Watching the womens semi final last night it made me even more convinced that if they are going to use VAR for offside decisions they need to tweak the offside rule Both v Cameroon when it went for England and last night when it went against them the decision to overrule a goal due to the striker being offside by an inch (in the Cameroon game she was facing the 'wrong way') I thought that this was bad for the game in general Quite often when a player is out wide and is offside the 'expert' summariser will say that it is bad football since that player can look right down the line and judge his run.That is fine when he gets ahead of the defence but it is impossible for a player who is 'level' to judge if any relevant part of his body is ahead of the defender Most recent rule changes have had the intention (albeit sometimes the opposite result) of speeding the game up and making it more likely for teams to have chances and thus more exciting and entertainingThis offside by an inch via VAR will have the opposite effect , with really good , well worked goals being chalked off. Last night, for example was a lovely flick through, a well timed run and good finish and yet ruled out because her big toe was in front of the defenders big toe Surely if they are going to use VAR for this the rule should be (as linesmen were told the other year) to only be offside if there is 'clear daylight' between the attacker and the defender - this will give both players the ability tom judge when to make a run / when to hold a line etc. It will still penalise a player for gaining an advantage by being ahead of the defenders but not penalise someone who is to all intents and purposes 'level' Problem solved Still do not like VAR in its present format - they should really stick to the 'clear and obvious mistake' - one that a single quick review , done in seconds will sort out Dave _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: https://mailman.gn.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected]
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