I don’t see how anyone can claim that Henry did anything wrong here, he only followed the first rule that every footballer is taught from the onset: Play to the freaking whistle! And besides, it’s not like he directly punched the ball in the net, where the hell was the marking on Gallas? It was the 104th minute of the second leg of a playoff game for God’s sake, and absolutely no marking on a player standing right in the middle of the box. Please! These Irish fools have absolutely nobody else to blame but themselves.

PS: As a previous poster already said: “First and last time on this site”. You guys are pathetic!

Nevermind, I really hope you never have kids.

I am NOT a Henry fan. I’m also NOT a fan of another cheater, Blanco. However, I will admit that Blanco has brought interest to the league. I am a MLS fan, so I say bring in Henry. I’ll root against him every game, but without good villians, there are no good heroes.

Ignorance is rampant.

I am a lifetime Arsenal and Henry supporter. He cheated. There is no question about that.

But your statement that:

“Robbie Keane would not have handled the ball and then passed to Richard Dunne in an offsides position and then celebrated not only the goal but putting one over the referee. Doing this sort of thing is inconceivable for certain players and in certain cultures and of a certain makeup.”

is ridiculous and xenophobic. I been watching Henry ever since he started for Arsenal and I never, ever thought he would do something so disgusting. I been a fan of American soccer since the first grade and I don’t expect American players to cheat either so I was just as disgusted when Landon runs into Marshall and flops/dives in an MLS game.

The point is anyone can become a cheat so to say Robbie Keane would not have done that is absurd. He won a penalty against Georgia which everyone knew wasn’t a penalty and we didn’t see him tell the ref it wasn’t. I lived for several years in England and Scotland and I know what you are referencing when you say certain cultures disdain diving and for the most part the footballing culture in the British Isles is anti-theatrical but when you say “inconceivable…in certain cultures” that is a prejudiced statement and forgetting that even in “anti-diving cultures” there are Wayne Rooneys and Michael Owens and yet to this day, there are imbeciles like John Terry and those writing for major English papers who believe diving is something only foreigners do.

Thank you for your time,

Vishal

1) “You see, this is why I HATE all usa football fans. you are all racists!!!!!!!!!!”
You call someone a racist and then go on to proceed to stereotype an entire fanbase. As far as racism in sporting fanbases go, I would say considering this nation’s history of rooting for players of color, we are doing a far better job than other nations such as Italy and Spain. How could anyone say our fans are racist?

2) “Rag on niggers all you want, but u have no right to say anything about superior Hispanics. We rule this world.”
This comment alone proves that you have no right to call someone else a racist when you yourself are obviously a racist and a racial supremacist.

First and last time I’ll ever be on this site.