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I should add that before the 'daylight' rule was introduced, a player could be offside with any part of his body which could play the ball, which appears to be the case again now. Was the 'daylight' rule just a short-term experiment which was then dropped? I know that rules are constantly being revised. If there are any referees on here who know what happened, it would clarify the situation.

It meant that the forward had to have his entire body offside, not just part of it. Have referees started to ignore this or has there been a rule change?

I'm no expert on the rules but I definitely recall there being a rule which stated there had to be 'daylight' between the attacker and the last defender for him to be offside and in most of these recent VAR offside decisions there hasn't been. When was this rule changed and why?

She certainly knows how to look after her money. When she sold off the rest of her father's MALI group of engineering companies, the one part she kept was a small, private investment bank in Switzerland, where she keeps her money. I wonder why she always wants more money? They say with a lot of very wealthy people, they feel they never have enough. Of course, because of the secrecy rules of Swiss banks, nobody will ever know how much she has. She is going to be a major stumbling block when Gao tries to sell the club because she is almost certainly going to demand a lot more money than her share is worth, which will put most buyers off.

Markus's will meant that there were certain conditions that had to be fulfilled by whoever inherited the club. It was very publicly stated that he had made provisions for the club in his will. Perhaps that was why there were so many years of disputed probate before she finally got her hands on it it. Meanwhile she had already sold off the MALI group he left her without conditions. https://www.theguardian.com/football/2010/aug/11/markus-liebherr-southampton-future

Good reaction from the team to his removal: https://www.southamptonfc.com/news/2019-11-09/u23-report-southampton-vs-nottingham-forest-premier-league-cup-19-20

I feel a bit sorry for him. Kat and her team scoured the earth for a sucker like him. The money he borrowed to pay her came from a bank which is partly owned by the Chinese government. He could be in serious trouble if he can't pay them back.

Markus made provisions for the club's future in his will. This presumably meant that there was a certain amount of money put aside in his will to be invested in the club and that whoever inherited it could only do so on condition that they didn't sell the club immediately. https://www.theguardian.com/football/2010/aug/11/markus-liebherr-southampton-future

She's managed to do something very few people have ever done before: make a quarter of a billion pounds out of a football club. She even charged her own football club interest on loans to squeeze every last penny out of it. I wish I had her talent for making that much money for so little work.

There is nothing naive about making a quarter of a billion pounds out of a football club. Not many owners in the history of football have ever managed to do that before. I doubt that Gao will. He's still struggling to pay off his debt.

Those 5 minutes were bizarre, We abandoned the tactics that got praised so much in our defeat at Man City and actually crossed the halfway line and tried to win the game! Then common sense prevailed once more and we reverted to trying to keep the score down and pulled back into our own half to hang on for a narrow defeat.

I think you've hit the nail on the head there. And if we can just keep losing every game 2-1, we'll never have another 9-0 defeat.

Remarkable. Everton's first away win for 8 months.

There is hope. Everton are one of the worst teams in the league. They even lost 3-2 to Brighton after being 2-1 up.

Ings hat-trick?

+ Ings. Our best striker. = assist + goal. There is hope when those two play together.

Surely, not every player we buy can be spineless and useless? No recruitment department in the world could be THAT bad, could it? I'm sure most of our players would play much better if they could escape to another club. Look at Tadic, Forster and Elyounoussi.

You'd be no use to Ralph then. You have to be totally one-footed so that Ralph knows which wrong side of the pitch to play you on.

Let's face it, Everton have had a terrible season. No wonder their fans are cynical.

Another problem is that Djenepo is having to cover for him all the time, making him less effective as an attacking force. Whenever JWP plays you need another player who is fast enough to actually reach the ball to cover for him. The same applies to Vestergaard in defence.

At least it's allowed Fonte to end his career with some dignity, winning another major trophy with Portugal and leading his Lille team into the Champions League.

We're playing the same tactics as we did at Man City. Pull everyone back and hope for a narrow defeat. We're not stupid: we learned from the 9-0 home defeat.

Dave Watson's coaching for set pieces is as good as his coaching of our goalkeepers was. You have to admit both Dave and Kelvin are loyal. They haven't left us for Liverpool, Tottenham or even Bayern Munich. #Dave&KelvinHereFor Life

To be fair, we know our players don't like playing in bad weather. The sky's brightening up a bit now so maybe they'll be able to cope better.

To be fair to him, I think Dave Watson is just as bad, if not worse. I've seen them both in action with the players in pre-match warmups and they look like they are barely going through the motions. There's no spark or motivation there and it looks like our players just wish they'd go away. The contrast with the top teams' coaches in the other half is stark. I remember watching Kelvin teaching Charlie Austin how to shoot and it was cringe worthy. They both seemed embarrassed by the situation. No wonder, Charlie never scored again.