Surely if the Wire player who got the ball was actually in front of the Wire player who charged the ball down he was off-side

Ganson often makes his own rules up. Say what you want about referee's they have good and bad games but one thing is always consistent about him. Whenever he takes charge at the KC he always makes the game difficult for us and comes up with unexplained decisions, he referee's like a little hitler in the way he gives decisions and imo isn't fit. He's too fat to keep up with play and his ego gets the better of him.

In a nutshell.

It's always a dangerous game trying to understand what goes on in the mind of Mr Ganson but this is my take on trying to understand his ruling. Here goes....!!!

I think he ruled that the Wire player did not play at the ball when it was kicked and it just hit him. I think he is then saying that the Hull player who then picked up the ball was offside having been in front of the kicker and was not played on-side when the Wire player touched it cos he didnt play at it.

Not saying I agree with Ganson, just trying to fathom out his ruling

If it wasn't a charge down then could it be a knock on/forward pass??