Blue in Munich
Crocked Professional Yeti Impersonator
If I've got it right (and bearing in mind the sources of the information are Robbie savage & Peter Walton, so it's a stretch
) the corner taker was in an offside position when he took it, relative to the other players on the pitch (I know, it doesn't matter at this point, stay with me ). He takes the corner short and moves away from the goal line down the wing channel, back towards an onside position. The player he played the corner to (who can't be offside direct from the corner ) plays a return pass to the corner taker who is returning to an onside position. However, at the point the ball was played, one of the boots of the corner taker (yes, really ) was still offside, as proved by the VAR slide rule, hence at the point that ball was played the corner taker, not the corner receiver, was offside. It had absolutely no influence on the goal whatsoever. For the avoidance of doubt, this is not a defence of the crock of
that VAR has proved to be, merely an explanation of the offence as I understand it. I was in favour of it as I hoped that it would be a step towards driving the diving cheats out of the game. Instead, Deulofeu, Son & others continue to ply their odious trade whilst VAR mercilessly hunts down stray toenails that are millimetres offside, ruining the enjoyment of fans everywhere. It is nothing less than an absolute farce and it needs sorting.In defence of Robbie Savage (yes, you did read that correctly
), he was slating VAR as far as the neutrality of his position as a pundit allows. In defence of Peter Walton... nah, there is no defence for that muppet.
