So I’m glad you’re now not arguing about the different laws and seem to accept how I’ve described them.
A matter of opinion absolutely fine, just exactly as Hibbyradge has said .
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You can freeze frame to prove just about anything. I've posted one showing the keeper starting to dive, a split second after McNulty shot. The referee doesn't have that luxury.
I don't know what you're arguing about now.
https://i.postimg.cc/c1hZJSsy/Screen...650-Chrome.jpg
That split second is after the ball has travelled to the arm (3/4 yards) and left the arm to go away from goal, and he’s only just started to move. It’s clear he was getting nowhere near it.
You can’t say the keeper dived as soon as McNulty hit it as that’s simply not true.
It doesn't clearly show anything, but since when did keepers have to dive before a player shoots to make a save?
As I've said from the start, the player could have been sent off. However, the referee didn't think that the offence merited a red card according to the laws of the game.
Not much else to say really.
I don't really agree with the explanation. If you deliberately pull someone back when they're clear through in the box it would still be a pen and red - that wouldn't be the case if you accept the explanation.
I think it's more likely the ref has interpreted it as not deliberately denying a goalscoring opportunity but has left his body in a place that is deemed a 'deliberate' handball, i.e. a middle ground that isn't really in the rules.
How was Goldson not a red in the Rangers game? Unfathomable.
I thought the point was that there was a penalty so the opportunity is still there.
Either way, a handball in the box which denies a clear goalscoring opportunity should be a red:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2018/05/19/phil-jones-not-sent-last-man-foul-eden-hazard/amp/
Just watched the highlights and aye, clear red. No attempt to play the ball, realised the guy had him f9r pace and just takes him out as he’s bearing down on the box.
Almost more annoying, McGregor launch the ball right at the Killie lad and then go radge at the ref. My most disliked player, along with Naismith.