Liverpool v Everton 27th Sept 12.45

livinginkorea

Surely a handball???

Grayditch

One for one on the peno calls, I guess.

Utopia Parkway

Barry extremely lucky twice in a minute there.

Harry Palmr

Barry should be off

Lord TSC

lol, Barry should be well gone already.

LightningBlue

Gareth Barry should have been sent off twice by now. He's completely off the pace of the game.

monkey9

Barry should have been off and conceded a penalty at this stage.

Barry has money on himself for a red card

matrim

Both probably should have been penos.

The only defence for the handball is that it probably would have smacked him in the head if his hand wasn't there

Lucas Hood

Could have been off would have been very harsh though imo.

Correct call, protecting his face. Not deliberate.

Although I want Liverpool to get a penalty :P

livinginkorea

What a shot, not enough power I think

Lord TSC

US Secretary of Defence in action.

Francie Barrett

Barry having a stinker, for only the second time this season, Liverpool starting brilliant.

Grayditch

Henderson is a gem.

Agent Coulson

M!Ck^ wrote: »

Correct call, protecting his face. Not deliberate.

Although I want Liverpool to get a penalty :P

All the years I watched football I didn't know that rule!

You can handle the ball to protect your face wow

Utopia Parkway

Lallana playing very well so far. Getting his fitness back.

livinginkorea

Agent Coulson wrote: »

All the years I watched football I didn't know that rule!

You can handle the ball to protect your face wow

New for me too. Would love to see that rule

monkey9

M!Ck^ wrote: »

Correct call, protecting his face. Not deliberate.

Although I want Liverpool to get a penalty :P

Yeah he protected his face by handling the ball.

livinginkorea

Did Owen just say 'scabby?'

davycc

jim beglin commentating on nbc its gonna be a loooooooooooooooog game- hope everton win for the irish players sake but they should be a man down and goal too already

Agent Coulson

Agent Coulson wrote: »

All the years I watched football I didn't know that rule!

You can handle the ball to protect your face wow

Amazing I know

monkey9

Agent Coulson wrote: »

All the years I watched football I didn't know that rule!

You can handle the ball to protect your face wow

That's how rugby was formed. When William Webb Ellis first picked up the football and started running with it, he answered the curious looks he received by stating "I'm just protecting my face, lads."

Francie Barrett

livinginkorea wrote: »

Did Owen just say 'scabby?'

Can't stand that man

sword1

Owen seems very anti Liverpool in his comments

livinginkorea

sword1 wrote: »

Owen seems very anti Liverpool in his comments

Bitter it seems

Paully D

M!Ck^ wrote: »

Correct call, protecting his face. Not deliberate.

That rule doesn't exist, does it? And if he was protecting his face then it surely was deliberate?

livinginkorea

Great pass from Hendo, great vision

citytillidie

Paully D wrote: »

That rule doesn't exist, does it? And if he was protecting his face then it surely was deliberate?

It's not a rule it should have been a pen

Sanity_Saviour

Besic seems to put a halt every attack when the ball comes to his feet

dubrov

The rule is deliberate handball but referees have interpreted this as also including the situation where a player puts their hands in a position which is likely to gain an advantage, i.e. blocking a shot on goal.

The shot would have hit row Z so not a penalty for me

Paully D

Paully D wrote: »

That rule doesn't exist, does it? And if he was protecting his face then it surely was deliberate?

Unless it was introduced this morning.

It's amazing the stuff you read on here from people who "follow" football !

Benimar

Paully D wrote: »

That rule doesn't exist, does it? And if he was protecting his face then it surely was deliberate?

Of course it doesn't exist!

You can protect your face, as long as you are ok with giving away a penalty for deliberate handball!

livinginkorea

If the rule exists then I would like to see the official rule.

If not then it is BS

John Cherry

Great chance for Baines.

livinginkorea

Benimar wrote: »

Of course it doesn't exist!

You can protect your face, as long as you are ok with giving away a penalty for deliberate handball!

He jumped with his hands well in front of his face. What footballer jumps like that? If he is afraid of a football in the face then he is in the wrong sport

ROCKMAN

Paully D wrote: »

That rule doesn't exist, does it? And if he was protecting his face then it surely was deliberate?

He is leaving out the most important part of that rule which is section C.1
" the above regulation only applies if player in question is playing for the team you support "

Terrible from Baines, he had so much time

FernandoTorres

Markovic is very out of his depth

Thanx 4 The Fish

Both could have been pens. Baines should have done better there really.

Gbear

dubrov wrote: »

The rule is deliberate handball but referees have interpreted this as also including the situation where a player puts their hands in a position which is likely to gain an advantage, i.e. blocking a shot on goal.

The shot would have hit row Z so not a penalty for me

That's completely irrelevant.

It's the player's decision and not just what the probably outcome is that determines whether it's a foul. Barry didn't stick his arms out for the laugh or because he fancied living dangerously by handling a shot that was going into orbit.

If a shot's going wide and a defender leaps out and palms it out for a corner it's still a penalty.

Benimar

dubrov wrote: »

The rule is deliberate handball but referees have interpreted this as also including the situation where a player puts their hands in a position which is likely to gain an advantage, i.e. blocking a shot on goal.

The shot would have hit row Z so not a penalty for me

Where the shot would have ended up has no bearing on the decision. The referee only has to judge if it was a deliberate handball, nothing else.

The only bearing it would have is on whether the player gets a red or yellow card. Red if it's going in the goal, yellow in all other cases.

Grayditch

If Liverpool or Everton get hammered. If we have another "slip". If Gerrard scores an overhead kick own goal...the most embarrassing thing I've seen all day is that "protecting his face" comment.

Unreal. I'm still in bits.

Snap, hamstring gone.

Ouch

8-10

FernandoTorres wrote: »

Markovic is very out of his depth

He looks scared of everything. I'm beginning to get worried about him, I'm not writing him off but he needs to get up to speed quickly if he's to be starting games

Thanx 4 The Fish

Thats bad news for Mirrallas. Looks like a bad one.

Super-Rush

I hate knobheads cheering when a player injures himself.

Gbear

****e. Unlucky for Mirallas.

Good for us though.

Harry Palmr

Gerrard getting lured upfield and losing possession.

Miralles hamstring, ouch.

kevohmsford

Mirallas is down with a hamstring injury.