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Irrelevant. Any handball in the move leading to a goal will result in the goal being disallowed.
the rule is wrong.

football is imperfect and for example whacking a ball at a defender who cant get out of the way - and it accidentally hits his hands - should never be handball.

the rule will be changed next season.
 
the rule is wrong.

football is imperfect and for example whacking a ball at a defender who cant get out of the way - and it accidentally hits his hands - should never be handball.

the rule will be changed next season.

I didn't comment on the rule. However, I would change it slightly so that a goal is only disallowed if a handball, accidental or not, occurs in the act of scoring.
 
Is that the Alexander-Arnold handball?
Yeah - that was one but I think there was another one later in the game.

I don't think it should have been given but under the current interpretation of the law it should have been.

I thought VAR was supposed to give us more consistency but it seems to be favouring one team in particular.
 
Well that’s just absurd. When does the build up start?

Indeed. No one has got a clue really. Van Dijk handballed it (technically) in the build up to a goal recently but it was deemed to be outside of the build up so the goal stood. It's completely arbitraty it seems.

They haven't half fucked up the PL with the introduction of VAR. Total shambles in every way. We've got people getting protractors out measuring millimetres on offsides to see whether someone's finger nail is off, this handball mess, fans still having no idea what's going on inside the ground.
 
As of this year, its hand ball if:

"A player gains control/possession of the ball after it has touches their hand/arm and then scores, or creates a goal-scoring opportunity"

So, nowt to do with VAR.
 
Yeah - that was one but I think there was another one later in the game.

I don't think it should have been given but under the current interpretation of the law it should have been.

I thought VAR was supposed to give us more consistency but it seems to be favouring one team in particular.

There was one in that game that took a deflection off another player, so that’s why one wasn’t given. The law changes are shite like.
 
Indeed. No one has got a clue really. Van Dijk handballed it (technically) in the build up to a goal recently but it was deemed to be outside of the build up so the goal stood. It's completely arbitraty it seems.

They haven't half fucked up the PL with the introduction of VAR. Total shambles in every way. We've got people getting protractors out measuring millimetres on offsides to see whether someone's finger nail is off, this handball mess, fans still having no idea what's going on inside the ground.
I still think for offsides it can work

- do it based on the feet and if part of your foot is onside they you are

and then for serious foul play

that’s it
 
the rule is wrong.

football is imperfect and for example whacking a ball at a defender who cant get out of the way - and it accidentally hits his hands - should never be handball.

the rule will be changed next season.
Yes, but in this case it wouldn’t be handball (unless his arms were in an unnatural position) as the scenario you describe hasn’t lead to a goal
 
That is stunning. Declan Rice doesn't know the handball rule. Am I understanding that right. A professional footballer doesn't know the handball rule.
 
There was one in that game that took a deflection off another player, so that’s why one wasn’t given. The law changes are shite like.
I agree.
There are two or three separate issues here. The hand ball law needs to be reviewed and VAR really needs to be looked at because it's ruining the spontaneity of the game and it isn't being used consistently.
 
That is stunning. Declan Rice doesn't know the handball rule. Am I understanding that right. A professional footballer doesn't know the handball rule.

He repeated the law back to the interviewer so aye he does know. He was saying in the real world its not handball, its a bag of shit. Good interview I thought.
 
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