By the letter of the law you can argue the case for both sides

There is some further "guidance" to referees which suggests they should "consider" players who have left the field of play temporarily and without permission when deciding if there are 2 players between the attacker and the goal for the purposes of the offside rule. on that basis the defender was arguably active and therefore could count in terms of playing RVN onside.

The rule that is being used to justify the decision relates to deliberate attempts to play people offside by stepping off the pitch and is therefore not really relevant here if you ask me.

No doubt the rule will be changed now so as to avoid this happening again!

Posted By: Jim on June 10th 2008 at 12:11:32

Message Thread

Can anyone actually find rule 11.4.1 (Other Football) - Holden Caulfield, Jun 10, 11:59:05
- From the linos point of view he doesn't need to think about much (Other Football) - Maillot Jaune, Jun 10, 12:15:10
- Look out - here come the conspiracy theorists again (Other Football) - camcan, Jun 10, 12:05:46
  - I'm having my doubts - I think pants could be right! (n/m) (Other Football) - Holden Caulfield, Jun 10, 12:07:50
    - By the letter of the law you can argue the case for both sides (Other Football) - Jim, Jun 10, 12:11:32
      - So if they can "consider" such players (Other Football) - Holden Caulfield, Jun 10, 12:13:13
        
        interpretation...is mentioned quite a lot along with consistency (Other Football) - Maillot Jaune, Jun 10, 12:26:52
    - I used to the trolls hanging about on the fringe, waiting to muff dive in (Other Football) - pants, Jun 10, 12:08:52
  - I'm just saying it suits the authorities when it makes them look good (Other Football) - pants, Jun 10, 12:07:18
    - Tbh I do agree with you to some extent (Other Football) - camcan, Jun 10, 12:15:32
      - but as I mentioned further down it happened to us at carrow road (Other Football) - Maillot Jaune, Jun 10, 12:22:46
        
        I didn't word that well (Other Football) - camcan, Jun 10, 12:30:47
  - He spies on me (n/m) (Other Football) - iwans_ex_dentist, Jun 10, 12:06:44
- Graham Rulefinder can (Other Football) - Old Git, Jun 10, 12:00:19
  - Git, you're a lawyer (Other Football) - Holden Caulfield, Jun 10, 12:06:50
    - There's no way that he falls within that rule (n/m) (Other Football) - Old Git, Jun 10, 12:13:16
      - Offside then (Other Football) - Holden Caulfield, Jun 10, 12:15:17
        
        I feel happy to know, that in hindsight, if that goal yesterday was given offside (Other Football) - pants, Jun 10, 12:18:35
        
        This is brilliant, we can have Holden Caulfield sectioned on the evidence of this thread (Other Football) - Old Git, Jun 10, 12:18:00
        
        Ah yes, that was before I'd actually read the rules! (n/m) (Other Football) - Holden Caulfield, Jun 10, 12:20:05
        
        I would suggest you re think what the general grounds for sectioning someone really (n/m) (Other Football) - pants, Jun 10, 12:23:40
        
        I was joking (Other Football) - Holden Caulfield, Jun 10, 12:28:33
        
        oh (Other Football) - pants, Jun 10, 12:30:17

Reply to Message

In order to add a post to the WotB Message Board you must be a registered WotB user.

If you are not yet registered then please visit the registration page. You should ensure that their browser is setup to accept cookies.