'The hand of frog'

I Think people need to get off Thierry Henrys back and just accept he did well not to be caught.

How an earth though officials did not see his blatant control of the ball with his left hand is beyond me.

I do question everyone brading Henry a cheat, saying he should have told the referee he handled it, I'm sure in that situation anyone else would have done the same.

It is however a shocking way to lose out on a world cup spot and the luck of the Irish really felt as if it had vanished in midweek.

It had us all reminiscing of when Diego Maradonna broke english hearts in the 1980 World Cup.

What was so cruel is that Republic of Ireland played so well, and dominated France for large periods of the game and looked set for their reappearance on the world stage after missing out four years ago.

Up stepped Henry though, with the deftest of touches to cushion onto his left hand and accurately land it onto a french head.

He knew exactly what he was doing and you can see that in his recent interviews, but I don't blame him one little bit.

I'm sure I would feel differently if I was on the recieving end, but I am competitive my self, it is simply win at ALL COSTS.