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       Re: Josh Smith: Luton v Wolves
   DIR By: Leggy
       Date: September 26, 2023, 12:35 pm
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       --- Quote from: nemesis link ---
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       > [quote author=Mr. Owens link=topic=5223.msg68417#msg68417
       date=1695727864]
       > The reason handball is so difficult to understand is simply
       because it has fundamentally and substantially changed every
       year for the last 4 or 5 years. As of last year, an arm above
       the head was always a handball except when a defender, who was
       attempting to play the ball, deflects the ball into their arm,
       even if the arm were stretched above the head. At the latest law
       change, that was removed and now it is a handball offense when a
       player "touches the ball with their hand/arm when it has made
       their body unnaturally bigger. A player is considered to have
       their body unnaturally bigger when the position of their
       hand/arm is not a consequence of, or justifiable by, the
       player's body movement for that specific situation. By having
       their hand/arm in such a position, the player takes a risk of
       their hand/arm being hit by the ball and being penalized."
       >
       > If you ask me, in their attempts to clarify the situation,
       IFAB have actually made the situation more and more difficult
       for referees, players, technical staff, and audiences to
       understand and have done a disservice to the game with regards
       to handball. Still, they will claim that the key to
       understanding the handball is the mythical "football
       understanding" which I'm starting to believe is a "you e?ither
       have it or you don't, and if you have to ask then you don't have
       it" type of catch-all.
       >
       --- End Quote ---
       Does putting your arm up to appeal for offside count as natural
       or unnatural ?
       [/quote]
       It was natural when it was the Arsenal back four under George
       Graham.
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