Whitey Grandad

Still the case that you can't be offside from a throw in. Nor from a goal kick or from a corner kick which seems a bit pointless until you consider that you could be standing on the goal line and the ball could be a yard downfield on the edge of the quadrant.

Link? and what sre you doing watching daytime television? Some of us have to work

I never received any renewal packs I presume that these are for those who hadn't renewed at the time?

Good question. It's going to be a bit of a rush to get there in good time.

Puncheon coming along too.

Unless you shove yourself? Yes - it can happen and some of them are very good at it. Forwards especially spend ages practising throwing themselves to the ground. The only clue you get is the speed and timing with which it happens. Sometimes they just seem to go down too quickly. To judge whether it's a shove you need to see the nuances of the moves, how the alleged shiver has planted his feet, how his weight changes, how the one being shoved changes body shape under the impulse, these are all difficult to determine through a television screen. I'm not saying that this definitely wasn't a foul, by the way, just that what you see on TV is not necessarily what actually happened. Anyway, back to the game

I'm with you on this. Nowadays you've got half a dozen attackers wandering around the opposition area waiting for a second phase or something.

You can't judge a push on TV. Maybe the defender knew that he wasn't getting there and 'pretended' to receive a push. He's a big man and seemed to fly through the air easily. As I say, you can't tell on TV.

We disagree on many aspects but I'm totally with you here, Wes.

Wasn't there something about his attitude in training on a Friday a couple of weeks ago and that is why he was left out for the weekend?

But if the offence of offside doesn't occur until the player becomes active, could it be that this could happen after he has run back into his own half and that they are saying that this is where the free kick could be taken?

Ok, ta.

True, I suppose that is possible. Possibly.

Was he in the 'lap of appreciation '. I can't say that I noticed him.

Er... Correction. The government doesn't have any money of its own, it's our money that it spends on our behalf.

The Times today said that it would cost MU about £3m.

Developers need cement too. Just saying...

Very good I'm afraid I missed that the first time I skimmed over it.

I can't imagine that has ever happened. At the moment you can't score an own goal from a direct free kick and you can't score any goal direct from a dropped ball. They also state that a referee cannot 'manufature' a dropped ball, whatever that means. I am struggling to understand this comment: • Offside FK is always taken where the offside offence occurs (even in own half)

Of course it's their fault.

Sometimes the only difference between a risk worth taking and a sound business investment is hindsight.

Away to the Midgets and Bournemouth were my two low points. Both very disappointing, we just didn't turn up.

I counted seven at the back for them most of the game. Plus the keeper.

In yesterday's paper they said that they (Man City) did.

I think I want Bournemouth, Sevilla and Palace to win, in that order.