Maybe got it from here: Tribal football

Thanks 92er. It's hard trying to get through, that unless a player touches the ball, he's not offside. That is the new interpretation of "interfering with play" Quite simply, you can chase the bloomin' ball from an offside position, but you wont, or shouldn't be flagged offside unless you actually touch it.

The referees now interpret the law differentlt. A player is only interfering with play if he actually touches the ball. That's why: 1] Benni wasn't offside when Neill played the long ball through 2] the linesman didn't flag until any offside player actually touched the ball.

Did you read this, AR?

In 2 years time.

Don't think JW ever said there was any profit to be made Cap'n.

Man to Amsterdam Wed to Friday, still available for £61 at Jet2go.com

Ours aren't that sane.

Booked in the Europa 92 hotel in the centre of Amsterdam via Octopus travel.

Booking confirmed W. Just need a match ticket now.

Check yours.

Want to PM me the hotel you're staying at 1864?

Hughesy try Skyscanner

Want to post on the Feyenoord thread, LD?

I read on the official site that it's a one hour train journey from Amsterdam to Rotterdam. Is that right? Let us know where you're staying Glenn! No lies please.

I booked from Wed to Friday via jet2.com 2 people £127 inc travel insurance. Anyone else staying in Amsterdam?

Anyone recommend hotel in Amsterdam?

Kralow and Feyenoord away.

We play the four teams in our group once. Two home games, two away games.

Found this: FIFA laws of the game "Law 11 - Offside Offside position It is not an offence in itself to be in an offside position. A player is in an offside position if: * he is nearer to his opponents’ goal line than both the ball and the second last opponent "

I'll make my original point again. THIS YEAR the linesmen are being told not to put their flag up, until the player in an offside position TOUCHES the ball. So Benni wasn't flagged for the long ball through the middle. Nor was he offside when Roberts played it to him, because as Stuwilky says, you can't be offside when you are behind the ball. I think the confusion about not being offside when the ball is passed backwards, is just an illustration because if it is passed backwards, the player must have been behind the ball. If you are behind the ball, you can't be offside.

McCarthy was behind the ball when Roberts played it Rev. You can't be offside when you're behind the ball.

Pies? Discussed by Wiganners here

It not really. If the linesmen are told to keep their flag down until the player touches the ball, then Benni was onside. Report by Wigan fan. " Despite a good start at Ewood Park, Latics once again failed to capitalise from being in a position of strength and in the end were lucky not to have conceded at least four more goals than the two Blackburn did manage to put away."

I've been thinking about that "offside" goal. McCarthy was definately onside when he recieved the pass from Roberts - so the claims were that he was offside when the initial ball was played through. Well, last season the flag should have gone up when Benni turned and chased. The linesmen are interpretting the rules differently this season. They have been told to keep the flag down until the player in an offside position touches the ball. We saw that on a number of occassions yesterday. So in this case, the linesman was correct in not raising his flag initially, because Benni didn't touch the ball first. Then, when Roberts played the ball sideways and Benni scored he was onside. So the decision was correct? I think it was.