Premier League Games 30/31 March '24

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Paqueta with the dinky dinky.

 

[Sparkys-Army]

I hope we can bring in Paqueta, he's class

 

[bluenova]

I think either interpretation is acceptable, to be honest.

But VAR usually errs on the side of the on field decision, for better or worse.

The main takeaway should be that offside is not an objective decision, even in case where it is simply a matter of checking whether an attacking player was in an offside position when their teammate played the ball.

Some offsides.

A lot, and probably the majority, are situations where you can rule out the subjective elements.

 

[SebastianBlue]

That’s a cracking finish by Antonio. He looks a bit ungainly but he took that really well.

Who was it on here that was calling him a pub league player a few years ago before Antonio finished high up in the scoring charts that season?

 

[Jam Tomorrow]

Getting tired of seeing players slapping others in the face, this holding out your arms to hold off or give an opponent a sly slap should be stopped by a yellow. It’s football not rugby!

 

[SebastianBlue]

Some offsides.

A lot, and probably the majority, are situations where you can rule out the subjective elements.

No. Nearly every single one is subjective due to how the elements are determined: frame of video to be used to determine when the ball was released (or played, in this case), where exactly the line is placed for the second-to-last defender, where exactly the line is placed for the attacking player being assessed for offsides (or not), sometimes which defender and/or attacker to be used for the determination, whether attackers are interfering with play from an offside position, etc.

That’s ignoring the undisclosed margin of error based on the limitations of video recording (impacts of frame rate and distortion).

The system is generally subjective, not objective.

 

[Gray]

Twitching his flag arm - what the f*#k.

 

[southamptonblue]

Who was it on here that was calling him a pub league player a few years ago before Antonio finished high up in the scoring charts that season?

Not me, but he is a bang average PL player at best, more battering ram than a footballer ;)

 

[SebastianBlue]

Not me, but he is a bang average PL player at best, more battering ram than a footballer ;)

To be fair to the blue that had said it, I think he came back and admitted he may have been a bit harsh on Antonio.

Most of us would kill to have Antonio’s career (and wage packet). ;-)

 

[bluenova]

No. Every single one is subjective due to how the elements are determined: frame of video to be used to determine when the ball was released (or played, in this case), where exactly the line is placed for the second-to-last defender, where exactly the line is placed for the attacking player being assessed for offsides (or not), sometimes which defender and/or attacker to be used for the determination, whether attackers are interfering with play from and offside position, etc.

The system is subjective, not objective.

If you're offside by a distance beyond the margin of error for video/line placement, the ball was clearly played by a teammate, and there are no other attackers ahead of the second to last defender - which covers a lot of offside offences - then none of the subjective elements come into play.

An offside decision can be objectively correct.