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You’re absolutely right, and this is why it was given. Yet dozens aren’t each week. It’s like foul throws, you might see a couple a season given watching every Albion game, but in reality there’s a couple a match minimum the referee doesn’t give. We got lucky tonight in that the application...

*could* have. It’s all hypothetical which is why it’s a judgement call for VAR and every week we see similar situations not given as offside.

This. Why the secrecy? Of course I know the real answer - football supporters are a breed all of their own and unlike any other sport. They want to avoid riots.

Someone else pointed out the one given against us for Mwepu and I remember the outrage here. It was technically the correct application of the laws. My point is how many times it isn’t enforced each week. In my opinion it was a fortunate decision for us that they deemed it offside.

Fair point, in my opinion that would’ve swayed the decision though.

First they checked the goalscorer’s position, he was just onside - very close. Then they checked Armstrong’s position - the guy on the near post - and he was a yard or two offside. They then had to decide whether his movement (a flick of his leg behind him) constituted an attempt to interfere...