Today’s Football 2020/21 Season

[Tubey]

It's onside?

It isn't if Mount touches it first, but as he doesn't, yeah, he's onside.

 

[emir]

It hasn't. The striker is offside when the initial ball is played. The deflection doesn't matter as it's unintended.

It's like a through ball coming off the leg of a defender who's got an interception wrong, rolling through to a striker five yards offside - it's still offside as the forward ball was initially made by the opposition player.

It comes down to whether it's a 'deliberate play' on the ball.

All that said, if Mount doesn't touch the ball as some have said (looks it from that angle but haven't seen others), then the point is moot. If the defender just hooks the ball over his own head, even if under pressure, then Giroud is onside. If it's deflected off his toe after Mount gets the first touch, he's offside.

I think the defender intentionally plays the ball there.

 

[Tubey]

I think the defender intentionally plays the ball there.

He does, but if Mount touches it and the defender deflects it, which it looked like from first angle, then the touch wouldn't have mattered.

As it stands, he's hooked it over his own head as he's bottled the 50/50, so as said it's a moot point.

 

[ArtetaMoney]

Welcome to Everton

 

[Encoder]

He'll still score a hattrick now, but its really sad seeing Messi just going through the motions with his heart not in it anymore. He looks like he really needs a change of scenery.

Can't blame him, they are proper basket case at the moment.

 

[duncs pigeon]

I do know, but we're really going to do months of "OMG the RS are going to win it!!!" again when they aren't even any good?

Did you not watch football in 2005?

Dont write of the rs just yet.
They were [Poor language removed] in 2005 and we all know what happened- and there were better teams in the CL then.

 

[Nymzee]

One for the boys.

 

[zukai12_]

Hope Real Madrid lose but i am still annoyed at Atalanta for totally battering us a few years back

 

[Ivo]

They managed to get to two minutes and 16 seconds into the borussia munchen v man City game before mentioning the RS.

 

[Nymzee]

Red already for Atalanta. Sake.

 

[Billy Dean]

City are gonna do another CL fuk up aren’t they

 

[TheBigIguana]

Part of the concussion sub rule should be that if you stay down holding your head/face you have to go off to get a check done. It's both more safe and will stop the game being stopped 500 times for players acting.

 

[zukai12_]

City playing with Gladbach like a Cat plays with a dying Bird

 

[gonetomorrow]

City playing with Gladbach like a Cat plays with a dying Bird

You could be earning big money with imagery like that.

 

[SussexToffee]

Only beaten Spurs at the Amex this season I think. They've really thrown a few games away though. Last night, the game against United where they dominated but lost in the 96th min come to mind

To be fair, they were robbed of a point there, it was a penalty, but were did the ten minutes come from I just don’t know. It should have ended on 90+5 mins when it was 2-2.

Still, although if they go down, I’ll miss away days there as it’s my nearest Prem ground, but I won’t miss them as a team in the division; they’ve diced with relegation far too much now and were lucky to stay up two seasons ago on 36 points and lost to Cardiff twice who went down below them on 34. Kind of a long overdue thing.

NSC really is a hilarious forum, only that I laugh at them.