Quote Originally Posted by The Bedlington Terrier View Post
How was the decision to rule that goal out for offside even possible?
It was easy BT, I called it straight away without VAR and the AR wants his arse kicking for not giving it, however, nobody knows when to flag any more.
Just watched Brighton v the Hammers and there were at least 5 offsides which, had a goal been scored, would all have been given, however, there was not one flag because play had to be allowed to continue and on each occasion nothing was given.

Just as today, Vydra was fouled on the edge of their box but the illustrious Graham Scott, he who allowed assaults on our players by Lincoln a couple of years ago, decided that it could not possibly be a foul because it was a Burnley player, something which he was consistent about during the game. Instead of a free kick on the edge of their box, they go down field and score.
Second goal was a lucky deflection, however, we had missed some good chances before that and this is what cost us today.
The third and fourth came about because we were chasing the game and they deserved the win.

The game is dying a death with officials like Scott giving free kicks to some players when they 'feel' contact --Alioski, Raphinha were two examples today and Westwood was booked for mouthing off and Dwight told Alioski what he thought and what followed was not acceptable as far as I am concerned, however, all will be well because Alioski is a joker!