Police were in pursuit of some 1000 Hull City fans tonight after a robbery in Reading this afternoon. Public enemy No. 1 named as Aaron McLean!
The best bit is Graham Murty was on Five Live as their co-commentator saying it was a fantastic decision to allow it, and then there's McDermott going on FLS saying that he didn't know refs had been told not to give the offside if the player doesn't touch the ball. It's almost worth us having McLean permanently 10-15 yards offside, and then aim passes at him for other players to run onto. I wonder how many linesmen would be distracted by how far off he was and not notice even if we had other players a yard or so offside to gain an advantage. Looking at the KC the linesmen are usually on the right wing for attacking sides, you could get away with Stewart or Brady being offside just to the left of centre as a pass was played from say Rosenior to McLean at the right side. McLean stands there holding his hands up as the defence stops because he's offside, the other player runs onto it and is already 5-10 yards clear plus the time it takes them to react.
After seeing the goal I don't see what Mcdermott's problem is really. Mclean was offside but wasn't active in play so the goal should stand.
Spot on - if that had been a Reading winner against City yesterday, this board would be humming with fury.
Simple firstthing your taught to do is play to the whistle , if reading stop playing , appealing etc that's their problem, nothing wrong with the goal at all
it is a **** rule, it should be either offisdie or not, i dont like all this 2nd phase/interfering nonsense...but having said that, i think everybody knows now they dont flag until somebody touches the ball, so not sure what uncle festa is on about.
Odd that players (Maclean and Brady) played to a rule that a manager doesn't get. I have never seen a linesman actually be as intense in following the play after the Fryatt pass. Rossy. Was booed by Reading throughout the game, I could not understand why, but cheering because a player gets injured is simply sad. Mind you it's the only noise that they made. Forget what anyone says about it could have gone either way, we lost the first half. MaClean up front as lone striker did not work, both Brady and Stewart where quite as we played a more central and narrow game. Second half and the difference was striking, back into fluid movement and quick on the ground passing. Vito showed his vulnerable side as well as his command on his area, but his punched ball frightened the life out of me. All in all a fair win only spoilt by one of our own fans trying to start a chant against Vito, where do we get them from?
I can see McDermott's problem, I'd consider a player active if someone tried to pass to them. It's one thing when a defender punts a ball upfield and a striker stands still because they're offside to let someone else get it, there I agree with the 'if they don't touch it they're not involved'. But yesterday the pass was definitely played to McLean, if he hadn't been there the ball wouldn't have been played, so we gained an advantage from him being in an offside position. Trying to gain an advantage from being in an offside position makes a player offside, or always has in the past. Like I say though, if they've been told to play the rule the way they did yesterday it's worth us intentionally standing McLean or Fryatt offside so we can do it more often.
i would also say you shouldnt have to touch the ball to be active . At what point is the "inactive" player allowed to touch the point ? as soon as play catches up and he is no longer offside ? I prefer the rule to the old offside rule where everyone was flagged up , but it isnt perfect by far
People are overcomplicating this rule saying you should be offside even if you don't do anything. This is the exact reason the rule has become so complicated and misunderstood. If someone is stood offside but doesn't actually do anything with the ball, it's not cheating, it's not gaining and advantage, there's no need to stop. If I was McDermott I'd be asking why my defensive line was on the halfway line.
Because they were playing Mclean offside? The problem was they assumed he would be given offside as the ball was aimed at him and he then ran after it but when it wasn't and Brady stormed through it makes them look a bit **** but in realilty they played it how it should be played minus stopping and not tracking Brady.
