Furman - offside?

[pubteam]

I know officials can't get everything right, and it doesn't really matter now, but I just watched Furman's 'offside' goal on Player a few times, and I can't decide whether he's on or off...



What does everyone else think? (There were no Crewe outfield players further back out of shot, by the way. The defender stepping up next to Furman is the last defender.)

[mutleyrover]

Looks a tight one form that pic which could have gone either way.  Unfortunately on this occasion, it went against us.

[Mattwak3]

Looks onside to me

[MachoMadness]

On that photo it's clearly onside, however when the ball is released he's clearly running beyond the man so it's hard to say. Very marginal either way, lucky for us it didn't cost us. Pleased we're in a position to be philosophical about it because we ended up winning!

[pubteam]

Well I paused it on the moment Hume played the ball, so the decision rests on that moment.

I agree it's trivial, I was just interested what others thought, as I couldn't tell at the time whether it was on/off and couldn't decide looking at the replay.

I think maybe Furman's arm is offside, as he's on the half turn, but to be offside it has to be a body part that you can score with that's offside doesn't it? Important to note that the defender's back foot is behind the rest of his body too, making the line deeper than it might look.

[andyst79]

You can score with your arm ask Maradona!

[donnymatty]

Looks onside to me just unfortunate it was given it was a good finish by him

[Dagenham Rover]

Radio Sheff seemed to think he was onside, and the lino wasn't up with play and guessed

[Dutch Uncle]

Does Hume pass the ball with his left or right foot? If the right then by the time he makes contact Furman might be off?

Either way a close call

[pubteam]

Does Hume pass the ball with his left or right foot? If the right then by the time he makes contact Furman might be off?

Either way a close call

Right foot. It's paused at the moment Hume kicks the ball.

[Dutch Uncle]

Does Hume pass the ball with his left or right foot? If the right then by the time he makes contact Furman might be off?

Either way a close call

Right foot. It's paused at the moment Hume kicks the ball.

Yep - looks like he is just on as far as one can tell with angle of camera. I got his legs a bit tangled at first sight - but now it is clear. Cheers PT - good freeze of the pic BTW

[pubteam]

Does Hume pass the ball with his left or right foot? If the right then by the time he makes contact Furman might be off?

Either way a close call

Right foot. It's paused at the moment Hume kicks the ball.

Yep - looks like he is just on as far as one can tell with angle of camera. I got his legs a bit tangled at first sight - but now it is clear. Cheers PT - good freeze of the pic BTW

Yeah. Took me a few attempts to get it right!!

[not on facebook]

if you are level you are onside.

from the angle of that photo,  the rovers player is just behind been level if that when the
ball has been passed forward.

so the iffy pools pannel ltd  now change result to a 1..3 to donny after appeal by the club

[Glyn_Wigley]

Radio Sheff seemed to think he was onside, and the lino wasn't up with play and guessed

They also thought Paynter was offside for his second goal, so it's swings and roundabouts.

[pubteam]

Radio Sheff seemed to think he was onside, and the lino wasn't up with play and guessed

They also thought Paynter was offside for his second goal, so it's swings and roundabouts.

He was miles on. I was pretty much level with it at the time, and the replays back it up. One Crewe defender stayed deep and played him miles on.

[VivaRovers]

Radio Sheff seemed to think he was onside, and the lino wasn't up with play and guessed

Shows how marginal it was then as we were at the same height as Radio Sheffield doing the Player Commentary but nearer to that goal and we called it as offside at the time