EnterUsernameHere Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 Feel bad for Ireland. Eventually France showed they were the better side but if Ireland had went in 2 nil up at half time it could have been different. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartwork Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 Once again there's been some contentious refereeing decisions that may have played a part in costing Ireland. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Le God Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 Got to love the commentators. "he won the ball" "he got enough on the ball" "he got a bit on the ball" I was waiting for the "he actually didn't get anything on the ball" but it never came. Even if he did get the ball first, that does exempt it from being a foul. Sky, BBC & ITV should make all pundits, presenters & commentators take and pass a referee theory test before being allowed to pass comment. Its their job to say if a ref is right or wrong, they should need to prove they know the rules before they do. Amazing how many former footballers & professional sports presenters don't know the rules or even simple things like official's hand & flag signals. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eldeniro Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 Even if he did get the ball first, that does exempt it from being a foul. Sky, BBC & ITV should make all pundits, presenters & commentators take and pass a referee theory test before being allowed to pass comment. Its their job to say if a ref is right or wrong, they should need to prove they know the rules before they do. Amazing how many former footballers & professional sports presenters don't know the rules or even simple things like official's hand & flag signals. it's one of the most infuriating things when watching the sport, they're paid to talk about it and they haven't a clue about the rules. "yeah there was contact, but there was no intent" and stuff like that. not even a basic grasp on the rules of the game. I can't ever remember actually enjoying punditry when it's three former footballers who haven't a clue about the actual rules of the game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_jagster Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 Once again there's been some contentious refereeing decisions that may have played a part in costing Ireland. What, that corner that wasn't given? That was so far removed from the actual goal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
outlander Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 What, that corner that wasn't given? That was so far removed from the actual goal. If the referee spotted Long's dive for the penalty (well, it was impossible for the ref. Only from one replay angle it's visible that he dived onto Pogba before any contact was made) then the game could be completely different. Ireland could be less defending, get the lead in the second half and defend it. As seen in this match they were able to do it for an hour. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iMan Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 Good effort from Ireland. I expected them to get destroyed. Hendrick would be a good signing for a mid table or lower Prem side. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klimowicz Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 Shearer & Lineker trolling our Thierry Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citizen Sandman Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 Shearer & Lineker trolling our Thierry what was said Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klimowicz Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 what was saidShearer talking about their penalty being "revenge for another incident" or something like that, Lineker follows up with "you've got to hand it to them, Therry". Don't think Rio got the joke...All the while Henry's sitting there humouring these non-world-cup-winning fools Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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