[Albion] Manchester City vs Brighton & Hove Albion *** Official Match Thread ***

[hans kraay fan club]

If the keeper has weak hands in that moment I can’t see why it’s disallowed. He pushes it onto Mitoma’s arm. I still think the result would have been a draw just wondering why keepers get so much protection.

If the keeper has his hands on the ball, and an opposition player plays that ball - how 'strong' or 'weak' he is is irrelevant. You can't challenge a keeper who has 'control of the ball'.

And if it touched Mitoma's arm at all (which it looks like it might have twice), then it is ruled out anyway.

I think Hooper (as ever) guessed - but had he given it, I'm pretty sure it gets ruled out antway.

 

[Audax]

Not sure - but he was certainly very 'excited' just before taking the penalty - which definitely led to some speedy ball-touching.

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So you're saying the pen should have been disallowed for hand ball?

 

[huzzah]

I have no idea why this exists, however my life just seems a smidge different after having seen it ... if it wasn't some hallucination:

 

[Redinpeace]

Manage to catch up on the match, actually thought BHA were unlucky not to win, one silver lining was seeing Pep doing his usual twisting to the ref at the end of the game.

 

[drew]

If the keeper has his hands on the ball, and an opposition player plays that ball - how 'strong' or 'weak' he is is irrelevant. You can't challenge a keeper who has 'control of the ball'.

And if it touched Mitoma's arm at all (which it looks like it might have twice), then it is ruled out anyway.

I think Hooper (as ever) guessed - but had he given it, I'm pretty sure it gets ruled out antway.

Surely the keeper must have his hands on the ball 'and' be in control. Not sure Ortega actually was in control. The handball is another thing though.

 

[GT49er]

Surely the keeper must have his hands on the ball 'and' be in control. Not sure Ortega actually was in control. The handball is another thing though.

Yeh, I agree that in a common sense world going for a 50/50 ball (without excessive violence or endangering an opponent of course) would not be regarded as a foul - but football's current rules and regulations are frequently not based on common sense, or at least don't make any allowances for it.

 

[Triggaaar]

If the keeper has his hands on the ball, and an opposition player plays that ball - how 'strong' or 'weak' he is is irrelevant. You can't challenge a keeper who has 'control of the ball'.

And if it touched Mitoma's arm at all (which it looks like it might have twice), then it is ruled out anyway.

I think Hooper (as ever) guessed - but had he given it, I'm pretty sure it gets ruled out antway.

I don't think it touched Mitoma's arm at all.

It was close as to whether the keeper had in under control, but I'd guess he had enough of it.

 

[Triggaaar]

He plays alongside Adingrara

Is there a good reason why Warren calls him Adringa? I find it really disrespectful that he can't be bothered to get his name right (given that it's not a really long and complicated name).

 

[hans kraay fan club]

I don't think it touched Mitoma's arm at all.

It was close as to whether the keeper had in under control, but I'd guess he had enough of it.

Given that they decided they had enough evidence to go with the on field call, they never really looked at this. I agree that what the angles we have seen are inconclusive but there are three points where it might have hit his hand or arm. The first is by his outstretched arm, when the ball bounces up - before it even reaches the keeper. The second in the moment it is knock out of / away from Ortega’s gloves, and finally when the ball drops onto Mitoma and into the net. The last one is probably only his shoulder / back. The other two I’m less sure.

 

[tigertim68]

Given that they decided they had enough evidence to go with the on field call, they never really looked at this. I agree that what the angles we have seen are inconclusive but there are three points where it might have hit his hand or arm. The first is by his outstretched arm, when the ball bounces up - before it even reaches the keeper. The second in the moment it is knock out of / away from Ortega’s gloves, and finally when the ball drops onto Mitoma and into the net. The last one is probably only his shoulder / back. The other two I’m less sure.

Wonder if Hooper would of blown up if this happened down the other end