Offside

[Meanwood Villa]

Absolute joke isn't it? They've admitted they got it wrong but doesn't do us much good.

[MalcolmP]

Absolute joke isn't it? They've admitted they got it wrong but doesn't do us much good.

At the very least they should apologise to Dean Smith give him a set of juggling balls as a memento  and refund his fine. Imagine if it had been Fergie complaining, he would have been knighted. Oh , almost forgot he was made a sir for his 'services to football.
Maybe Deano should be knighted now for his services to football in getting the rule changed. Arise sir Dean.

[Drummond]

So they made up one rule for one match. ******.

I didn't think it was corrupt before, just incompetent, now I've changed my mind.

It's utter bullshit. They should be ashamed and should apologise but of course they won't.

[London Villan]

Incompetence of the highest order, not corruption.

They would have much more respect from the fans if they just said we got it wrong. The spin of the excuse makes it look so much worse.

[villadelph]

It had to be done and I’m not surprised at the lack of remorse. The FA is a shithouse mess.

Seriously though, imagine if Aguero or Salah just camped off the CBs shoulder and as soon as the ball came to them, waited for a touch and tackled them from behind. A slippery slope and a malicious tactic.

It had to be changed.

As a consolation we should be able to veto Jon Moss officiating our matches for 2 or 3 years.

[London Villan]

Incompetence of the highest order, not corruption.

They would have much more respect from the fans if they just said “we got it wrong”. The spin of the excuse makes it look so much worse.

[Toronto Villa]

This wouldn’t be an issue today has Watkins got the ball from their CB and set up the goal. He’d have been offside.

[TelfordVilla]

Watkins RECEIVED the ball from the newcastle defender. He did not challenge for the ball so it doesnt matter whether he was onside or offside.

[Risso]

Watkins RECEIVED the ball from the newcastle defender. He did not challenge for the ball so it doesnt matter whether he was onside or offside.

I'm glad you get it!

[cdbearsfan]

That's still a stupid rule. The Newcastle player wouldn't play the ball unless Watkins is there. Ludicrous that defenders are expected to leave a dangerous ball into the box or risk being penalised even if their opponent was offside.

Though he was level when the ball was passed to him so didn't matter, in that instance.

[cdbearsfan]

I believe the league apologised to Sheffield United after the Villa game last year. Where is our apology?

[TelfordVilla]

The defender has no idea whether the forward is onside or offside. He just does his job and defends as best he can. In Newcastle case, not very well.

[colin69]

Sadly its what happens when Captain Mainwaring is ref and Corporal Jones is on VAR!
Why can they not issue the Refs with tablets to watch incidents without having to go to all that effort to go over to the side and look at a tv screen before making it up as they go along to suit the big 6? Issue them with some sort of holster to hold it and they would be in their element as pseudo crime fighters

Made me chuckle....😂😂

[Somniloquism]

The defender has no idea whether the forward is onside or offside. He just does his job and defends as best he can. In Newcastle case, not very well.

But that is the bit I disagree with the rule. Defender knows Watkins is there so has to stretch to try to intercept it away from him. So to me Watkins is forcing the play. Whilst I'm not a stickler of "if you are on the pitch, you are interfering with play", I do think if the attacker makes a move to attack the ball then offside should be called and it is mostly. There shouldn't be a miscontrolled ball suddenly stopping that. It was the same when Sterling should have been offside last season and majority of others. He was deemed to have not interfered in play when he essentially dummied the ball in front of the keeper which gave the split second delay to stop the save.

I actually like that Watkins was always onside so we know we haven't benefitted from the rule no matter what PGMOL, refs and really badly informed TV Pundits will say.

[TelfordVilla]

It isn't any different for defenders though who should always play till the whistle. The defender just has to focus on their job and let the officials decide rightly or wrongly on offside etc. The defender simply has to try to defend everything.