Not picking at you here Camby, but going to have a rant here..
Neither are forgivable. The law states handball must be deliberate, Simpson was pulling his arm away from the ball and it hits him. Add to that the fact Coutinho is 3-4 yards away, what can he do?
Refereeing standards are absolutely embarrassing, this is supposed to be the league where the best referees in this country are, yet week in and week out we are watching officials get basic decisions wrong.
Look at the Swansea game, Rob Green was not even close to being in his area, yet the linesman gives nothing? I just don't get how they miss such basic decisions. I think the officials are petrified of making a decision for the fear of being torn to shreds in the media the following day. They have lost their bottle as individuals and a collective group.
I understand sometimes you can have a tough call and it can genuinely go either way, but you watch any episode from this season's MOTD and you can bet there is a referee who has made an error on a basic decision. It is happening all the time, it really is just unbelievable.
Officials will make mistakes, as they are only human, but the key is in other sports they have taken advantage of technology to rectify human error. This really isn't difficult, just introduce technology and help the officials out. If there is a contentious decision that can potentially affect the outcome of the game then review it. If it shows that technology cannot convincingly prove the referees decision wrong, the decision originally made by the official stands. It really isn't rocket science and how sports like Rugby and Cricket have used this for years, yet goaline technology was only recently introduced I will never understand.
FIFA need to wake up, football is a million miles behind other sports in terms of technology use and officiating standards.