A fun one. Given offside for exactly the same at the other end of the pitch about 10 minutes later too.
If someone was given offside for doing exactly the same thing as depicted in this clip, then that was an incorrect decision, given that there's no offside offence here.A fun one. Given offside for exactly the same at the other end of the pitch about 10 minutes later too.
As I often do when these things pop up I stress the importance of reading the whole lotg. Not just law 1-17.Is the player who runs but doesn't get the ball not 'active' enough to be classed as offside?
Surely chasing and getting THAT close is active?
Player reaction tells you everything, not one player asking for offside, so I agree football expects no offside.In either respect @wazztie16, (what the laws say and what football expects) this is not an offside offence.
The players know it as it has been the case for a long time.
Pundit/commentary team were just enjoying the airtime I think. The last ten seconds of the below he calls for a red card a couple of times, followed by “it’s reckless, it is reckless”…The pundits/commentary team stunk of purely arguing against the decision for a story.
I'm 99% certain that if it had been given offside, they'd have clipped it up and said "we all know that being in an offside position is not an offence in itself. He doesn't play the ball, his teammate does who was onside. The officials have had a nightmare with that one".
Thoughts on that challenge?Pundit/commentary team were just enjoying the airtime I think. The last ten seconds of the below he calls for a red card a couple of times, followed by “it’s reckless, it is reckless”…
Even if one was, the pundits would ignore them and argue it as per.No referee on hand tonight to tell them the truth of the law either by the sound of it...
Point of contact isn’t that high. I don’t think the wet pitch has done him any favours and makes it look worse, but reckless and yellow for me. The slow mo you can see he immediately buries his head in the grass, think he was expecting a different colour.Thoughts on that challenge?
For me, studs are down with an attempt to play it. Certainly reckless and yellow, but could probably be justified for a red, SFP. Think it's a borderline for me. The speed of the tackle doesn't help him.
Yeah, think it could swing either way really. Up to interpretation, as to me, it's tightPoint of contact isn’t that high. I don’t think the wet pitch has done him any favours and makes it look worse, but reckless and yellow for me. The slow mo you can see he immediately buries his head in the grass, think he was expecting a different colour.
Pundit/commentary team were just enjoying the airtime I think. The last ten seconds of the below he calls for a red card a couple of times, followed by “it’s reckless, it is reckless”…