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[Football] Handball Rule
- Thread starter amexer
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Super Steve Earle
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Mings reached down with his hand and touched the ball. Deliberate handball.
Mings did not think the ball was in play. So not a deliberate handball.
Both are correct. Like most people, Phillippe should have thought before he tweeted.
Mings did not think the ball was in play. So not a deliberate handball.
Both are correct. Like most people, Phillippe should have thought before he tweeted.
Blues Guitarist
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What the player is thinking is not relevant.
I think the simplest solution for the Mings one it to go back to the old way of taking goal kicks, i.e. from the corner of the 6-yard box. I think it's totally understandable that Mings may have thought that Martinez was just kicking the ball over to him to take the GK.
Either way, that is one of the many handball "offences" that, to me at least, categorically do not merit giving the opposing team a 75% chance of a goal from a penalty. I'm probably old school in as much as I think that a penalty should be given for offences that deny a genuine opportunity for a goal or a genuine foul.
So many games are decided off the back of minor infringements.
Either way, that is one of the many handball "offences" that, to me at least, categorically do not merit giving the opposing team a 75% chance of a goal from a penalty. I'm probably old school in as much as I think that a penalty should be given for offences that deny a genuine opportunity for a goal or a genuine foul.
So many games are decided off the back of minor infringements.
BluesRockDJ
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- Jan 24, 2020
- 1,304
On a similar note, what pisses me off is how many foul throws players get away with.
Daddies_Sauce
Falmer WSL, not a JCL
- Jun 27, 2008
- 885
Quite, a player picks up the ball and throws (usually under arm) to a team mate who is walking or jogging to the by-line to take the actual a throw in, the ball crosses the line and enters the field of play before the actual throw in is taken. Technically this is a foul throw and should be penalised as such.
Cheggers
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Mings is a sentient being. The referee can't legislate for him being a bit thick. It's a penalty. If Mings does it again, Emery should give him some crayons to chew on.