It’s not.

It *could* (perhaps) be said to be a mistake, but that doesn’t make it clear and obvious. Had he been on-side no problem. Had he been slightly to the side, also no problem. But he was in front of the keeper, and in an offside position, so by a strict definition of the rule, it’s no goal and they were correct. Had the on-field officials let it stand, VAR quite likely might* have upheld it. In my opinion, anyway.

*Totally conjecture on my part, I admit.

Posted By: APB on August 29th 2021 at 20:42:52

Message Thread

For the avoidance of all doubt re offside... (Other Football) - Worthing Yellow, Aug 29, 19:05:51
- I know people won’t accept this but being in their eyeline alone is not enough (Other Football) - Jim, Aug 29, 19:17:03
  - Fuck me jim. You’re arguing with a qualified ref (n/m) (Other Football) - Legacy Fan, Aug 29, 21:22:16
  - We need to suit you up as a defensive midfielder. (Other Football) - SeattleSounders, Aug 29, 19:36:34
  - This hopefully explains it for you (Other Football) - SCC 28, Aug 29, 19:33:58
    - It just proves my point to be honest. It’s about the ability to play the ball (Other Football) - Jim, Aug 29, 19:40:36
      - Yes Cantwell affected his ability to play the ball (Other Football) - SCC 28, Aug 29, 19:43:13
        
        Cantwell did not prevent him from playing the ball. (Other Football) - Jim, Aug 29, 19:44:39
        
        He affected his ability to play the ball! (Other Football) - SCC 28, Aug 29, 19:51:00
        
        It’s not irrelevant. If he would never have saved it then what Cantwell did not (Other Football) - Jim, Aug 29, 19:52:56
        
        It’s about affecting the keeper for the millionth time (Other Football) - SCC 28, Aug 29, 19:57:28
        
        READ THE RULE (n/m) (Other Football) - Jim, Aug 29, 20:09:33
        
        We can all read, your problem is understanding it (n/m) (Other Football) - SCC 28, Aug 29, 20:34:39
        
        I don’t think it’s as clear cut as you say based on the letter of the law (Other Football) - SimonOTBC, Aug 29, 21:23:24
        
        READ THE RULES JACKIE WEAVER (Other Football) - Cardiff Canary, Aug 29, 20:11:48
        
        Is this the 5 minute argument or the full half hour? (n/m) (Other Football) - watfordcanary, Aug 29, 20:10:32
      - You’re still assuming VAR is refereeing the game (Other Football) - APB, Aug 29, 19:43:04
        
        It is an obvious mistake though (n/m) (Other Football) - Jim, Aug 29, 19:44:04
        
        It’s not. (Other Football) - APB, Aug 29, 20:42:52
        
        That so many people are disagreeing with you suggests it was not an obvious mistake (n/m) (Other Football) - watfordcanary, Aug 29, 19:56:51
        
        So standing in front of the keeper isn’t impacting his ability?! (Other Football) - SCC 28, Aug 29, 19:48:25
        
        Once again. Read the rule. Read the words of the actual rule (law) (n/m) (Other Football) - Jim, Aug 29, 19:53:32
        
        The whole reason players stand in front of the goalkeeper (Other Football) - SeattleSounders, Aug 29, 19:55:31
        
        That may be the case but read the rule (Other Football) - Jim, Aug 29, 20:12:14
        
        He was never reaching the ball (Other Football) - SCC 28, Aug 29, 20:35:41
        
        So his ability to be able to play a ball you admit he was never able to play was (Other Football) - Jim, Aug 29, 20:47:45
        
        Yes his ability to go for the ball was affected (Other Football) - SCC 28, Aug 29, 21:28:12
        
        Ability to be able to play the ball (Other Football) - Jim, Aug 29, 21:37:29
        
        But the wording isn’t about reaching (Other Football) - SCC 28, Aug 29, 21:46:50
        
        The wording says it has to prevent the player from being able to play the ball (Other Football) - Jim, Aug 29, 21:50:34
        
        Yes potentially saving the ball (Other Football) - SCC 28, Aug 29, 21:57:47
        
        He’s just really thick unfortunately (n/m) (Other Football) - SCC 28, Aug 29, 20:00:56
        
        No (Other Football) - Cardiff Canary, Aug 29, 20:00:45
        
        You see that a lot in baseball (Other Football) - watfordcanary, Aug 29, 20:08:13
    - And whether the ball could be saved or not (Other Football) - SCC 28, Aug 29, 19:39:33
      - It is because whether the player is stopped from being able to play the ball is (Other Football) - Jim, Aug 29, 19:43:14
        
        He was clearly prevented from playing the ball (Other Football) - SCC 28, Aug 29, 20:34:03
- Yep - that sounds about right (Other Football) - Cardiff Canary, Aug 29, 19:16:00

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