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No, I do understand how they do they're job. If a linesman previously felt any part of the attacker was offside then they would flag. They might have been right or they might have been wrong but if they felt part of the player was offside they stand by that. You're now arguing that linesmen...

Sorry but your comments are getting sillier and sillier! The linesman gave offside because he thought he saw offside. If he wasn't sure he'd have let VAR sort it out. Fact is he gave offside because a Brighton player was in an offside position when the ball was played forward but it wasn't...

And of course Undav's goal at Villa wouldn't have counted as it was given offside by the lino.

No I don't, but do you have the margin of error just using the eyesight of a human who could be up to 100yrds away?

Sorry.but you're just being silly. The vast majority of goals disallowed for offside do not involve the attacker at full sprint! I would also suggest that the same majority also don't involve the defender sprinting in the other direction. I would also suggest that it allows valid goals where...

Sorry, don't agree with that. The margin of error is not a 12 inches by any stretch of the imagination. Besides, you're backtracking because the law is you're not offside if you're level and you obviously thought that wasn't the case!!!

Isn't level onside already??

The problem isn't the system, it's the calibre of those watching the screen and making or advising decisions. If it was up to me, I'd remove the reference to 'clear and obvious' because there is no consensus as to what exactly that means! I agree about offside decisions need to be quicker...