MU should look into offloading Evera - he is a very­ good player without doubt but MU has so far avoided­ cheating like plague. Evera's statement is a­ blemish to the record. Get the hell out of MU Evera.­ Cheating can never be condoned.

I agree the match can't be replayed, but Henry­ should be banned from the World Cup. As it stands­ cheats win, but I don't mean the whole France team,­ they didn't make him use his hand.

FIFA wants france in the WC at all cost because IT IS­­ an african team, maybe the best african team in the­­ tournament , I say it as a compliment to the players (­­ even though handy/ henry is the shame there) most of­ the­ players are good talents AFRICAN/FRENCH , ­­ AFRICAN/CARRIBEAN and ARAB/AFRICAN/FRENCH ,,the sad­ story is that in france most minority are treated­ miserably as 3rd class citizens , relegated in crappy­ almost landfill towns and put down with the worst­ cliche' stereotypes , it's only those who can­ help france win in sports that are respected , and­ france really needs help in football , if there­ was an all white/french blood team , it would probably­ be as good as albania I guess , Ribery being the best­ in there , and most of their historic white­ players were of italian descent (Platini,Cantona­ ,Ginola , Candela , Squillaci and more....) I bring up­ the ethnic discourse in here because the french­ don't admit/appreciate their multiethnic pride but­ keep talking about one country ,france without­ glorifying their foreign assimilated ethnic talents ­ ,,,,,the french must say WE ARE PROUD OF OUR­ AFRICAN/FRENCH TEAM and nothing else ,,this is the­ only way they should talk about their team , and­ I'm sure everybody agrees on this forum .... and­ they would be liked more for saying that.........Right­ ??
the great african ancestry talent must be­ appreciated and aknowledged in any team....

Hey Jonathan n, Comment 298.
What's done is done­ and I except that.... but Ireland are NOT a British­ team you DUMB @#$%!!

The game cannot be replayed. I am not in support of­ anyone here but im glad france qualified. All i want to­ say is that, this is part of the game. There are worse­ cases than this. If the match is replayed, then the­ 1986 world cup match between argentina and england­ should be played again(maradona's hand of god).

i have a feeling that actual footballers (not eurosport­ couch coaches) are not as outraged as people on this­ forum. players understand that match deciding mistakes­ are made day in and day out- does this mean we­ shouldn't complain? NO, but we should direct it to­ the refs who make the decisions, football associations­ and FIFA itself for rules that do not allow recourse­ for wrong decisions taken by refs. what i do not­ understand is the anger directed at TH- ok, lets say­ the ref had judged his handball, given a goal kick and­ the match ended 0-1 to ireland. would he (Titi) be­ still called a cheat and given such grief???? I­ DON'T think so!!!!! but why not? he would still­ have handled the ball!!!!! somebody has mentioned the­ Georgia-Ireland match and how a different outcome there­ (had the Ireland foul been judged as such)could have­ meant Ireland might not have even gone through to the­ playoffs... thats how it works in football- today a­ wrong decision favours you, tomorrow it favours your­ opponent- learn to live with it!

There is cheating in every sport. It is a big thing­ because it's a British team. If Ireland wher goood­ for the world cup why did they not qualify like England­ who qualified with two game in hand other than waing­ for a win in the last match. They should forget about­ this world cup and start the build up for the next one­ after 2010. Wake up you Ireland boys. Whenever you play­ a game you what to win, if it means fooll, dive to win­ a penality, handball is not the first one if it's­ kind. Ireland if there were a better team why they did­ not score more goes. They score by chance and failed to­ defend it. The referee is only human like anyboby else.­ Work a bit harder boys to qualify in the next world­ cup. Forget about 2010.

This is GREAT NEWS ! Whenever the french team is­ unloved by its public and critisized by the journalists­ we just get better and better........
Keep going like­ that and we stand a chance in this next world cup. This­ is BRILLIANT !
1998 - players and manager were­ critisized so much and we won it.
2006 - team was­ branded "old" and we almost won it.
Keep­ going like that guys.......i like it !

lol the Irish should receive nothing...
it's not­ like they were ever ahead in the tie you numptie

If a replay was in fact to happen,then FIFA would have­ to employ it retrospectively,ie,Maradonnas "hand­ of god" goal against engerlund,engerlund winning­ in `66,the list goes on & on.The FAI need to stop­ crying.Maybe Henry should be made a freeman of­ Dublin.................................Discuss.........­ ...............................

has Zidane ever thought about politics? to say­ "Henry is not a cheat" has to be up there­ with "Iraq has weapons of mass destruction".

here in new york we saw the french are all cheaters ,­ disgusting , it's in their blood ,always playing­ dirty tricks since their history , the french league is­ full of match fixing ,referee tricks , doping , penalty­ diving and more........ SHAME ON FRANCE ! the worst­ example of country dishonesty in the world , and FIFA­ is ALWAYS trying everything to help them , don't­ forget the FAKE PENALTY they gave them at the world cup­ final in berlin
WHAT A DIVE FROM MALOUDA ! and the long­ hesitation before ejecting zidane , the referee­ didn't want to red card him , and how swiftly he­ invalidated (justly) Toni's goal for De Rossi­ offside , NOTE that squillaci offside wasn't called­ before Henry double handled the ball , it's all­ planned according to Platini scheme , CREEPY ! ......­ THE IRISH KNOW THE FAIR PLAY FROM PLAYING ITALY AND THE­ CHEATING FROM FRANCE ..

obviously the irish are gonna be pissed off, but if the­ player himself comes out to say the game should be­ replayed, it shows his real character. Imagine maradona­ saying the england match should have been redone. He is­ the real cheating @#$%

263: What has that poor fish done to you?

henry should get a four match ban and the irish FA­ should revieve massive monetary compensation

henry is outstanding will ya' s just get over it if­ a replay happened france would walk all over the irish­ and im irish northern irish that is haha

henry dose no deserves a statue after cheating the­ irish out of the world cup

Every professional footballer in every match in every­ country cheats if he thinks he can get away with it.­

Tackles that a toddler could step through will bring­ them down, especially near or in the box. When caught­ by an opponent they roll around like their leg's­ been ripped off, then they jump up and play on like­ nothing happened. They pull shirts, shorts or anything­ they can get hold of. Somebody moves towards them with­ an elbow up and they hit the floor like they've­ been smacked in the face with a shovel. There are­ trainers who specialise in coaching on how to make a­ dive convincing. When they are caught cheating and­ carded they protest loudly that it was all somebody­ elses fault.

Every player will do anything he can to­ win, because winning means money and every professional­ player plays for money, not country or team. Yet people­ are surprised when a player gets caught doing what they­ are paid to do. This is how the game is played. Get­ used to it, people.

why is it even footballs believe its instinct to put­ there hand on the ball twice they are not goal keepers­ plain and simple there job isnt to use there hands so­ his instinct is to get his hand out the way well i play­ in defence and from now on when there is a freekick­ against my team and im in the wall if the ball is lobed­ over my head im going to use my hand and say it was­ instinctive and tell the ref he cant give me a red or­ give them a freekick as henry did it and they are­ perfesional what makes me sick is im a man utd fan and­ have to support evra when playin for man utd but even­ ill be booing him and he best watch out for John Oshea­ cause he might be a team mate at club but for country­ he was against him in that match and wont like the­ comments made