Handy Henry!

Just thought that as last night was such a momentous night I might as well give my thoughts on the big incident. So what's the big deal? Some French c--t, handed a ball during a football match. The referee and the linesman didn't see it, what the fcuk is so new about that. Go to any Irish league (well any involving Ballymena)and you can witness the referee, both linesmen and the 4th official, pull our players and our manager up for minor or imaginary infringements, while ignoring blatant indiscretions by opposing players and managers. Anybody who's being honest (is there such a thing as an honest footballer), anybody who played the game at any level, would tell you that handing the ball is as natural as kicking it. Did Thierry intend to hand the ball as it was played to him, I think not. I believe as the ball came to him he realised it was going to be difficult to control and he just helped it along with his hand. So if he didn't intend to hand it, it wasn't a deliberate hand-ball and therefore in that context the goal has to stand. Anyway there was a precedent for what happened, the Republic of Ireland (know as the free state in Ulster), play their games at the headquarters of the Gaelic Athletic Association's ground, Croke Park, where it's they're not only allowed to hand the ball, it's definitely encouraged, so maybe Thierry was confused, maybe he thought it was Gaelic football match, not for the whole of the 120 minutes I grant you, just for that few seconds when he so skilfully set up William Gallas to knock the gypsies out of the world cup (sorry I'm positively gloating now). Never mind Henry setting the goal up, how ironic was it that the goal that clinched victory for a team playing in blue, was scored by someone called William!