Tomlin carefully stayed at the keeper's side so the 3rd rule is not infringed.
Tomlin did not prevent the keeper from releasing the ball - in fact he waited for him to do it. So the first rule is not infringed.
The decision for the ref appears to be whether there was an attempt to kick the ball
when the keeper was "in the process of releasing it." There must also be a decision that what happened was dangerous. This rule conflates 2 situations.
That keeper threw the ball into the air, intending to kick it as it fell. Once he had done so, he had released it.
There was no danger.
I think there is a perfectly good argument that it was a valid goal,
Furthermore Tomlin was booked, presumably for dangerous play. So the ref must have thought it was dangerous, perhaps even when the ball had been released and he was entitled to go for it?
These laws are a bit of a shambles, in particular law 2.
Originally Posted by rich munn
Tomlin carefully stayed at the keeper's side so the 3rd rule is not infringed.
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