Quote from: The Edge on January 24, 2021, 09:44:38 AMI posted in the match thread that I thought Ollie was offside at the point where Targett put in the cross. Many people were saying no because the defender touched the ball deliberately. So have I got this right now? A striker can be offside when the ball is played to him but only if the ball goes straight to him. He can be offside by miles but if a defender touches it before it reaches him that negates him being offside and the goal stands? If so what have they done? Ollie's disallowed goal at West Ham was denied by the tiniest of margins but last night he was clearly ahead of the defender it's ok because the defender got a touch on the ball. Ffs what's going on?Ollie might have been ahead of the defender, but he wasn’t ahead of the ball, that’s why he was onside.
I posted in the match thread that I thought Ollie was offside at the point where Targett put in the cross. Many people were saying no because the defender touched the ball deliberately. So have I got this right now? A striker can be offside when the ball is played to him but only if the ball goes straight to him. He can be offside by miles but if a defender touches it before it reaches him that negates him being offside and the goal stands? If so what have they done? Ollie's disallowed goal at West Ham was denied by the tiniest of margins but last night he was clearly ahead of the defender it's ok because the defender got a touch on the ball. Ffs what's going on?
Quote from: usav on January 24, 2021, 08:46:21 PMQuote from: The Edge on January 24, 2021, 09:44:38 AMI posted in the match thread that I thought Ollie was offside at the point where Targett put in the cross. Many people were saying no because the defender touched the ball deliberately. So have I got this right now? A striker can be offside when the ball is played to him but only if the ball goes straight to him. He can be offside by miles but if a defender touches it before it reaches him that negates him being offside and the goal stands? If so what have they done? Ollie's disallowed goal at West Ham was denied by the tiniest of margins but last night he was clearly ahead of the defender it's ok because the defender got a touch on the ball. Ffs what's going on?Ollie might have been ahead of the defender, but he wasn’t ahead of the ball, that’s why he was onside.I didn't spot that so thanks for pointing that out. Makes sense now.
Ok so this all revolves around whether Rhodri tackles Mings or if he intercepted a pass attempt.
They cocked up with the Rodri goal and tried to cover it up by miss interpretation of the rule book. It’s not the mistake that winds me up the most, it’s the whole load of rubbish afterwards. Just put your hands up, admit it and move on.
Anyone else just wishing we could go back to the old offside rule? If you're standing in an offside position, you're offside, if you aren't you're not. End of, no interpretation required.