In any case, the Ireland-Italy match was a farse. I would speculate that the two Italian managers had agreed that the result would be a draw. Italy had the game well under control, evinced by the sharply executed equalising goals.
In any case, the Ireland-Italy match was a farse. I would speculate that the two Italian managers had agreed that the result would be a draw. Italy had the game well under control, evinced by the sharply executed equalising goals.
oh no my freind..this has gone way beyond cringe . Way way waayyy beyond . The human face does not possess the capacity to express a reaction to the scenario this country actually faces . And we should be thankful for that small mercy at least.
i cannot believe that tosser actually said that , but then again its exactly something he would say . The man who persuaded his good freinds Tony Blair and George Bush to make poverty hisotory a few years ago . Remember that one .
christ on a bike
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Yes but we must bear in mind that FIFA were rightly embarrassed by the whole affair, it was close to scandalous and yet they must find a way to defuse the controversy while keeping their seriously questionable methods in place (including, including the change in seeding half way through), this laughing and mocking Ireland could be seen as his politician's way of deflecting blame and unwanted attention from the embarrassment FIFA has suffered. Not only was Ireland blatantly cheated in extra time (and consider for example all the fans who pay their money at the gates, and the effort from the players, it's a big deal for them) and that one of FIFA's favourites, a money-spinning superstar was involved... It looked very bad for them then...
They want it to just go away but the likes of Blatter is like a little emperor and possibly feels personally slighted by the incident and angry at any probity, like a little Caligula he lashes out at the perceived object of his displeasure, the pesky little country that accidentally was involved in showing up his organisation for the sack of corrupt bull ******************** that it is.
Blatter was not the man responsible for making this GUBU request . He did not put a gun to the FAIs head and tell them " make complete c**ts out of yourselves and your nation in order to make me look less of a c**t than you lot or else"
nope . Nosireebob . Nor did he make Bono issue forth a mouth fart from on high either .
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Originally Posted by hiding behind a poster It would be illegal, so it can't happen.
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feck this ...im going to start learning polish tomorrow and sneak out with the rest of them fleeing the recession .
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Did he have to repeat it though, call a press conference.... repeat it and then laugh? Maybe Keane was really advising him... 'Hey Sepp, make a fool out of the FAI, reveal a suggestion they made away from the cameras, you can humiliate them and make yourself look fair and reasonable at the same time', it is politics, Blatter knows the media is the theatre were wars are fought and he is covering the ass of his two-bit corrupt organisation which is moving away from sport and too close to business the way X-factor and Jedward can move popular music away from music and towards business and showmanship.
Bono's involvement is just weird.