One of the problems with the handball rule is that the consequences of a handball decision, i.e. a penalty, are too great in most instances. If the rules were that any defensive handball in the box is a direct free-kick unless deliberate, in which case a penalty then I don’t think we’d have...
Not my job to define a howler but surely someone can come up with something that is better than the absolute shitshow that we have. All anyone really wants is to eliminate the howlers. I made a suggestion earlier about a 30 second time limit on the review. That should be enough to eliminate the...
We were sold VAR as a tool to get rid of howlers - Maradona handball, Henry handball against Ireland, Milner 3 yards offside for a Liverpool goal, the non-penalty on Aguero in the 2-3 derby where we could have won the league etc etc
I don’t think anyone would have a problem with that. And they...
We’re clearly not going to agree on this if you think a defeat in a league game in September has the same impact. Imagine Bowen’s goal had been ruled out for a toenail offside call not given on the field in the European final last season and you’d lost in extra time / penalties.
Anyway, bed...
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