Saudi Arabia would get a draw against us
Day 3: Argentina vs Saudi Arabia | Denmark vs Tunisia | Mexico vs Poland | France vs Australia
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nah, they’ll adjust
It's always been any part of your body you can score from.
Problem is Messi isn’t going to do the legwork and so interesting if they bring in another midfielder for the later games and perhaps have gone more open in this one.
Wasn’t there a defender on the near side playing Martinez onside by like a yard?
A human would say its on (if it was a human ref) but I guess this is a way that gives consistent rulings even if it needs to be tweaked.
Yeah he won't press or defend, I wonder how they transition as the tournament progresses.
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia haven't been that bad so far, certainly better than Qatar/Iran
You can score with anything on the t shirt so of course it's offside.
Thanks for your great tactical input.
Yeah would like to see that replay
The computer used the wrong defender to draw the line though. It looked like the LB was a yard behind the rest of the line, playing him onside
The people of Newcastle will be happy with their teams performance so far
Who is the co-commentator on ITV and why is he so depressed??
what if it's a long sleeve shirt?
Qatar is tiny they have a 2.9 million population, Saudi is 35 million.
You mean Lee Dixon?
Does the technology only use the closest defender to check for the offside? From all the replays I've seen so far that's what it looks like.
they have plenty of midfield options on the bench, they obviously wouldn’t play a 2 man midfield against all teams. Haven’t lost in nearly 3 years but keep making prisoner of the moment comments
Rashford, sterling, Saka would have a field day against this line...
Argentina building up from the back really don't look comfortable... If only they had a left footed ball playing CB out there...
nah, this isn’t Iran who were far more shambolic and they’d be getting offsides all day
No chance, it'd be offside carnage, a record 67 offsides just in the first half.
Don't think they're used anymore? it's a shirt with long under arm thermal now
nah watch the replay from looking above - it's just an optical illusion the LB was actually ahead of the centre backs
I always thought of Martinez as a Tevez kind of player but I guess he's changed his game to this.
If only there was an option of a player that "cant make it in the premier league" on the bench
De Paul has been terrible.
I have no idea how it works but that's what it looked like on the replay.
This looks onside to me
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Been a frenetic game
it's not. var pic was already posted a page back.
The camera angle is fecking you with the perception because it's mounted on the side of the pitch
It automatically checks all players. In this case the player they used was the the defender closest to goal, via his foot. Camera angles don't always help to make it clear.
You're being followed by the camera angle not looking at it straight. I'm sorry to say people get this wrong all the time.
I reckon England would fancy their chances if they came up against this Argentina side. They look very beatable.
I have not been impressed with Argentina so far, expect them to be up by 3 goals by now. Or maybe Saudi Arabia isn't as weak as I thought. This is the same Saudi Arabia that got thrashed by Russia 0-5 in the last World Cup.
I mean United
I was just making a general observation. Iran has a bigger population than both combined
A big side will be more open than this it's worth noting too, Saudi have two blocks of five against them.
Argentina's passing and technical ability isn't that good, even vs Arabia. I can see them easily losing control against stronger teams and simply resorting to counter.
Argentina midfield not the best