Blatant handball missed by ref & linesman

[Cleaning Van Man]

What do you think of this clip?

Possibly one of the worst 'misses' by referees I've ever seen.



"Should've gone to SpecSavers"

Blyth Sparts vs Droylsden, FA Cup

Edited by Cleaning Van Man on Wednesday 9th February 12:36

[blindswelledrat]

While admittedly blatant, Ive seen worse decisions.
From teh angle of that video (roughly where the linesman would be) at normal speed you can't tell for certain that it was his hand and not his head.
COuldn't see where the ref was.

[Cleaning Van Man]

I suspect the linesmans view may have been obscured by the goal posts....I love the way that the whole stadium bar 3 people saw the incident.

[Stevenj214]

blindswelledrat said:

While admittedly blatant, Ive seen worse decisions.
From teh angle of that video (roughly where the linesman would be) at normal speed you can't tell for certain that it was his hand and not his head.
COuldn't see where the ref was.

The linesman would have been in line with the goal line

[Cleaning Van Man]

Stevenj214 said:

The linesman would have been in line with the goal line

That was mypoint. You'll have to forgive BSR, he's not really into football. He supports Tottenham.

[blindswelledrat]

Cleaning Van Man said:

That was mypoint. You'll have to forgive BSR, he's not really into football. He supports Tottenham.

...except that just makes his view even worse
His view of the ball would be obstructed by both the post and the players head.

[jodypress]

I thought it was a cracking save

[Cleaning Van Man]

jodypress said:

I thought it was a cracking save

me too. Maybe Chelsea should sign him up.

[blindswelledrat]

blindswelledrat said:

...except that just makes his view even worse
His view of the ball would be obstructed by both the post and the players head.

FFS, Ive just noticed that was you NP.
I'd have been much less rude but more rude if Id have realised.
You utter wker.
Why do people change thier name so I dont recognise them any more?????

[blindswelledrat]

ANd what have I missed? Why are you CVM?

[hornetrider]

Suarez-esque

[Cleaning Van Man]

blindswelledrat said:

FFS, Ive just noticed that was you NP.
I'd have been much less rude but more rude if Id have realised.
You utter wker.
Why do people change thier name so I dont recognise them any more?????

Are you talking to yourself you fool or me?

Yep...NP Surprised you haven't stalked me on Facebook, TA

[Silver993tt]

Last season when Bristol City played Crystal Palace, Palace scored a goal where the ball went right to the back of the goal (couldn't of gone any further), hit some kind of support and came out again. All of the officials said it never crossed the line. The video (and everyone on TV) saw the ball hit the back of the net. Suprise, surprise the Fotball league clamed copyright on the video clip and pulled it from the internet. Looks like they didn't want any evidence of how appalling the standard of refereeing has been over the last few years. It's an ideal example of where video playback would be perfect. Everyone on TV saw the replay 10 seconds later, so why not the referee on the big screen at the ground? Simply appaling. There are still loads of references to theincident on the web but any viseo reference comes up with the same message "The Football League has claimed copyright". What a cover-up.

[Cleaning Van Man]

and there was a similar one where Reading played (Watford?) and the ball cross the bi-line OUTISIDE of the goal, hit something, bounced back in and they gave a goal!!

Even the other players said it never went in but they still gave it.

Odd.

[Silver993tt]

Cleaning Van Man said:

and there was a similar one where Reading played (Watford?) and the ball cross the bi-line OUTISIDE of the goal, hit something, bounced back in and they gave a goal!!

Even the other players said it never went in but they still gave it.

Odd.

... but clearly seen on TV?

[Cleaning Van Man]

yep...here it is.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0YiuSbBdaQ

[Silver993tt]

Cleaning Van Man said:

yep...here it is.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0YiuSbBdaQ

so once more, what's the big deal in the ref taking 10-20 seconds to see the replay and change his decision based on real facts?

[Cleaning Van Man]

my opinion entirely.

apart from one issue:

What happens if the other team clear the ball, go up the other end and score, but the ref then decides to bring play back?

[blindswelledrat]

Cleaning Van Man said:

Are you talking to yourself you fool or me?

Yep...NP Surprised you haven't stalked me on Facebook, TA

Just have. Feels a bit bummery approaching stange men onthe internet. I like it.