Jemaine defo = cheat

[Frank Inkerman]

Where does "handball" start? What I saw of Defoe's control was well above the elbow and closer to the shoulder than anywhere else.

 

[Dandyman]

Quality result (and even better that it will piss off all the closet Goons on here).

 

[ali jenkins]

Redknapp was on the telly the other day bleatig on about how much we need TV replays these days, did he say anything about this?

 

[thebazillionaire]

Cheating has been going on longer than that. In 1947 Portugal changed the ball for a smaller one, during a match against England but still lost 10-0. I'm sure there are much earlier examples but that's one of the strangest.

If anything that is really rubbish cheating. How much smaller exactly?

 

[Sergei Gotsmanov]

I'm happy we'll get to see the spuds humiliate themselves in europe for a bit longer. I haven't laughed as much as I did in the first 30mins of the away leg in ages. Priceless. Just imagine what will happen when they get a decent team.

 

[cuthbert]

If anything that is really rubbish cheating. How much smaller exactly?View attachment 18420

They swapped to a size 4 ball from a size 5. I've seen a picture of the match, I think in a book by Frank Swift, and the ball looks very silly.

 

[Tricky Dicky]

If 5 refs couldn't see that then there is no chance. I don't expect Defoe to own up to it on the pitch, I doubt any player would - bit of a shame, but it's a reality.

If we're going to pull evrybody up for everything then, virtually every throw-in is cheating, and so is claiming a throw when you know it came off another payer.

 

[keaton]

"It's completely different from Henry because i'm biased"

 

[Domsdad]

Whether or not he's a cheat, I'm proud to say my daughter kicked him into touch when he tried chatting her up.

 

[Couldn't Be Hyypia]

Yeah, he should have stopped playing and told the referee he handballed it...

Do me a favour!

Great finish.

Equally then, don't surround the ref when they get a decision wrong. Players can't have it both ways.

 

[CHAPPERS]

"It's completely different from Henry because i'm biased"

Innit though.

 

[sydney]

whatever.....lampard,beckham and campbell to name a few can attest to shyte refereeing...... end of.

 

[Pavilionaire]

I thought the interview with Defoe afterwards was funny, in particular Defoe's reaction when asked "did you handball it deliberately?"

The lad cannot lie. You could almost see his mind at work, weighing up how honest he should actually be.

Like most footballers in the wrong they resort to trotting out the line: "Sometimes it goes for you, sometimes it doesn't. Today it did." i.e. I'm a f***ing cheat, I cheat all the time, sometimes the ref spots it and sometimes he doesn't.

To use another well-worked excuse for cheating and crap decision-making: "That's football". Unfortunately.

 

[Safe.]

Zamora's first goal last night was an absolute rasper.

 

[Dirty Dave]

fair enough, he hand balled it and knew it. You could tell by his reaction when he looked towards the linesman. But at the end of the day you play to the whistle so he's hardly going to just stop literally a second before shooting

 

[bhaexpress]

Every team/player and game has an element of cheating, that started when the italians started doing back in the 80's the gme was ever the same again, tough luck, its just the way it is

Cheating has been going on for a lot longer than that.

 

[Acker79]

From the laws of the game:

Handling the ball

Handling the ball involves a deliberate act of a player making contact with
the ball with his hand or arm. The referee must take the following into
consideration:

• the movement of the hand towards the ball (not the ball towards the hand)
• the distance between the opponent and the ball (unexpected ball)
• the position of the hand does not necessarily mean that there is an
infringement
• touching the ball with an object held in the hand (clothing, shinguard, etc.)
counts as an infringement
• hitting the ball with a thrown object (boot, shinguard, etc.) counts as an
infringement

Disciplinary sanctions

There are circumstances when a caution for unsporting behaviour is required
when a player deliberately handles the ball, e.g. when a player:

• deliberately and blatantly handles the ball to prevent an opponent gaining
possession
• attempts to score a goal by deliberately handling the ball

A player is sent off, however, if he prevents a goal or an obvious goalscoring
opportunity by deliberately handling the ball. This punishment arises not from
the act of the player deliberately handling the ball but from the unacceptable
and unfair intervention that prevented a goal being scored.

Was he "deliberately handling" the ball, or was he turning his body trying to chest it down and it unintentionally hit his arm?

 

[sydney]

look, we had to deal with it when the german keeper didn't fess up......grow a f***ing beard mate, it's a cheats world...!!!

 

[WeAreTheAlbion]

I know it was handball but if its a goal its a goal!