"com On Ireland"

[Roberto]

Seeding used in other sports for championships and tournaments...

It's the norm

Play better in prev period and you are seeded and get the benefits...

Yes, but most other sporting bodies announce the rules before a competition.

Not change them during it.

Which is what happened this year....Who made the rules???

[andydckent]

Yes but they were already seeded for the group stages, it strikes me as a more than a little unfair to seed them again...

[N9nebar]

take a look have a vote (hit the translate button )

http://www.lemonde.fr/sport/video/20...9029_3242.html

[chris g]

...hit the translate button...,

You must be joking, where is it...?

Need a translate button to identify the translate button!!!

[bigsed]

Just click on the one that says "non" and vote.

[kiteman]

...hit the translate button...,

You must be joking, where is it...?

Need a translate button to identify the translate button!!!

Look for it man, its there on the screen below the address bar, right of centre.
Oh yes and it translates from french to english.

[aboo]

Its a fix. Just like what happend to Scotland in the last game against Italy for the euro finals. To big a club not to get there.

There was some talk on the radio that there trying to get it replayed.

[kiteman]

LaMonde online survey results at 6.45pm today.

Did france deserve their ticket to the world cup yes = 12.1%
Did Ireland get a raw deal yes = 87.9%

And thats from the 90 + thousand french who voted.