Thierry Henry-Cheat

Ireland miss out on going to the World cup finals after Thierry Henry got away with the most blatant handball you can imagine, Henry admits it was a handball and agrees the goal should not have stood, but because of the rules as they are the result will stand.

This is not good enough I am not Irish and have no Irish connection but am fuming mad at this, the Irish players were within minutes of being able to play at a World cup and that was snatched away, nothing will be done and after a few days everyone will forget about it except for the Irish of course.

Fifa did not want Ireland and their likes anywhere near South Africa, anyway. That was made quite clear when, at the last moment, the sport’s world governing body announced that the draw for the play-offs would be seeded, meaning that the “bigger” nations could not be drawn against each other.

Having fought through ten matches unbeaten in group eight, in which they finished runners-up to Italy, Ireland deserved to be there, an  excuse being made for the decision is that “the referee and linesman did not have a clear view and missed it” but that is not good enough, video technology is available and has been for years but Fifa or more specifically their President Michel Platini does not want it, God only knows why.

With Video technology in a matter of seconds the fourth official would have reported a blatant handball in fact Henry actually handled it twice, the goal would not have stood and Ireland would be on their way to South Africa.

Decisions like this happen every week in our Premier League and yet still we do nothing, Platini needs to be over ruled, it’s time our premier league got tough, I’m not sure how we can threaten Fifa but I’m sure Fifa need us more than we need them, maybe its time we started to talk about a alternate Governing body other sports have two body’s Darts and wrestling for example Boxing has 5 .

Maybe my anger is making me blow hot air and the two body solution is nonsense, but I believe something needs to be done, it’s possible next years World cup final could be settled on a decision like last night and that wont do.

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Cheryl Cole Divorce

About time she showed some self respect, reports in the press today say she is divorcing the serial cheat “ Cashley”, now if she could just stop wandering around looking so pathetic playing to an audience, that is the British public.

Outsize shades on 24/7 that frankly look ridiculous, and what’s with the themed T Shirts, one day a crying woman the next day a broken heart, does her whole life have to be played to camera’s, didn’t take her long to start dating either did it.

She is not the first woman to be treated like this by her husband (ask Toni Terry) and she wont be the last, so stop playing the martyr and get on with it.

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What Sex

Caster Semenya, an 18-year-old South African, last night won gold in the 800 metres but she may be forced to return the medal if she fails a gender-verification test. this kind of situation has come up before with men running as women but these have been deliberate attempts to cheat the system.

This particular situation could be harder to sort out, it could be that Caster has been born with the rare condition that gives her female Genitalia but male chromosomes. there is a process in place to decide under which gender she/he will be classified under, it involves an endocrinologist, a gynaecologist, an internal medicine expert, an expert on gender and a psychologist.

The last athlete to fail a gender test was Santhi Soundarajan, the Indian 800 metres runner, who was stripped of the silver medal she won at the 2006 Asian games.

So until this is decided I won’t know whether to shout “Go on mate” or “ Come on darling”. On a serious note I hope she is classed as a woman because that will mean she is an  exceptional talent, and who knows where she may take women’s middle distance running.

DurdensView Tags: Gender, Asaian, South African, Semenya

Tiger one liners

Tiger is being exposed as a bit of a cheat, two girls now are claiming to have been bedded by him while he has been married, there are a few obvious jokes here ,  these are all my own work. you read them first on DurdensView.

“Tiger enjoys another hole in one”

“Tiger has put it in the Bush”

“Tiger is using his favourite  wood”

“Tiger has plenty of Length”

“if he puts it there he could lose his balls”

and finally… “Tiger holes out from the back”

Not brilliant I know but they are original,

Garlic is not a perfume

That garlic reeking cheat Thierry Henry in a pathetic attempt to deflect some of the anger towards him over the cheating row has said that he believes in the interest of fair play the game against the Republic of Ireland should be replayed.

Interesting that the frog only suggested this after the games Governing body emphatically stated a replay is impossible as the rules of the game do not allow it, I suppose this two faced behaviour from a Frenchman is to be expected, last season after the Champions league final against Barcelona Henry called the Catalans cheats and said he could never play for a side that cheated, a season later he signed for them.

Eric Cantona has today said if he had been an Irishman he would have hit Henry after the match for his nerve in sitting with a distraught Richard Dunne after the match and trying to comfort him after he himself through cheating had put Ireland out.

I stated in an earlier post that I did not expect anything to come out of this in terms of a replay and it would be forgotten in a couple of days, but there are no signs of the fuss dying down, I hope France get stick between now and the World cup next year and then jeered and booed at every match they play in South Africa, The garlic munchers have in my opinion dropped a massive PR clanger by not insisting the game be replayed in a one of circumstance bypassing the rules, any victory’s they have now in the competition will be hollow and meaningless.

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Artistic Licence

Boris Yeltsin got so drunk during a 1995 visit to Washington that Secret Service agents found him a few hundred feet from the White House clad only in his underwear and trying to hail a cab — because, he explained, he wanted a pizza.

That is one of the stories in Bill Clinton’s book about his time in the White House, it may make good copy and is certainly a good yarn but I don’t for a second believe it to be true.

The supposed Yeltsin incident came after one of the former Russian President’s late-night drinking sessions. On the night in question, he was staying at Blair House, the guest quarters for foreign leaders visiting Washington, which sits directly across from the White House in Pennsylvania Avenue.

He managed to give his Secret Service detail the slip. Frantically looking for him, they found him in his underwear on Pennsylvania Avenue trying to get a taxi. He explained in slurred words that he wanted a pizza.

Considering that American Presidents are the most closely guarded people in the world, and having the then second most powerful man in the world visiting I would have thought a fly could not have got out of the accommodation that night without being seen let alone a drunk Russian in Y fronts.

Also what about Yeltsins own security detail  was there no-one outside his door, that is basic security, also there would have been guards on every exit and CCTV covering every inch of Blair house.

So nice try Bill, I will allow you  a little artistic licence for being so entertaining whist in office but that wont make me buy your book, explain how you got rid of Hilary each time you wanted to cheat with Monica and that might shift a few extra copies.

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Higgin’s Snookered

The world’s number one  snooker player was suspended last night after allegations that he was willing to take a £261,000 bribe.

John Higgins claimed that he had agreed to lose frames in four matches against three prominent players because he feared he was being threatened by the Russian mafia.

In a sting by the News of the world Higgins was exposed as a money grabbing cheat, he has tried to weasel his way out of this by making the allegation about gangsters, but having watched the clip of Higgins and his manager there is no doubt from the body language of both men that there was no duress involved.

The player, who won the world title in 1998, 2007 and 2009 and was appointed MBE for services to sport  insisted yesterday that he was innocent, I have no sympathy for Higgins and hope that he receives a life ban and has his MBE taken of  him, the image of snooker as a gentleman's game has been shattered and only strong and immediate action by the game’s governing body can bring any sort of credibility back.

I don’t for a second believe that Higgins is the only player to be involved with this betting syndicate  because of the huge sums involved in frame betting and more names will come out in the following days and weeks.

It will take a long time for snooker to recover from this.

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