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    bloovee replied to the thread 2026 Potential Law Changes.
    Intolerable "safe refereeing"? That sounds a bit like the old newspaper report: "The game was spoiled by a referee who insisted on...
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    bloovee replied to the thread City v Wolves.
    I can't see that much difference. It's irrelevant anyway. If the City player had accidentally kicked the ball onto his own hand in...
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    bloovee replied to the thread City v Wolves.
    That's almost a philosophical question, if a player is spreading arms wide but the ball hits the arm near the shoulder. Does it matter...
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    bloovee replied to the thread City v Wolves.
    That's really not good enough. If Darren England as VAR thought the handball in City v Wolves was "unnatural" but the onfield ref...
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    bloovee replied to the thread City v Wolves.
    Probably? Palace defender would have have had to have his arm amputated to avoid that...
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    bloovee replied to the thread City v Wolves.
    I hope you and others aren't just going off a still. The arms only go out when Marmoush looks as if he might cross the ball - or as if...
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    bloovee reacted to socal lurker's post in the thread City v Wolves with Like Like.
    If the R was right to not award a PK, then the VAR was wrong to send it down. The protocol does not provide for VAR”s to send things...
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    bloovee replied to the thread City v Wolves.
    No one runs naturally with arms in that position.
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    bloovee replied to the thread City v Wolves.
    It's not deliberate handball though, is it? If it was deliberate, there wouldn't be a whole clause in the laws about unnatural position...
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    bloovee replied to the thread City v Wolves.
    If EPL players get to think a Schmeichel star-jump is a "natural" position, they'll be giving away a lot of penalties in the World Cup.
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    bloovee replied to the thread Man Utd vs Man City.
    So you think if Doku had played dead it would have been more likely to be a red card?
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    bloovee replied to the thread Man Utd vs Man City.
    Er... what rolling around?
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    bloovee replied to the thread Man Utd vs Man City.
    Glancing...
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    bloovee replied to the thread Newcastle v Man City.
    Thanks for that attempt to bring a logical explanation to a bizarre situation! But if the VAR thought there was more than a little...
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    bloovee replied to the thread Newcastle v Man City.
    I've already agreed that (despite holding each other) there was a case that Haaland in an offside position may have prevented the...
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