offside query?

Kent Brockman · 03-05-2011 8:41pm #1

If 2 players on the same team beat the offside trap at speed, and both are bearing down on the opposition goal (1 with ball and the other alongside),no defenders are near......... can the guy with the ball pass to the other guy under any circumstance and NOT be ruled off-side?

IrishIrish · 03-05-2011 8:42pm

Kent Brockman wrote: »

If 2 players on the same team beat the offside trap at speed, and both are bearing down on the opposition goal (1 with ball and the other alongside),no defenders are near......... can the guy with the ball pass to the other guy under any circumstance and NOT be ruled off-side?

As long as he doesnt pass ball forward to him.

mink_man · 03-05-2011 8:43pm

2nd player has to be behind the ball.

Jax Teller · 03-05-2011 8:44pm

Player receiving the ball would have to be level or behind the player passing it , wouldn't he ? That's the way I've always seen it

Jelle1880 · 03-05-2011 8:48pm

Yep, if the two players are going through on goal and one passes to the other, then the one who receives the ball would have to have been either level or behind the man who passed it.

Kent Brockman · 03-05-2011 8:55pm

Found myself in that position last week, I didn't have the ball but was screaming for the pass for a tap in. The other guy shot and the keeper parried it to me for an easy finish (dont like to talk about it

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The other guy (glory hunter lol!) said he wasn't sure if he could pass or not because of the offside rule.
Bottom line is stay level or behind man with ball?

ollaetta · 03-05-2011 9:05pm

Kent Brockman wrote: »

Bottom line is stay level or behind man with ball?

You got it.

Mr.Crinklewood · 03-05-2011 9:06pm

Ate. Just stay level. Similar thing happened to me years ago. As I am ****e I back heeled it to my team mate behind.

Fuhrer · 03-05-2011 9:08pm

If the keeper charges out and the other player takes it round him and squares it back to the other player, is he then offside because hes past the keeper?

Jelle1880 · 03-05-2011 9:20pm

Fuhrer wrote: »

If the keeper charges out and the other player takes it round him and squares it back to the other player, is he then offside because hes past the keeper?

In that case the off-side rule doesn't apply I think, but I could be wrong.

Fuhrer · 03-05-2011 9:23pm

Jelle1880 wrote: »

In that case the off-side rule doesn't apply I think, but I could be wrong.

I thought the offside rule included one player, usually the goalkeeper but if hes run far out and a defender is back covering the line, you can still be offside.

Or something like that

Mr.Crinklewood · 03-05-2011 9:27pm

Offside includes two players...These are normally the keeper and the last defender, but could be a forward and a left winger if all the rest of the team go walkabout.**

03-05-2011 9:40pm

Fuhrer wrote: »

If the keeper charges out and the other player takes it round him and squares it back to the other player, is he then offside because hes past the keeper?

Not if his team mate is behind him when he passes.

eigrod · 03-05-2011 9:50pm

I think some people are getting hung up on the number of defenders/GK and forgetting about the ball.

You cannot be offside if the ball comes to you from a position on the pitch that is either level or ahead of you, irrespective of the number of players (or lack thereof) between you and the goal line.

From wiki :

A player is in an offside position if three conditions are met: first, the player must be on the opposing team's half of the field. Second, the player must be in front of the ball. And third, there must be fewer than two opposing players between him and the opposing goal line, with the goalkeeper counting as an opposing player for these purposes

offside query?

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