The rules state that the player is offside when the assister passes or touches the ball “*The first point of contact of the 'play' or 'touch' of the ball should be used”
Looking up the VAR protocol there is now. I was wrong. Didn’t used to be that though when it started
there is.
Am l going sken eyed or is the yellow line veering slightly away from the goal line? Parallel lines should appear to be getting closer the further away the get from the eye/camera.
The rules keep changing tho! And the VAR protocol in England is different from other countries. And I’m not sure whether the reffing team actually understood it as they spent ages with the lines when they didn’t need to!
Well yes, but only in the moment. They're supposed to allow play to continue and then flag during a break in play or a breakdown of the move. If that break in play happens to be a goal, then they flag after the goal is scored, which is what they did tonight. The goal happened almost instantly after the possible offside, so the flag went up instantly. If a marginal offside had been 20 seconds earlier in the build up to the goal, then she would have waited until the goal and then put her flag up for the offside 20 seconds earlier.
the rules change with the technology.
I was thinking that. At the very least, we'll probably see clubs asking manufacturers to shave an inch or two off the length of the sleeves. Although about three companies make all of the shirts, so it won't make much difference.
Yup
I genuinely struggle to watch old games because of this. It just makes defending so easy. That and the fact that you can put your studs through any attacker and get away with it.
The VAR rules only apply in England though
rules improving the game are fine. I don’t think the VAR offside does (mainly because of the tech inaccuracies)
Italia '90 was the changing of football. It was so shit the authorities had enough, and with USA '94 and them trying to break the USA market, it had to change.
I believe the lines are parallel. What I don't like with VAR is two things:
yes. it is what var is for. in order to overturn the decision, due diligence has to be implemented. It's why VAR is there. Otherwise just scrap it.
This is why the refs and Pigmol need to be miked up and be audible so we can all understand and learn what they are debating.
Rugby is always held up as the pinnacle and it boils my piss. England lost a six nations match because the ref absolutely buggered them senseless the weekend just gone
I dont know the laws? LOL..... Show me where clear and obvious comes into it on line calls. The problem is people who think they know the laws but dont!
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But if the lines showed he was 1mm onside then why have a clear and obvious criteria? The lino’s subjective decision that Eric was offside couldn’t be clearly and obviously wrong, surely?
Also his foot is over the yellow line so even from the bullshit sleeve rule he’d probs still be onside
