Offside or not offside that is the question

Offside used to be simple, now it's different from one person to the next. Take the Manchester City verses Tottenham Hotspur game recently at the Etihad Stadium.


Was Frank Lampard offside when Manchester City scored their first goal against us?

According to Manchester City fans he was not blocking the sight of Hugo Lloris, which unless Aguero was to his left, remember Lampard was facing away from our goal, is impossible. In any other circumstance as the ball passes Lampard it is invisible to Hugo Lloris.

The nearer Lampard stands to Lloris the greater area he bocks our through lines of vision. Lampard then jumps in the air, which is a deliberate attempt to fool a keeper that the ball is coming at him and thus means he is interfering with play.

If he is not interfering with play why is he there? Why is he jumping in the air? Why doesn't he move out the way?

If you play the video and watch Lampard carefully you will see he is deliberately trying to get in the line of the ball to hindr Lloris, he moves to his left to do as as Aguero moves to his right, concliusive proof he intent was to interfere.

Perhaps John Cleese will be able to explain it.