Match Day Thread General matchday thread.

[Fox Mulder]

Martial is so cold he looks like he’s gonna cry

It's pretty warm today like.. Its got be above zero?

 

[BobbyD]

He didn;t do anything to him, it was his wife

fs ern

 

[luvgonzo]

Offside?

 

[Big Ern]

lots of silly rules, last year v Liverpool they scored from a penalty, but if we'd let them score from the shot they'd had to get the penalty it would've been disallowed for hand-ball.

 

[Tobes]

Just to clarify how silly this is if they're going to maintain this interpretation, anyone who even slightly deflects a cross now plays everyone onside.
Is that what the rule is supposed to be, cos I'm pretty ****ing sure it's never been used like that?

It’s not an interpretation it’s just the rules. If it just bounces off the defender it’s offside as he’s not been in control of the ball. It’s akin to a striker standing 5 yards off the keeper as he throws it out forwards to a CB, who then miscontrols the ball and the striker gets back and robs him.

 

[PINKIE]

Good finish from Lookman

Utd

 

[luvgonzo]

Like like it's going to stand.

 

[Ivan Dobsky]

Offside?

Miles on.

 

[luvgonzo]

Good finish from Lookman

Utd

Top early bro, they'll get back into this.

 

[Ivan Dobsky]

Like like it's going to stand.

Great hexing.

 

[Libby]

lots of silly rules, last year v Liverpool they scored from a penalty, but if we'd let them score from the shot they'd had to get the penalty it would've been disallowed for hand-ball.

And this is one of the problems with VAR imo. Football is an imperfect game, it was never intended to have every character of the rules closely scrutinised to the point of ignoring common sense.

 

[remembercolinlee]

What's JT ever done to you?

The **** killed my cat but **** knows what it's got to do with you

 

[PINKIE]

Where the **** were the Utd defence lol

Lookman even has time to have a gander behind him and see that there's no Utd defender within 10 yards of him

 

[PleaseNotPoll]

It’s not an interpretation it’s just the rules. If it just bounces off the defender it’s offside as he’s not been in control of the ball. It’s akin to a striker standing 5 yards off the keeper as he throws it out forwards to a CB, who then miscontrols the ball and the striker gets back and robs him.

And if you try to block a cross, then you're deliberately playing the ball if you manage to get contact on it.

 

[Libby]

Ful Force

 

[Libby]

And if you try to block a cross, then you're deliberately playing the ball if you manage to get contact on it.

What about a keepers save? Pretty sure that's a deliberate attempt to play the ball. They're not given if a player was offside when shot was taken.

 

[BobbyD]

It’s not an interpretation it’s just the rules. If it just bounces off the defender it’s offside as he’s not been in control of the ball. It’s akin to a striker standing 5 yards off the keeper as he throws it out forwards to a CB, who then miscontrols the ball and the striker gets back and robs him.

except they never apply that rule like that. Whenever a winger is offside and then the full back controls it and gets challenged afterwards they always flag it.

Theorectically, until the challenge comes in even if it's a milisecond before the defender controls it then its legal which is just nonsense common sense would dictate

 

[Tobes]

And if you try to block a cross, then you're deliberately playing the ball if you manage to get contact on it.

No you’re trying to stop a cross coming in, you’re not deliberately playing the ball whilst in control of it.

 

[PleaseNotPoll]

What about a keepers save? Pretty sure that's a deliberate attempt to play the ball.

I think there's actually an exempting for saves, which includes any kind of block of an effort on goal.

 

[PleaseNotPoll]

No you’re trying to stop a cross coming in, you’re not deliberately playing the ball whilst in control of it.

It doesn't say anything about being in control of it.