My proposed changes to the offside rule.

[Yankee_Devil]

Ok seems like the offiside rule is the thing that has given soccer and fifa in general most of the headaches in the era of the modern game (post yellow and red cards)

So lets face it, we need to make an offside rule that encourages scoring and yet at the same time does not stagnate the game to pretty much holding ground next to the golie and steal a goal.

So here is my proposal.

1. I say we change the offside rule to only be enforced inside of the AREA.

Yes that is pretty much it. thats the whole rule.

Let me know what you guys think.

[M]

Yes, let's have endless controversy as to whether a player was inside or outside the area when the ball's passed to him. Today's one-dimensional problem in two-dimensions...

[Yankee_Devil]

Yeah because today there is no endless controvery about weather the player took of before or after the pass was made.

Besides controversy has always and will always be part of the sport.

[jerrito]

I think like many issues in soccer, the offsides problem could be resolved with better, more consistent refereeing and properly enforcing the rules which already exist.

[Yankee_Devil]

I think like many issues in soccer, the offsides problem could be resolved with better, more consistent refereeing and properly enforcing the rules which already exist.

You mean the boring, play stagnating, play slowing, mind numbming thing we have... kind of like the so called injuries and their consequecial game stopages that seem to happened in the late minutes of the game. which oddly enough only seem to happened to the team that leading at the time.

[jerrito]

You mean the boring, play stagnating, play slowing, mind numbming thing we have... kind of like the so called injuries and their consequecial game stopages that seem to happened in the late minutes of the game. which oddly enough only seem to happened to the team that leading at the time.


And good referees keep those things to a minimum, and let the game flow.
It's just that there aren't that many of them, unfortunately, which is why I say the quality of refereeing needs to be improved. For example, there were games in this world cup in which 3 or 4 breakaways were stopped because of an offsides call. On the replay, the player receiving the ball was not offsides. I say at this level 1 or 2 of those would have been scored had the linesman simply made the correct call. And UP goes the excitement and scoring average!

;)

[Yankee_Devil]

And good referees keep those things to a minimum, and let the game flow.
It's just that there aren't that many of them, unfortunately, which is why I say the quality of refereeing needs to be improved. For example, there were games in this world cup in which 3 or 4 breakaways were stopped because of an offsides call. On the replay, the player receiving the ball was not offsides. I say at this level 1 or 2 of those would have been scored had the linesman simply made the correct call. And UP goes the excitement and scoring average!

;)

Yes that is true to a certain extent at least. However I think we are in a era in which the physical conditioning, skill level, and technical condition of the game in which the offside should morph to better fit the athleates tha play the game and coaches that run them.

Believe me we could even though with a couple of more linesmen in order to get the calls right.

[jerrito]

Yes that is true to a certain extent at least. However I think we are in a era in which the physical conditioning, skill level, and technical condition of the game in which the offside should morph to better fit the athleates tha play the game and coaches that run them.

Believe me we could even though with a couple of more linesmen in order to get the calls right.


I agree very much with you do that something does need to be done. Hopefully, the fat big-wigs at FIFA will take notice this time around, and make positive change in some form, including using 50 linesmen if that's what it takes to get it right.

[Yankee_Devil]

Well fifty might over doing it but you right... fifa needs to get off their fat ass.