i mean right now at this very moment we are checking to see if hincapie is offside or not: i could not be more indefatigable in my belief that calling off goals because of shit like this in the build up is terrible for the sport and needs to go. did arsenal really get an unfair advantage if hincapie’s heel is half an inch ahead of that defender that’s 10 yards away? of course not. and the fact that you need replays and computer technology just to see if he was offside or not really says it all. nobody wants to see their team lose a goal/win/title because of this type of offside call. nobody.
just want to point out that this move started with saliba trying to play a long ball over the top. even though his attempt failed, the long ball caused chaos, and we ended up scoring from it. i’d love to see more of that for this exact reason.
there’s no unfair advantage for the attacking team whenever some random defender’s shoelace keeps you offside on a play where you need slow mo instant replay and a computer system to actually determine whether or not you’re onside. this will get rid of those asinine instances and will make being offside by a half an inch 100x easier to stomach. it’s a way better idea than what we’ve currently got.
it’ll make it to where goals are no longer disallowed after the fact because a defender’s big toenail was a quarter inch offside, which i think everyone would enjoy.
imagine scouting bijan robinson and deciding that the knock on him is that he “isn’t dynamic enough”. what was that guy’s evaluation of VY? not athletic enough?
whoa indeed. i have no clue how that happened. the post was supposed to be about wenger’s proposed new offside rule supposedly being implemented as soon as next season. here we go: