Chelsea are top ahead of United and Liverpool as Arsenal trail Villa by 5 points
Although there’s only one Right Result decision this week, there are dramatic changes in the league table.
At the Riverside, there was a text book example of the interfering with an opponent criteria of the offside law. Portsmouth’s goal in the key relegation tussle at Middlesbrough should not have stood as David Nugent was in an offside position and clearly distracting Boro keeper Brad Jones. It meant that Boro’s late leveller should, in Right Result terms, have been a crucial winner. It would certainly have eased many of the relegation worries on Teesside as the RR table has seen them zoom up to 13th position and fully seven points clear of the bottom three.
Of course, the result of the weekend was Liverpool’s emphatic win at Manchester United. Along with Manchester City’s defeat at Stamford Bridge, it means Chelsea are the new Right Result league leaders.
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Topics: Arsenal, Aston Villa, Chelsea, English Premier League, Liverpool, Manchester United, Middlesbrough, Portsmouth, Right Result
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Apparently you didn’t read the whole textbook or figure out what the law was meant to do. If an opponent interferes with play, and as long as the other factors are present for an offside call, then they are in an offside position. If they are only standing in an offside position, and not interfering with play, they are committing a foul. It is not a foul if the keeper pays attention to the player in an offside position, when he should be paying attention to where the ball is. Is it the opponents fault the keeper makes a poor decision, I don’t think so!
March 16th, 2009 @ 19:49I was typing too fast and made some errors in the previous post. If an opponent interferes with play, and as long as the other factors are present for an offside call, then they are COMMITTING AN OFFSIDE FOUL. If they are only standing in an offside position, and not interfering with play, they are NOT committing a foul. It is not a foul if the keeper pays attention to the player in an offside position, when he should be paying attention to where the ball is. Is it the opponents fault the keeper makes a poor decision, I don’t think so!
March 16th, 2009 @ 19:56