AndyWolves
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Nah, it was flying straight in!!!Really? I thought it was missing by a country mile!
Maybe....
Nah, it was flying straight in!!!Really? I thought it was missing by a country mile!
Given if you look carefully on the one replay angle, you can see his shirt sleeve reacting to the ball hit, there's no question about exactly where it hit him.You're right but the law brings "t-shirt line" into the discussion. The picture you posted is a freeze frame, from behind with no indication of when and where the ball struck. Did the referee make an obvious mistake on either decision? I would say no
tbf Shearer (I think it was) had a proper rant about it shouldn't have been given on motd.......wasn't it this that made the league look at the law again?.....not that you should be changing things mid seasonI think what pisses me off the most is that no one gave a shit about Kilmans penalty against Leicester but this feels like this one is the biggest injustice since OJ.
Not only did it hit his hand, it deflected the ball( a lot ) away from a goal bound cross/shot. I think that was handball in the 70's, not just now. Hence VAR not even bothering to wake up for it.
Picture 1 - even though he's an absolute fanny for turning his back on a shot, that doesn't absolve you from anything. Arm is up, hits hand, penalty. As I say, rewind to 2001. Same decision. Nothing to do with VAR or new rules.
Picture 2 - I don't really know what Donck is doing other than a bad turtle impression but it hits him up towards the shoulder. Not a penalty.
I'm all for calling out crazy handball decisions as they've decided to mess with something that worked ok (even though "intent" was always an absolute nonsense, unless someone is punching the ball off the line Suarez-style, no-one *means* to handle it realistically) but neither of those were. Save the outrage for when it's worthy.
Like er, this one.
Summary: As we continually get done over by stupid margins (that then get changed, mid-season, but it doesn't change our results) then cry me a fucking river.
1. NoI watched it again. Just has Semedo shoots, Bertrand turns side on and lifts his arm towards the ball, as soon as you do that it's a Pen end of.
Still have not seen Donks, there are 2 questions
1. DId it hit him above the T Shirt line
2. Did it take a deflection
Insaw Saints fans moaning about a hand ball not given against Villa before saying It defelcted of his thigh. Hand Ball cannot be given if it deflects of any other part of your body. Just by there description it's no Pen, as much as I would them to have beaten Vile.