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[Football] Is Anyone Linking the New Handball Rule ?



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NooBHA

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Jan 13, 2015
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Everyone else except Greame Souness and me seem to hate it.

I think it gives a lot of clarity. Even though Motherwell got 2 handball penalties given against them today because of it . I still quite like the new Rule.

And anything which pisses Jose Mourhino off is good for me
 
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Bry Nylon

Bry Nylon

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Jul 21, 2003
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Loving football and liking the new handball rule are incompatible in my view.
 


macbeth

macbeth

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It's totally nuts, exacerbated by the slo-motion replay world we're living in now with VAR. What exactly was wrong with the old handball rule?
 






Bob!

Bob!

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Jul 5, 2003
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Linking it to QAnon?
 




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fleet

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Jul 28, 2003
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Crazy. The game will be to hammer it at defenders from corners and free kicks - better chance of a pen than a goal. Madness.
 




beorhthelm

beorhthelm

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Jul 21, 2003
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macbeth said:
It's totally nuts, exacerbated by the slo-motion replay world we're living in now with VAR. What exactly was wrong with the old handball rule?
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no one knows. its seems it open to some interpretation in a few instances. so they changed it to a really strict version with virtually no interpretion but allowed players to game it. now they change it again, introducing some interpretation, and still able to be gamed.
 










Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo

Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo

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Oct 4, 2003
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Everyone hates it because, as the post above says, players will be better off smashing it at defenders from corners and free kicks from point blank range as there will be more chance of a penalty being given than forcing the ball in through a crowded penalty box. How anyone can justify the penalty given against Palace yesterday is beyond me (the argument it was Palace is still valid though).
 


Easy 10

Easy 10

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Jul 5, 2003
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NooBHA said:
Everyone else except Greame Sounds and me seem to hate it.

I think it gives a lot of clarity. Even though Motherwell got 2 handball penalties given against them today because of it . I still quite like the new Rule.

And anything which pisses Jose Mourhino off is good for me
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Have you been drinking, or are you on some kind of wind-up ? Every week we are now seeing results getting warped by the LUNACY they are now applying (via VAR) to this rule. Palace benefited last week, but fell foul to is this week. And as for the Dier one today - its almost indescribable how WRONG that decision was. I mean WTF are we supposed to be watching now ?

If you actually like and enjoy penalties being given for f*ck-all, then fill yer boots. Personally I think its SHITHOUSE.

I knew VAR would utterly f*ck this game up. Said it from the start, and I was far from alone.
 




Seasider78

Seasider78

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Nov 14, 2004
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We now spend longer talking about VAR and the new looney rules than we ever did before all of this nonsense was introduced.

It’s ruining the game but still we persevere with it and just watch in disbelief week in week out.

Rip out the technology and the stupid rules than were introduced because of it.
 




southstandandy

southstandandy

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Jul 9, 2003
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But the idea of the game is trying to score a goal.

Now it seems, if you can't get a shot on the target then go for the next best thing - aim at a defending player and hit the ball hard and fast so he might not have time to react and you might get awarded a penalty every now and again.

The objectives of the game are changing - doesn't matter if you can't hit a barn door (as Newcastle proved) as long as you can get the ball to hit an opponent in the box.
 


bhafc99

bhafc99

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Oct 14, 2003
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bhafc99

bhafc99

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fleet said:
Crazy. The game will be to hammer it at defenders from corners and free kicks - better chance of a pen than a goal. Madness.
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I used to play hockey a bit at university.

There was a guy in a team we faced several times who was absolutely notorious for deliberately trying to hit the ball onto the oppositions’ feet. In hockey, that was a foul. So this guy just spent the whole game hitting it at your feet to try win penalty corners.

Football today is starting to remind me vividly of him, even though that was 30 years ago.


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Deadly Danson

Deadly Danson

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Oct 22, 2003
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Brighton
NooBHA said:
Everyone else except Greame Souness and me seem to hate it.

I think it gives a lot of clarity. Even though Motherwell got 2 handball penalties given against them today because of it . I still quite like the new Rule.

And anything which pisses Jose Mourhino off is good for me
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Unless you are fishing I fail to see how anyone who watches football can think it's anything other than the product of lunatics who hate the game.
 


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