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...says the man who told me to go and read the rules, only yesterday - and helpfully even provided me with a link...
theifab.com
Yes and I have given myself exactly the same advice....says the man who told me to go and read the rules, only yesterday - and helpfully even provided me with a link...
International Football Association Board | Laws of the Game | IFAB
The International Football Association Board (IFAB) are the independent guardians of the football rules of association football.
But you've been pontificating on the laws for some time now and have just revealed that you're not sure about them. How can we ever trust you again?
There are parts of the laws I know about and there are parts I am not completely sure on. I don’t claim certainty where I am not certain.
Absolutely not. I would never attempt such a thing with someone as knowledgeable as you. That would be foolish.
It’s not personal. Love you xx
If your team gain any kind of advantage from a handball, arms in a natural position or a so called unnatural position, it's still handball first and foremost.
That’s not the rule. A goal scorer cannot benefit from their handball but otherwise it’s not problem as long as the handball isn’t a handball offence.
The rule has always been inconsistently applied.
We'll see, the setting up a goal / leading to a goal is a red herring. That hand ball stopping a breakaway in the middle of the park will be given regularly.
Good work. I was 50/50 but the angle and actual clarity of picture they were was shockingSo I have too much time while I am nursing my flu and I feel Solanke's goals should definitely have stood. But as soon as I saw Tierny's face last night at the VAR I knew he was trying fucking hard to invalidate the goal. See his hand gesture and the facial expression of the assistant official looking like he's doubting the decision a bit:
But worse was the inaccurate ruling from the lines. The pixelation itself was a benefit of the doubt. It's atrocious in terms of video quality for a VAR standard. But we can still see the field lines segmentations. It wouldn't be defined, so the drawing of the lines wouldn't and shouldn't be as well. Actually it doesn't even take drawing of lines to already see Solanke was onside.
So as seen here with what I have done in Photoshop, the blue line is what the demarcation of the segments on the field. Parallel to the blue line was the green line drawn right up to the toe of the Liverpool defender. See how Solanke was soooo onside. ONLY Werner was offside there.
It has to take a parallax error drawn as shown in red line in order to show Solanke was offside. AND THAT'S WHAT VAR DID. WE can sort of see the lines joined at the far side and became separated at the nearside. RIDICULOUS. And the drawing of the lines down from the shoulders was just hazarding a guess all along, I AM DAMN SURE. They are not be able to tell from there.
It's a terrible standard of officiating. Any Photoshop user can do a better job than those useless refs. Parallel lines don't meet, and that angle wasn't even converging to have the lines so close as the far side.
Obligotary VAR is shit and should be killed with fire.So I have too much time while I am nursing my flu and I feel Solanke's goals should definitely have stood. But as soon as I saw Tierny's face last night at the VAR I knew he was trying fucking hard to invalidate the goal. See his hand gesture and the facial expression of the assistant official looking like he's doubting the decision a bit:
But worse was the inaccurate ruling from the lines. The pixelation itself was a benefit of the doubt. It's atrocious in terms of video quality for a VAR standard. But we can still see the field lines segmentations. It wouldn't be defined, so the drawing of the lines wouldn't and shouldn't be as well. Actually it doesn't even take drawing of lines to already see Solanke was onside.
So as seen here with what I have done in Photoshop, the blue line is what the demarcation of the segments on the field. Parallel to the blue line was the green line drawn right up to the toe of the Liverpool defender. See how Solanke was soooo onside. ONLY Werner was offside there.
It has to take a parallax error drawn as shown in red line in order to show Solanke was offside. AND THAT'S WHAT VAR DID. WE can sort of see the lines joined at the far side and became separated at the nearside. RIDICULOUS. And the drawing of the lines down from the shoulders was just hazarding a guess all along, I AM DAMN SURE. They are not be able to tell from there.
It's a terrible standard of officiating. Any Photoshop user can do a better job than those useless refs. Parallel lines don't meet, and that angle wasn't even converging to have the lines so close as the far side.
Theres literally a peno given every couple of weeks for the ball accidently bouncing off a players hand
There have been 4 penalties in the Premier League for handball all season.
Except that it is Solanke's shoulder that is his furthest part forward, as can be seen from the actual VAR decision, and you are not judging based on that.So I have too much time while I am nursing my flu and I feel Solanke's goals should definitely have stood. But as soon as I saw Tierny's face last night at the VAR I knew he was trying fucking hard to invalidate the goal. See his hand gesture and the facial expression of the assistant official looking like he's doubting the decision a bit:
But worse was the inaccurate ruling from the lines. The pixelation itself was a benefit of the doubt. It's atrocious in terms of video quality for a VAR standard. But we can still see the field lines segmentations. It wouldn't be defined, so the drawing of the lines wouldn't and shouldn't be as well. Actually it doesn't even take drawing of lines to already see Solanke was onside.
So as seen here with what I have done in Photoshop, the blue line is what the demarcation of the segments on the field. Parallel to the blue line was the green line drawn right up to the toe of the Liverpool defender. See how Solanke was soooo onside. ONLY Werner was offside there.
It has to take a parallax error drawn as shown in red line in order to show Solanke was offside. AND THAT'S WHAT VAR DID. WE can sort of see the lines joined at the far side and became separated at the nearside. RIDICULOUS. And the drawing of the lines down from the shoulders was just hazarding a guess all along, I AM DAMN SURE. They are not be able to tell from there.
It's a terrible standard of officiating. Any Photoshop user can do a better job than those useless refs. Parallel lines don't meet, and that angle wasn't even converging to have the lines so close as the far side.
No exception
Unless there is a chip implanted on every's players' shoulders, there is no way the image can tell who is ahead of who in that tight frame. If they drew it with some non-human calculations, they have to reveal the coordinates. Everything is so inconclusive they just seem to guess along the way, yet they are not giving the benefit of doubt.
