why arent arsenal in the carling cup???

 

knocked out by man u I think

 

yep drawn together in 3rd round at old trafford and both put reserve teams out. thats why no-one heard about the match.

 

cheers guys

 

The Man U team that day also fielded only 3 different players from the team that drew with Exeter..............

Pointless point, but never mind

 

That's an easy question...
Now, can someone please explain the "offside" rules to me?

 

seriously??

 

yes

 

first thing - a player can only be offside in the oppositions half!

the decision is made when the pass is hit - not when the attacker touches the ball.

when the pass is hit there must be at least two defenders between the attacker and the goalline. usually the goalkeeper counts as one of them so the linesman only has to keep his eye on the attacker and one of the defenders.

then there is the problem of when an attacker is retreating/interfering with play! this is far more difficult and everyone has their own interpretations of the law. but its normally a pretty safe bet to just award everything to man united!!

did i make that easy enough?

 

The attacking player must be level with one defender when the ball is played forward

 

even my nan knows the offside rules

 

Wasn't it the Qtr final?

 

yeah your right - i was looking at their results list and saw third round but that was for the FA cup. my bad!!

 

Because they couldn't be arsed!!!

Of the teams that are left, only Chelsea and Watford have treated this competition with any respect!! And I'm a Liverpool fan!!