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Old Wed Dec 08, 2004, 10:00am
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Getting rid of offsides would lower the amount of scoring in my opinion. Now, I cannot bring my defenders forward in the attack (up to the half line) and they must hang back by any strikers who happen to press forward like they should. The worst case scenario is a game breaking down in to 11 one-on-one matchups with everyone marking their one man, too afraid to press foward because there's nothing left to protect them. The offsides rule does hinder some attacks, but it is sort of needed. If there was a way to write the law which would not penalize runs that are made with slightly-less than perfect timing, but not allow cherry pickers, I think that would be best.

And the suggestion about the rule is ludicrous. There are plenty of keepers who start attacks, take free kicks or corners, or leave their area regularly. They are players. Removing them from the offsides rule makes them second-class citizens.
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