FA CUP Quarter-Final : Swansea City v Tottenham Hotspur - 17/03/18 @12.15pm

[kingdawson]

I understand the offside rule.
So please can someone explain why Son is called offside here?
No part of his body is over the last line.
His foot is just as close as the defenders.

Mate his foot is ever so slightlyyyyyy ahead of the swansea cb if we are really analysing it. Benefit of the doubt should go to attacker if unsure but he is ever so slightly ahead of play. Fractions.

 

[Totti]

Mate his foot is ever so slightlyyyyyy ahead of the swansea cb if we are really analysing it. Benefit of the doubt should go to attacker if unsure but he is ever so slightly ahead of play. Fractions.

Also not clear whether or not his body is ahead due to the angle. Looks just off to me.

 

[kingdawson]

Whisper it quietly, Sissoko is having a great game...

He's been brilliant so far which many don't like to admit.

 

[Furball man]

The replay showed to you he was CLEARLY onside?? To me it showed he might have been onside but still not conclusive.

So why use it?

I’d rather accept refs decisions , right or wrong

 

[78Spur]

I agree but then why use VAR? Play to the whistle.

The moment VAR was used it ridiculed the lino, it also showed that he was onside & despite all that abortion , it wasn’t given

I totally agree, seems a total misuse of the system

 

[Totti]

He's been brilliant so far which many don't like to admit.

The silence from his doubters is more than enough.

 

[CH_Spur]

I understand the offside rule.
So please can someone explain why Son is called offside here?
No part of his body is over the last line.
His foot is just as close as the defenders.

His knee is offside

 

[kingdawson]

What a save ffs.

 

[Ossie Wembley]

Stunning effort

 

[Bagelboy]

The problem is the use of the term clear and obvious error

So basically Sonny needs to be behind, not level, otherwise it's not clear and obvious - same as when they go to video for a catch in cricket or a try in rugby

The reason they don't allow overrule for that one is then we question why bother with linesmen. What they need to do is get a better faster system for these reviews, or use the same as Hockey - each team gets one appeal for VAR, they have to give a reason to the umpire, and if it's wrong they lose their appeal

That doesn't stop hockey (proper field, not ice) from still being significantly faster as a game than football

Well that’s the point, it wasn’t clear and obvious so why did they review it.
The linesman made the call as it looked offside. No problem
So why review it and then say it wasn’t clear and obvious so level doesn’t count?

 

[SouthStand Billy]

fuck me hit the bar

 

[Totti]

Lamela denied a proper assist by the goalkeepers great save.

 

[Builder]

Damn, close.

 

[Notabadsquad]

2 does it.

Grufff.....

 

[NorseYid]

Eriksen does love playing Swansea (sic)

 

[Ossie Wembley]

Need another to kill this.

 

[sammyspurs]

What I hate most about VAR is that if that was ruled onside, and then its ruled a goal, I don't get the sheer bliss of watching it unfold real time. Thats what every fan lives for in my opinion, to take that away from the game is detrimental to the sport.

For me I would rather have a goal wrongly called offside by the lino. That was totally undestandable for him to get that wrong.

The thing that makes me wants to smash the tv to bits is a panel watching it over and over again, and still getting it wrong. As with Rochdale, that has lifted Swansea, when the game should be dead.

 

[TottsAmazeballs]

Possibly less not spotting and more him not trusting his right foot.

Frequently he chooses to keep rather than pass when the pass would be off his right.

Good point, I hadn't thought of that. One for Poch to sort out!

Bagelboy Son's head and shoulder are over the line, which he can score with. It's the right call, even if it took away Son's goal of the month award.

 

[sammyspurs]

Eriksen does love playing Flapahanski

Its not him

 

[Totti]

Eriksen does love playing Flapahanski

Shame he's not playing then.