in recent home matches where one of our players running from an 'offside position' in the opponents half to play a ball in our own half has been given offside...how the fck can you be offside playing a ball in your own half ?
[cite]Posted By: Stone[/cite]If you're offside when the ball is played i wouldn't think it matters where you play the ball.
The key has always been 'when the ball is played'.
yes, but the rule always used to be you couldn't be offside in your own half which, if you're sensible about it, is what the spirit of having and offside rule and stopping 'goal-hanging' and not goal scoring is all about...
I think the offside rule is much better that the old one, when it is applied properly. It helps the game flow better. It helps if you understand it too.
[cite]Posted By: Stone[/cite]If you're offside when the ball is played i wouldn't think it matters where you play the ball.
The key has always been 'when the ball is played'.
yes, but the rule always used to be you couldn't be offside in your own half which, if you're sensible about it, is what the spirit of having and offside rule and stopping 'goal-hanging' and not goal scoring is all about...
True you cannot be offside in your own half but you can be in the opponents and if run into your own to collect the ball you are still offside and always have been.
But isnt the point that when the ball was played the player was offside, standing in the oppossitions half. As CFGS says he then runs into his own half to collect the ball and the lino puts his flag up.
It's actually crap, but then again so are some of the other rules etc ...
[cite]Posted By: DJ Davey Dave[/cite]It helps if you understand it too.
Shame that nobody understands it as it is purely down to interpretation at the time like many laws of the game. At least in the past you were either offside or not.
This is nothing to do with the rule change. If you are standing in an offside position when the ball is played to you then you are offside, irrespective of where you are on the pitch when you receive the ball. Has always been the same.
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The key has always been 'when the ball is played'.
yes, but the rule always used to be you couldn't be offside in your own half which, if you're sensible about it, is what the spirit of having and offside rule and stopping 'goal-hanging' and not goal scoring is all about...
True you cannot be offside in your own half but you can be in the opponents and if run into your own to collect the ball you are still offside and always have been.
It's actually crap, but then again so are some of the other rules etc ...
A player can only be ruled offside at the moment the ball is played.
So if he is ruled offside, it is actually irrelevant whereabouts on the pitch a player is positioned when he receives the ball.