It WAS a deflection, true

But the striker was offside before the deflection (ie when the other Pole hit the shot which the defender then deflected). So was he offside or not? Does it depend on whether he was interfering with play when the shot was first struck? Fuck me, it's another PhD thesis on the offside law coming up.

Posted By: Old Git on June 13th 2008 at 14:03:25

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anyone watch the poland austria game last night? (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Jun 13, 13:35:56
- bit rich of Poland's manager going mental about it (Other Football) - mr carra, Jun 13, 14:00:54
- Here's linkie to a vid (Other Football) - Old Git, Jun 13, 13:59:51
- Yes, abliet a silly one to concede, but if the ref sees it he should give it... (Other Football) - greendude, Jun 13, 13:57:00
  - I thought it was a deflection, and therefore not offisde (n/m) (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Jun 13, 13:59:21
    - Slightly deflected, but that's irrelevant (n/m) (Other Football) - yarmyyarmy, Jun 13, 14:04:01
    - It did get slightly deflected but he was offside when the bloke shot (n/m) (Other Football) - mr carra, Jun 13, 14:03:42
    - It WAS a deflection, true (Other Football) - Old Git, Jun 13, 14:03:25
      - No idea (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Jun 13, 14:12:01
        
        Doesn't matter that it was a shot, see the link below and p108 of FIFA laws (n/m) (Other Football) - Old Git, Jun 13, 14:14:04
        
        the players in those diagrams have really big shoulders (n/m) (Other Football) - mr carra, Jun 13, 14:26:38
        
        And no forearms. I blame Thalidomide. (n/m) (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Jun 13, 14:33:42
      - I think this is an easy one (Other Football) - mr carra, Jun 13, 14:06:28
        
        It's even in FIFA's rules (Other Football) - Old Git, Jun 13, 14:07:24
        
        I notice that FIFA haven't held a press conference to announce they got it wrong (n/m) (Other Football) - yarmyyarmy, Jun 13, 14:08:34
        
        No. And neither have UEFA. (n/m) (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Jun 13, 14:34:00
- harsh pen, all 3 pundits said no pen, they have been told to clamp down on holding shirts (Other Football) - Tony Martin, Jun 13, 13:49:16
- I watched the end of it with Tumbly in a pub (Other Football) - Small, Jun 13, 13:47:26
- Yes it was. They have been warned about a crackdown on this, Webb warned them just before (Other Football) - jafski, Jun 13, 13:44:01
  - Saw the first half and I thought he did alright (n/m) (Other Football) - Fierce Panda, Jun 13, 13:46:35
  - He made 2 strange decisions last night though, one was that stupid dive, which he (Other Football) - pants, Jun 13, 13:46:19
    - I thought that about the dive but despite them supposedly cracking down on simulation, or (Other Football) - jafski, Jun 13, 13:51:55
- I watched the Road to Finchley on BBC4 instead (n/m) (Other Football) - KentonCanary, Jun 13, 13:43:59
- Didn't see the last ten mins, I heard it was an old trafford job (Other Football) - pants, Jun 13, 13:39:22
- Didn't see it, cos House had started (Other Football) - yarmyyarmy, Jun 13, 13:38:18

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