In other news, I think the offside rule should be changed in football so that the goalkeeper doesn’t count when evaluating offside. Always seems stupid to me when the standard definition involves ‘the last defender’ but the technical definition is the 'second-to-last defender’ because the goalkeeper is usually one of those. Let’s just not count the goalkeeper and make the thing simpler.

Also, Happy Christmas! Thanks so much for reading. Especially on Christmas day.

The offside rule

A worthy ball juggling challenge next time you’re messing around with a football.

Football sketches