Originally Posted by
Guido van den Berg
As I wrote before, you are mistaken. The offside rule is quite straightforward. With every forward pass, there should be at least two players (goalkeeper and a field player, or two field payers) between the receiving player and the goal line at the moment the pass is given. The position of the passing player is relevant relative to the receiving player only (receiving player should be closer to the goal line). The position of the passing payer relative to the opponent players is not relevant.
I really feel like this guy in the pub, trying to explain the offside rule to his girlfriend using glasses of beer. You need so many words to explain something so obvious...