Greenlizard0 Weekend Football Thread ** spoilers ** [31st January - 4th February 2020]

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[planty]

Leicester have been really sloppy so far, Chelsea should be at least 2 up.

 

[planty]

1-1 now.
Hoddle describing the deflected shot that spooned into the corner - "that's a lovely strike it really is"

 

[planty]

Guess I'm the only one watching this?!
Chelsea have turned into set-piece merchants, great header from rudiger to make it 2-2.

 

[planty]

Leicester wasting chances this half, decent game.

 

[Kelt]

Quite an entertaining watch, particularly in the second half.

Lot of wasted chances, Leicester could be winning this comfortably.

 

[mmj_uk]

How is having your arms behind your back a natural position?

 

[Purdy]

You thought that was a penalty?

 

[BaZ87]

How is having your arms behind your back a natural position?

They're not but the rule is whether they've put their arms in an unnatural position in order to gain an advantage. He's put his arms there in an attempt to not handle the ball, rather than to handle the ball.

 

[Purdy]

We’ve had four wrong decisions in a row go our way lol, bad start for friend

 

[Pigeon_Killer]

As if VVD just did that

Edit: No penalty for a drag in the box?

 

[Purdy]

If VVD scores that lmao, mental control and effort

stone wall penalty, nuts decision

 

[Pigeon_Killer]

Southampton more than a match for us so far, playing very good football too.

 

[mmj_uk]

They're not but the rule is whether they've put their arms in an unnatural position in order to gain an advantage. He's put his arms there in an attempt to not handle the ball, rather than to handle the ball.

So it wouldn't be a handball if a player stuck his arms vertically in the air trying to avoid touching a low cross and the ball hit them? the rule seems intended for players falling/slipping not moving your arms to an unnatural position intentionally to subjectively not gain any advantage.

 

[Pigeon_Killer]

Klopp's going to go mental at HT, we're getting smacked up.

 

[Purdy]

Alisson motm for now lol

Southampton pressing stepped up and we aren’t dealing, just sloppyness when we cautiously beat the press early on

 

[Pigeon_Killer]

Penalty decision aside, Southampton were the far better side for most of that half. Worrying how easy they're getting down our flanks.

 

[el_dazza]

We are in the brown.

 

[BaZ87]

A bit of a nothing game for the first 30 minutes with only two odd decisions by Friend to talk about but the last 10-15mins we got really sloppy and Southampton were all over us. A kick up the arse is needed at HT.

So it wouldn't be a handball if a player stuck his arms vertically in the air trying to avoid touching a low cross and the ball hit them? the rule seems intended for players falling/slipping not moving your arms to an unnatural position intentionally to subjectively not gain any advantage.

The rules still state that there must be intent, it's just the way officials determine intent that has changed. If the official believes that the player has put his arm in an unnatural position in order to make himself a bigger target and or to gain an advantage then it will be handball. That was obviously not the case in this instance. In theory your example shouldn't be given as a pen but it wouldn't really be logical for a player to put his arms vertically in the air and an official is more likely to believe he's done it to make himself a bigger target.

 

[Pigeon_Killer]

LOL, OX scores minutes after I was a thinking how is he still on the pitch after HT