No more offsides?

claret50 · Jan 18, 2017

FIFA technical boss Marco Van Basten would like to see the scrapping of yellow cards and offsides.
From Sky Sports.

http://www.skysports.com/football/n...asten-wants-to-scrap-offside-and-yellow-cards

Richard Cranium · Jan 18, 2017

How do these morons get these jobs?

The Mustard Tiger · Jan 18, 2017

Why do great players turn into numpties when given a bit of power?

epic73 · Jan 18, 2017

Please stop, FIFA.

SALTIRE · Jan 18, 2017

I still think a forward should be allowed half a yard and be onside, it would make for more goals, and maybe defenders will try to defend properly then.

epic73 · Jan 19, 2017

SALTIRE said:
I still think a forward should be allowed half a yard and be onside, it would make for more goals, and maybe defenders will try to defend properly then.

Agreed, but taking it away entirely is just silly, changes the way football is played for everyone if the strikers can just sit at the edge of the box and wait for a long ball to come to them.

claret50 · Jan 19, 2017

I should have mentioned in the OP that personally I think his idea is a load of bollocks and would ruin the game, although I could see the likes of Allardyce parking a couple of forwards in the oppositions box.

Leo · Jan 19, 2017

The problem/dislike I have with offside decisions is that so many are given for instances when the forward going player needs only to have a very slight part of his body (eg arm, knee, outstretched leg) to be deemed to be offside.....and because of this imo linesmen in the majority of cases play safe and give offside when the player is later shown to be level or onside but I do realise that it is difficult for linesmen. Anyway for what it's worth I would like to see the offside rule relaxed to the extent that 'the whole body' of the forward going player is behind the defender before being deemed offside.

TubularBells · Jan 19, 2017

Ridiculous! I agree with the above on the marginally offside being allowed as defenders seem to have lost the art to defend. It'd sharpen them up a great deal but abolishing it would just lead to as mentioned; hoofing the ball up to two strikers hovering in the six yard box. I'd be open to the idea of a sin bin idea like in rugby for a yellow card offence. I reckon it'd reduce the likelihood of a team with ten men holding out for a draw, knowing they'd get a man back in ten minutes but would penalise them enough to upset their momentum and game plan that they'd be less likely to commit to an offence in the first place.

Dirk · Jan 19, 2017

Leo said:
Anyway for what it's worth I would like to see the offside rule relaxed to the extent that 'the whole body' of the forward going player is behind the defender before being deemed offside.

That's the only change in the offside rule I would accept (ok, I would have to accept every brain fart of FIFA Officials because I don't have anything to say but you know what I mean

). Like a goal is only a goal when the ball is completely behind the goal-line, an out is an out when the ball is completely behind the sidelines.

What comes next? Increase the scoreline because Americans are bored with low scoring football matches. 6 points for a goal. 1 point for a shot over the goalbar so we can have American Football scores?

mnb089mnb · Jan 19, 2017

johnnytodd · Jan 19, 2017

I think there should be no offside from 18 yard line when the ball is played from the attacking half.

Leo · Jan 19, 2017

johnnytodd said:
I think there should be no offside from 18 yard line when the ball is played from the attacking half.

We had a pissy wee tourney in the 70's called the Dryborough Cup. In the early 70's they experimented with the offside rule. A dotted line (iirc) was extended from the outermost corners of the 18 yard box to the sidelines and a player could only be deemed offside within the extended 18 yard area. Think it only lasted for 3 years and died a death.

Super_horns · Jan 19, 2017

Typical striker?!!

mnb089mnb · Jan 19, 2017

johnnytodd · Jan 19, 2017

Leo said:
We had a pissy wee tourney in the 70's called the Dryborough Cup. In the early 70's they experimented with the offside rule. A dotted line (iirc) was extended from the outermost corners of the 18 yard box to the sidelines and a player could only be deemed offside within the extended 18 yard area. Think it only lasted for 3 years and died a death.

That's not the same as what i said though Leo.

Leo · Jan 19, 2017

johnnytodd said:
That's not the same as what i said though Leo.

don't you worry your wee cotton socks about that mate.....you mentioned 'no offside', you mentioned 18 yard line ? (I take it you mean box)....sooo, I just gave an example of what was trialled up here in the 70's....No big deal Johnny.

TubularBells · Jan 19, 2017

Had to laugh at a comment on a Burnley forum regards this. Our striker Andre Gray is constantly off-side, it's a part of his game that needs vast improvement.
Anyway a comment read

'If they get rid of off-sides Andre Gray would be worth £100 million, I'm all for it'

Made me chuckle anyway.

epic73 · Jan 19, 2017

Agree with Leo, refs need to be more lenient with offsides (except with United :lol:

) but abolishing it completely is dumb.

SALTIRE · Jan 19, 2017

Leo said:
The problem/dislike I have with offside decisions is that so many are given for instances when the forward going player needs only to have a very slight part of his body (eg arm, knee, outstretched leg) to be deemed to be offside.....and because of this imo linesmen in the majority of cases play safe and give offside when the player is later shown to be level or onside but I do realise that it is difficult for linesmen. Anyway for what it's worth I would like to see the offside rule relaxed to the extent that 'the whole body' of the forward going player is behind the defender before being deemed offside.

Yep thats why I suggest a tolerance of half a yard.

silkyman · Jan 19, 2017

After a succesful trial at Old Trafford, FIFA debate removing the offside rule?

Stevencc · Jan 19, 2017

HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!

Veggie Legs · Jan 22, 2017

SALTIRE said:
Yep thats why I suggest a tolerance of half a yard.

That would make it significantly harder to make decisions though.

Leo · Jan 22, 2017

Just harping back to my previous post on this....there was an offside given a few minutes ago in the Chelsea game where Costa was adjudged to be offside...it was a fucking ludicrous decision as his moving forward meant he was, as the commentators said, leaning forward and it could only have been a matter of inches of his body that was behind the defender. Utter fucking nonsense.

epic73 · Jan 22, 2017

I think instead of it being offsides if any part of the body is offsides, it should be onside of any part of the body is onside.

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