Last 20 minutes their keeper was closer to the halfway line than to his area. I was imploring Big Tom to give us one his pinpoint 70 yard passes..... right into the back of the net.

rA - that linesman was not a villain. He got it right. Gaining an advantage from having been in an offside position. Their 2 defenders will have, to an extent, discounted CJ as he was offside. He then quickly moved into an onside position, in clear space and away from any marker when the ball was played. The linesman was correct to flag and it is precisely this situation that sees the ref make a one handed waving motion above his head to indicate that the offside player had gained such an advantage by running back onside.......