They're not supposed to

this from the Premier League's guide to the new offside rules, just before the season started:

"Where there is a clear and obvious goalscoring opportunity and the assistant referee is not certain whether the attacker actively involved is in an offside position, the assistant should delay indicating the offence until the phase of play has concluded."

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Posted By: Tricky Hawes on December 30th 2019 at 15:13:50

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Gary speaks (Other Football) - Old Git, Dec 30, 14:24:34
- Seems to be fairly clear consensus developing for VAR offside calls (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Dec 30, 15:04:13
  - Even with LBW calls and Hawkeye there is a margin of error where the umpires call stands. (Other Football) - MORDENCANARY, Dec 30, 15:40:03
  - They actually do flag, and are instructed to (Other Football) - duke of york, Dec 30, 15:09:56
    - They're not supposed to (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Dec 30, 15:13:50
      - Hmm, some aren’t doing that then (n/m) (Other Football) - duke of york, Dec 30, 15:42:42
        
        Well that’s presumably when the following sentence applies (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Dec 30, 15:54:31
        
        Right, think I was at crosses wires then (n/m) (Other Football) - duke of york, Dec 30, 16:04:32
        
        Crossed FFS (n/m) (Other Football) - duke of york, Dec 30, 16:04:43
        
        Right. Anyway, my point is that (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Dec 30, 16:17:51
        
        Similar to the "soft signal" in cricket, eg for whether a catch carries (n/m) (Other Football) - watfordcanary, Dec 30, 16:50:43

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