Comments on: “Le Replay” http://backpagefootball.com/%e2%80%9cle-replay%e2%80%9d-%e2%80%93-a-logical-examination-of-potential-ramifications-of-a-dangerous-precedent/2563/ Thu, 23 May 2013 10:53:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Gavan Reilly's Portfolio – Racism still threatens the Rainbow Nation’s triumph http://backpagefootball.com/%e2%80%9cle-replay%e2%80%9d-%e2%80%93-a-logical-examination-of-potential-ramifications-of-a-dangerous-precedent/2563/comment-page-1/#comment-16149 Gavan Reilly's Portfolio – Racism still threatens the Rainbow Nation’s triumph Sun, 07 Nov 2010 13:51:26 +0000 http://backpagefootball.com/?p=2563#comment-16149 [...] If you checked the Irish Times’ website earlier today you might have seen that four of the top five most read pieces all pertained to the ignominious exit of France’s from the World Cup after les cheats bleus’ 2-1 loss to the host nation. To be fair, it’s not like we’re not entitled to feel a little bit smug at the collapse of the team who so cruelly disposed of Ireland in November’s playoff. [...]

]]> By: Racism still threatens the Rainbow Nation’s triumph – Back Page Football http://backpagefootball.com/%e2%80%9cle-replay%e2%80%9d-%e2%80%93-a-logical-examination-of-potential-ramifications-of-a-dangerous-precedent/2563/comment-page-1/#comment-7548 Racism still threatens the Rainbow Nation’s triumph – Back Page Football Wed, 23 Jun 2010 17:42:31 +0000 http://backpagefootball.com/?p=2563#comment-7548 [...] If you checked the Irish Times’ website earlier today you might have seen that four of the top five most read pieces all pertained to the ignominious exit of France’s from the World Cup after les cheats bleus’ 2-1 loss to the host nation. To be fair, it’s not like we’re not entitled to feel a little bit smug at the collapse of the team who so cruelly disposed of Ireland in November’s playoff. [...]

]]> By: Pete http://backpagefootball.com/%e2%80%9cle-replay%e2%80%9d-%e2%80%93-a-logical-examination-of-potential-ramifications-of-a-dangerous-precedent/2563/comment-page-1/#comment-1211 Pete Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:11:06 +0000 http://backpagefootball.com/?p=2563#comment-1211 Not at all Brendan. The referee in the Uzbek case wrongly applied the rules, in the Irish case he didn’t wrongly apply them because he didn’t see the incident in the first place.

Had he seen the handball and decided that it was okay within the laws of th game, then he would’ve made a technical error

]]> By: Brendan http://backpagefootball.com/%e2%80%9cle-replay%e2%80%9d-%e2%80%93-a-logical-examination-of-potential-ramifications-of-a-dangerous-precedent/2563/comment-page-1/#comment-1205 Brendan Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:41:17 +0000 http://backpagefootball.com/?p=2563#comment-1205 “Uzbekistan appealed after the game and FIFA found the grounds of the appeal to be sound – the referee had committed a technical error, and had wrongly enforced the clearly defined rules of the game.”

Funny. The referee in the France – Ireland game also wrongly enforced the clearly defined rules of the game. Instead of awarding a free kick to Ireland, he awarded a goal to France. It’s the same principle.

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