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Something should be tweaked about the offsides in the game. Things like this happen way too often:
Opponent loses the ball deep in my end, defender hoofs up to the striker who stands on the middle of the pitch. He takes the ball and escapes from the defense, runs into the area and puts the ball past the keeper. 1-0!!! He runs to the fans, and then, and only then, the linesman finally gets his flag up.
So how come there is no flag when he gets the ball in the middle of the pitch? No flag when he dribbles it down to the area? Is the linesman only judging offsides when he shoots it in?
Annoying as hell, especially in close games it gets you pumped up for nothing.
Who says the linesman only flagged then? That is when the referee blew for the offside NOT when the linesman flagged. The ref may not have seen the flag till the ball went in.
I've seen this many times in football. It adds a lot of realism. Plus it works both ways, frustrating when its against you, but the relief when it goes the other way!
Originally posted by rickboro2007:
Who says the linesman only flagged then? That is when the referee blew for the offside NOT when the linesman flagged. The ref may not have seen the flag till the ball went in.
I've seen this many times in football. It adds a lot of realism. Plus it works both ways, frustrating when its against you, but the relief when it goes the other way!
So you mean SI took the time to code an "ref sees offsides"-ability to the game, which calculates how long it takes to the ref to see a flag is up? LOL
I've seen this many times in football. It adds a lot of realism.
Not in any game Ive seen.
As soon as the linesman flags offside the ref gets told by buzzer, why on earth would he wait 10 seconds before blowing.
The OP is correct some instances of offside would be blown up far quicker in real life, right when the offside player comes into play, normally when they touch the ball.
You think it's any more likely that they purposely programmed a linesman sees offsides so they put the flag up incredibly late?
They do have something programmed into the game for late offsides. And in real life when an offside is called late it's usually the referee not seeing the linesman's flag. That is very likely what is being simulated there.
Originally posted by pelimies:
<BLOCKQUOTE>Originally posted by rickboro2007:
Who says the linesman only flagged then? That is when the referee blew for the offside NOT when the linesman flagged. The ref may not have seen the flag till the ball went in.
I've seen this many times in football. It adds a lot of realism. Plus it works both ways, frustrating when its against you, but the relief when it goes the other way!
So you mean SI took the time to code an "ref sees offsides"-ability to the game, which calculates how long it takes to the ref to see a flag is up? LOL
I think i'll stand by my theory. </BLOCKQUOTE>No I'm pretty sure there is a "Ref doesn't notice the linesman flagging because he's watching the game" statistic. Think about it... it's not too outlandish an idea.
the referee is simply playing the advantage on the part of the defending team. If the defenders manage to clear the ball, it's preferable to let the game flow than bring play back for offside.
of course, if the attacking team score, there is no advantage for the defending team, and the offside should be called.
Unbelievably late offsides 
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