Monsieur Le Plonk
Lethargy in motion
Does he? I'm looking at something very different from you. Clearly offside.
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Does he? I'm looking at something very different from you. Clearly offside.
Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo
Waxing chumps like candles since ‘75
- Oct 4, 2003
- 11,131
Can't really tell from the video as it doesn't show the whole back line, there is at least 1 defender (the one who is marking Baldock in the centre) who is out of shot. You'd need a wider shot of the pass to see if he was offside or not for certain. Although playing it through I do think he was marginally off.
Marshy
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I thought CMS was offside a the time, but by being so close to the linesman he got away with it.
Mo Gosfield
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- Aug 11, 2010
- 6,295
They should know. They watch a darn sight more football than a lot of the posters on here. Most of them are away season ticket holders and go to the vast majority of Leeds games.
CMS is one of those players ( like Barnes ) who clearly divide opinion amongst our fans. Leeds fans are not the only ones who rate CMS highly and I think you will find that he is held in pretty high esteem by many within the game. Those in football love energy and the type of player who is a ' disruptive ' influence on the field. CMS fits this bill. He works the back four to death, never allowing them a moments peace. He scurries around looking for the slightest mistake. He unsettles opponents, something that a lot of BHA fans fail to recognise. They pick up on his first touch, which is a bit clumsy at times. They moan about his lack of goals but fail to analyse his strengths and question if he has been used properly. They ignore the injuries he has had and which, in some seasons have prevented him from reaching 20 goals. They ignore some of the blindingly good goals he has scored at BHA, when his confidence has been high and concentrate on some of his disappointing misses.
My work enables me to talk to a number of contacts within football. Experienced, knowledgeable people. Seen it, done it, got the teashirt types. As yet, I have not heard a negative comment re CMS.
IMHO he offers us something different and we should value that. We see too many ' samey ' types, too predictable, too readable. I like CMS for his unpredictability. One minute brilliant, next minute frustrating and ordinary. And its those flashes of brilliance that can make the difference. A stunning overhead kick followed by a stumble.
CMS will never let you down. He may frustrate you but you will never fault his workrate and commitment and last night he absolutely ran Leeds ragged, giving Tex and Kayal the freedom behind.
drew
Drew
I think most people will probably consider that the video proves he was, at the time the ball was played through, just offside. He did check his run to be back onside but that is prior to the still you posted, not after.
Linesman should know. We were both in line on the opposite side of the pitch. I reckoned level. We could not see CMS properly form our side because a defender blocked the line of sight so I was confident he was onside.
I originally posted before I saw the still.
drew
Drew
Linesmen make mistakes. When it happened we felt he was just off (we're in line up in the WSU) but it doesn't matter if the lino doesn't see it!
He didn't miss the other offsides. And how could he miss it?
Bold Seagull
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This is the closest frame I could grab to Calde kicking the ball, you can see his right foot coming down to kick the ball (a frame later and the ball is past the defender closing Calde down). In this frame CMS has already made his run back onside and is running forwards again. Not sure what is misleading about it other than the possibility the right back is out of shot playing him on?
drew
Drew
Are you saying that the still is wrong? Macca is offside in relation to all the players visible. The linesman missed it, possible because he had seen Macca run back on side and was at that moment, seemingly looking at Calde.
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Can we not pick over a fantastic match, the like of which we haven't seen for 2 years, just to imaginary 'points'.
Pretty pink fairy
Banned
- Jan 30, 2008
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Good post, very good points, i always enjoy your Albion related posts.
Very much enjoyed watching CMS giving Leeds the run around, can't fault his commitment.
That particular linesman would'nt or could'nt keep up with the game the occasion when the Leeds forward broke through and looked at least 4-5 yards off side he was way behind the play and it could have cost us big time.
As you ve been rude to me where I sit is none of your business! And whats that got to do with the fact that cms is goal ratio is 1in 4.5 games great strike rate there! lets keep him on for another 3 to4 seasons on probably one of the highest salary s at the club.think he might have 40 goals in 180apps if you think thats good going your easily pleased.But for me thats not good enough
C.M.S is a great pro and everyone can see that.But he s just not cut it s plain for all to see.Except you!
MattBackHome
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- Jul 7, 2003
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Bounced in preparation for tomorrow, and a tearful farewell to our favourite labrador puppy.
I will ALWAYS be Team CMS.
*sniff*
I will ALWAYS be Team CMS.
*sniff*
GT49er
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I'm Team CMS - and proud of it.
And which team will that be, then?
And which team will that be, then?
Hampster Gull
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- Dec 22, 2010
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Yes, top bloke who gave his all.
