In fairness, it's not often kuszczak gets the ball over everyone direct to the player behind the defence, it is often more likely to have to be headed on to get to anyone stood in an offside position, and there's no guarantee that will be an opposition player, so urging our players to get onside...
People like to think the offside rule was fine as it was back in the day, if you were in an offside position when the ball was played forward, you were offside, none of this 'interfering with play' malarkey. The problem is that it wasn't fine, at least not everyone ought it was, as the player on...
Wrong again.
Offence
A player in an offside position is only penalised if, at the moment the ball
touches or is played by one of his team, he is, in the opinion of the referee,
involved in active play by:
• interfering with play or
• interfering with an opponent or
• gaining an advantage by...
No, the question is "can you be offside if you collect the ball in your own half?" The answer is yes, I f you were in an offside position when the ball was played.