Quote Originally Posted by lardy View Post
Well this is the age old problem with the laws. The word deliberate makes every handball except the very obvious impossible to call because refs aren't mind readers and don't know what's truly deliberate.

When players play the ball onto their own hand or forearm (very difficult to play it onto your own upper arm) I see them given every time.

And Mike Dean must have initially thought the same as it could only have come off Mee's head onto his hand.
It is contentious, i agree, The point is, what are the laws, why would it be different if a player ****s up a header and knocks it onto his own arm as opposed to the opposition doing it? In both situations the player is unsuspecting, how can both scenarios become different?