QUOTE(sigheart @ Mar 2 2014, 05:05 PM)
Dude go read the rules on hand balls. A penalty may not be given by the ref if it was deemed not deliberate or not intentional. If it is as you say every hand ball is a penalty whether intentional or not every tom d*** and harry footballer will be aiming for hands as soon as they go into the box.
It wasn't a question of whether Koscielny handled the ball it was a question of whether it was ball to hand or hand to ball.
QUOTE(lazybump_nonsense @ Mar 2 2014, 05:27 PM)
IMHO You clearly need to understand the rules again before going into argument. As if you are protecting your body using your arms, just like every player protecting their "balls" and chest, even though the ball hits the arm, handball will not be given. And the other point is like what @Sigheart mentioned.
QUOTE(undentifyxd @ Mar 2 2014, 06:00 PM)
http://www.thefa.com/football-rules-govern...misconduct.aspxread the official rules here
it is up to u if u think if it was a penalty or not
Thanks for the links and advice.
I'm pretty well aware of the penalty rules.
I believe some of us think that the penalty call was harsh and not deliberate.
While I don't necessarily disagree with it, I'm also in the opinion that the ref has all the right to call it a penalty too. At this point, its probably a moot point to harp on the issue any longer seeing there's plenty of trollers visiting our turf now.
By the end of the game, it was clear that the penalty wasn't the only thing that cause our downfall. 10 games is still a long way to go, plus we have FA cup matches and UCL finals to think about. No thanks to Giroud latest controversy, there's more than enough for Wenger to handle to prevent the team from breaking down in such a critical time.