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Clear daylight offside

OldNavyRef

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Being lazy here and done zero research other than checking if it has already been posted.

But I seen this tweet/ x by Stan Collymore
 

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The line is also not correct, drawn at the hand of the defender…
I think it's actually been drawn to mark the back of the attackers boot, showing it to be in front of any part of the defender able to play the ball
 
Wow, so we go from judging marginal offsides to judging marginal offsides. What is the point?!
You're doing away with offsides where the attacker has no obvious advantage, at least. There's no concept of 'level' anymore, you're either on or off.
 
You're doing away with offsides where the attacker has no obvious advantage, at least. There's no concept of 'level' anymore, you're either on or off.
I suppose that is one benefit. But then we get the new debate of where does the advantage start and end? Where does daylight start and end?
 
It would risk killing football as a spectacle. Defenders wouldn't be able to hold a high line so would have to drop off.

It would inevitably also lead to more offside mistakes being made. Being able to see whether a part of an attacker is head of a defender is a lot easier than seeing if there is daylight between the two. VAR would correct them at the top levels but that would just slow things down even more as there would be more checks, plus at levels without VAR it would be a nightmare for the ARs.
 
plus at levels without VAR it would be a nightmare for the ARs.
Exactly. In grassroots games, AR's are often working in different teams every week, without comms or a 4th official to watch benches and misconduct etc, and have to do all their other duties. This would just be another burden to think about.
 
This would be the death of football - imagine trying to judge if a trailing ankle is behind a knee of the defender etc?! As it stands now, it’s usually the head/chest that is furthest forward which is much more obvious and easier to see from 30 yards away. Also imagine the appeals from players who could argue about a trailing foot keeping them onside…
 
It would risk killing football as a spectacle. Defenders wouldn't be able to hold a high line so would have to drop off.

It would inevitably also lead to more offside mistakes being made. Being able to see whether a part of an attacker is head of a defender is a lot easier than seeing if there is daylight between the two. VAR would correct them at the top levels but that would just slow things down even more as there would be more checks, plus at levels without VAR it would be a nightmare for the ARs.
Even more so given flash lag means you are looking for close to daylight as it it is...
 
This would be the death of football - imagine trying to judge if a trailing ankle is behind a knee of the defender etc?! As it stands now, it’s usually the head/chest that is furthest forward which is much more obvious and easier to see from 30 yards away. Also imagine the appeals from players who could argue about a trailing foot keeping them onside…
Again, this is not real. No such trial has been approved by the IFAB for next season.

Here's the list of all of the currently approved ones.

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So, a novel approach - lets just abolish offside !!!! 🤯 🤯 🤯 🤯 🤯

  • Stops high line defending, thus creating more space for the midfield players.
  • Stop VAR reviews
  • Creates more attacking football, as the ball will be lumped into the opponents penalty area more.
It would be a little like Gaelic Football, without the points for shots over the bar.
 
That would force every team to defend really low. Do not think that would be attractive to watch.
 
That would force every team to defend really low. Do not think that would be attractive to watch.
But the managers and fans would stop moaning about bad offside decisions….
They would just complain about bad football, which is the managers fault not the referees!!!
 
Terrible idea, said from day one of people moaning about tight VAR offside calls that changing to this just shifts the tight call and makes it harder to make on field.
 
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