Schalke post match thread

[west didsblue]

Sets us up well for Chelsea....

I think we’re less likely to be complacent after that.

 

[Postman Pep]

Only heard it mentioned on Five Live by Mills of all people how by the protocol the ref is supposed to consult a screen but it was 'broken ' ?and got told to reverse his decision and give Nico a yellow.........but what a fucking comeback!

 

[Chi-town blues]

Maybe not initially pointing out completely horizontal. If it starts by his body then her moves it out of the way.

Is she fit ? You know the rules

 

[Manchester_lalala]

Doesn’t matter. He still has his arm there in the first place making his body larger and stops it travelling at goal.

It’s fucking immaterial now as it’s happened and I’m not sure what cathartic experience is being had by calling everything and everyone bent. I thought it was a pen, I still think it’s a pen and I will always think it’s a pen.

I’d be crying out for a penalty if it was us appealing. I thought pen straight away and I still think it was now. There’s a fine line with these sort of incidents, but he wasn’t exactly point blank and his arms were outstretched. Add to the fact the ball looking liked it was on target and I can’t see how it isn’t a penalty. Like I said, if it was City in the same situation, I’d be going nuts for a pen.

 

[Blue Llama]

"The nudge on the defender" seriously ? The defender pushed him first, he "nudged" back. Also it wasn't referred anyway.

That's the point. It shouldnt have been dissallowed but it could have been but wasn't.

 

[hihosilva]

Maybe not initially pointing out completely horizontal. If it starts by his body then her moves it out of the way.

He tried to move it out of the way

 

[SWP's back]

Do you want to answer my point above? The law requires the players arm to move towards the ball. It didn’t, did it?

The law has never changed but the interpretation has. The laws states nothing about making oneself bigger or “unnatural position” either but every ex ref always uses those terms when discussing penalty decisions for handball.

 

[Ohrodneyrodney]

I look forward to the day we get them penalties.......ref will be pissed that despite his best efforts we still won. Great victory vs a 15* man team away from home (*3 VAR refs).

And therein is the answer. We would NEVER get either of those penalties, even though the second one was correct.

 

[SebastianBlue]

When Talkshite are defending us and our own fans are backing the ref... Some mad paradox shit going on tonight lol

 

[Brendan110_0]

Watch any game of football and 90% of defenders put both arms behind their backs once they square up in the penalty area. Micah Richards did it every time.

And the ref ruled penalty even outside the box vs Spurs.