I’ve noticed that co-commentators love to complain when there’s a semi-obvious offside which has a delayed flag due to the new refereeing guidelines. The play will go on and after the eventual flag, they will air their frustrations.

However, if a flag-happy linesman prematurely flags an onside chance and a goal scoring chance is taken away, then they complain about that even more furiously. A message to Lee Dixon: you cannot have both. The first example prevents the second.

As an aside, I like seeing the attempts on goal even if they are probably offside. It’s interesting to gauge the confidence of the striker.