In questo giorno di 15 anni fa, la pallamano di Thierry Henry suscitò grandi polemiche. La visione su questo momento è cambiata o è ancora un argomento caldo per i fan irlandesi?
In questo giorno di 15 anni fa, la pallamano di Thierry Henry suscitò grandi polemiche. La visione su questo momento è cambiata o è ancora un argomento caldo per i fan irlandesi?
We will never forget this cheating bastard and the sop of 5m from Blatter as compensation.
blockfighter1 on
Still a cunt.
DeathDefyingCrab on
They say time heals all wounds. It’s a lie. It doesn’t heal fast or deep enough. I am still dealing with the 2002 world cup shenanigans.
Britterminator2023 on
I was embarrassed by the FAI asking to be an extra team in the tournament because of this injustice,Henry was a cheating bastard especially how he sat beside Dunne after and showed fake empathy knowing what he’d done but if Robbie Keane had done that I’d have taken it
Minute_Connection_62 on
All I see is a lad trying out some GAA
JapaneseJohnnyVegas on
Innocent times. Back then we all knew the handball rule and still thought video refs would solve all our problems. Henry is a bollix
pippers87 on
One of the All time great strikers. Sure we wouldn’t have played France if Robbie Keane didn’t take a dive for a penalty in one of the qualifying games.
I blame the ref instead of Henry.
Key-Lie-364 on
Honestly I know its just a game but serious consideration should be given to declaring war on France.
Designer_Raspberry_5 on
Really is a crossroads in football for us and France. Yes the tournament for them wasn’t great but they’ve obviously gone from strength to strength. Ireland after this point have had some decent results and have been to tournaments but have never looked like a strong side since then. Not saying us going to the world cup would have fixed the FAI as nothing could have but it’s interesting to think what could have been
chuckleberryfinnable on
>Has the view on this moment changed
Changed how exactly, what are you expecting here…
windysheprdhenderson on
Obvious cheating by Henry but I was more annoyed by the officials not spotting it, and our shoddy defending.
seifer365365 on
Same
AhhhhBiscuits on
I paid $20 into a bar in San Francisco to watch this.
alfliyer21 on
As an Irish Arsenal fan who grew up idolising Henry, This was an awful moment for 9 year old me.
No-Tap-5157 on
Too soon
Futureboy9 on
My uncle refuses to use Henry hoovers to this day.
box_of_carrots on
I was living in Paris at the time working as an ESL teacher, many of my students apologised and said they were ashamed by Henry’s handball.
Gorsoon on
I don’t know how true it is but I remember reading that the French were so embarrassed by his handball that many people in France were glad when the team went on to be knocked out of the tournament early.
Left-Frog on
I only recently got back into football. I was a kid and an Arsenal fan with Henry’s shirt and a backpack signed by Ian Wright. As a kid, seeing your idol do something so devastating… Flipped a switch inside me, was so sad I stopped caring about football entirely.
Started following again about a year and a half ago and by god, why
AnBuachaillEire on
This game is the reason why I won’t ever say get rid of VAR, it may be annoying but it stops obvious stuff like this from happening
LevelIdea1265 on
Karma got one back for the Irish if I remember correctly, France were the first team eliminated from the tournament after this!
JosephFinn on
It’s a worldwide tragedy.
Fullmetal_Animator on
The hand of frog. The pain never goes away.
AdProfessional3042 on
I remember the first leg when Ireland just stood off them and let them play, we really made them look average when we went for it in the second leg.
Still the most gut wrenching experience I’ve had watching sport, the reaction seemed a bit over the top, although I did get great joy watching them make a show of themselves in that tournament.
Bovver_ on
It’s funny to look back on really. Had we qualified in not so sure we’d get out of that group, you had a Uruguay team that was the start of their golden generation, Mexico were decent too and South Africa would have been buoyed by playing at home. But also that was really the last tournament we’d have had the likes of Robbie Keane, John O’Shea and Damien Duff being close to their peaks and with us being so well drilled under Trap at the time we could have scraped out also.
I have forgiven Henry for it though, it’s cheeky but that should have been noticed by the referee. However John Delaney embarrassing the whole country asking to be an extra team at the World Cup was incredibly unprofessional, made even more incredible in that he received hush money for it too. That is honestly a bigger stain for me than the handball itself, especially as there’s no guarantee we beat France without the handball.
GroltonIsTheDog on
Weren’t we only playing France because FIFA introduced seedings for the playoffs once the groups were finished and it turned out France were going to be in them?
Perfect-Ad8766 on
He was always an arrogant ass. Never liked him and his stupid “too cool to celebrate” insouciance bullshit.
Disliked him long before the handball, dislike him even more these days.
Dickhead.
AdProfessional3042 on
Remember that government minister going on about Uzbekistan or some other country having to replay a match a few years earlier because of a ref decision and there was a chance to get a replay.
Embarrassing in hindsight.
JohannYellowdog on
Why should the view have changed? You can see what he was doing, right there in the picture. 15 years later the picture doesn’t show anything different.
AdProfessional3042 on
Think George Hamilton was going on about Gignac playing Gaelic Football in West Cork.
Him Billlo and the lads in studio all gone from RTE’s coverage, wish I knew I was in a golden age before I left it.
Ready-Exit3208 on
OP your talking about Ireland? We forget fuck all and love a good grudge. Ask in another fifteen years and you’ll get the same answer lol
CivilYojimbo on
Its cause everyone found out who he really was that day
FathachFir on
I went to work the next morning at 7am and Dublin was already destroyed with anti-Henry graffiti… brings a smile to the face
trinerr on
Just out of curiosity, who do you blame more, Henry or the officials?
faffingunderthetree on
If anything I think it’s got worse with age, since weve got so fucking shite since then, and not really qualified for anything since (Just one euros right? Where where we got spanked)
So theres not been newer events or highs and lows and drama to replace it replace it really, and make us forget. Well just one long low I guess lol.
