Portland Bill Posted October 2, 2014 Report Share Posted October 2, 2014 I disagree. Anyone who plays football should be aware you cannot be offside from a throw-in - its not really that intelligent to exploit this. Same with goal kicks. It beggars belief that on a football forum people who post don't know rules such as this. Perhaps the mods should pin the rules of the game to the top of the page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esmond Million's Bung Posted October 2, 2014 Report Share Posted October 2, 2014 Personally I think they should concentrate on the hundreds of mistakes made by players during a game,rather than highlighting one decision that may, or may not be a mistake by the officials. The problem is,these ex players are afraid to have a pop at the current players. IMO they should do both, the dissecting of officials decisions is an easy target for overpaid player arse kissing 'gravy train' pundits, that won't derail the gravy train, criticising the players might. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cidered abroad Posted October 2, 2014 Report Share Posted October 2, 2014 Any chance you could explain this to my girlfriend? I could but it will need at least a couple or three days to go through it again and again. Perhaps if your girlfriend and I go to a seaside B & B for some peace and quiet. OK? PS. Please don't tell my wife! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posset red Posted October 2, 2014 Report Share Posted October 2, 2014 No you are not offside if the ball is received directly eg if no other player touches it. This applies to throw ins and corners, i believe. back pass also Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
East End Old Boy Posted October 2, 2014 Report Share Posted October 2, 2014 The Nolan goal.The referee didn't award it, so it wasn't a goal! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahatma Coate Posted October 3, 2014 Report Share Posted October 3, 2014 So I was thinking about this at the weekend after watching Match of the Day. The Nolan goal. How on earth can that be deemed offside? The only part of his body, that was remotely past the defender, was his head. His chest, legs, and arms were all level at the very least. With that I went online and read the latest version of the "offside rule" (in my day it was always clear daylight between the attacking player and the last defender), and it concluded that any part of the body, which can be used to score, that is ahead of the last defender, is deemed as being offside. How stupid is that? As an attacker, surely if you're timing your run perfectly, you're going to be leaning forward? Even if you bend your run, you're going to be leaning forward? Isn't this giving a massive benefit to the defender? Anyway, I just needed to get that off of my chest. It just seems stupid. Football has no " rules", there are however the "laws" of the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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