Not directly from a corner. But if it's taken short and there's less than 2 defenders on the line the corner taker is in an offside position so cannot receive the ball from the player he took the corner to regardless of whether the ball goes forwards or backwards.
All VAR has done is exposed the poorly written laws of football. It really should have been noted that attempting to achieve perfectly accurate and consistent outcomes would require iron-clad regulations!
My mind has been blown by this offside pass direction point. But at the same time it would be very hard to benefit from a backward pass while in an offside position, so largely academic…
Not if two players are through on goal with just the keeper in front of them. If the man on the ball draws the keeper, then rolls the ball backwards towards a teammate for a shot on an empty goal, it would seem that this should now be ruled out for offside. Edit, yet I am sure they are letting the goals stand in these situations. Aren’t they?
You can't be offside if you are behind or level with the ball when it is played. There's a difference between that and the direction the ball goes.
It’s taken me all morning, but I’ve finally figured out what the hell you were trying to say about this rule. Thanks Tom, this last post made it all clear to me. I had no idea about this part of the rule
Five other members of the nine-headed hydra of horrid played today, taking five points. Our draw is basically par.
It's mathematically possible (though obviously hugely unlikely) that the team in 12th currently will be in the relegation zone after the next matchday: - Palace gets routed by Arsenal, loses by a couple to Leicester on the 10th of April. - Leeds draws Arsenal. - Forest beats Wolves by a goal. - West Ham beats us. - Everton draws Spurs. Net result: 12. Forest: 29, -26. 13. Leicester: 28, -7. 14. West Ham: 27, -8. 15. Leeds: 27, -9. 16. Everton: 27, -18. 17. Wolves: 27, -20. 18. Palace: 27, -20. 19. Bournemouth 20. Saints That's...generally not possible in April.
If we were to survive this year and in the future people complain about mid-table mediocrity, they can **** right off. I've had enough of the excitement of a relegation battle.
He absolutely has, not easy to turn around a teams form. But the tools were there, they were massively underperforming. The amount of money they’ve spent over the last few years is crazy. Like 7th most in Europe kinda numbers. Money isn’t everything, but they do have good players (unlike Everton and their warchest fails).
Palace could really do with the FT whistle now. They don't want this 3-0 turning into something really messy. They're being sucked every closer to Everton and Wolves' goal differences, in particular.
Going into the final international break of the season: Matches left against the bottom 9 vs Matches left against the top 11: Palace: 8-2 Wolves: 4-6 Leeds: 5-6 Everton: 4-6 Forest: 4-7 Leicester: 6-5 West Ham: 5-7 Bmouth: 6-5 Saints: 4-6 Or to put it another way, there are 23 more six-pointers to play, as hosted by: Palace: 5 Wolves: 2 Leeds: 3 Everton: 1 Forest: 2 Leicester: 4 West Ham: 2 Bmouth: 2 Saints: 2
