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Question for @tomw24.
Firstly, I haven't seen the incident but the live text report said the ball came up off his thigh. If that is true doesn't the handball then become irrelevant (similar to the "penalty" not given to us against Wolves (I think) last season?)
 
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Question for @tomw24.
Firstly, I haven't seen the incident but the live text report said the ball came up off his thigh. If that is true doesn't the handball then become irrelevant (similar to the "penalty" not given to us against Wolves (I think) last season?)

Not when there's a deliberate move of the arm to the ball. Otherwise whenever the ball hits a defender, they could just punch it away.
 
Question for @tomw24.
Firstly, I haven't seen the incident but the live text report said the ball came up off his thigh. If that is true doesn't the handball then become irrelevant (similar to the "penalty" not given to us against Wolves (I think) last season?)
James moved his arm towards the ball, making his body unnaturally bigger, therefore the fact it came off his thigh first was irrelevant.
 
I may be in a minority, but I really don’t want to stand at football. Maybe it’s remembering the early 80s and what it was like, but give me a seat any day.

To be fair, it’s probably my age too :)
 
I may be in a minority, but I really don’t want to stand at football. Maybe it’s remembering the early 80s and what it was like, but give me a seat any day.

To be fair, it’s probably my age too :)

Im getting on a bit now but i prefer to stand at football any day. I say stand but not crammed into enclosed pens like back in the day.