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5.19 in tells you everything you need to know. Ade was even arguably onside ffs
maybe i think i know the rules and i actually don't, but if an offside player is actively involved in the play, don't you have to raise the flag? adebayor was definitely in an offside position and he was definitely involved in the play by trying to hit the ball with his head. so what's there to complain about here?
That element of the rule is open to the refs interpretation/discretion. Hence its far from absolute.
The ref didnt give the decision, it was the linesman. The linesman confirmed he flagged Dawson as offside, not that he called Adebayor offside.
Dawson was not offside, not even close. Flagging Dawson was a mistake.
Had he flagged Adebayor it would have been less contentious, though still a close call for me. Its rare to see an offside in those circumstances unless the player is literally all over the keeper.
Gouffran wasn't and it got ruled out...against City as well.
The commentary made mention of that as well.
The decision he made - Dawson was offside - was without doubt incorrect.
The result he gave, IE - goal chalked off for offside - was conceivably correct. Though I maintain its still an arguable decision, its extremely rare to be given in that instance unless the offside player is swinging from the keepers arms...
Wouldn't go that far but for £100 million we could have done better. Until we play Verts, chirches and Sandro as our defensive 3 I will never be confident of our defense against top teams, Verts and Sandro are supposed to be ready to come back.
I reckon we will be 6th this season, Man United will come back strong with Rooney, VP now fit and Mata coming strong, Liverpool with SAS will most likely finish 4th but I think Everton will be below us. We need to get the deadwood out of this team in the summer.
Read the rules, Sammy
http://www.thefa.com/football-rules-governance/laws/football-11-11/law-11---offside.aspx
Here are the rules. Dawson was not offside.
Ade, possibly was.
The lino gave Dawson as offside. That was wrong.
For the last time - Dawson was offside at the time Ade attempted to play the ball with his head
The rules are quite clear - a player becomes 'active' when he shows intent to play the ball - Ade tried to header the ball - clear intent = clear offside
Of course the decusion is against us so automicatlly means a grand conspiracy tried to screw us
Read the rules
Eriksen was the last player to touch the ball before Dawson
Adebayor was not flagged offside. Dawson was.
Wrong decision.
Ade was not ruled offside.
Dawson was ruled offside.
The rules are quite clear...you should read them
Ade was offside when he attempted to play the ball.
You don;t need to touch the ball to become active in play - read the rules on 'intent'