FA Cup Games | 5th Round | 28th Feb-3rd Mar '25

[Gray]

Millwall player who scored must have a bet on Palace.

 

[GornikDaze]

Dunny would’ve been proud of that one!!

 

[Penworthamblue]

Watching Preston game, brilliant free kick by Brady, hopefully that will liven the game up, been a bit scrappy so far.

 

[SWPISHOME]

I quite like it. It prevents any kind of controversial goals following a handball. Score with your hand? Overturned no matter what. Score immediately after handling the ball? Overturned no matter what. Removes subjectivity.

Not necessarily.

Haaland v Tottenham midweek caused nothing but debate. That goal wasn't awarded yet it didn't even hit his arm.

Obviously people are going to have different views on it, Personally I'd love to see handball awarded for intentional handball situations, This whole thing of the ball hitting an attackers arm down by his side from half a yard away from being kicked at him is ridiculous.

 

[the-ecstacy-of-eight]

I'll never understand this new thing of, If the ball hits off a defenders arm accidentally then play continues, If the ball hits off an attackers arm accidentally it's a free kick.

Accidental is accidental, It can't be one rule for one and a different for another.

I think it's a crazy rule personally.

even weirder is that it's OK to hit an attacker's arm/hand too, only not if it leads directly to a goal is it penalised.

Shoot and goes wide = goal kick
Shoot save and out = corner
Shoot and GOAL! = handball!

So messed up

 

[Don Karleone]

Weird game this

 

[MCFC1993]

Definite goal, wasn't even a Palace player passing.

 

[SamTheGuru]

Michael Oliver taking screen reviews to the extreme it seems after Haaland's disallowed goal.

 

[Mentis]

Not necessarily.

Haaland v Tottenham midweek caused nothing but debate. That goal wasn't awarded yet it didn't even hit his arm.

Obviously people are going to have different views on it, Personally I'd love to see handball awarded for intentional handball situations, This whole thing of the ball hitting an attackers arm down by his side from half a yard away from being kicked at him is ridiculous.

Ok, so I was wrong with the "any kind" remark, but that was simply because there wasn't any clear evidence to support either way, so must go with on-field decision. In these VAR-days, should we really allow a goal to be scored directly following it being handled?

 

[Alexia_Ko]

Without VAR football would be screwed. It’s either the assistant ref is blind or he doesn’t know the rules or both (I wouldn’t put it past him)

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

How much injury time do we reckon?

10 mins?

 

[Tommy_Catons_Perm]

I thought not offside if ball is deliberately played by the defender. The ball deflected off defender. Therefore offside?

 

[Mentis]

I thought not offside if ball is deliberately played by the defender. The ball deflected off defender. Therefore offside?

It was a Millwall player that passed it

 

[lancs blue]

2-0 Preston

 

[Alexia_Ko]

I thought not offside if ball is deliberately played by the defender. The ball deflected off defender. Therefore offside?

Yes but it was deliberately cleared by another defender and it just so happened to hit him.

 

[the-ecstacy-of-eight]

Agree to a certain point but there’s that much simulation it makes sense to use all your available tools to ensure such a big decision is correct.

Millwall fans never changed do they?

Yeah, I've thought about the exact same thing since I posted and concluded much as you did that footballers are such a bunch of cheating "play dead"-ers that he probably couldn't win either way.

I just have an issue with his initial onfield decision.

Surely he's got to think "that looked a bit dangerous", issue a red and THEN VAR steps in.
But it's Olivar, sooooooooooooooooooooo...

 

[Tommy_Catons_Perm]

It was a Millwall player that passed it

Thanks

 

[Bluemoon dan]

Preston player they refused to shake hands with scores 2nd goal and celebrates in front of Burnley fans. That should calm things nicely!

 

[MCFC1993]

Without VAR football would be screwed. It’s either the assistant ref is blind or he doesn’t know the rules or both (I wouldn’t put it past him)

They ended up giving it on the pitch after the linesman and referee talked.

They do rely on VAR now though, which is why the clear and obvious doesn't always work because refs end up guessing, hoping VAR will help them out.

 

[bridgeno1]

Yeah, I've thought about the exact same thing since I posted and concluded much as you did that footballers are such a bunch of cheating "play dead"-ers that he probably couldn't win either way.

I just have an issue with his initial onfield decision.

Surely he's got to think "that looked a bit dangerous", issue a red and THEN VAR steps in.
But it's Olivar, sooooooooooooooooooooo...

I think his first instinct was to award a penalty to Liverpool and then send off an Arsenal player so he probably got confused when he saw the shirt colours on the pitch.