Well.....

1) I have the pace of an arthritic ant. So, yeah, keeping up was difficult.
2) It's how much you have to take in. Your brain needs to be very spatially aware to 'see' it all.
3) it's the pace at which it happens.
4) It's the angle you see it from. More is hidden from pitch height than in the stands.
5) Some of it is actually impossible to judge. Offside requires an assistant ref's eyes to be focussing in two places at once and be perfectly in line with both.

Posted By: Johnny Comecardiff on August 5th 2009 at 14:26:55

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Anyone know the correct answer to this pub quiz question? (Other Football) - tudders, Aug 5, 13:22:04
- It was bugging me so much I've been reading the rules and this is how it goes: (Other Football) - cookpassbabtridge, Aug 5, 14:39:08
  - Except where it went out of the penalty area before being blown back in. (Other Football) - Johnny Comecardiff, Aug 5, 14:53:29
    - except for infringing the law: (Other Football) - cookpassbabtridge, Aug 5, 14:57:08
      - That the ball went into the net doesn't infringe the law, IIRC. (Other Football) - Johnny Comecardiff, Aug 5, 15:01:01
  - been meaning to askou, cookpassbabtridge (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Aug 5, 14:51:22
    - Hmm yes that is hilarious. (Other Football) - cookpassbabtridge, Aug 5, 14:59:57
- The beach ball is replaced with a proper football. (n/m) (Other Football) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Aug 5, 14:04:26
  - Players taken off. (Other Football) - Johnny Comecardiff, Aug 5, 14:05:53
- The ref sends off the keeper for being such a gayer. (n/m) (Other Football) - shoddy, Aug 5, 13:57:22
- Somebody quips ' Who farted?' and a slight chuckle rings around the ground (n/m) (Other Football) - Brandonio, Aug 5, 13:54:14
- Delia shouts "tea's ready" and the referee goes "next goal wins" (n/m) (Other Football) - pants, Aug 5, 13:51:31
- Corner (Other Football) - caley canary, Aug 5, 13:45:04
  - You can score from the kick-off. (Other Football) - Johnny Comecardiff, Aug 5, 14:13:05
    - .............. (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Aug 5, 14:14:40
      - Did my refereeing exams years ago. (Other Football) - Johnny Comecardiff, Aug 5, 14:17:24
        
        I've secretly always kind of wanted to be a ref (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Aug 5, 14:20:31
        
        ^^^^ secretly wants to wear a black (leather or PVC) uniform and rule the world (n/m) (Other Football) - BerlinCanary, Aug 5, 14:42:15
        
        Well..... (Other Football) - Johnny Comecardiff, Aug 5, 14:26:55
        
        sure. But some of those apply as much to anyone else as to you (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Aug 5, 14:35:32
        
        I've reffed a couple of times for juniors.. (Other Football) - Small, Aug 5, 14:43:57
- The ball is replaced with an apple (n/m) (Other Football) - duke of york, Aug 5, 13:44:16
  - and that's when the crowd realise (Other Football) - pants, Aug 5, 13:50:48
    - Smaller net holes for a start (n/m) (Other Football) - duke of york, Aug 5, 13:52:19
- own goal. (n/m) (Other Football) - conkers, Aug 5, 13:40:07
- Somebody on here claims they predicted it would happen (n/m) (Other Football) - Brandonio, Aug 5, 13:38:11
  - haha (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, Aug 5, 13:55:40
  - ha ha. SCC would claim he'd bet against it, but then brilliantly laid at the last minute. (n/m) (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Aug 5, 13:55:21
    - in english? (n/m) (Other Football) - SCC 28, Aug 5, 14:00:58
      - What other languages do you post in? (n/m) (Other Football) - pants, Aug 5, 14:02:34
        
        none (n/m) (Other Football) - SCC 28, Aug 5, 14:08:31
        
        In English then (n/m) (Other Football) - pants, Aug 5, 14:12:34
  - lol (n/m) (Other Football) - pants, Aug 5, 13:39:47
- It's impossible to answer as critical information is missing (Other Football) - BerlinCanary, Aug 5, 13:36:51
- Selwyn goose steps out of carrow road (n/m) (Other Football) - pants, Aug 5, 13:36:48
- everybody piles into the bar to celebrate witnessing a freak event. (n/m) (Other Football) - lovely old job, Aug 5, 13:34:20
- Re-take the goal kick (Other Football) - cookpassbabtridge, Aug 5, 13:28:56
  - You can score from a goal kick. (Other Football) - Johnny Comecardiff, Aug 5, 14:06:57
- says in the rules, another goal kick, as the ball has to pass the area 1st (Other Football) - pants, Aug 5, 13:27:59
- If ball didn't leave box, (Other Football) - Ipswichnil, Aug 5, 13:26:00
  - Is spot on. (Other Football) - Johnny Comecardiff, Aug 5, 14:02:09
    - Combined with (Other Football) - Johnny Comecardiff, Aug 5, 14:05:15
  - That was the answer I was given, but wasn't sure at all. (Other Football) - tudders, Aug 5, 13:39:56
  - ^^^I think he's right. I vaguely recall reading that somewhere. I think. ^^^^ (n/m) (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Aug 5, 13:32:21
  - ^^^ that's it, it's a corner (probably with the bit about leaving the box too) (n/m) (Other Football) - Ralf Scrampton, Aug 5, 13:28:49
- a re-take, or maybe an indirect free-kick (Other Football) - Ralf Scrampton, Aug 5, 13:25:14
- pelanty (n/m) (Other Football) - malkybarkid, Aug 5, 13:25:09
  - lol (n/m) (Other Football) - Small, Aug 5, 13:53:19
- I would've thought an own goal (n/m) (Other Football) - samcd84, Aug 5, 13:24:34
- I guess it's an oggy. (n/m) (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, Aug 5, 13:23:31

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