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Watching Leeds today (slow day, couldn't wait for Brighton - Seagulls!).
Leeds ahead, 10 mins to go.
Leeds striker latches on to a long ball. He obviously was in an offside position when the ball was played. Flag and whistle go for offside decision. Striker kicks ball and scores with one touch elegant lob.
So the game context is that Leeds want to waste time. The officials have called the offside way before the player has become active - which is very common in Prem/Champo - which is not what is asked for according to the laws. There is no potential GK collision here.
In this case it is an easy caution for delaying the restart. Because the whistle has gone so early. I hope you get my unease here. This case seemed to be a major disadvantage to Leeds. Surely, under the laws, you are not active until you kick the leather (or interfere etc.) so in these striker-alone-in-space-from-offside position surely the striker has "a right" (I know terrible phrasing) to take a touch or a hoof before the flag/whistle...?
My point here of course is that the "wait and see" is totally daft because of these scenarios. As AR we are basically forced to flag far to early in a lot of cases when there is only one striker chasing a ball from an offside starting position... the law is really flawed here...
(this is part one, part two is gonna be about strikers coming back from an offside position to tackle a defender who has just controlled the attempted through ball)
Leeds ahead, 10 mins to go.
Leeds striker latches on to a long ball. He obviously was in an offside position when the ball was played. Flag and whistle go for offside decision. Striker kicks ball and scores with one touch elegant lob.
So the game context is that Leeds want to waste time. The officials have called the offside way before the player has become active - which is very common in Prem/Champo - which is not what is asked for according to the laws. There is no potential GK collision here.
In this case it is an easy caution for delaying the restart. Because the whistle has gone so early. I hope you get my unease here. This case seemed to be a major disadvantage to Leeds. Surely, under the laws, you are not active until you kick the leather (or interfere etc.) so in these striker-alone-in-space-from-offside position surely the striker has "a right" (I know terrible phrasing) to take a touch or a hoof before the flag/whistle...?
My point here of course is that the "wait and see" is totally daft because of these scenarios. As AR we are basically forced to flag far to early in a lot of cases when there is only one striker chasing a ball from an offside starting position... the law is really flawed here...
(this is part one, part two is gonna be about strikers coming back from an offside position to tackle a defender who has just controlled the attempted through ball)