To be fair to McGuire, he wouldn't have been expecting to get the ball wide on the left, but he did.

Had he have driven it in, we'd have been well off centre, with little time left for a drive and a drop goal.

He did the right thing in getting more central, and probably knew there was only second left. Not enough time for 2 more tackles, and the act of getting central resulted in lost yards. Not sure we'd have got another tackle in in that time.

Textbook wise it was the wrong option, and I thought so at the time, but all that matters is that we got the 2 points from a tough game.

Having thought about it..
A) There's no way McGuire would have had time to see how long was left. He would have had a rough idea at best.
B) Shenton should have left it, without doubt. McGuire was very unlikely to score from where the ball was positioned. However, had he tackled McGuire would he still be offside, if he was infront of Sherwin? Or does the fact McGuire's picked it up then put him onside? It's amazing how few of the rules of this game I actually know, despite playing it for a long time.

Discussed [url=http://viewtopic.php?t=410311&start=30here[/urlearlier today.



I made a similar comment somewhere on here as well.