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Roger Federer jumps to defence of Arsenal legend Henry

Submitted by tribalfootball.com on Sun, 11/22/2009 - 10:58

Tennis ace Roger Federer has jumped to the defence of Arsenal legend Thierry Henry over his hand-ball.

Along with Tiger Woods and Henry, Fed Express forms sport’s holy trinity promoting shaving giant Gillette in a multi-million dollar contract.

Gillette have announced they are to stand by Henry, despite his cheat shame which robbed the Republic of Ireland in Paris on Wednesday night, and Federer said the fault lay with football’s refusal to embrace new technology.

He said: “I don’t condone what happened, and I don’t think it’s appropriate, but it happened in a split-second and ultimately it was the referee’s decision. You can’t blame him (Henry) for playing on - it’s the fault of the system.”

Federer, who hates the Hawkeye gadget which settles contentious line calls in tennis, added: “It goes to show football needs Hawkeye more than tennis.”

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Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 11/23/2009 - 08:15.

How does it make Federer a cheater if he's just backing his friend? and he did not approve of what Henry did either... just like what Nadal said to back Richard Gasquet for testing positive in cocaine (although he claimed that he picked it up by kissing a girl in the club... but who knows?)... Does it mean that Nadal is using cocaine as well? They all back them up just because they're friends... Anyway imo, Henry should stop the play or kick the ball out... but everything happened in split seconds and the ref did not do anything about it... so Henry, the ref and the linesmen are all at fault...

Submitted by YORALLFUCKINCHEATS (not verified) on Sun, 11/22/2009 - 19:21.

HOW CAN U BACK A CHEAT U STINKING A=R=S=E=H=O=L=E

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