You don't need a protractor, you are a protractor.
If you say so.
I never said Haaland wasn't running away from goal (in my opinion slightly) or that he had the ball under control when Henderson touched it.
Oh good. Glad you made that clear. So he is running away from goal, albeit "slighty". If he's "slighty" running away from goal, then he's certainly not running towards it, which has led them to their decision of it not being an "obvious" denial of goal scoring opportunity. You've been making the argument that they didn't follow the laws, or the guidelines, or that it clearly should have been a red card, all this jazz.
But now you're changing your tune. Slowly, but surely.
I said neither of those things are determinant in a DOGSO. They are taken into account in a subjective determination in the same way the likelihood of gaining control of the ball is. In my opinion there are other factors that carry more weight.
OK, so in your opinion. They made a subjective determination. Guess what? That was my argument from the beginning, that it wasn't a clear red card as so many were claiming. Remember it was me who said I personally considered it a denial of a goal scoring opportunity. But I also went through the laws and the way that they were worded and made the assessment that they were well within their rights to conclude that it wasn't a "obvious" DOGSO and thus wasn't a red card.
So they subjectively came to that decision, by seeing Haaland running wide, judging that he didn't have control, etc and determined that while it was a "possible" goal scoring opportunity, that it wasn't an "obvious" one. That was why they made that decision.
OK we have several posters here include Mist saying that they "cheated" in not giving the red card, that they didn't follow the rules, etc. Clearly they did follow the rules and came to that decision through a "subjective" evaluation of the criteria. My argument is that the rules are bent lol but you don't wanna hear that, even though you're essentially making that argument. The idea that not giving a red card there was unjustifiable is what has been argued from the beginning. And I'm pointing out that, no, according to the laws, subjectively, they were well within their right to not consider it an "obvious" DOGSO and to not give a red card there.
That's what I've been saying. So it seems that we're in agreement that this is a decision that "could have reasonably gone either way". But in my humble opinion, the red card would have been harsh for a multitude of reasons and I think in the end they shouldn't have sent Henderson off. However, the problem still remains that due to all this they were unable to correct the error of handball and award a free kick, which has been the problem with what occurred all along. And what I've been arguing from the beginning, if you've been paying attention, that they shouldn't have needed to send Henderson off or determine it to be an "obvious" DOGSO in order to correct the error and give the free kick.
At the end of the day, it's a subjective decision. You and Gillett think the above mean there was no DOGSO (Gillett just the direction of play, obviously). Everyone else thinks it was a DOGSO. Nobody cares what you think. Unfortunately, what Gillett thought, and why, was important.
Well you care enough to be having this discussing, and in the end you admit it's subjective. So why do you have such a problem with me concluding that it shouldn't have been considered a DOGSO according to the criteria? My argument is simply that Haaland was running away from the goal rather than towards it, didn't have control of it, so therefore it wasn't an "obvious" DOGSO. Was it a "possible" goal scoring opportunity? Of course. I consider it even a "probable" GSO but not an "obvious" one, an important distinction particularly because that's how the rules describe what it would need to be.
As for Kovacic, holding like that is a cautionable offence that happens multiple times in a match. What makes it a red card, is the DOGSO.
I'm not disagreeing with you there. Also his deliberate intent to stop the opportunity, to grab on to the man and keep him from getting to the ball. That's a red card every time.
As for Martinez, PGMOL themselves say it was a DOGSO, so what you think doesn't interest me.
We both agree that they wasn't moving towards goal. I said I'm conflicted on that one.
So I have answered your questions, now you answer mine. Do you now accept Henderson committed a handball offence and do you now accept that whether it was deliberate or not has no bearing on the sanction according to the LOTG? I don't care about your opinion as to whether it's harsh, or whether the rules make sense - just yes or no. No thesis this time, I won't read it. That is where we started all this nonsense after all.
I've always accepted that Henderson committed a handball and that it should have resulted in a free kick. If you've been paying attention, the problem I have is that they were unable to correct the very basic error of a handball because they needed it to be a red card in order to correct it.
To review, as we've been over countless times (but you apparently still don't get) the LOTG state that it needs to rise to the level of an "obvious" denial of a goal scoring opportunity in order and an automatic red card of the offender in order for the error to have been corrected. That has been the issue all along.
Due to the fact that Haaland was running wide and "slightly" (as you say) away from goal and the fact that he wasn't ever in control of the ball, they determined it to not be an "obvious" denial of a goal scoring opportunity.
So by the letter of the law, albeit subjectively, they were well within their right to come to the decision that they did. And not giving a red card in my view was the correct "carding" decision there. However, there's still the issue of not being able to correct the basic error of a handball with a free kick which is problematic.