Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger on his side's 2-0 defeat by Liverpool: "It looks like both goals were offside. The referees are (supposed to be) professional." Taken from the BBC Live Feed. I wonder if Wenger will face punishment for questioning the proffesionalism of the officials, in the same Sir Alex is hounded for questioning referees?
In all fairness he's right. Both goals looked offside to me, especially the second. What's he supposed to say? But yes he possibly will be charged by the FA, which is just plain ridiculous. I really don't understand this idea that referees are above criticism, in a game where managers get sacked for a couple of mediocre results and a player can get transfer-listed for one poor performance. Suggesting they've taken bribes or something like that is one thing but reasoned evaluation of the referee's performance has to be allowed
Because they were really obvious offsides weren't they? Wenger, along with many managers aren't exactly the most objective after an incident.
Davidako - that's the most ******ed analysis of offside that I've seen in a while. Suarez wasn't offside because he was level with the CB when the ball was played through. Otherwise, he would have been offside because his presence within a foot of the ball led to the hasty clearance which resulted in the OG.
Because he was offside when the ball was played, and the pass was intended for Suarez which makes him active and offside, it has nothing to do with the fact he didn't actually touch the ball, this is the easy part of understanding the offside rule, that can't be too complicated for you... can it?
My point still stand, even if both were clearly offside, wenger should be banned for 3 games from the touchline for disrespecting referees, they are the rules, or is that only for fergie?
Giggs was as "level" as Suarez was (both had half a body offside) and the Giggs one was debated a lot, why should this one be any different?
Can't help thinking Wenger might crack if things keep going the way they are. Both goals were valid - I've seen offside given for instances like the first but the second is a perfect example of how the new interpretation works - correctly in my view.
It's the interpretations of the offside rule. My knowledge is that if any part of an attacker's body that can score a legal goal is beyond the last defender then it should be given offside. Wasn't Suarez's leg beyond the last defender and if my INTERPRETATION is correct, then he should have been given offside. He was also "interferring with play". The 2nd one to me was correctly given not offside. However, it wasn't exactly an easy call, even with the many different replays so people should appreciate how difficult it must have been for the linesman.
Yeah, I see what you mean. I think it's rather unprofessional for the BBC to put what they did in parentheses because there is no way of knowing how Wenger meant that comment "They are professional..."
