Today’s Football 2020/21 Season

[kenada_blue]

Of course that can be answered; it's because it would be a rubbish tactic. It might get you the occasional chance but nowhere near as many chances as you could get by staying onside and playing the game normally. It's a bizarre line of argument.

I think the law was interpreted correctly. I think it's a rubbish law, but I don't really see why people are so surprised by it, this might be the first goal scored from this exact situation but stuff like this happens literally every week. Defenders having to make clearances because somebody is offside but the ball then going to someone else who scores is effectively the same thing, the player only played at the ball because someone was offside but they end up being punished for it. It's the way the rule has been for ages now. Again, I don't like it at all but I think they were right to allow the goal with the rule the way it's written.

Of course it is...but it's kinda of a loop hole that, as people have to agree, had no idea that it would be implemented or interpreted that way

When you get refs, players, and explayers going "Really?" You have to question who's right in interpreting the rules.

The word interpretation is what's key. Doesn't mean it's the right way.

 

[Brisan123]

Who even cares?
lol

As an EX referee nearly every rule concerning the game in play starts with
If In the opinion of the referee
So if the the ref says its not offside its not offside

 

[kenada_blue]

As an EX referee nearly every rule concerning the game in play starts with
If In the opinion of the referee
So if the the ref says its not offside its not offside

Exactly.

Basically...if you're head of the Refs or on VAR duty that night...you can make a call and overrule everyone else.

Peter Walton made me laugh flipping from one reason to another last night

 

[Lanolin]

Of course it is...but it's kinda of a loop hole that, as people have to agree, had no idea that it would be implemented or interpreted that way

When you get refs, players, and explayers going "Really?" You have to question who's right in interpreting the rules.

The word interpretation is what's key. Doesn't mean it's the right way.

Well i'm only answering your point? You said 'nobody can explain' and i'm saying everybody can explain, it's incredibly obvious. I'm not sure why you're now saying 'of course it is' when I was literally responding to you saying it wasn't?

Pretty much every law and rule is open to interpretation. There'd be no point in the majority of criminal trials if it was just a straightforward case of 'that's against the law and that's the end of it'; good lawyers get paid the big bucks because they are able to argue that the law can be interpreted in a way that means their client hasn't broken it. Again, I don't like the way the current offside law works, but in fairness i'm not sure it's that easy to come up with an alternative solution. I don't really want everybody flagged offside everytime they ever stray offside, regardless of where the ball ends up.

 

[PaulPowersTash]

Genuine question:
Replace Mings for John Stones last night.
Do we think the media narrative would be all about the rules of the game and how they are applied or
all about John Stones dropping yet another clanger. Reverting to type. Knew his good form couldn't last,
can't be trusted etc. etc?

 

[Brisan123]

sign a decent forward and 100% they'll stay up

They should sign Josh King
Great player according to some

 

[Brisan123]

Molas a baller

Stop you will only encourage the yank

 

[Brisan123]

Areola is a really good keeper except for those exact situations in which he spills it all the time into the center of the area.

Also Kenny Tete who I think I probably said would be a decent stopgap RB is completely lost tonight.

Areola is a bit of a tit

 

[Brisan123]

Strange family that when you think about it.

Anybody with the name Neville Neville is going to spawn a weird bunch of children

 

[Brisan123]

In spurts ....looks the business now imo ......

He is like Zaha joey ,he will only ever be happy playing for a London Club

 

[Brisan123]

Was thinking about the sister and the dad as well.

The sister kinda looks like a woman ,but in a nightclub you would have to do a Crocodile Dundee check on her

 

[Brisan123]

Will we ever see these numbers again?

Santos and Pele might disagree

 

[Brisan123]

I wouldn’t say it’s short-sighted at all. Not only are their goals per season numbers unreal they’ve also done it consistently every single year and in Ronaldo’s case well into his 30’s.

People mention Haaland and Mbappe for now and whilst they score a lot they haven’t come close to their season records.

how many goals did pele score in his career - Google Search

 

[Nymzee]

how many goals did pele score in his career - Google Search

Yeh I mean no one can actually prove Pele scored that amount so let's call me skeptical. Lots of his goals are chalked up to friendlies.

 

[Tubey]

Exactly.

Basically...if you're head of the Refs or on VAR duty that night...you can make a call and overrule everyone else.

Peter Walton made me laugh flipping from one reason to another last night

That was genuinely embarrassing. As is PGMOL ignoring the actual section of the rule that deals with what happened to try and excuse shocking officiating.

They're not held to account, ever.