Media Thread 2020/21

[Corky]

If Mings is judged to have not played the ball deliberately then the offside stands. That's the current law. People need to get their heads round this.

Can I suggest Netball Corky? https://www.simplenetball.co.uk/rules/

"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."

You said he would be offside by a throw from the 'villa' keeper.

Where as it needs to be played by the opposition, he needs to be in front of the ball, and the ball has to be played forward.

0/3 aint bad.

 

[paulchapo]

“Morally unpalatable”
Gallagher is a cretin

Someone punching the ball into the net and getting away with it is morally unpalatable. Somebody blatantly diving to get a penalty is morally unpalatable. Somebody play acting to get a player sent off is morally unpalatable. Somebody winning the ball back from another player is normal and honest. Rodri wouldn't have had a clue if he was offside or not when he made that challenge, he was just doing his job. He wouldn't care, why should he it isn't his responsibility, it's the officials and var. All these words like unpalatable, not fair, doesn't sit right, this feigned outrage are all used to sully our name as per usual and whip the cretins of other club's into a frenzy. THAT is what's unpalatable.

 

[Mraitch]

Someone punching the ball into the net and getting away with it is morally unpalatable. Somebody blatantly diving to get a penalty is morally unpalatable. Somebody play acting to get a player sent off is morally unpalatable. Somebody winning the ball back from another player is normal and honest. Rodri wouldn't have had a clue if he was offside or not when he made that challenge, he was just doing his job. He wouldn't care, why should he it isn't his responsibility, it's the officials and var. All these words like unpalatable, not fair, doesn't sit right, this feigned outrage are all used to sully our name as per usual and whip the cretins of other club's into a frenzy. THAT is what's unpalatable.

Top post.

 

[Gingers Dad]

Apparantly the rags are top of the league... heard it mentioned earlier on 5 Live

Really? There's been no coverage of that. I think I also heard that Van Dyke is injured, Marcus Rashford is on free school meals and Jordan Henderson is now running the NHS. Of course I could be wrong due to the lack of coverage.

 

[hammocity]

Sky on the Football show tried to show a comparison to our goal when the Spuds were playing the Dippers, Kane was in an offside position in the area, the ball was passed forward to him, at that point he's offside. Lovren was just in front of Kane and attempted to play the ball which ricocheted into Kane's path, he was brought down and a penalty was awarded. Lovren's attempt to win the ball was irrelevant, as soon as the ball went forward to Kane he was offside. To compare that incident with ours last night is ridiculous, apart from both being offside the decisions are incomparable, Spuds was incorrect, ours was bob on.

 

[Shirley]

Unpalatable.... try time wasting in the first half when thousands have paid to watch a competitive game of football.

 

[paulchapo]

Top post.

Cheers. There are times you just sit there and listen to the absolute fucking tripe dripping from ex professional players and a referee and want to smash the TV up, such is the sheer stupidity and unfair criticism of their so called expert opinion.

As for Dean Smith just saying juggling balls or some other such bollocks to the officials, that's exactly what it is, bollocks. He should be banned for a few games and sent along with Mings to a rules refresher course as they don't understand or know them. Maybe that would save them from making utter tools of themselves live on TV.

 

[meltonblue]

Sky on the Football show tried to show a comparison to our goal when the Spuds were playing the Dippers, Kane was in an offside position in the area, the ball was passed forward to him, at that point he's offside. Lovren was just in front of Kane and attempted to play the ball which ricocheted into Kane's path, he was brought down and a penalty was awarded. Lovren's attempt to win the ball was irrelevant, as soon as the ball went forward to Kane he was offside. To compare that incident with ours last night is ridiculous, apart from both being offside the decisions are incomparable, Spuds was incorrect, ours was bob on.

Kane was onside with the current application of the law though as Lovren made a deliberate attempt to play the ball. Doesn’t matter that he was in an offside position once that happened.

 

[waspish]

“Morally unpalatable”

Gallagher is a cretin

It’s only Morally Unpalatable because it’s city! Gallagher in the payroll of sky gives them what they won’t hear! But as always on these shows we have no come back to show them examples where we were on the end of similar decisions and was talked about on a very different note.

 

[Paladin]

But the keeper has thrown it out so there is no offside to be considered whether it hits Mings on the back of the head or he heads it back.

This is a completely different scenario to a ball being played forward by a City player.

And in most cases, the attacking players are not in front of the ball when it is thrown by the goalkeeper, so this is doubly irrelevant.