InterruptingCar on
I know someone who got their hotel room free in France after that incident.
Garlic-Cheese-Chips on
Still a cunt but footballers cheat, that is to be expected.
Karma does work sometimes though. They qualified but were utterly humiliated at the tournament finishing last in their group, not winning a game and scoring only a single goal.
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You should be perma banned for posting that pic!
We will never forget this cheating bastard and the sop of 5m from Blatter as compensation.
Still a cunt.
They say time heals all wounds. It’s a lie. It doesn’t heal fast or deep enough. I am still dealing with the 2002 world cup shenanigans.
I was embarrassed by the FAI asking to be an extra team in the tournament because of this injustice,Henry was a cheating bastard especially how he sat beside Dunne after and showed fake empathy knowing what he’d done but if Robbie Keane had done that I’d have taken it
All I see is a lad trying out some GAA
Innocent times. Back then we all knew the handball rule and still thought video refs would solve all our problems. Henry is a bollix
One of the All time great strikers. Sure we wouldn’t have played France if Robbie Keane didn’t take a dive for a penalty in one of the qualifying games.
I blame the ref instead of Henry.
Honestly I know its just a game but serious consideration should be given to declaring war on France.
Really is a crossroads in football for us and France. Yes the tournament for them wasn’t great but they’ve obviously gone from strength to strength. Ireland after this point have had some decent results and have been to tournaments but have never looked like a strong side since then. Not saying us going to the world cup would have fixed the FAI as nothing could have but it’s interesting to think what could have been
>Has the view on this moment changed
Changed how exactly, what are you expecting here…
Obvious cheating by Henry but I was more annoyed by the officials not spotting it, and our shoddy defending.
Same
I paid $20 into a bar in San Francisco to watch this.
As an Irish Arsenal fan who grew up idolising Henry, This was an awful moment for 9 year old me.
Too soon
My uncle refuses to use Henry hoovers to this day.
I was living in Paris at the time working as an ESL teacher, many of my students apologised and said they were ashamed by Henry’s handball.
I don’t know how true it is but I remember reading that the French were so embarrassed by his handball that many people in France were glad when the team went on to be knocked out of the tournament early.
I only recently got back into football. I was a kid and an Arsenal fan with Henry’s shirt and a backpack signed by Ian Wright. As a kid, seeing your idol do something so devastating… Flipped a switch inside me, was so sad I stopped caring about football entirely.
Started following again about a year and a half ago and by god, why
This game is the reason why I won’t ever say get rid of VAR, it may be annoying but it stops obvious stuff like this from happening
Karma got one back for the Irish if I remember correctly, France were the first team eliminated from the tournament after this!
It’s a worldwide tragedy.
The hand of frog. The pain never goes away.
I remember the first leg when Ireland just stood off them and let them play, we really made them look average when we went for it in the second leg.
Still the most gut wrenching experience I’ve had watching sport, the reaction seemed a bit over the top, although I did get great joy watching them make a show of themselves in that tournament.
It’s funny to look back on really. Had we qualified in not so sure we’d get out of that group, you had a Uruguay team that was the start of their golden generation, Mexico were decent too and South Africa would have been buoyed by playing at home. But also that was really the last tournament we’d have had the likes of Robbie Keane, John O’Shea and Damien Duff being close to their peaks and with us being so well drilled under Trap at the time we could have scraped out also.
I have forgiven Henry for it though, it’s cheeky but that should have been noticed by the referee. However John Delaney embarrassing the whole country asking to be an extra team at the World Cup was incredibly unprofessional, made even more incredible in that he received hush money for it too. That is honestly a bigger stain for me than the handball itself, especially as there’s no guarantee we beat France without the handball.
Weren’t we only playing France because FIFA introduced seedings for the playoffs once the groups were finished and it turned out France were going to be in them?
He was always an arrogant ass. Never liked him and his stupid “too cool to celebrate” insouciance bullshit.
Disliked him long before the handball, dislike him even more these days.
Dickhead.
Remember that government minister going on about Uzbekistan or some other country having to replay a match a few years earlier because of a ref decision and there was a chance to get a replay.
Embarrassing in hindsight.
Why should the view have changed? You can see what he was doing, right there in the picture. 15 years later the picture doesn’t show anything different.
Think George Hamilton was going on about Gignac playing Gaelic Football in West Cork.
Him Billlo and the lads in studio all gone from RTE’s coverage, wish I knew I was in a golden age before I left it.
OP your talking about Ireland? We forget fuck all and love a good grudge. Ask in another fifteen years and you’ll get the same answer lol
Its cause everyone found out who he really was that day
I went to work the next morning at 7am and Dublin was already destroyed with anti-Henry graffiti… brings a smile to the face
Just out of curiosity, who do you blame more, Henry or the officials?
If anything I think it’s got worse with age, since weve got so fucking shite since then, and not really qualified for anything since (Just one euros right? Where where we got spanked)
So theres not been newer events or highs and lows and drama to replace it replace it really, and make us forget. Well just one long low I guess lol.
I know someone who got their hotel room free in France after that incident.
Still a cunt but footballers cheat, that is to be expected.
[What really solidified the cuntishness was him going around after the full time whistle commiserating with the Irish players. It was all for the cameras.
](https://www.getfootballnewsfrance.com/assets/french-forward-thierry-henry-l-and-iri-585×516.jpg)
So, again, still a cunt.
Hallam globetrotter
Karma does work sometimes though. They qualified but were utterly humiliated at the tournament finishing last in their group, not winning a game and scoring only a single goal.
side note: yis are all up late.