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Fine but that's an issue with the law itself - that is handball as he's made his body unnaturally bigger.

Because his arm is in an unnatural position about 90 degrees away from his body?

Do I like the handball law? No. Is that a penalty under it? Yes.

Oh, we're doing this again!

Its nice to know that Southgate rates me as highly as Nick Pope as a potential number 1 for England.

That ought to make it easy for World Cup referees then...

I think its a penalty under the handball law we have. I don't believe it's a caution BUT at least UEFA have been consistent in giving just about every HB in the box as a caution - remember the second yellow shown in the Ajax v Chelsea game last year? A RBL player got one last night for a HB in...

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At least we’ve gotten away from claiming it’s reckless for not considering the outcome on account of being SPA.

And frankly, what does that matter? It remains a fact that the law does not allow you to caution for the single offence that occurs for a SPA foul.

In what scenarios have you B1Fd?

As would I, but it remains a fact that you’d be wrong in law.

But I take issue with that - I’ve never cautioned for a shirt pull that wasn’t SPA/persistent. Would you really caution a striker who pulls a defender’s shirt and then goes round the GK and scores? Or does so from a corner? No. You’d give a foul and move on.

Because if you are to caution for it being reckless you’ll have reasons - late/from behind/whatever the criteria you decide are met are and there would also be SPA criteria. In this case the SPA/USB are the same offence and the same criteria are met so the law doesn’t want you to caution. The...

That is correct. The law does not want you to caution there.

The arm was in an unnatural position. That's been a penalty in Europe for at least 18 months.

And some are inventing hypothetical situations to justify cards that they want to give - I do too, but can't. He could lose his balance and trip and possibly break his neck. Let's call it SFP and be done with it. You cannot caution SPA for a pull back after playing an advantage and cannot decide...

I'm sorry but how is a shirt pull of any kind anywhere on the pitch done either with disregard to the dangers to an opponent or disregard for consequences caused by their actions? You'd only manage to shoehorn a shirt pull into either or those if the shirt ended up around his neck!

I hate the law but lets be clear - SPA cannot be reckless. Since many of you seem to have forgotten a reckless tackle is when a player acts with disregard to the danger to, or consequences for, an opponent and must be cautioned. A player attempting to break up an attack is doing the exact...

I'm in Wales - not been near a football pitch since March 4th.