A lot of Ashley lies included in this
"Ashley cleared the NUFC debt"
"Pardew did well under tough conditions"
etc
The more it's repeated, the more it becomes generally accepted, despite it being complete bollocks.
http://www.thefa.com/football-rules-governance/laws/football-11-11/law-12---fouls-and-misconduct.aspx
The law is 'handled the ball deliberately'.
Regardless of whether his arm was up, how could he have intentionally handled the ball considering he was looking the other way and it was headed directly on to his arm from no more than 20cm away?
Considering he spends his whole life scouting France, it says a lot that we end up with the likes of Cabella, Marveaux and Thauvin whilst we decided Payet, Aubameyang and Lacazette weren't worth pursuing.
Has to play in games like today against the poorer sides where they're going to sit back. Fair enough Sissoko and Gini on the wings away or against the good sides at home, but today we needed to stretch the play a lot more than we did.