O/T:- Taiwo Awoniyi out of coma

[since41]

Agree that carrying on playing is nonsense and, unfortunately, an accident like this was waiting to happen. Thankfully he appears to be on the mend and the coma was induced presumably to stop additional trauma. Regardless of rivalry I'm sure many (hopefully all) wish him a full and speedy recovery.

If we gave offside for any attackers in that position on the assumption that they must all be interfering with play, then quite a lot of goals from corners would be flagged because the corner taker would be offside (having just interfered with play but no longer really doing so). I do agree that the interfering rule needs to be tightened up where a player can be retreating in close proximity, and effectively acting as a dummy (however unwittingly) and n
ot be deemed offside.

Apart from you can't be offside from a corner. Good to see he's on the mend didn't Jatta colide with a goal post too.

[M0ufMk3]

Apart from you can't be offside from a corner. Good to see he's on the mend didn't Jatta colide with a goal post too.

Agree from the actual corner because everybody is behind the ball, but if that ball is then headed towards goal by an attacker the corner taker would (often) be offside if interfering with play was irrelevant.

[Lullapie]

Agree from the actual corner because everybody is behind the ball, but if that ball is then headed towards goal by an attacker the corner taker would (often) be offside if interfering with play was irrelevant.

How come though, an attacker has to be 'deemed' to be interfering with play to be offside, but a defender can play any attacker onside, irrespective of where he is standing or 'interfering' with play?

Now I hasten to add, I have never been a defender, but when you see a ball played down the left wing, to an attacking player, who is played onside by a defender on the opposite side, it just seems like a bull$hit idea to falsely increase attacking opportunities at the expense of common sense.

In the real world, that defender on the opposite side, is very rarely going to be in a position from that play, to have any part in defending the attack .