• FancyCrawdad@alien.topB
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    11 months ago

    Thought initially that it might not be given due to proximity but the replay made it clear that Keane was making no attempt to pull his arm away so the call is fair enough in the end. I’m sure Pickford’s water bottle works a treat sometimes but there was never any doubt that Salah would be smashing that in

  • GingerSpencer@alien.topB
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    11 months ago

    It honestly grinds my gears that pundits in 2023 are still mentioning intent when discussing hand balls. Intentional hand balls are red cards. Intent is irrelevant when deciding on a penalty or free kick.

  • Rc5tr0@alien.topB
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    11 months ago

    Following the Young discourse, I’ll be fascinated to see how people who moan about every reffing decision contort themselves to make this a controversy.

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    11 months ago

    That’s bizarre positioning of the arm from Keane and he really can’t complain

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      11 months ago

      Natural body position has pretty much always been a part of it. That’s not even remotely natural. No reason for his arm to be outstretched like that.

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    11 months ago

    I hate the argument of “what’s the intent, it’s not intentional” from the commentators. When is a handball ever intentional. Very rarely do they deliberately do it, and when they do it’s akin to Suarez. Are we saying handballs are only handballs when it’s a Gibbs/Oxlade Chmaberlain, Suarez moment? He’s got his arm out like an idiot in an unnatural position, stopping a cross. Easily a penalty