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Today’s Football 2019/20 Season

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hirons11 said:
Thought the rule was meant to stop goals scored directly from the ball hitting the hand ala Bolley and that Millwall goal agai st us which would make sense and be fair. In this instance Jesus still had a lot to do so seems really unfair. As ever it remains to be seen if this will be consistently applied to all teams. I have my doubts. If Everton had played as badly as Spuds did today against City we would have lost 6-0.
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But that gets wrapped up easily by not changing the rule at all.

If it's deliberate, it's handball. If it's not, it's not handball. Simple.

Those issues weren't down to being fouls, they were down to being missed by the officials. VAR fixes that by reviewing the incident. You don't change the ruling.

It'll get changed next season
 
kenada_blue said:
If it's deliberate, it's handball. If it's not, it's not handball.
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To be fair, it’s so hard to be certain of intent. The rule change does make it easier for the refs. It’s either hit the hand or it hasn’t. Irrespective of suspected intent or position of the arm etc.

It’s evolved so much over the years, like the Sissoko one in the CL final where it wasn’t deliberate but his hand was in an “unnatural position”

I do think the rule is for the best, it’s just gutting that it’s been administered in this way already.
 

City lost 2 points last year because a Wolves player pretty much swatted the ball into the net under the old rule, now this under the new rule.
 
Keiran said:
To be fair, it’s so hard to be certain of intent. The rule change does make it easier for the refs. It’s either hit the hand or it hasn’t. Irrespective of suspected intent or position of the arm etc.

It’s evolved so much over the years, like the Sissoko one in the CL final where it wasn’t deliberate but his hand was in an “unnatural position”

I do think the rule is for the best, it’s just gutting that it’s been administered in this way already.
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Absolute bollox lad....the rule should never have been changed, surely you can see on a playback whether its deliberate or not.....why complicate matters?
 
I predict that rule will last one season and get thrown out next year when the premier league bosses have their annual get together .
Every team bar the rs is going to get caught out by it at least once this season.
It isn't that difficult to work out accidental handball on a video replay,footballers are not that clever.
 

Keiran said:
To be fair, it’s so hard to be certain of intent. The rule change does make it easier for the refs. It’s either hit the hand or it hasn’t. Irrespective of suspected intent or position of the arm etc.

It’s evolved so much over the years, like the Sissoko one in the CL final where it wasn’t deliberate but his hand was in an “unnatural position”

I do think the rule is for the best, it’s just gutting that it’s been administered in this way already.
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Imagine they took that approach in a court of law? People getting banged up for murders left and right! The whole point of having a referee is that they can apply judgement and interpret situations.
 
N.S.N.O. said:
Well depends if its a Liverpool player protecting his face, or its accidental, or its Kop end...
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To be fair, the VAR decision makers appear to be located in some kind of secret bunker, somewhere in Stockley Park, West London. As well as for convenience, the decisions can be made from there without any pressure from the home fans. And that is a good thing!

www.theguardian.com

VAR VAR voom! The Premier League gets set for video referees | Paul MacInnes

Video Assistant Referees finally arrive in the Premier League this season, ready to correct ‘clear and obvious’ errors. At least, that’s the plan …
www.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com

As has been said, they are only following the new laws of the game, not making them.
 

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