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Originally Posted by Bagor
Sums up how weak your argument is.
Let himself be distracted? Cisse should have been left alone? Laughable.
Address the facts and explain how a passively offside player can be imvolved in jostling.
You're either passively offside or you're not. There is no in between.
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Numerous times over the last couple of seasons I've seen attackers be allowed to put defenders in a difficult position due to the recent interpretation of the offside rule. The attacker is allowed to be in an offside position and this is difficult for defenders because, in theory, they are supposed to leave the attacker but, in reality, they still have to keep tabs on him in case he moves into an onside position. Evans should have just kept an eye on Cisse but he decided to keep on arm on him instead.
Consequently, in the eyes of the official, Evans' perception of the situation is what distracted him and made him act when he should not have done anything but keep track of Cisse. It is stupid but that's the way they have been calling it for a couple of seasons and almost everyone has been burned by it.