Jeez, I've never read so much garbage about Henry. The referee missed it- like they miss things every week, get over it.

Bit of a hypocritical comment coming from someone who was whinning earlier on about something that happened 2 seasons ago!

@Boris....

It aint that simple though mate is it?

If someone stole all your interview notes for a job, they got the job, they then openly admit to it and you expect to then be given the job only to be told the guy who cheated you would be rewarded. Surely you would feel sick too?

I wont spend my life thinking about it as there is nothing that can be changed but i will spend my life remembering it when cheating is bought up such as in this article.

I would say hopefully one day you feel the sense of disgust/injustice within football but your a Man you fan so you are brought up on the ref "missing things like they miss things every week"

ilooklikemodricfrom606 (U7431)

Er, I'm not a 'Man you fan'. Nevertheless, there is a difference between the officals genuinely missing something and the officals making decisions that are blatently wrong. I can understand the anguish felt by Irish fans after the incident but it wasn't cheating of the same calibre as Maradonna who basically punched the ball into the net and spent the next 20 years gloating about it.

so henry didnt go on about it, that makes it not cheating then?
youre talking rubbish as usual. he blatantly cheated, in fact it was worse than maradona as henry guided it into the goal knowing full well what he was doing, maradona's was more of a hit and hope.
you still go on about the extra time goal united scored against you even though city had the same extra time to score the winner.

Sorry buddy i apologise it is the blue (and better) half you support not the red half. Rather ironically my face is now red! Apologies for that.

comment by Boris Inky Gibson (U5901) posted 12 hours, 11 minutes ago

Jeez, I've never read so much garbage about Henry. The referee missed it- like they miss things every week, get over it.
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Says the man who is still banging on about Owen's goal despite it being shown the time added by the ref was correct

Truth is, when it happens to your own club, it hurts. I understand the Irish feeling cheated as much as I felt cheated by Maradonna.

People always go on about the Carrol incident against Spurs where the ball went over the line. Is that a case of the ref missed it and get over it as well then?
United fans are getting that levelled at us even today and it was 7 years ago now. That goal was in no way as important as Henry's for France.

Says the man who is still banging on about Owen's goal despite it being shown the time added by the ref was correct

By who? Even the people on MOTD came up 3 seconds short short and if you use their calculations the game end nearly a minute early - The celebration for Owens' goal lasted over 50 seconds yet the ref added just 17 seconds. I'm sure that sort of thing won't happen again now David Bernstein is in charge of the FA, incompetent refs will be sacked.

so now your complaining there wasnt enough time added!
seriously! make up your mind!

Truth is, when it happens to your own club, it hurts. I understand the Irish feeling cheated as much as I felt cheated by Maradonna.


I totally understand that and the Irish anger was understandable but calls for the game to be replayed or Henry being banned for life were pathetic.

I totally understand that and the Irish anger was understandable but calls for the game to be replayed or Henry being banned for life were pathetic.

well that bit is true but that wasnt everyones view.

Not complaining at all, just pointing out the inconsistencies in MOTD's calculations.

I totally understand that and the Irish anger was understandable but calls for the game to be replayed or Henry being banned for life were pathetic.

Is it not realistic to ask for a replay,etc it is very realistic to ask for Henry to of been banned from the tournament. Why on earth should someone be allowed to compete if found guilty of cheating (which he was as he openely stated it after the match and video evidence proves this?)

There was a very interesting documentary once about Ronaldo of Brazil having a fit the night before final of world cup 98 and not been insured to play (he wasnt going to die but was not in a fit state to take to the pitch) however nike (who ronaldo was the star of there advertising campaign) pulled rank and forced him to play, supposedly.

Fast forward on Gillettes man main Therry Henry, Renaults main main Thierry Henry and one of adidas's main man Thierry Henry.

Fifa could never have banned him could they?

You can't ban a player just because he handled the ball on the build-up to a goal.

I hate Maradonna for years but I never thought he should have been banned, the fact that all 3 officals missed the incident should be more of an issue, same as Henry.

comment by Boris Inky Gibson (U5901) posted 1 hour, 4 minutes ago

Says the man who is still banging on about Owen's goal despite it being shown the time added by the ref was correct

By who? Even the people on MOTD came up 3 seconds short short and if you use their calculations the game end nearly a minute early - The celebration for Owens' goal lasted over 50 seconds yet the ref added just 17 seconds.
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Boris

When Owen scored, the ref was only a few seconds from ending

Think about it

Owen could have celebrated for two days and the ref would still have blown up a few seconds after the restart

The length of Owen's celebration is completly irrelevent because the majority of the celebration took place after the game would have finished.

Come on, This really isn;t that dissicult

If he celebrated for 10 minutes. would you ahve wanted an additional 10 minutes of play?

Bellamy's celebration took place during the 4 minutes of injury time. The ref HAD to add it on for goodness sake

comment by just another albooney (U1565) posted 1 hour, 8 minutes ago

so now your complaining there wasnt enough time added!
seriously! make up your mind!
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He doesn;t realise. But that is exactly what he is saying.

I see the City fool still can not accept that City could have scored in time added on, as well.

Boris really is Cities most foolish fan.

Bellamy's celebration took place during the 4 minutes of injury time. The ref HAD to add it on for goodness sake

It took up about 15 seconds of the added time but the ref decided to add another 2 minutes,. When Owen scored he decided to end the game despite United's celebrations going on for about the best part of a minute. Nobody has ever managed to explain where the original 4 minutes of stoppage time came from in the first place, not even Lineker and Shearer though they tried their best.

I see the City fool still can not accept that City could have scored in time added on, as well.

Neither team scored in the added 4 minutes, Owen scored in Martin Atkinson mystery time and that's not likely to happen again now that the FA have a chairman who will come down heavily on referees that show overt favouritism towards United.

Neither team scored in the added 4 minutes, Owen scored in Martin Atkinson mystery time and that's not likely to happen again now that the FA have a chairman who will come down heavily on referees that show overt favouritism towards United.

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What on earth are you gibbering on about you clown?

comment by Boris Inky Gibson (U5901) posted 8 minutes ago


Bellamy's celebration took place during the 4 minutes of injury time. The ref HAD to add it on for goodness sake

It took up about 15 seconds of the added time but the ref decided to add another 2 minutes,. When Owen scored he decided to end the game despite United's celebrations going on for about the best part of a minute.
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I think I'll leave it there

Maybe someone else can explain better than me that when the game is 17 seconds from over, and someone scores, then no matter how long the celebration is, the game will end 17 seconds after the restart.

If someone scores 4 minutes from the end, and someone scores and celebrates for 1 minutes, then of course that time will be added

Is there anyone out there that can explain this better than me? I can't find a way of making it any simpler

It's written in plain English, do you have reading difficulties?

Inky

Let it go. You can start enjoying your life a bit more now you have won something at last.

BTW you are right about the new Chairman of the FA. He's definitely a Bertie, too.

Macca

You need to be aware that we are dealing with a very special case, with Boris.

He still can not understand that City could have also scored in time added on. How thick is that?

RedBlackandWhiteside (U2335)

I have let it go but obviously I'll never forget it as it was one of the greatest injustices in the history of mankind.

The only reason I came on this thread was because Nigel De Jong was mentioned for some inexplicable reason in the OP.