The law ur trying to clarify is to stop the attacking player smashing or cannoning the ball off the defender to his own player in an offside position .If the Villa keeper throws the ball he’s not offside full stop.
The law has always ( at least in my lifetime) been that you are offside only if your own player was the last one to play the ball. It was however clarified more recently that an opposition player had to deliberately play the ball, rather than a situation where he has no control of it.
For example, let's imagine Rodri was in an offside position, the Villa keeper has the ball and throws it to Mings. Mings isn't looking however, it hits the back of his head and rebounds to Rodri, who is then judged to be offside as Mings is judged not to have played the ball deliberately.
If Mings is under pressure from a player who's onside, tries to head it back but heads it to Rodri, that's not offside. If Rodri challenges Mings for the ball before or as Mings plays it, he's offside.
I think Ferdinand is a perfect fit for BTThat coverage on BT was he worst yet. Hostile towards City from the start to the end. The commentary team were dire, just giggling and swapping childish stories with each other when they weren't willing Villa to win. They couldn't even get the City scorer's name right. It is amazing that someone as stupid as Ferdinand gets a gig on TV. He makes Savage look like a genius.
At absolute worst, surely it could compared to the likes of Robbie Keane standing behind the Keeper waiting for him to roll it out and relieve him of possession?Known is just a pure ****. I've just watched MOTD and he's crying about our first goal like a baby. Even when it's clearly pointed out to him that Rodri had done nothing wrong and by Mings playing the ball that makes Rodri onside he still won't stop crying. He then goes on about not being in the spirit of the game or some such bullshit. That really pissed me off as it's implying we somehow did something underhand or cheated, well we didn't monkey face! No mention of how good a strike it was and Bernardo still having a lot to do. The penalty was nailed on too. The lad raised his hands to clearly block Jesus's header, hands up high in an unnatural position to block the ball. They can all fuck off, I hope we win every trophy this year and have them crying all close season.
I'm loving this Drama this morning...Experts well fook me it's amazing that of all of the pundits(Apart from maybe 2 ) including ex expert Refs dont know the rules.
If they thought about this for a min they would realise that it has to be that way as every player who was ever off side during a game would in there minds be permanently offside .....
Wish I was in work and not working from home the Dipper/Rags followers will be crying there hearts out in the brew room .
Come on City .
i wonder if their constant initiating contact and dropping to the ground at the merest touch is in the "spirit of the game" too?Smith made himself out to be what he was a sore loser, Ming's too. Worse than that he made himself out to be stupid. The fa should throw the book at him for his behaviour and comments and Villa and their shitehouse fans can get to fuck. As for the media I'd expect nothing less from those utter shitehouses where we're concerned and that monkey faced buffoon Keown whining "It might be the law but it's not in the spirit of the game." What does that even mean??? Here's one for all the whining twats. How about asking Smith and the Villa players about that Sheffield United goal that clearly crossed the line last season? Then ask why in the spirit of the game they didn't let Sheffield United score from the kick off, when they clearly saw it was over the line.