Can Anyone Enlighten Me About The New Interpretation Of The Offside Rule?

I Read Something On The Teletext The Other Day That,From Next Season,You're Only "Interfering With Play" If You Touch The Ball.

If So,Does That Mean You Can Just Put A Player In Front Of The Keeper For 90 Minutes,Obscuring His View,And As Long As The Ball Doesn't Touch Him,He'll Not Be Committing An Offence?

I Know Harry Redknapp Said He Wasn't Too Pleased With It.

But It Seems To Me That UEFA/FIFA Keep Tinkering With Things That Don't Need Changing-Just To Make It Look As Though They're Doing Something To Justify Their Huge Salaries.

One Thing I Wish They Would Look At Is Defenders Shielding The Ball,Allowing It To Go Out For A Goal Kick.
To Me,It's Obstuction.If You Do It In The Middle Of The Pitch It's An Offence.

Whatever,The New Ruling Is-You Can Guarantee There's Gonna Be Some Irate Managers Come Next Season!

I think the new rule only applies if you play for manchester united, otherwise the old rule will probably mysteriously apply :suspect:

(Like last time they changed the rules :mad: )

The new rules are a joke. A player is now deemed offside only when he touches the ball in an offside position.

Theres going to be loads of annoying decisions this coming season....

Not entirely correct.

The new ruling has clarified the interpretation of Law 11:

Interfering with play means playing or touching the ball passed or touched by a team mate.

Interfering with an opponent means preventing an opponent from playing or being able to play the ball by clearly obstructing the opponent's line of vision or movements or making a gesture or movement which, in the opinion of the referee, deceives or distracts an opponent.

Gaining an advantage by being in an offside position means playing a ball that rebounds to him off a post or crossbar or playing a ball that rebounds to him off an opponent having been in an offside position.

All three still constutute an offside offence (for example putting a player in front of the gaolkeeper to obstruct his sight)


Horses Mouth (http://www.fifa.com/en/media/index/0,1369,105502,00.html)