[Football] The "delaying the offside flag and letting it play out" thing

[tedebear]

It’s because refs and linesmen are human and make errors when making split-second decisions using only the naked eye and their judgement, so allowing it to play out enables the use of VAR to confirm or reverse their decision. The rozzers dont have to make such judgement; they use calibrated speed cameras.

Besides, they don’t call it when it happens. If you get flashed doing 80, no one stops you and you’re allowed to carry on doing 80, despite the fact that it’s objectively less safe than going 70.

Righty o, thanks, clearly the analagy doesn't work..

 

[Brovion]

Haven't read the whole thread so apologies if this has already been posted, but this article in the Guardian I think sums it up nicely. Interesting about the rise in hamstring injuries:

Awoniyi’s injury should lead to a rethink over flawed offside protocol | Jacob Steinberg

Assistant referees need more scope to use their common sense as opposed to simply relying on VAR

www.theguardian.com

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Quickly? One of Burnley's goals last year took five and a half minutes. For it to intervene quickly enough to be useful, it would need to be about two seconds.

The answer is simple. Go back to the old offside. In front is offside, behind is onside, level is onside, and stop pretending that "level" was ever meant to mean to the nearest inch. The linesman can make his judgement based on the torso rather than the toe, just like they do in lower leagues, and if the VAR man can't see clearly in 5 seconds from a still photo who is in front, then they are level.

I agree with the Wenger "clear blue daylight" as, it would seem, do you.
And we could do away with VAR for offside.
Rubric: unless it is clearly offside, it is onside.
The Orient goal against against Stockport would probably have been chalked off.
And Stockport would have gone through the tie at 1-1 at home at 90 mins.

If we think we should use VAR, then if 20 seconds is too long for you, make it 10. Or 5.
"Lino raise your flag". Or no instruction, flag stay down. Bosh.
As longs as the ****s on VAR aren't watching the gee gees on another screen,
or giving each other a reach around,
and are instead doing the job they are paid to do......of course.

 

[LamieRobertson]

Any update on the players health?

 

[Arthritic Toe]

I don't quite see what the injury has to do with the flag not going up... no other rule gets changed to make the injury more likely than if he had actually been onside

All you are saying is that injuries won't occur when football isn't being played - so if that's the aim then stop playing football altogether

Yes its completely irrelevant. Its one of those things that match commentators keep going on and on about when it has no relevance whatsoever.

 

[LamieRobertson]

Any update on the players health?

from the bbc website…..looks positive

Awoniyi had the second stage of the operation, including closing the wound, on Wednesday. He was woken from the induced coma in the early evening.