Absolutely agree with you Dave. Offside needs clarifying/redefining. As you say 'clear daylight' and not a toe or part of a foot ahead. Equally why they need to refer to VAR when a decision is quite clear and obvious. I've seen quite clear and blatant penalties yet the ref felt she had to refer to VAR to justify her decision.
Not being a luddite and against VAR. Just there needs to be more though given as to how and when it's used. guy On 3 Jul 2019 at 10:26, [email protected] wrote: > Watching the womens semi final last night it made me even more convinced that > if they are going to use VAR for offside decisions they need to tweak the > offside rule > Both v Cameroon when it went for England and last night when it went against > them the decision to overrule a goal due to the striker being offside by an > inch (in the Cameroon game she was facing the 'wrong way') I thought that > this was bad for the game in general > Quite often when a player is out wide and is offside the 'expert' summariser > will say that it is bad football since that player can look right down the > line and judge his run.That is fine when he gets ahead of the defence but it > is impossible for a player who is 'level' to judge if any relevant part of > his body is ahead of the defender > Most recent rule changes have had the intention (albeit sometimes the > opposite result) of speeding the game up and making it more likely for teams > to have chances and thus more exciting and entertainingThis offside by an > inch via VAR will have the opposite effect , with really good , well worked > goals being chalked off. Last night, for example was a lovely flick through, > a well timed run and good finish and yet ruled out because her big toe was in > front of the defenders big toe > Surely if they are going to use VAR for this the rule should be (as linesmen > were told the other year) to only be offside if there is 'clear daylight' > between the attacker and the defender - this will give both players the > ability tom judge when to make a run / when to hold a line etc. It will still > penalise a player for gaining an advantage by being ahead of the defenders > but not penalise someone who is to all intents and purposes 'level' > Problem solved > Still do not like VAR in its present format - they should really stick to the > 'clear and obvious mistake' - one that a single quick review , done in > seconds will sort out > Dave > _______________________________________________ > Leedslist mailing list > Info and options: https://mailman.gn.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > To unsubscribe, email [email protected] > > Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/leedslist/ > > RIP Jimmy WAC-COE --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: https://mailman.gn.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/leedslist/ RIP Jimmy WAC-COE
