.

Hundreds and thousands of players have done the same. It's just that it was a high profile game, came at an important time and was against a plucky underdog and he is a high profile player as well.

[PersianMadrid7]

This is what makes the game great - Human error. Classic historical part of football.
Hundreds and thousands of players have done the same. It's just that it was a high profile game, came at an important time and was against a plucky underdog and he is a high profile player as well.

I don't think you'd be so cool about it if it was Iran going out of the world cup in the last minute because of cheating. In fact I can bet everyone who's brushing this incident aside like it's nothing would spend many years talking about this if it was Iran who got robbed. We'd have new sub-forum entitled "**** Henry and the French", but who cares it was the Irish they don't even deserve a replay right.

[kaebi kabab]

[Shamim]

I lost all the respect i had for Thierry Henry.

[shayan20]

I don't think you'd be so cool about it if it was Iran going out of the world cup in the last minute because of cheating. In fact I can bet everyone who's brushing this incident aside like it's nothing would spend many years talking about this if it was Iran who got robbed. We'd have new sub-forum entitled "**** Henry and the French", but who cares it was the Irish they don't even deserve a replay right.

Maybe some would do that. But at the end of day Its football and referee mistakes have always been there. the referee at Chelsea-Barca game was far worse than this one. Actually, it was very hard to see henry handling the ball with all the players surrounding him. The first time I watched it from in video I couldnt see it. and I had to see the slow motion. people are being too harsh on refs these days.

personalyl I would rather watch France than Ireland in world cup at least they have better stars.

[PersianMadrid7]

Maybe some would do that. But at the end of day Its football and referee mistakes have always been there. the referee at Chelsea-Barca game was far worse than this one. Actually, it was very hard to see henry handling the ball with all the players surrounding him. The first time I watched it from in video I couldnt see it. and I had to see the slow motion. people are being too harsh on refs these days.

personalyl I would rather watch France than Ireland in world cup at least they have better stars.

Would you rather have France go to the world cup OR Iran if Henry cheated us in the final minute? based on your opinion you'd say France.

[shayan20]

Would you rather have France go to the world cup OR Iran if Henry cheated us in the final minute? based on your opinion you'd say France.

of course Iran. But as I said refs are not perfect, they are human they will miss small details. Thats why a video review for refs would be a good idea to consider!

[Kaveh Ahangar]

I don't think you'd be so cool about it if it was Iran going out of the world cup in the last minute because of cheating. In fact I can bet everyone who's brushing this incident aside like it's nothing would spend many years talking about this if it was Iran who got robbed. We'd have new sub-forum entitled "**** Henry and the French", but who cares it was the Irish they don't even deserve a replay right.

what if....say, an Iranian player had done the same thing and won us a crucial match in similar circumstances?

would there still be so many people taking the moral high ground?

[Masoud_A]

what if....say, an Iranian player had done the same thing and won us a crucial match in similar circumstances?

would there still be so many people taking the moral high ground?

The problem with your question is that none can answer that as it is directed to like 30+ million ppl, but if you ask me, I would write an apology letter and send it to their Federation and curse that players' name. There is something called Aberoo which is very important to me, and it even gets more important when it comes to the aberoo of a whole country, have you heard about that concept? I guess not or else we wouldnt be having this discussion.

[Club monaco]

Henry's foul was not seen by the ref. No reason to punish him.

I seriously do not understand why everyone wants to crucify Henry.. he's hardly to blame.

[kaebi kabab]

Henry's foul was not seen by the ref. No reason to punish him.
I seriously do not understand why everyone wants to crucify Henry.. he's hardly to blame.

lol are you uneducated

The Irish outlcassed France everywhere France did nothing after 8yrs of waiting Ireland were on class for their 3rd worldcup dreams of many players gone,unbeaten in all group games gone, millions to their economy gone,increased reputation gone the reputation of 1 of the worlds best players finished after that DISGUSTING CHEATING ACT French are also embarrsed they shouldnt be in the WORLD CUP

[Kaveh Ahangar]

The problem with your question is that none can answer that as it is directed to like 30+ million ppl,

My question was directed at members participating in this thread. No real "problem" there.

but if you ask me, I would write an apology letter and send it to their Federation and curse that players' name. There is something called Aberoo which is very important to me, and it even gets more important when it comes to the aberoo of a whole country, have you heard about that concept? I guess not or else we wouldnt be having this discussion.

I wanted to know what people's thoughts are.

Has got nothing to do with my own personal concept of "aberoo".