Derbados Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 I've never seen a player get caught offside so much! I know he likes to play off the shoulder but it's poor that he gets caught off so much for someone with so much experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIMBAUD Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 2 minutes ago, Derbados said: I've never seen a player get caught offside so much! I know he likes to play off the shoulder but it's poor that he gets caught off so much for someone with so much experience. Never seen Leroy Lita? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RicME85 Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 Plenty worse than him. Javier Hernandez for one, he gets caught offside closer to the halfway line which is appalling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Van der MoodHoover Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 Bent plays right at the margin which is going to cause a lot of offside. Also means hes going to need typically more than 15 mins to get one right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintRam Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 33 minutes ago, Derbados said: I've never seen a player get caught offside so much! I know he likes to play off the shoulder but it's poor that he gets caught off so much for someone with so much experience. You obviously haven't watched a lot of games with players who play with that style, he's honestly one of the better ones. Although i did think the offside during the Martin-Bent-Martin heading interchange in the box was poor, the rest were fairly standard. A yard offside at his pace means he's running less than a second too early. And as @HantsRam says, it takes more than 15 minutes to get your eye in consistently. If we keep playing him late on in games (which I'm not criticising, our system is working) we have to just accept the offsides and hope he catches a couple right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robster1 Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 Dean Saunders was always getting caught offside, but he didn't do too badly for us... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuespachRam Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 3 hours ago, Derbados said: I've never seen a player get caught offside so much! I know he likes to play off the shoulder but it's poor that he gets caught off so much for someone with so much experience. Obviously you never saw sturridge play....he used to live off side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ValeRam Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 3 hours ago, Derbados said: I've never seen a player get caught offside so much! I know he likes to play off the shoulder but it's poor that he gets caught off so much for someone with so much experience. I think this is harsh He's only had over 10 years playing at the highest level, much of it against higher quality defenders in the Premier, to get used to this And only earns a paltry £20k a week to motivate him to get it right For goodness sake, give the guy a break Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RamLad1884 Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 One name: Tamas Priskin, remember him managing to get himself caught offside more than a dozen times in one game when he had a loan spell at derby a few years back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramos Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 Theres a difference between being caught offside because the player is just being lazy and being caught offside because the player is actually trying to make intelligent runs off the last man. I think Bent is the latter, he's constantly looking to get in behind and the pass doesn't always come off quickly enough and sometimes he makes that run a little too early. But our best chance today came from Bent running off the last man which caused panic and we got the indirect free kick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Mills Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 Just the style of play. Bent will be offside often due to him playing off defenders shoulders and looking for through balls. Martin on the other hand you would not expect to see offside often due to wanting ball to feet. Nothing to be concerned about. When Bent isn't offside and gets the ball he scores often, where as Martin probably has 5-6 times as many touches per goal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Gonzo Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 He was offside twice today wasnt he? One was a yard off granted but the other one was a hairs breadth and was very nearly a goal, after a cheeky run behind, and a beutifully weighted pass. Better luck in your next 10 mins Benty. Don't know why some fans would want to be tight on you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ram59 Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 I think we should give him a break here. Playing off the Shoulder of the last defender is all about fine timing, how much game time is Bent getting to get this right? How much practise as he had playing competitive football with a proper linesman judging him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted McMinn Football Genius Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 Some of the very best/ most successful strikers play off the shoulder and are regularly caught offside. Quoting Sir Alex Ferguson "Fillipo Inzaghi was born offside" what a player he was by the way. Keep on playing off the shoulder Benty, it pays dividends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LesterRam Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 I think bent should start, i think martin has been quiet lately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leicester Ram Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 Can't exactly moan about one of the only players on the team taking attacking risks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamikaze Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 Pippo Inzaghi.... Close thread! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srg Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 He's usually onside... just his backside is 15 yards off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclej Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 He is even offside when he isn't... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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