From where I was sitting

[Peabody]

Two of the United goals were offside

[CanadianCottager]

Unfortunately not, Riether and Senderos were caught out by some spectacularly timed runs by Van Persie

[Walsh]

1 was offside, not too sure about the other one.

[BestOfBrede]

Two of the United goals were offside

And the other was a foul! I'm really glad you saw it as it seem that most others are convinced we were just sh@te!

[Fulham76]

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Two of the United goals were offside

From where I was sitting we looked hopeless, again. Defending was a joke!
We only came to life when the game was dead & burried, (just 22 mins, which is another embarrassment to our club). How we can't be motivated to play Man Utd is beyond me.

[HatterDon]

I agree, mr. grandad, and we were sitting a LONG way apart.

[SP]

There's an interesting comparison with RVP yesterday & the disallowed goal by Berbatov vs WBA.  Both decisions were tight but my limited understanding you are either onside or offside, there is no slightly offside, hint of offside or a suspicion of offside.

[Skatzoffc]

There's an interesting comparison with RVP yesterday & the disallowed goal by Berbatov vs WBA.  Both decisions were tight but my limited understanding you are either onside or offside, there is no slightly offside, hint of offside or a suspicion of offside.

Apparently the rules have changed. According to MOTD it is "any part of the body that can score a goal in front of the defensive line" is deemed to be offside. At least when its a Fulham goal.

So for Berbatov, his arm was offside, (although I would have thought if he'd scored with that it would be handball).

With the Man utd goals, they had a lot more than that offside. But as it's Man U, the goals were given.

Nice to see that vain, musclebound, Fulham hating ignoramous, Probert having a good laugh and a joke with Rooney et all.  :031:

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[Junichi]

Usually when I open a Peabody thread, I expect to get a joke, unfortunately the only funny thing is the absolutely shocking refereeing we were subjected to on saturday.

[Andy S]

Anyone who has run the line in a match would tell you that they would all be difficult to call. Van Persie & co practice these all the time and the speed of these guys is amazing. You would need to be in line with these guys to make an exact decision

[jarv]

Andy, absolutely right. I have run the line (and refreed) at lower standard games and running the line is really difficult. Requires much concentration (not to watch the game but to watch last defenders)