The Offside Rule is stupid !

[kbb]

I realise that the thinking is that you can score a goal with your head or torso therefore he's offside - no problem if its a headed or chested goal but he was sprinting against defenders - his head or torso shouldn't come in to it. His feet were not in front of the defenders therefore no advantage - the goal should stand.

 

[lawton mellor]

Would Var work if it only intervened if it was a clear and obvious mistake by the linesman?

 

[dublinblue12]

I think var was tried and failed, its only used in the top divisions and tournements and never will be anywhere else, get rid and let us go back to moaning about the ref and linemen instead of throwing var in there too

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Would Var work if it only intervened if it was a clear and obvious mistake by the linesman?

That is the thicker lines debate. Whatever your parameters for offside are, there will always be marginal calls.

 

[BlueMonkey79]

If any legal scoring part of your body is onside then it should be given onside.

 

[Bluesince1979]

Its ridiculous that as the technology isnt there to 100% define when the ball left the passing foot then the calls that we are talking millimetres shouldnt be called offside.

its looking for an excuse to give offside rather than give the goal.

incredible

 

[Gray]

They should check if the part of your body that scored the goal was offside. If it wasn’t then the goal should stand, simples.

 

[crazyg]

The 'margin of error' can be applied subjectively which leaves it wide open to corruption, manipulation and unconscious bias.

VAR for offside decisions is NOT FIT FOR PURPOSE. Unless they improve the technology (more cameras, higher frame rates and tighter calibration of the timing signals) then it never will be fit for purpose, unless of course that purpose is corrupt intent.

I think you could be onto something there, Trig.

 

[the-ecstacy-of-eight]

I've said this before, but I still think it's a workable solution to the VAR shit-show we witness week in week out.

Keep the offside rule as it is.

Make the defender's line MUCH thicker (10 pixels (?) 20 pixels (?)) (starting at the point on the defender that is nearest the goal and stretching back towards the goal)

Make the attacker's line thinner (1 pixel (?))

Attackers line is nearer the goal, offside.
Overlap, onside.

Frame rate, speed of attacker, margin of error, benefit of doubt; all now sorted! Job done!

I've solved the VAR issue.

 

[Grassland Blue]

I've said this before, but I still think it's a workable solution to the VAR shit-show we witness week in week out.

Keep the offside rule as it is.

Make the defender's line MUCH thicker (10 pixels (?) 20 pixels (?)) (starting at the point on the defender that is nearest the goal and stretching back towards the goal)

Make the attacker's line thinner (1 pixel (?))

Attackers line is nearer the goal, offside.
Overlap, onside.

Frame rate, speed of attacker, margin of error, benefit of doubt; all now sorted! Job done!

I've solved the VAR issue.

Nice try!