Jaidi -offside?

[ufc43]

He didn't touch the ball, so therefore he's not considered offside.

Stupid rule though

You dont have to touch the ball to be interfering with play (offside).

Decisions of the International F.A. Board
Decision 1
In the defi nition of offside position, “nearer to his opponents’ goal
line” means that any part of his head, body or feet is nearer to his
opponents’ goal line than both the ball and the second last opponent.
The arms are not included in this defi nition.
Decision 2
The defi nitions of elements of involvement in active play are as follows:
• Interfering with play means playing or touching the ball passed or
touched by a team-mate.
• Interfering with an opponent means preventing an opponent from
playing or being able to play the ball by clearly obstructing the
opponent’s line of vision or movements or making a gesture or
movement which, in the opinion of the referee, deceives or distracts
an opponent.•

Jaidi clearly made movements for distraction and also obstructed Reinas line of vision. It was such an easy decision by the ref and his assistants to make.

[PTP]

I was once asked to leave the field of play for having a tangerine in my shorts, no it's not an analogy, just forgot it was there, was going to eat it before kick off but forgot. It fell out of the little pocket, the ref saw it & told me to get off & either eat it or throw it.

He did let me come back on though. Good ref. As you can imagine it wasn't exactly a cup final.

WTF - i'm sorry, **** this offside rule off - YOU HAD A TANGERINE IN YOUR SHORTS - how on earth did you walk on to the pitch and forget about it, what was it doing in your shorts, how long were you playing before you noticed, did you go off and eat the tangerine, then come back on five mins later or did you save it till half time, please don't tell me you were wearing footie shorts with pockets, wtf kind of footie shorts have pockets!, if, as i hope, ur shorts didn't have pockets, then how the hell were you carrying a tangerine in your shorts.

So many questions need answering

[Skillz]

It was offside, it was clear from the moment he took up his position that he was there solely to block Reina's line of vision, a poor decision by the officials.

I have just seen it and agree with this. Surely he is only there, in that spot for a reason? Yes.

Clearly offside, he's active.

[homer1]

It was a great free kick though. I think it would have gone in regardless of Jaidi

To be fair Rafa even said that after the game, saying the rule clearly needed to be changed but adding that it was a great free-kick and probably wouldn't have mattered anyway

[homer1]

Whether it was technically considered interfering with play or not, it wasn't very sporting. What bizarre behaviour. It was an excellent free kick, which Reina wouldn't have saved anyway. I thought we should have been awarded a free kick when McFadden almost booted Skrtel in the face.

I'd say against Everton it was unsporting behaviour as he didn't break any rules, against us he was clearly standing in the line of the ball whilst being about 8 yards offside - if this isn't classified as interfering with play then I don't know what is!!!

[Rich]

As far as I'm concern it's a simple decision; why was Jaidi stood in that position? He's only there to obstruct the goalkeepers view therefore its an easy case of offside. He wouldn't have stood there otherwise.

And while the current law is a bit of a mess, this decision has to be purely a refereeing error. Surely!

[PTP]

Just thinking about this - risky to do, but what stopping reina(or any keeper is this situation) going right up to and standing by Jaidi - just stand right by, and the second the ball is struck, kind of fall in to him as he is in the way, basically what happens at most corners - it would be blatant obstruction then

[homer1]

Just thinking about this - risky to do, but what stopping reina(or any keeper is this situation) going right up to and standing by Jaidi - just stand right by, and the second the ball is struck, kind of fall in to him as he is in the way, basically what happens at most corners - it would be blatant obstruction then

You're right, risky thing to do

I'd like to see someone try it .............. someone else though

[PTP]

You're right, risky thing to do

I'd like to see someone try it .............. someone else though

- it would just be interesting to see what happened - agree tho, i'd rather someone else tried it!

[cled the red]

Just thinking about this - risky to do, but what stopping reina(or any keeper is this situation) going right up to and standing by Jaidi - just stand right by, and the second the ball is struck, kind of fall in to him as he is in the way, basically what happens at most corners - it would be blatant obstruction then

In theory, a great idea - in practice unworkable. If Pepe had stood by Jaidi before the free kick on saturday all Jaidi would have to do as Larsson starts his run up is to move away and leave Pepe looking like a bell-end on the penalty spot as the ball is chipped over him!!!

[hamshanks]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmPJ2f_D-DI

So surely then we've got to go back and reclaim all the goals that were disallowed for offside in the past. If that's the case this Keegan overhead kick would've been the goal of the decade (and to be fair the one against us is a bit special)

[Vermilion]

WTF - i'm sorry, **** this offside rule off - YOU HAD A TANGERINE IN YOUR SHORTS - how on earth did you walk on to the pitch and forget about it, what was it doing in your shorts, how long were you playing before you noticed, did you go off and eat the tangerine, then come back on five mins later or did you save it till half time, please don't tell me you were wearing footie shorts with pockets, wtf kind of footie shorts have pockets!, if, as i hope, ur shorts didn't have pockets, then how the hell were you carrying a tangerine in your shorts.

So many questions need answering

Yes yes my shorts had a little pocket in the inside, don't blame me the school bought the kit, and it was in Wolves colours, The said item popped out on to the pitch during a tackle, he he, yes there was laughter all round & yes i felt a right tit, the ref asked sarcastically would i like him to pause the game while i eat my fruit,

Sent me off to get rid & played on, i told him i could throw it but he wasn't having it, left me there on the side lines for a few mins then signalled me to come back on.

All very amusing to everyone, hope that covers it for you, now that you've made me bear the full embarrassment to all & sundry. In my defence i was 9yrs old at the time, but i remember it as if it were yesterday.

[PTP]

Yes yes my shorts had a little pocket in the inside, don't blame me the school bought the kit, and it was in Wolves colours, The said item popped out on to the pitch during a tackle, he he, yes there was laughter all round & yes i felt a right tit, the ref asked sarcastically would i like him to pause the game while i eat my fruit,

Sent me off to get rid & played on, i told him i could throw it but he wasn't having it, left me there on the side lines for a few mins then signalled me to come back on.

All very amusing to everyone, hope that covers it for you, now that you've made me bear the full embarrassment to all & sundry. In my defence i was 9yrs old at the time, but i remember it as if it were yesterday.

- i have to gohome now but i will pick up on this tomorrow!

[Vermilion]

- i have to gohome now but i will pick up on this tomorrow!

Just a thought, but as footie shorts don't generally have pockets, i wonder where Tevez keeps his Dummy, does he pop it into somewhere or use the little handle to hook it over something... could be his socks i guess.

[bobbyfallon]

id say the little ugly **** has plenty of room in his shorts for it