Crazy!

The offside rule - which I have posted about before - is in danger of becoming a farce. First we have this nonsense about active and non-active players, which allows a goal to be scored even though one or more of the attacking side are in offside positions, provided they are judged to be non-active. But exactly what does that mean? Just because they are not involved in the move does not mean that they can be discounted. There have been several occasions where a goal has been scored from distance when one of the attacking side has been standing offside between the shooter and the goalkeeper and possibly obstructing his view and certainly potentially distracting him. OK so maybe he wouldn't have saved the shot anyway, but that's not really the point, is it? And now we have the even more ludicrous situation where as a defender you can apparently play an attacker onside, even though you are lying injured behind the goal-line! I think FIFA need to get a grip!