Just had my keeper booked for handling outside the box!

[themoffster]

Never had that before, ever.

[Big-Murph]

Great, have to have at least 10 characters so...

[fmobande]

happen to me but it wasn't to my keeper it was there's. its in real life in the rules your not aloud to hold the ball outside the box and surprisingly they have it in FM 09 which yet it proves that FM09 takes realism important i was surpised when it happen dont know why a A.I will make a mistake ?

[simon07]

Cool (I have to put 10 characters here, so I will put something random. Hand made wooden pegs)

[Spart]

this happened today for me too. poor guy got panicked by a quickly on coming striker.

[H Y P Z]

Happened to me once managing in the lower leagues.

[White Flag]

never had that before, ever.

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[Helpma]

You're lucky - My keeper got sent off for that. Trouble was, there wasn't another player within 20 yds of him when he did it.

I'm not sure if that's a reflection on the decision making of Montrose goalkeepers, or the standard of refereeing in the lower leagues.

[joshpea4]

if the ball was heading for goal only an idiot goalkeeper would do that

[kkas]

Really weird, never seen this before and then on the same day I see this topic it happens to me

[JoeLatics]

Booked for deliberate handball...

Straight red if he'd Denied an Obvious Goalscoring Oppourtunity.

[VV145]

Really weird, never seen this before and then on the same day I see this topic it happens to me

Happened to me a couple of days ago. Craig Gordon taking a kick from his hands. All very odd.

[thegame24]

lol me too but almunia got sent off, thats weird also happened to me this week for firs time

[SCIAG]

happen to me but it wasn't to my keeper it was there's. its in real life in the rules your not aloud to hold the ball outside the box and surprisingly they have it in FM 09 which yet it proves that FM09 takes realism important i was surpised when it happen dont know why a A.I will make a mistake ?

Of course the AI players can make mistakes, they're exactly like human controlled players!

And why is it surprising? SI implement one of the most basic rules of football, which shows they take realism seriously? Sorry, but that's like saying "I had a player offside- how realistic!"

[hilton210916]

its in real life in the rules your not aloud to hold the ball outside the box

You seem like a really special person.

[Martin_]

My promotion rivals' keeper got sent off for that last season

[Nerion]

I played many seasons without ever witnessing such a thing. Then 1 match my keeper catches the ball, seemingly within the area, suddenly shifts about a meter away to outside the area without walking and gets sent off. Then the very next match, the exact same thing happens to my opponent's keeper.

After that I never saw it happen anymore.

[Kanukki]

Booked for deliberate handball...

Straight red if he'd Denied an Obvious Goalscoring Oppourtunity.

Thanks... I've had this happen a couple times in my games and was wondering why the keepers only got yellow. I had thought it was an automatic red, but your explanation makes sense. Cheers.

[Chinese_Taboo]

Van der Saar for me went to collect a unpressured loose ball outside the area and handled it in the dying minutes 1-0 up. He got sent off and the opposition scored from the resulting freekick.

I was confused of how a goalkeeper can handle it when every other player is in the other half of the pitch.

[samuelburrowsuk]

Thanks... I've had this happen a couple times in my games and was wondering why the keepers only got yellow. I had thought it was an automatic red, but your explanation makes sense. Cheers.

Depends on whether it denied a goal-scoring opportunity. "Deliberate handball" is only a yellow card offence by itself and the rulebook definition is not specific to player position.