Clear daylight offside
- Thread starter OldNavyRef
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Runner Ref
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It would all come down to mm's. Whether that is mm's onside or mm's offside.
So makes naff all difference.
So makes naff all difference.
Good 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.
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.
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.
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.
Peter Grove
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There's a list of all currently approved trials that can be tried next season on the IFAB website. This isn't one of them.
I don't disagree with you, just putting the view across!
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…
Even more so given flash lag means you are looking for close to daylight as it it is...
Peter Grove
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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.
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.
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.