I've only got 30 minutes in the office doing the wages.
Linos do make mistakes, that's why we now have VAR, and for those 'maybe' situations the lino keeps his/her flag down, trusting VAR to get it right. But in a situation like Saturday where the player was so clearly offside then that's when...
You need to view the match. It happened in the first few minutes. Newcastle player well offside, by a good yard or more. VAR is for when it's close and the lino is unsure so play on and check later, but here the player was clearly offside. So put up the flag rather than let play carry on and the...
Blatant is when the player is yards offside. Today, after the injury, the lino put his flag up for offside. If it was close then yes, keep the flag down.
2nd City player isn't it? Lino lets play carry on despite offside and player gets injured and subbed. Isn't it time this stupid rule of keeping the flag down was scrapped, especially when the offside is blatant.