YOU PUT your left leg in, your left leg out, in, out, in, out, you shake it all about. Welcome to the new offside rule.

FIFA have led us all a merry dance with their version of football's 'hokey-cokey'.

Players, officials, managers and fans don't know whether they're coming or going anymore.

The game is descending into schoolyard football, and if Bolton's match at Leicester in midweek is anything to go by, there's worse to come.

Officials at FIFA have to admit they've made a huge blunder, and bring back the old system. Why they had to tinker with the offside ruling in mid-season is beyond me anyway.

FIFA re-adjusted the offside rule in November to make the game more attack-minded. Basically, the new law means that being in an offside position is not an actual offence.

The player can only be penalised if he interferes with play, interferes with an opponent, or gains an advantage by being in an offside position.

At Leicester, Bolton boss Sam Allardyce was the latest to exploit the ruling by keeping two players in clear offside positions, 20 yards further upfield than the line of defenders.

Southampton's Gordon Strachan also took advantage of the new directive against Arsenal last weekend by placing players in the six-yard box.

Good on you, lads, and your point has been well made, and recorded. Pack up the videos and send then to FIFA.

But for the sake of the fans, get back to playing the game how it should be played.