Firstly, the article you refer to seems to me to be more highlighting the inconsistency of the application of the rule and how that was causing consternation amongst teams. Consistency has been a big a issue for a number of years. Any comment about it ruining the art of defending is garbage as...
Sorry, should have been clearer. The linesman did not need to flag for offside just because he was standing in an offside position (and neither, under current guidelines, should he). In theory, if the lino thought he had been offside once the ball hit the net he should have signalled then and...
You keep going on about Burns being offside when the kick was taken but standing in an offside position is not an offence. When the cross came over, it was going nowhere near where Burn was standing and there was a possibility that ball flicked off the head of the defender and then Burn chased...