Ars V Bou

[socal lurker]

, but I hate how assistants don’t flag for obvious offsides.

not flagging obvious OS is violating the protocols. The flag is supposed to be delayed only for close calls with a scoring opportunity,

 

[Hilly1618]

It's also non-contact.

I wasn’t applying the laws of walking football to this incident. I was using my 20 plus years as an official.

 

[Russell Jones]

not flagging obvious OS is violating the protocols. The flag is supposed to be delayed only for close calls with a scoring opportunity,

Of course, what's obvious on a freeze frame may be far from obvious in real time! With attacker and defender running in opposite directions at 20km/h, the overall picture changes by 10m in 1 second (or 1m in 0.1 of a second if you prefer)