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Cheats, Fools and Procrastinators

Okay, so I've been meaning to give this blog thing a proper go for a long time. And lately, I've been more than a little bit angered into taking it up and becoming one more nutter with a soap box. So here goes. Cheats Well, it's been 3 weeks since that fateful day in Paris when Ireland were dumped out of the World Cup. The now infamous French goal (I apologise for the music) controversy still rolls on. I think it needs to stop. Yes, mistakes were made, and it's not hard to feel like there was a conspiracy to get France through, but what's done is done. Get over it. FIFA, however, need to take action in some shape or form. Firstly, video referees need to be introduced. Whatever about these impinging on the dignity of the referee, or whatever excuse Sepp Blatter is hiding behind for not introducing them, the way that referee Martin Hansson has been hung out to dry by the world governing body is horrendous. How on earth do FIFA expect to grow the number of re