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To chalk that goal off must break some law in humanity somewhere. The lino really should have had to pay with some sort of prison sentence. It was bad enough in the 1980's when Keegan's shot was disallowed because the offside law was different then and David Armstrong was deemed to have strayed slightly offside, but Osvaldo's goal is perfectly good. That's the way to score an overhead. No shanking there.

nah, the Keegan decision was worse, old rules or not!
 
To chalk that goal off must break some law in humanity somewhere. The lino really should have had to pay with some sort of prison sentence. It was bad enough in the 1980's when Keegan's shot was disallowed because the offside law was different then and David Armstrong was deemed to have strayed slightly offside, but Osvaldo's goal is perfectly good. That's the way to score an overhead. No shanking there.

It's like the anti-Cissé goal. That one was so good it apparently had to be allowed, even though it shouldn't have been, and this one was so good it wasn't allowed even though it should.
 
Even at the stat of last season when wheels were coming off everywhere, I didn't worry about the league table for 10 games. 6 at an absolute minimum, but 10 gives you an ideas on how things are going.

Reckon ten games is what it will take all teams to get organised this season. Too many variables have changed at most teams. The title race is all but over, as Chelsea have that wrapped up imo. Just too good on paper, and way too much depth. Mourinho is so far inside his comfort zone, should win at a canter. I do rate Pelligrini, but instilling a new style of football will take half a season. We won't beat West Ham, though, unfortunately.
 
Yes, but under the old rules, Armstrong was offside. Even under today's rules, Osvaldo is onside in that video.

Of course, under today's rules, Keegan's magnificent hit would be allowed. Perhaps not by all officials though.

Rules, smules! That was an unbelievable goal and I just so wanted it to stand.
 
Wonder if offside camera technology is being developed yet..? :)

Posted this the other day as a bit of a joke and a shot in the dark.

It turns out that the possibility of introducing a system of sorts is being taken seriously. It's to do with those players deemed offside or not due to being active or passive. It would directly affect situations like Osvaldo's brilliant overhead disallowed goal. Linos and refs aren't putting up a good enough performance, and it's impossible for them to be 100% consistent, which is obviously what all managers would ideally like.
 
It's extremely difficult though, far more complex than the ball over the goal line, which doesn't move.
 
It's extremely difficult though, far more complex than the ball over the goal line, which doesn't move.

Yeah I can't see how such a system could ever be reliable. It would have to track who has the ball, when it is kicked (and how does a computer distinguish a pass from a deflection off a defender, say) as well as where the forward players are and the last two defensive players. Even if you could get past the considerable technical challenges, considering the expense of having hawk-eye cameras set up just looking at the goal line, I can't see how it would ever be feasible.
 
Yeah I can't see how such a system could ever be reliable. It would have to track who has the ball, when it is kicked (and how does a computer distinguish a pass from a deflection off a defender, say) as well as where the forward players are and the last two defensive players. Even if you could get past the considerable technical challenges, considering the expense of having hawk-eye cameras set up just looking at the goal line, I can't see how it would ever be feasible.


I sense a lack of imagination here. Where do we get all those great camera angles that prove or disprove the official's decisions..? Video replay cameras. They seem to be able to do the job remarkably well. Every Premier League match is covered by various cameras, and the feedback from them is instant, including replay. Makes sense to utilise them, don't you think..? It's not too much of a stretch of the imagination to make those cameras available. I wouldn't right off an opinion by suggesting that an implemented system could never be reliable.