What are your thoughts? How would it shape the future of the game tactically? Which style of play or manager would have the most success?
I would say that a high press system that relies on mitigating counter attacks by catching the opponent offside might suffer the most. For example - Ange’s high line defense against Chelsea in their 4-1 loss.
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Let’s meet halfway and say a certain percentage of a player’s body to be ahead of the defender to be considered offsides. I don’t like the idea of the whole body but I also hate seeing an elbow being slightly ahead of someone and being offside.
Pacing wingers and strikers will dominate the game.
What’s the new rule?
Whole body past the last defender would be considered offside.
Just don’t trust VAR knobs automate the whole offside system copy what FIFA did ffs pl too cocky…
I am for this change 100%. Yes it just moves the lines and you will still have the same “1 inch offside” but at least then we can all look at it and said you’re fucking off! Right now it goes against everything I grew up playing g and officiating which was “even” is onside. Anyway complaining about this would complain about any change to any rule.
To answer your question is it affects everyone and no one. the teams that play a low blow will still do it. the teams that play a high line will still do it. they just adjust slightly. People are acting like players and coaches cannot adapt.
Right now it goes against everything I grew up playing g and officiating which was “even” is onside
Well this is just patently untrue.
For a start, “even” is still onside now. Secondly, “even” being onside only became a thing in 1990. So actually most people will have grown up playing at a time when even was offside and it always had been for almost 150 years before 1990.
Everyone? Tf
Game would become more defensive with defenses sitting a little deeper and not getting as involved in the attack.
We’d see a premium on fast defenders that could keep up. Probably a premium on faster attackers too.
Teams that play a high line and exciting football. No defense will want to get into a foot race when the opponent has a head start.
Or stop thinking of stupid rules to put in and just use the system the World Cup had because it worked, but pgmol won’t do it because they can’t influence it how they want
It was the EPL that voted not to use it, not the PGMOL. Blame the teams for voting against it because it was “too expensive” lol
Hopefully they adopt it for next season
Awaiting Nunez scoring 400 goals next season
Bit of an exaggeration to suggest he’ll get 4,000 chances.
One thing’s for sure , if this gets implemented then the goals will start flying for every team
It wont solve anything. A better change would be no offside at all if ball is between 18yd line (extended across pitch) and end line. High line would still work, but you need to mark attackers inside the penalty area. This would get rid of a lot of the checks.
I love how absolutely nobody is answering the question and they are all crying about the rule. Complete morons
Any team playing the high line will need a rethink. I am a Liverpool supporter so automatically I am thinking us as we play a high line and get caught out occasionally but the change will make it so much easier for the opposition.
Teams playing deep and on the counter attack will benefit alot from this. Essentially teams at the bottom of table will benefit.
this could have a big impact on teams that rely on the offside trap to stifle their opponents’ attacks. it will be interesting to see how managers adjust their tactics to adapt to this rule change.