Peter Grove
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I used to have a little blurb about what constituted deliberate handling, in my opinion. One part of it was, "deliberately prolonging an initially accidental contact." And for me that's exactly what James did.
After the ball had come off his thigh onto his hand in a way he could not have predicted, he then made a clear movement, intended to prevent the ball going past him. As far as I'm concerned that's a handling offence and would always have been, no matter what version of the laws you were using.
After the ball had come off his thigh onto his hand in a way he could not have predicted, he then made a clear movement, intended to prevent the ball going past him. As far as I'm concerned that's a handling offence and would always have been, no matter what version of the laws you were using.