Unfortunately only folk over a certain age will remember this, a line was drawn straight across the edge of the box to the touch lines and you couldn’t be offside outside the box, do you think that would be suitable for the modern game?
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Thread: The Drybourgh Cup Offside Rule
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13-06-2021 09:42 PM #1
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The Drybourgh Cup Offside Rule
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13-06-2021 09:55 PM #2
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13-06-2021 11:54 PM #4InconsequentialLeft by mutual consent!
I can remember the offside rule in the Drybrough Cup but was just a nipper. Anything to make the game more entertaining is fine by me. This evening's game The Netherlands v Ukraine was an entertaining match which is rare for a group stage match. However all the experts in the studio reckon most of the goals were preventable. Too much negativity in the game now and the players are stifled by excessive coaching to stop the opponent from scoring and not how to score. What was a simple game in that the team with most goals wins is now complicated where every player must have defensive capabilities to stop a reverse and have the knack of snatching a goal in rare attacking move to win a match by a solitary goal. I'm sure Brazil won a couple of World Cups where they couldn't defend! Those were the days! 🙄
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14-06-2021 06:09 AM #5
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One rule I’d change is to bring back ‘obstruction’ when the ball is going towards the goal line and the defender stops and blocks the attacker from collecting it.
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14-06-2021 07:45 AM #6
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It would make the pitch bigger, these days players are much fitter and close the spaces down quickly as observed by a previous poster, I'd like to see it trialled in one of the cups.
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14-06-2021 07:57 AM #7
I remember they played with that same adjusted offside in the League Cup in !974, suited attacking teams. I remember Hibs v Rangers at ER, Arthur Duncan stayed upfield and patrolled the 18 yard Line, Scotlands player of the year,Sandy Jardine was given the job of marking him, Arthur kept switching from Left wing to Right Wing, Jardine had to keep chasing him, got P****d off as he couldnt keep up with Arthur, was arguing with Jock Wallace to get him to put somebody on the other side to share his workload. Hibs won 3-1 that day, and went on to reach the Final, losing 6-3 to Celtic, who had a great attacking team as well at that time.
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14-06-2021 08:02 AM #8This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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How is it different than what a Doidge or a Dykes is asked to do when the ball is played up to them with their back to goal?
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14-06-2021 08:40 AM #9
The rule change I'd like to see trialled is one taken from basketball. If you're in an opponents half, you can't pass the ball back into your own half. That should encourage more attacking play and a high press when defending.
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14-06-2021 08:45 AM #10This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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It just feels to me like this would be another example of different rules for defenders and attackers. I know we want more goals but let's make them work for it at least!
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14-06-2021 09:19 AM #12This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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14-06-2021 09:37 AM #15
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"FIFA Law 12 – Fouls and Misconduct clearly states that an indirect free-kick should be given if a player impedes or obstructs an opponent.
The Law goes on to state: ‘Impeding the progress of an opponent means moving into the path of the opponent to obstruct, block, slow down or force a change of direction by an opponent when the ball is not within playing distance of either player.
‘Shielding a ball is permitted.
‘A player who places himself between an opponent and the ball for tactical reasons has not committed an offence as long as the ball is kept within playing distance and the player does not hold off the opponent with his arms or body.’"
Source:https://plymouth.vitalfootball.co.uk...orgotten-rule/
Put simply, as long as the player doing the shielding is able to touch the ball it's not obstruction.
Edit: As there is no mention of having to have touched the ball we can assume there is no need to touch it.
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14-06-2021 09:44 AM #16This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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Also the size of the goals. These dimensions are from Victorian times when players were a few inches shorter and as you say, much less fit.
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14-06-2021 10:02 AM #20
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Edit: Or indeed when the forward is letting the ball run out for a corner.Last edited by mal; 14-06-2021 at 10:06 AM.
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14-06-2021 10:50 AM #23
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Folks, the thread was about the offside rule possibly making the pitch bigger, how did it morph into obstruction?
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14-06-2021 11:48 AM #28
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i certainly remember Arthur running the legs off the Rangers defenders with his tactics.Last edited by greenginger; 14-06-2021 at 11:58 AM.
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14-06-2021 12:11 PM #30InconsequentialLeft by mutual consent!This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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