Other Games 2025-26

[Somniloquism]

Wanted them to win as don't want to play the twats.

We could be playing both divides from there (although I expect Celtic will win this round).

[Drummond]

the first rule of defending according to H&V

If an opposition player takes a shot at goal, the job of the defender is to try and move out the way of the balls trajectory in no way should he try and block it or move towards it fuck me no, it might hit his arm and it’ll be a penalty even if the arm is in no way protruding, it would obviously be a lot better if the main defenders had no arms

honestly, my balls are rolling down the street I’ve laughed so hard at some of your explanations

Literally no one has said anything about him or any other player having to move out of the way of the ball. He leaned his body in with the intention of blocking the ball. Unfortunately it struck his arm instead when it was goalbound. Thats a penalty. Imagine we had a shot on target and its heading straight into the net. Tarkowsky is on the goal line and does the same thing. He leans in to try to block the ball and it strikes his arm and they clear the ball. Do you think you would want a penalty for that or would you be ok with it?

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John would be far too busy worrying about running down the street chasing his balls to care.

[lovejoy]

I think there’s a lot of handball posts above from people applying the law ftom about 10 years ago, it has moved on, simply hitting the hand isn’t enough for handball. That’s a fact.

The guidance by refs for years has been don’t make you body bigger than it’s natural shape and defenders were applauded for putting their arms by their sides. Unless a player deliberately moves his hand towards the ball it’s not a pen per the laws. The player was clearly trying to block the ball with his body (that’s his job), his arm tucked as instructed.

The ticking of the arm, not moving hand towards the ball deliberately and the late deflection are all reasons it’s not a penalty.

Astonishing decision.

The only reason I can think of that it was given is referee error on the pitch and VAR yet again not wanting to undermine him when they saw the footage.