Was the ball over the line?

fatbloke said:
I still haven't seen any angle that proves the ball was out, the only way they could do it is the MNF virtual thing they do seen as there was no camera directly along the line.
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Will this do? I posted it yesterday after the game finished.

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Chippy_boy said:
Sorry mate but honestly, you are mistaken. This is schoolboy geometry.

Let's suppose for a moment there is an imaginary 100 foot wall all the way from one side of the pitch to the other, standing right on the by line. And imagine the ball is where Sterling is about to kick it, and we are trying to work out if the ball is touching the wall, or if it is beyond the wall and there's a 1 inch gap. Got that in your mind? Now hold that thought for a moment.

Now imagine you're in your kitchen and imagine a ping pong ball on your kitchen table and you're trying to work out if the ball is touching the table or not. Possibly it is but possibly it's balanced on a grain of rice. You get your eye down to table level and have a look to see if the ball is touching. It doesn't matter from which side of the table you look, does it. It's the same view from any side of the table, so long as your eye is in line with the surface of the table.

Now go back to the football pitch and the wall. The wall is the table. It doesn't matter where along the wall you want to look from, the view is exactly the same. Above, at an angle, lying on the pitch, up in the stands, anywhere you like. So long as your eye is level with the by line and you look along the by line, you can view from any height and you get the same view of the ball and the line.
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Appreciate the explanation but I don't agree. Taking your example of a ping pong ball on a table. An eye level view from any side of the table is the equivalent of an overhead view of a ball on a pitch which is why it is the only angle that you can tell if the ball is touching the table or is in fact resting on a grain of rice.
 
royalblue said:
Appreciate the explanation but I don't agree. Taking your example of a ping pong ball on a table. An eye level view from any side of the table is the equivalent of an overhead view of a ball on a pitch which is why it is the only angle that you can tell if the ball is touching the table or is in fact resting on a grain of rice.
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Lol. Just saw your photo after I posted. Does look convincing I admit.
 
royalblue said:
Appreciate the explanation but I don't agree. Taking your example of a ping pong ball on a table. An eye level view from any side of the table is the equivalent of an overhead view of a ball on a pitch which is why it is the only angle that you can tell if the ball is touching the table or is in fact resting on a grain of rice.
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No, it isn't. With the greatest respect you are mistaken and haven't thought this through well enough.

If we label the sides of the table North, South, East or West, it doesn't matter what side you try to view the ping pong ball from. Agreed?

Now if we translate that to the football pitch, let's say North is vertically above the ball, 50 ft up. West is lying on the ground by the Colin Bell stand, looking down the by line. East is outside the East stand, lying on the by line and South is 50ft underground, underneath the ball.

It's the same as the table, but on its side. And it doesn't matter where you view from, the view is the same, just as it is with the view from any side of the table.
 
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