West Brom goal (1 Viewer)

Sky Blue Pete said:

Granted it’s hand hall but isn’t it lovely when pundits have no idea of the laws of the game

A defending player who leaves the field of play without the referee's permission will be considered to be on the goal line or touchline for the purposes of offside until the next stoppage in play or until the defending team has played the ball towards the halfway line and it is outside its penalty area.

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Sky Blue Pete said:

Granted it’s hand hall but isn’t it lovely when pundits have no idea of the laws of the game

A defending player who leaves the field of play without the referee's permission will be considered to be on the goal line or touchline for the purposes of offside until the next stoppage in play or until the defending team has played the ball towards the halfway line and it is outside its penalty area.

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Sky_Blue_Dreamer said:

I can understand why that would be the case, but when you have attacking players standing offside but 'not interfering' then it makes it a bit of a farce doesn't it.

If attackers can get around not being offside by just not getting involved, defenders should be allowed to do exactly the same.

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David O'Day said:

not really, it's never mattered what a defender is doing just where he is

it also stops defenders trying to play a man off by stepping off the pitch

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Sky Blue Pete said:

The offside law has always been an ass
I’ve often wondered if we shouldn’t just scrap it and start again

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Sky Blue Pete said:

It’s the tiny incremental changes that have caused it to be an ass
As a stop gap why not just only have offsides in the penalty area?
Need to stop tinkering

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Brighton Sky Blue said:

To be honest hockey is played with no offside at all and works fine. Might be a much simpler solution in the long term.

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