Why won't this damn horse drink the water...
I find it amusing that you could have messaged me with that request, but you very deliberately didn't.
Stocking filler debate? I'm trying to demonstrate to YOU that you've said a number of contradictions in this thread. You've said a number of things you clearly don't believe. I'm certainly a little disappointed that you've responded in the tone you have rather than acknowledge where you've contradicted yourself, but fine. I guess the adage was true.
You need to get some clarity in your thought processes - you'll never see consistency in your refereeing if you're not even consistent in your thought processes. If you're at uni I'd even suggest taking up a critical thinking elective will help you with that.
The other benefit to refereeing is to remember that you don't know everything. You may have reached a point where you feel like an expert, but you most certainly don't know everything. And if you can't swallow your pride and take lessons, your refereeing is going to hit a wall. Hard and fast. Your promotions are going to hit a wall.
Bluntly, all of your posts on this thread have ignored the LOTG. Deliberate handling is determined by a number of factors. We can't determine intent, so we use cues to determine. Some of the reasoning you've provided in this thread is just way off the mark.
The net effect of these cues is that I would suggest it kind of puts the onus on the player to be trying to not handle the ball.
That's completely in line with FIFA instructions, and arguably community expectations.
The video - if you haven't watched it, then you really need to. The full thing. And watch it with an open mind - remembering you're watching somebody with far more experience and expertise than you, and what he is saying is directly in line with what David Elleray has said directly from IFAB about defenders taking the risk when they slide in. He actually explains the reasoning behind this viewpoint better than anybody else.
You might not agree, but I don't agree with every directive or instruction FIFA have come out with. But given that they, in a very stretched sense, are your employer (in the sense that they're setting the 'rules' of your employment), if they say 'this is now the expectation', then guess what? That's now how you're doing your job. You don't have to agree with all of it, but it's what's required.
Personally, I don't like that the 2nd incident in that clip is a foul, but I know that FIFA consider it to be a foul (thus, if I was to referee tomorrow, I'd have to as well). The first - well, he's slid in with his arm well above his head. He's blocked off at least another 2 feet of ground using his hand. This is just making his body bigger, no different to running at an attacker with arms out. That's easy, but as the clip says, that doesn't really matter given FIFA's approach on it these days.