The "offside" for the Norwich goal


Going off that still the actual ball forward to the Norwich player hasn’t been played yet

there’s least another second for him to play the ball forward for the Norwich lad to be offside
 
Ekwah error. Not the linesman
I thought he was clearly interfering when I was sat in the West Stand (other side of the ground). This was because he looked pretty much on top of the ball. When I saw the replay at half time I wasn't so sure: he made a clear run for the ball but stopped a good few yards before getting to it, so I'd have to read the laws again to come to a decision. He definitely went towards the ball and he definitely affected the movement of our closest player, but then he did stop and didn't get closer than a few yards to the ball.

It's all immaterial anyway as he was onside in the first place :lol:

Refreshing to have a discussion about the laws of the game on here without someone getting hysterical. The only possible rationale in this case is whether he impeded him from getting to the ball. That's not based on Ekwah being distracted by him being in an offside position. He still could've easily take possession of that ball, he didn't even attempt to. There was a very similar one in the champions league a few years ago but I can't remember which game.
 
Refreshing to have a discussion about the laws of the game on here without someone getting hysterical. The only possible rationale in this case is whether he impeded him from getting to the ball. That's not based on Ekwah being distracted by him being in an offside position. He still could've easily take possession of that ball, he didn't even attempt to. There was a very similar one in the champions league a few years ago but I can't remember which game.
That was my take on Ekwah too shouldve just went for the ball & cleared it
 
You have proof posted the player was onside but people just skip by it likes it's not there and continue to post there bile
It proves nothing as you can't see the stripes on the pitch and the angle is deceptive. If you look at the video frame by frame Hume is behind the line on the pitch even a stride later - but impossible to tell if hes onside or not.
 
Rowe blocked a free kick being taken. He was not booked.

Right or wrong?
Well not a deal breaker. They probably got a throw in wrong as well. Given that we now tgat know the one huge decision they got right and all the fans got wrong the performance of the official was no worse than any player that made the odd decision on the pitch
 
Well not a deal breaker. They probably got a throw in wrong as well. Given that we now tgat know the one huge decision they got right and all the fans got wrong the performance of the official was no worse than any player that made the odd decision on the pitch
On Rowe I actually thought live that it was O'Nien trying it on when he shouldn't have and Rowe did nothing wrong. The referee was quite clearly looking the opposite direction so guessed.
 
Going off that still the actual ball forward to the Norwich player hasn’t been played yet

there’s least another second for him to play the ball forward for the Norwich lad to be offside
The one I posted is exactly as he kicks it, you just can’t tell because of the bodies around
 
On Rowe I actually thought live that it was O'Nien trying it on when he shouldn't have and Rowe did nothing wrong. The referee was quite clearly looking the opposite direction so guessed.
Roberts was showing the 4th official the the ball had not mearly hit Rowe but that he had stuck his leg out to prevent the ball from going past him. You would have assumed that if the ref didn't see it the 4th official or lineo would have..... or maybe's not with yesterday's officiating crew.
 
You have proof posted the player was onside but people just skip by it likes it's not there and continue to post there bile

I think the picture proves it’s close, but I don’t think it proves he’s onside like - are you going by the pitch markings, assuming they’re perpendicular to the white lines? You can’t even see Hume fully.

Either way, the linesman and the player himself clearly both thought he was in an offside position. The linesman then incorrectly thinks he’s not interfering with play too.

If he is onside, then the linesman is very lucky that his two mistakes have cancelled each other out. If he is offside then his mistake has cost us.

Either way, the officials were absolutely incompetent throughout the entire game once again. The random freekick generator was in full swing, cards were sometimes handed out for complaining, sometimes he ignored the complaining, linesman were not making decisions at all. Yet another poor game from them.
 
Roberts was showing the 4th official the the ball had not mearly hit Rowe but that he had stuck his leg out to prevent the ball from going past him. You would have assumed that if the ref didn't see it the 4th official or lineo would have..... or maybe's not with yesterday's officiating crew.
So what the shocking, disgraceful officiating has now boiled down is one of their players perhaps getting a booking and a throw in. To be honest the biggest possibly incorrect decision was the Clarke pen who I think bought it. Other than that the odd booking or throw in.
Let’s face it the ‘appalling’ performance of the officials was down to the ‘outrageous’ offside that they got right and the fans got wrong
 
Roberts was showing the 4th official the the ball had not mearly hit Rowe but that he had stuck his leg out to prevent the ball from going past him. You would have assumed that if the ref didn't see it the 4th official or lineo would have..... or maybe's not with yesterday's officiating crew.
I'd have to see it again to be sure, but live I thought O'Nien kicked it straight at him on purpose.

Of course our players are going to claim a scenario that was in our favour. Doesn't mean it was accurate.

But I've not seen any replays of the incident to be sure.
 
So what the shocking, disgraceful officiating has now boiled down is one of their players perhaps getting a booking and a throw in. To be honest the biggest possibly incorrect decision was the Clarke pen who I think bought it. Other than that the odd booking or throw in.
Let’s face it the ‘appalling’ performance of the officials was down to the ‘outrageous’ offside that they got right and the fans got wrong
Agree with you about the offside but the officials were piss poor. If you are going to apply/laws that were meant to be reinforced from the summer about time wasting you apply them to all ie if you book Pritchard for kicking the ball away you book players who prevent us from taking quick free kicks. And by the way it wasnt just 1 wrong throw in decision the arsehole with flag in front of West Stand got wrong there was a multitude of decisions he refused to get involved with that were wrong.
 
It's mental how badly some supporters can't admit they're wrong and the official called it right? Hold your hands up, praise the assistant for some cracking officiating and admit you called this one wrong
 
Agree with you about the offside but the officials were piss poor. If you are going to apply/laws that were meant to be reinforced from the summer about time wasting you apply them to all ie if you book Pritchard for kicking the ball away you book players who prevent us from taking quick free kicks. And by the way it wasnt just 1 wrong throw in decision the arsehole with flag in front of West Stand got wrong there was a multitude of decisions he refused to get involved with that were wrong.
I just think we have daft expectations of refs and expect them to get everything right. If the worst thing we can criticise a ref for is not booking a player when they should have they are doing ok
 

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