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Handball?

Handball?

pnesaint said:
I was in block H so it occurred right in front of me - definitely handball. I'm amazed the ref didn't consult the linesman who must have had a clearer view of the incident.
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I also sit in cell block H. I agree completely, no doubt at all it was a handball. Yellow card would have been right as there was cover by the time he handled the ball.
 
I was in the Invincibles Block C and everyone around me was laughing that we had got away with it, clear as day I thought.
 
As a keeper, I've no doubt it was just an instinctive reaction to the ball being flicked past him - Maxwell is usually good at judging those when rushing out, but Watmore was just a fraction quicker to get his foot to it.

I don't really get the argument about their being a covering defender, surely a deliberate handball by any player in that position on the pitch is a red?

Even if Watmore had managed to get round Maxwell it wasn't the easiest of angles to go for goal, he still had quite a bit to do.
 
Arabella said:
As a keeper, I've no doubt it was just an instinctive reaction to the ball being flicked past him - Maxwell is usually good at judging those when rushing out, but Watmore was just a fraction quicker to get his foot to it.

I don't really get the argument about their being a covering defender, surely a deliberate handball by any player in that position on the pitch is a red?

Even if Watmore had managed to get round Maxwell it wasn't the easiest of angles to go for goal, he still had quite a bit to do.
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Deliberate handball is a booking, not a red.
 
I was in the invincible lounge on Saturday and Ben Davies came in to be presented with his MOM prize. He was asked about it during the presentation and said it was handball but we got away with it.
 
Arabella said:
As a keeper, I've no doubt it was just an instinctive reaction to the ball being flicked past him - Maxwell is usually good at judging those when rushing out, but Watmore was just a fraction quicker to get his foot to it.

I don't really get the argument about their being a covering defender, surely a deliberate handball by any player in that position on the pitch is a red?

Even if Watmore had managed to get round Maxwell it wasn't the easiest of angles to go for goal, he still had quite a bit to do.
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That's why you're a 'keeper and not a referee.🙂
 
On the day, in the far opposite end of the Town End it didn't look like a handball at all, although when he was rushing out it looked slow motion and I really didn't think he'd get there. Having seen it on the highlights it was a clear hand ball, but as others have said, not a red card.
 
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