Premier League Gameweek 21 (30th - 31st December 2017)

[Utdstar01]

Fair result IMO. Neither side did enough to win that for me.

 

[McGrathsipan]

That's a penalty.
The opposing player got an advantage from using his arm.

Deliberate or not.

 

[GifLord]

 

[Murder on Zidane's Floor]

Deliberate?

Whoops

 

[el3mel]

Well at least a good ending for that fecking week.

 

[Wiltord02]

Dean is such a ****

 

[AndyJ1985]

Refs are such a liability and shouldn't be handed so much responsibility. Use technology already ffs

 

[el3mel]

No chance in hell Arsenal are getting top 4 this season.

Sixth it's.

 

[Mrs Smoker]

Clear as heck. Hell even.

 

[Utdstar01]

Handball rule is such a joke.

The rule is deliberate. But the ones that are given are rarely, if ever, deliberate. That's never deliberate. Chambers cannot be expected to have his hands flat by his sides or behind his back there.





But it's Arsenal though, so LOL.

Agreed. Our referees are shit enough in the PL. May aswell just accept the fact all refs are shit and make the handball rule like it is in La Liga.

 

[McGrathsipan]

He raised his arm too.

 

[Rajma]

Dean is such a ****

He's prick of the highest order, arrogant and incompetent twat we may laugh this time around, but he will screw us over in the future with his inept decisions no doubt.

 

[Canagel]

I think it was a penalty. Yes it's unfortunate but his arm did come towards the ball slightly too. Not intentional an handball but still a penalty.

 

[FireballXL5]

WBA get a penalty...we don't. Where's the consistency?

 

[Rob]

Never a red, but fantastic results this weekend from a Liverpool perspective. Long may it continue!

 

[Jacko21]

That Chambers penalty is precisely why players put both arms behind their back when defending one on ones.

 

[Rajma]

I think it was a penalty. Yes it's unfortunate but his arm did come towards the ball slightly too. Not intentional an handball but still a penalty.

Ours yesterday was more of the penalty and we didn't get it - no consistency with these shitshow refs

 

[Mrs Smoker]

WBA get a penalty...we don't. Where's the consistency?

Ref saw this one. Yesterday he missed a couple.

 

[Newman123]

He raised his arm too.

You ever tried running at full speed and then stopping instantly with your hands behind your back? It's not easy as the momentum will carry you forward. His hands came in front to stop him clattering into Gibbs and balance himself and stop him falling forward. At that distance you can't call it deliberate or if thats the case then players should just aim for hands when crossing in the box to get a penalty.

Looking at it you can see he was trying to balance himself and wasn't going to handle the cross.

 

[dwd]

Why haven't Spurs played again since Boxing Day?

 

[Claude Makélélé]

WBA get a penalty...we don't. Where's the consistency?

The ref saw it. If the ref saw Young's elbow yesterday it would be a red card for him and an penalty for Southampton as well.

 

[Cutch]

How can anyone think that is a penalty. He’s a yard away and knows absolutely feck all about it. Arms are in a perfectly natural position for trying to defend. Forget the slow mo, he has no time to knowingly move his arm towards the ball. Joke decision

 

[el3mel]

Why are people saying that's not a penalty ? If that was against us I'll be mad to not get called.

 

[izec]

Dont think thats a penalty. Handballs are more often than not no penalties for me. Close distance, no intention and his arms were not above his head or on the side, the ball would have hit him in the stomach anyway. Bad decision. A bit clumsy, but the rules are far too open for interpretation.

 

[Theafonis]

Clear handball

 

[awop]

VAR can't come soon enough... Joke of a decision.

 

[mu4c_20le]

You ever tried running at full speed and then stopping instantly with your hands behind your back? It's not easy as the momentum will carry you forward.

He wasn't at full speed, he had a chance to stop and put his hands behind his back. Instead he chose to deflect the ball.

 

[Rajma]

Why are people saying that's not a penalty ? If that was against us I'll be mad to not get called.

So all you need to do is target opposition hands in the penalty box? I dont think this one is a penalty as opposed to ours yesterday where he held his hands high and prevented a real danger, it was nothing like that here.

 

[Charley Vincento]

From Dean's angle, it looked to him as if Chambers stuck his arm out deliberately.

 

[OnlyTwoDaSilvas]

Why are people saying that's not a penalty ?

Because there's no chance it is a deliberate handling of the ball, and deliberate is the rule.

The inconsistency of the discretion being applied for non-deliberate handball is the issue. The rule needs rewriting.

 

[Jazz]

Looks a pen to me.

 

[el3mel]

So all you need to do is target opposition hands in the penalty box? I dont think this one is a penalty as opposed to ours yesterday where he held his hands high and prevented a real danger, it was nothing like that here.

Why is he that idiotic to keep his hands in front of him like this ? A B defending is to put your hands behind your back in such situations that the cross hit your chest and go out.

 

[GaryLifo]

I thought it was a penalty and so was the one we didn't get against Southampton yesterday.

Referees are scared to give United a penalty at old trafford since Fergie retired for fear they will be hounded by the media

 

[Summit]

Clear handball

There is a difference between ball to hand, and hand to ball. Which do you think it was?

 

[Offside]

Why have Spurs just skipped a round of fixtures?

 

[Irrational.]

Cech is absolutely fuming. Stupid of the arseholes at SkySports to interview him so soon after he was booked. Zero professionalism and just taking advantage of a player when he's still pissed off.

Feel sorry for him.

 

[el3mel]

Because there's no chance it is a deliberate handling of the ball, and deliberate is the rule.

The inconsistency of the discretion being applied for non-deliberate handball is the issue. The rule needs rewriting.

How many deliberate hand balls in the box have we seen lately and got called a penalty ? Most of the hand balls can be considered not deliberate for me but still get called. The rule is flawed.

But it was their player's mistake to keep his hands that stupidly in front of him in such a situation. He should have had them behind their back. He has nothing but himself to blame.

 

[It's B Rubble]

Makes you wonder why we did NOT get that pen call yesterday. Is there a standard that these refs are held too?

 

[Rafateria]

Why have Spurs just skipped a round of fixtures?

They have two games in 3 days coming up. Not enough police due to NYE to police a full Wembley, Spurs (and one presumes West Ham) were given the option of a much reduced attendance or another date. They chose another date.

 

[GifLord]

Why have Spurs just skipped a round of fixtures?

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/...hen-schedule-new-years-eve-time-a8090371.html