FRANCE - Summer 2012 thread

Olé wrote:The Dutch league is different. In the big European leagues you tend to have a separate body that runs the league:
- Spain (LFP)
- England (Premier League)
- Italy (Lega Calcio)

The rules of a competition are set by the FA though.

L r dd wrote:Roy Keane blames Shay Given

The Irishman, who made 65 appearances for the Republic as a player, continued: "If I'd been there in the dressing room after the game, I wouldn't be talking about the handball. I'd focus on why the defenders didn't clear it. They should've cleared it.

"I'd be more annoyed with my defenders and my goalkeeper than Thierry Henry. How can you let the ball bounce in your six-yard box? How can you let Thierry Henry get goal-side of you? If the ball goes into the six-yard box, where the hell is my goalkeeper?

"These are skills and lessons you learn as a schoolboy.

L r dd wrote:Roy Keane blames Shay Given

The Irishman, who made 65 appearances for the Republic as a player, continued: "If I'd been there in the dressing room after the game, I wouldn't be talking about the handball. I'd focus on why the defenders didn't clear it. They should've cleared it.

"I'd be more annoyed with my defenders and my goalkeeper than Thierry Henry. How can you let the ball bounce in your six-yard box? How can you let Thierry Henry get goal-side of you? If the ball goes into the six-yard box, where the hell is my goalkeeper?

"These are skills and lessons you learn as a schoolboy.

Ade wrote:

L r dd wrote:Roy Keane blames Shay Given

The Irishman, who made 65 appearances for the Republic as a player, continued: "If I'd been there in the dressing room after the game, I wouldn't be talking about the handball. I'd focus on why the defenders didn't clear it. They should've cleared it.

"I'd be more annoyed with my defenders and my goalkeeper than Thierry Henry. How can you let the ball bounce in your six-yard box? How can you let Thierry Henry get goal-side of you? If the ball goes into the six-yard box, where the hell is my goalkeeper?

"These are skills and lessons you learn as a schoolboy.

Paul McShane is always a complete moronic accident waiting to happen.

Dunne was impeded from making a header.

Kimbo wrote:

L r dd wrote:Roy Keane blames Shay Given

The Irishman, who made 65 appearances for the Republic as a player, continued: "If I'd been there in the dressing room after the game, I wouldn't be talking about the handball. I'd focus on why the defenders didn't clear it. They should've cleared it.

"I'd be more annoyed with my defenders and my goalkeeper than Thierry Henry. How can you let the ball bounce in your six-yard box? How can you let Thierry Henry get goal-side of you? If the ball goes into the six-yard box, where the hell is my goalkeeper?

"These are skills and lessons you learn as a schoolboy.

Roy Keane, the man who bottled playing at a world cup that Given excelled in. Is his opinion relevant?

Manchester United legend and current Ipswich Town boss Roy Keane has issued a withering attack on the FAI following their reaction to Thierry Henry’s handball on Wednesday night. The commotion surrounding the Arsenal legend’s dishonest act has reached fever pitch, however Keane, once a ferocious Premier League opponent of the Frenchman, chose to highlight the hypocrisy of the FAI and the Republic of Ireland’s inability to beat the French when they had the chance. Keane also highlighted his own memories of the FAI and in particular the 2002 World Cup finals when the robust Keane stormed out of the Republic of Ireland’s training camp never to return.
Keane told the press: “I've been amazed at the commotion that's been going for the last few days,”
“I think we're on about Henry's handball - of course he handled it - but I'd focus on why they [Ireland's defenders] didn't clear it.”
“I'd be more annoyed with my defenders and my goalkeeper than Thierry Henry.”
“How can you let a ball bounce in the six yard box? How can you let Thierry Henry get goalside of you?
“And as the ball bounced in the six yard box I'd be saying 'where the hell's my goalkeeper?'“
Keane also emphatically dismissed any notion of the integrity of the game being damaged, claiming instead the FIA should have a look at their own previous indiscretions.
When asked if football had been damaged by an undoubtedly tawdry affair, Keane responded: “No, not one bit.”
“You look over the course of the campaign, Ireland had their chances in the two games. They never took it in the first game, they never performed.”
“I heard a few interviews after the games where the manager was speaking about none of the players got booked. Maybe that was the problem. Maybe they should have got booked in the first game because we stood off France.”
“In the second half we had opportunities to score and we didn't take it.”
“But the usual FAI reaction - 'We've been robbed!', 'the honesty of the game!'”
“There was one of the group games, I'm sure it was against Georgia, where Ireland got a penalty and it was one of the worst decisions I've ever seen which changed the whole course of the game.”
“I think Robbie [Keane] scored the penalty and Ireland went on to win it.”
“I don't remember the FAI saying after the game we should have had a replay.”
“John Delaney? He's on about the honesty and integrity of the game. I wouldn't take any notice of that man.”
“People forget the last time Ireland were at the World Cup in 2002. People seem to forget what was going on at that World Cup, and that man's on about honesty.”
“I was one of the players. He didn't even have the courtesy to ring me.”
“He got interviewed and all he said was 'I don't know where he is, he's on the island somewhere I think.'”
“I've been involved with Ireland since I was 15 years of age, and that man didn't even have the decency to make a phone call.”
“I think the Irish supporters probably deserve better, I think their manager and most of their players deserve better but I'm not sure the FAI deserve better.”
“What goes around comes around.”

L r dd wrote:

Kimbo wrote:

L r dd wrote:Roy Keane blames Shay Given

The Irishman, who made 65 appearances for the Republic as a player, continued: "If I'd been there in the dressing room after the game, I wouldn't be talking about the handball. I'd focus on why the defenders didn't clear it. They should've cleared it.

"I'd be more annoyed with my defenders and my goalkeeper than Thierry Henry. How can you let the ball bounce in your six-yard box? How can you let Thierry Henry get goal-side of you? If the ball goes into the six-yard box, where the hell is my goalkeeper?

"These are skills and lessons you learn as a schoolboy.

Roy Keane, the man who bottled playing at a world cup that Given excelled in. Is his opinion relevant?

Not quite true there Kimmy. And relevant for sure...accurate definitly. That's exaclty what i said about Given two weeks ago.

If you don't come for a cross 98 out of 100 keepers catch the average fan doesn't see it as a keeping error. If a striker gets his head on it and Given saves it, it's a world class save. If it's a goal well not much he can do from there. But a better keeper stops it ever happening. It's partly just another reason why Given has an abysmal defensive record wherever the fuck he is.

De Guzman wrote:will probably not make him popular at home, but this time he's damn right.

De Guzman wrote:With do you guys think about the Irish government getting involved?

What were they thinking? become more popular?

L r dd wrote:http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/8370497.stm

He's fucking insane. It's a quality interview but boy does he need to chill the fuck out

L r dd wrote:Well he's right though. He always said the FAI didn't respect people from Cork...then when he was kicked out at the that world cup nobody called him so i can see why he'll always despise the men there. Steven Ireland also from Cork so could explain that to a degree. I'm sure he wanted Ireland to win though.

debaser wrote:

L r dd wrote:http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/8370497.stm

He's fucking insane. It's a quality interview but boy does he need to chill the fuck out

Worth watching just for his response when the phone rings @2:30. He seems to take several seconds to work out what it is

De Guzman wrote:will probably not make him popular at home, but this time he's damn right.