Hurt

To those of you who may stumble across this blog and expect a rational well thought out piece on Irelands crushing exit from the world cup I warn you that’s not what this is going to be, instead this will be the ramblings of a fan still to bitter and angry about last night to use journalistic perspective on what occured.

Last night hurts it hurts that after a two year campaign that that’s how it ended, it hurts that Ireland played their absolute best and still are not going to be on a plane to South Africa, while a French team that showed no sprit and played at 70% will be. It hurts that pundits and analysts and even some Irish players blame the referee last night more than Thierry Henry saying the French thief was doing what anyone would have done ,it hurts that somehow his cheating is accepted part of the game and will be viewed by some as quote a brilliant piece of professionalism which in truth is just code for cheating and that’s what it was blatant cheating he handled the ball twice and still got away with it,he basically hand passed the ball maybe inspired by his trip to Croke Park last week to William Gallas who scored the goal, it hurts that when ever I watch the world cup and watch the French or see Thierry Henry play for Barcelona that all I will be able to think of is that handball, is the reaction on my dads face as the goal scored and the realisation set in that no we where not going to the world cup. It hurts that I force myself to watch myself to watch the replays in some sort of combination between masochism and blind hope that somehow the ref will blow his whistle and the goal wont stand but he never does.

For a small country like this the world cup even just getting to the world cup means everything we are realistic Ireland will never win a major trophy but we just want to get to the party and have a good time and see where we end up, we may never get laid by the really hot chick at the party but we will have a fun time trying.Yeah I know I am rambling now and yeah I know this probably sucks to read but fuck it my country was robbed of a world cup spot and its one if not the worst losses of my sports watching life I think I better stop writing now and go watch the replays some more to help the grieving.