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Yeah, it seems a ridiculous rule. Clearly the defending player wouldn’t commit the foul if they knew the attacking player would be flagged offside but how are they supposed to know for sure that the player was in an offside position and that the assistant ref would call it correctly?

Taken from the link below: 'A player in an offisde position is moving towards the ball with the intention of playing the ball and is fouled before playing or attempting to play the ball, or challenging an opponent for the ball, the foul is penalised as it has occurred before the offside...

Yes, it's all very odd. I suppose it's because to commit an offside offence two things have to happen; you have to be in offside position and attempt to play the ball but the two things can be several seconds apart and happen in two places on the pitch. Therefore it's deemed that the offence...

The one that got me recently (fan not knowing the rules rather than player) is that the free kick resulting from an offside decision can be in the offending player's half. The reason being they are standing in the opponent's half in an offside position when a ball is played forward. No offence...