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[Trevor Morley's Tache]

That used to be the rule but it was changed recently.......

Which makes on field manipulation of decision INFINATELY easier.

 

[awest]

There are rules, and there are rules at the swamp..

 

[Dicko69]

I agree but the rule suggests that he has to physicall attempt to ply the ball....which none of those are

Yet its against the rules to do that when taking a penalty, so clearly a dummy has an affect on the opposition, so he interfered with play and is offside

 

[mcfcphil]

Absolutely agree that he impacts the decision making.....said it countless times....but thats not in the rules...the rule(s) is about physically trying to play the ball (or actually playing it) - which rashford doesnt...nor does he impede anyone physically...both defenders could have made a tackle (and if you look at the rules if the defender had tried to takcle Rasford and fouled him...it would have been given offside (if Fernandes hadnt scored) as the offside had occured first...if fernardes scores its still a goal (s long as Rasford doesnt touch the ball at any point0

The linesman did flag offside...the ref changed the decision

How could the defender have tackled rashford without committing a foul if rashford was between the defender and the ball?

If the answer is he couldn’t, then Rashford is shielding the ball from the defender and therefore offside.

 

[bluenova]

Arm out shielding Akanji.

Left foot back ready to shift the ball which puts Ederson in a set position ready to make an attempted save.

Not interfering though...nothing to see here...

There is no world in which Bruno reaches that ball first if Rashford isn't there.

 

[Eds]

The only people who think that the goal should have stood are rags, Peter Walton and @simon23. Not sure about @BlueHammer85 although he usually agrees with VAR. Decision altered the course of the game which we were comfortable in. Wouldn’t be surprised to see a change in the interpretation of the law happening soon. Law makers have ruined the game we all love Purely for money. Greed and corruption in full view.

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

5 live commentary said exactly same as you about time taken on decisions. They said his brain and whistle were out of sync.

His whistle and his earpiece seem to be PERFECTLY in sync.

 

[Jesus H Gabz]

I agree its ambiguous and why i have said that the rule is wrong ...but the rule seems to suggest physical ability not decision making....

both defenders could have still chose to slide in...(not sure why they didnt try and bring him down as they wouldnt have been sent off as there was cover there)...even if they had been sent off we only had a bit of time left and we could have hung on

You not broke the shovel yet?

 

[simon23]

How could the defender have tackled rashford without committing a foul if rashford was between the defender and the ball?

If the answer is he couldn’t, then Rashford is shielding the ball from the defender and therefore offside.

Course he can make a tackle....Rashford is running with the ball (without touching it) but he aint stopping the player from making a challenge......he doesnt phyiscally touch any of our players

 

[daztrueblue91]

Absolutely agree that he impacts the decision making.....said it countless times....but thats not in the rules...the rule(s) is about physically trying to play the ball (or actually playing it) - which rashford doesnt...nor does he impede anyone physically...both defenders could have made a tackle (and if you look at the rules if the defender had tried to takcle Rasford and fouled him...it would have been given offside (if Fernandes hadnt scored) as the offside had occured first...if fernardes scores its still a goal (s long as Rasford doesnt touch the ball at any point0

The linesman did flag offside...the ref changed the decision

Didn’t Fernandinho once give a penalty away in the CL for fouling an offside player before he touched the ball?