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How I would hate to be an Irish fan at this moment in time and who came up with the term 'luck of the Irish' because it just seems so out of place at the moment. So Ireland go out because of Thierry Henry's elusive handball, a bit like England losing to Maradona's 'hand of God'? Or have we forgotten about that incident, and one would have to say it had a lot more significant than the Henry one but try tell an Irishman that.

It seems that handballs are now at the fore of all things football. Anyone see the Totetnham game yesterday, yes I know that it will be remembered for Jermaine Defoe's fiver but did anyone see the only Wigan goal of the game? Another blatant handball goal in as many weeks.

Surely a referee and his linesman can tell if a player handballed both of the situations mentioned above? I mean if a ball deviates like it did on both occassions how else would it have done so other than via a hand ball? I just can't see the reason other than by a hand, unless players have developed a new technique to twist the hip in such a fashion as to control the ball as it was controlled. A bit sci-fi if you ask me. Come on ref's you need not only be a good judge of character but also a good judge of what may go on the field even if you can't see it in full view. And what about your linesmen, what are they paid to do, or is this some sort of heirarchy that they don't really have a say or role to play at all unless you say so. Worse yet, any chance the gamblers had a say in this?

I guess we could also blame a fourth person, the player who commits the foul. Surely in the spirit of the game they shouldn't be going beyond the extra mile to win a game but I guess glory is worth more than a bit of dignity. Then again, who am I to judge.

All I am hoping for is that the 2010 World Cup is not decided by such a fate. And what are the odds on France winning it? Now that would be another talking point.

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