I'm baffled as to what difference this makes?!
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Goal or no goal? You decide...
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I'm baffled as to what difference this makes?!
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
I couldn't see at the game but since then looking at pictures only 90% of the ball crossed the line, so not enough for a goal.
*Gullsworth*
My Hair is like his hair
Sitting in South west corner.....it was a definite goal and I don't care two hoots, its about time we had some luck go our way. Watford must be gutted and they deserved to win (just) As we say when the decisions go against us......it evens out over the season. Lets just hope our injury list "evens out"
Good game though we played ok for our reserves!
Good game though we played ok for our reserves!
Twinkle Toes
Growing old disgracefully
Looking at the picture from the side of the pitch, it doesn't look like the whole of the ball has quite crossed the inside edge of the goal-line. So it's no goal for me, but my God: it's a tight call.
*Gullsworth*
My Hair is like his hair
I have completely changed my mind after seeing this picture......you know I think the lino was spot on and even though I was sure it was a goal I would not argue with this evidence even though I saw the incident with my own eyes!
SI 4 BHA
Active member
Went on a lino's course a couple of years ago and we spent quite a bit of time on this topic. The trainer set up this very picture and had us all standing in slightly different positions in the room. The only guy who made the correct decision was the one who the trainer had placed exactly in line with the goal line, everyone else in the room said goal. You only needed to be a few feet up from the right angle to the goal line to get the wrong decision and the trainer was emphasising that as a lino you couldn't make a decision unless you were exactly in line.
This. Amazingly, given the first still image, no goal. Correct decision, by literally millimetres. Perversely it's so near to over, that you wouldn't really call it a mistake if he HAD given it.
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Papa Lazarou
Living in a De Zerbi wonderland
From the evidence presented it has to be No Goal.
BBassic
I changed this.
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I'd like to change my 'Goal' to 'No goal' after viewing this: https://vine.co/v/hDql5zJnbrt
Love the way the camera goes past the point of vertical.
beardy gull
Well-known member
So the still that shows the ball apparantly over the line? What angle is that at?
Bold Seagull
strong and stable with me, or...
Rugs, smelly socks and dodgy brass door thresholds....
It was still a goal.
It was still a goal.
To be fair, I think almost everyone knows the rules - it's the photographic evidence that's up for debate.
Yes, after seeing the side on view and the video I'm now convinced it wasn't a goal. Couldn't really tell at the time from the North
Curious Orange
Punxsatawney Phil
At the time I thought, "ooh, that's close", but from my angle in the WSU C I couldn't tell whether the whole ball had crossed the whole line, and seeing where the linesman was and taking into account his view (which was not by the corner flag) there is no way he could tell either, so there is no way he could call it as a goal.
The person with the best view was Gordon Greer, perhaps we should ask him whether he thought the whole ball was over the whole line?
The person with the best view was Gordon Greer, perhaps we should ask him whether he thought the whole ball was over the whole line?
What? You mean admit I was wrong?
So under the rules of goaline tekkers which according to the boffins takes seconds to clarify the result i wonder what the outcome would of been and just how long it would of taken , as a Brighton fan im ok with the outcome but as a Watford fan i would not be happy , in the cold light of day the linesman must be given some credit here as there is a tiny bit of doubt as to the final destination of the whole of the ball .
That video shows why we can't rely on the first image which makes it look way over, but it also goes a bit too far over the ball so you get the reverse affect of it looking like more of the ball is on the line than it is.
I thought immediately (from central WSU so similar angle to the first pic) it was way over the line, but Sheebo pointed out after the game the goal line angle that had been shown on telly showed it hadn't quite fully crossed.
I wouldn't have had any complaints whatsover if it had been given as a goal though. In real time everything was there to suggest it was fully over as the linesman was a yard or two up the pitch so didn't have the perfect view along the line either.