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Thread #127707 Message #2858184
Posted By: MikeL2
07-Mar-10 - 06:11 AM
Thread Name: BS: Soccer: let's abolish 'offside' rule?
Subject: RE: BS: Soccer: let's abolish 'offside' rule?
hi dave
I agree with you.
I watched three matches yesterday.
I am a Man U fan and was at the game at Wolves yesterday. We were lucky to get away with a win. But the season has gone on like this for us most of the time. We haven't really played well all season and yet there we are on top of the league and having won more games than anyone else. Makes you think.
I watched two other cup games that I had recorded.
In watching these games I could not see any case to be made for changing the off-side rule. There were some minor calls like you will get in every game but the games flowed and while none of them were show stoppers they were exciting and kept the fans on their toes.
Ironically there was the incident in the Portsmouth game where Birmingham claimed that they had scored from Ridgewell's header.
I watched it as it happened I did not think that the ball had crossed the line. Replays and slow motion proved me wrong.
I say ironic because earlier that yesterday Sep Blatter and his FIFA henchmen had voted against the proposed use of technology as an aid to referees.
This I do find puzzling.
cheers
MikeL2