****Offical 2007-08 Carling Cup Thread****

[gusmahler]

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Players are allowed to be offsides if the ball is not played to them and they do not effect the play.

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ORLY?? So like when one of the guys is within a foot of the keeper thus preventing him from diving for the save, even though the offensive player doesn't touch the ball or the keeper is not offsides? ok. thanks for clearing that up for this american noob. Did you even watch the goal?

[/ QUOTE ]they actually changed the rules recently(I believe) so that even if a player is offsides, its not called if the ball isn't played to him or if he didn't affect the play. I actually agree with the rule. I have no idea the circumstances of the reading/livershite game though.

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It was a rule clarification that was issued in 2005.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Offside_(football)

[TheRenaissance]

FACT #1: Man U are better off being out of the Carling cup, as they can focus their resources on more important things.
FACT #2: No real fan is indifferent about losing anything but a friendly.
FACT #3: Losing to Coventry at home is really really embarassing.

[ThaSaltCracka]

you summed it up well.

[ThaSaltCracka]

Here is all of the other 4th round draws if no-one saw them:

Luton Town v Everton
Portsmouth v Blackburn Rovers
Chelsea v Leicester City
Sheffield United v Arsenal
Tottenham Hotspur v Blackpool
Bolton Wanderers v Manchester City
Coventry City v West Ham United
Liverpool v Cardiff City