Originally Posted by
Eric the Half a Bee
The fact you believe this says all I need to know. The way he got injured (bang on the head on the floor) might have been accidental, but there's absolutely no way that there was no intention to rough Allen up.
3 or 4 Irish players could have been booked in the first half for tackles that were as bad, if not worse, than the booking Allen received. The ironic cheers that greeted the late flurry of Irish yellow cards says everything. There were plenty of examples of Irish players being overly physical away from the eye of the referee, almost like Roy Keane was in his heyday - a dirty fecker who had a way of getting away with things. Maybe not against the laws of the game, but like another poster put it, the manner of the Irish performance leaves a bad taste. It was the only way Ireland could reduce Wales to their poor level. Trying to compare Ireland and Cardiff City shows your level of footballing knowledge.
Hope you don't qualify and I will be cheering on whoever you play. Get over it.