Scottish football

[PhilM]

His arm was in a completely natural position for the defensive action he was making. Game's gone.

Defenders need to pencil dive these days to not risk a penalty - it's farcical.

 

[MikeH72]

Whoever wins this, god still doesn’t exist and the Pope’s still a menace.

 

[Librarian]

Defenders need to pencil dive these days to not risk a penalty - it's farcical.

Or stay on their feet

 

[GrandOldTeam]

There's been an increasing narrative in punditry that those pens only get awarded in European competitions.

Nonsense of a penalty just like it was vs Dewsbury-Hall

 

[JLW]

Come onnnn Hearts! smash the north of the border kopites

 

[larbert toffee]

No way is that a pen.

Erm yes it is, in this era it's a pen all day long.

 

[PhilM]

Or stay on their feet

Well yes, but that's probably what they want: slide tackles are bad.

 

[Mozza1987]

Horrible Scottish kopite rats getting everything right n their favour as you would expect.

It was a pen, but so unnecessary for him to have his hands up like that.

Shocking from goalkeeper too.

His hand was in a completely natural position

 

[ToffeeTim]

There's been an increasing narrative in punditry that those pens only get awarded in European competitions.

Nonsense of a penalty just like it was vs Dewsbury-Hall

I dont remember us getting any of those type of handball penalties ourselves. We had 2 against us in the first fortnight of the season alone. The idea these things even out is just not true.

 

[Nymzee]

Erm yes it is, in this era it's a pen all day long.

Where are his arms meant to be when sliding in like that? Crossed against his chest like he's mad at the world?

 

[Eggs]

…..hope I’m wrong but just has a feel of ‘glorious failure’ for Hearts. Hopefully they heed the words of Sir Alf Ramsey after W Germany equalised in ‘66, ‘you’ve won it once, now go out and win it again’.

By the way, great goal by Chermiti for Rangers (worth a look at).

 

[Vaughan]

why does it actually matter if a ball deflects or is stopped by a hand by accident?

the rule was invented to stop players from picking up the ball and running with it

need a rule change, make that an indirect free kick. youre still punished for using arm, but its not a free strike on goal with a 75% chance of scoring from a cross that probably had less than 5

 

[JobForTheMoyes]

I guess it probably did hit his hand first seeing it back, but it’s also not hand to ball. To give a penalty when it was more than likely not even going to result in a chance just seems way out of proportion as a punishment.

I wonder if they could make it where it’s a direct free kick in the box in a situation like this?

 

[brooklyn blue]

We all knew they would get a pen at some stage,just like our neighbours..

 

[JLW]

There's been an increasing narrative in punditry that those pens only get awarded in European competitions.

Nonsense of a penalty just like it was vs Dewsbury-Hall

For me handball should all be based on when the ball hits the hand, is it preventing the ball from going to an opposing player in a dangerous area.

If not no pen regardless of arm position.