: Thu Jul 02, 2009 1:15 pm  

Bulliac wrote:

That`s correct. It`s impossible to tell from that angle. Maybe a definitive view would have been obtained with extra cameras or maybe it just might have been given as a benefit of the doubt try, not that Mr Child has ever given us a 75 - 25 call yet with flag in hand. Funnily enough in the one game he blew the whistle for I thought he was OK.

Mr Child isat home now singing along to his reggae music, can you hear him.

I shot the Sherriffe, but I didn't think it was a try.

: Thu Jul 02, 2009 1:21 pm  

Leeds fans actually seem more bothered about this than Sheriffe himself.

: Thu Jul 02, 2009 5:33 pm  

DILLIGAF wrote:

Tell you what, those Leeds fans on this thread that "clearly saw it" are god damn impressive.

The replay's just been on Boots n All and it looked like he hit the flag almost exactly the same time as he grounded the ball.

You lot must see things in super slow motion to have clearly seen that it wasn't a try.

It was a try

: Thu Jul 02, 2009 5:34 pm  

I was stood right in line with it from the Western Terrace and it was aTRY.

: Thu Jul 02, 2009 5:55 pm  

Mick Gledhill wrote:

I was stood right in line with it from the Western Terrace and it was aTRY.

Sorry, but from what I saw on Boots 'n' All, NOBODY could have been able to tell which hit first, the flag or the grounding. Not at full speed.

Anyone saying "it was definitely a try" or "it definitely wasn't a try" is looking through rose tinted glasses imo.

: Thu Jul 02, 2009 6:08 pm  

DILLIGAF wrote:

Sorry, but from what I saw on Boots 'n' All, NOBODY could have been able to tell which hit first, the flag or the grounding. Not at full speed.

Anyone saying "it was definitely a try" or "it definitely wasn't a try" is looking through rose tinted glasses imo.

I agree. If we'd been on Sky then it might have gone the other way. But as it was, the linesman was damned if you do and damned if you dont

: Thu Jul 02, 2009 6:17 pm  

Roofaldo wrote:

But as it was, the linesman was damned if you do and damned if you dont

Precisely. Regardless of the history of Mr. Child, it would have taken someone with superhero powers to tell if that was a try at full speed. Either decision he gave could have been justified and I don't think there is any need to question it, no matter which way it went.

: Thu Jul 02, 2009 9:05 pm  

This thread has probably died a death, point made that the speed and intensity of the modern game demands for better quality officials.

There were several difficult calls in that game, including I'd say Hall's first try, which looked suspiciously like a knock on in real time.

: Thu Jul 02, 2009 11:02 pm  

yougengis wrote:

This thread has probably died a death, point made that the speed and intensity of the modern game demands for better quality officials

How do you work that out?

If anything, I'd say that this particular try says that the modern game demands super human powers from it's officials to get everything right.

: Fri Jul 03, 2009 5:01 am  

DILLIGAF wrote:

How do you work that out?

If anything, I'd say that this particular try says that the modern game demands super human powers from it's officials to get everything right.

So...video refs at every game? Or at none?