Can you please blow for offside earlier...

My heart cannot take it.

Thank you. That is all.

yeah just change the rules to make your life easier, i think not

If you score and it's offside the tell tale sign is the ref will run into the area and then get level with the lines man for that half 100% accurate.

If you mean situations where your through on goal and then the ref blows then it's a pain in the nuts.

"If you mean situations where your through on goal and then the ref blows then it's a pain in the nuts."

That's it. Seeing them run almost the whole of one half before they blow is getting me down :0)

if the linesman stays still it's offside just check him

Yeah it will no doubt be annoying, could this be cleared up in futures patches?

Much as I hate to agree with a Town fan on anything I was only thinking this earlier this evening. Obviously a relatively tiny problem (and one that's reduced by the methods people have mentioned) it is a little surprising that it hasn't been addressed in about 4 years. In the real world some of the runs strikers go on before the flag appears would get them booked for time wasting.

6th game in euro group as milan needed to beat valencia anthing else i was out...

3-2 up 94th minute mata scores... disaster i throw my mouse down gutted swearing fit at nesta for the error...wait.. offiside...

it has to stay lol

This is especially infuriating when it's a late equalizer or winner. Such short lived joy...

Something that bugs me, very small, if a player scores and he/someone is offside, the ball wont hit the back of the net properly, the net wont ripple. Whereas when you score it does. Also, you can tell if the linesman does not start running back to the half way line. But yeh, seeing a through ball that is clearly offside and having to wait ages for a flag is kinda annoying.

if the linesman stays still it's offside just check him

But he doesn't stay still if a player runs through on goal he just runs after him.

if the linesman stays still it's offside just check him

That is the way too tell tbh, Always after I score I look at the linesmen too see if hes moving!

That is the way too tell tbh, Always after I score I look at the linesmen too see if hes moving!

Me too; but on the right side of the field with main stand camera you can't sometimes see the linesman

Listen to the crowd - They tend to start booing (or something akin to that) when the goal goes in. After playing a bunch of games you tend to pick up a 6th sense for any disallowed goals.

Hopefully that should help your ticker!

But I agree, it's been a problem albeit a minor one, that has bugged people for years. (Oh and I've read your thread on your current Ipswich game - It's a good read)

My heart cannot take it.

Thank you. That is all.

lol

Its good when its against the opposition though!

As a referee, this bugs me to no end. I just played as Man City against Chelsea in the Community Shield. I was up 1-0 in the 75th minute and Drogba broke free, one-on-one with Shay Given, and puts the ball in the back of the net in 90th+2. Needless to say, expletives are flying (along with my wireless mouse). By the time I finally look back at the screen, I realize the really delayed offsides had actually killed enough time to end the game. Go figure.

To make a long story short, it was nice to see that I had won in regulation, but to avoid the mouse-chucking would be nice.

Agree with scalascione - also as a ref and ar (last 15 years)

1. When the ball is played through, and your man touches it(when offside), the assistant just keep running for ever. IRL he would stop running and raise his flag as soon as he touches the ball.

2. Sometimes the whistle is blown even before the pass is made. I.e. clearance from defence, and just before my MC heads it back in, the whistle is blown. Problem is that by the time he actually heads it, the man who was offside is now onside.

3. The interference - if a player in an offside position interfers a defender (running towards him, distracts him, goes into a duel), the flag should be raised.

Yes I know mistakes are done(#2 and #3) - Ive done them myself, but not in every match Ive runned on line, or been in the middle...

There are some more points about FM and offsides that I have thought of, but I cannot remember them right now.

And even more about refereeing as a whole in FM. I wonder who they have consulted, or if they just have read the rules... It has never been good in FM at all

yeah it's frustrating, usually tell by the crowd