Was the ball over the line?

BooksReject said:
It's in the back of the net, and given, that's all that matters. The fact that we have controversy, multi page threads and stills from every angle that still don't confirm in or out meant the ref is right and advantage to the attacking side if in doubt. I still think the overhang of the ball is just, just on the line, but agree that some angles show it looking out. If it was against us I would be fuming, but as it stands, I'm going to Wembley and Martinez isn't ;)
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All day long mate
 
If it was it was. If it makes the scousers more upset - brilliant.

Tin pot small club with a shed for a ground. Just seen one trying to say we don't deserve it showing a picture of the 3rd tier Colin Bell. 54,000 average crowds - you got 36,000 a few weeks ago. Get a life.
 
LMAO. Listening to that Rag sage Savage after the game last night the ball was (and I quote) '2 yards out'!!!! Ha bloody Ha. Push on Kun by the keeper right in front of the linesman (who missed f**k all else involving our forwards being offside), Lukaku 2 yds off in the second half with the lino 10yds behind play and breathing through his arse trying to keep up; only a save by Willie prevented an horrendous offside goal against us yet again. Biggest news, however, is injury to KDB: F*ck and F*ck again!
 
Dermott Gallagher doing us a fair job on SSN. If it was out, it was only just out and an impossible decission. And no blame on the officials.
Not popular on Sky.
Even Ince is sticking up for us or the decission.
 
Dermot has just been on SSNakesTV and I think he has sided with the lino and called the ball in. However, he has now spotted that Aguero's head might have been in an offisde position when KdB crossed the ball! And what about Sterling being in an offside position when Ferny got the cannon off Norton Caines - surely Raheem was interfering with Robles' line of sight.
 
Dave Ewing's Back 'eader said:
Dermot has just been on SSNakesTV and I think he has sided with the lino and called the ball in. However, he has now spotted that Aguero's head might have been in an offisde position when KdB crossed the ball! And what about Sterling being in an offside position when Ferny got the cannon off Norton Caines - surely Raheem was interfering with Robles' line of sight.
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Sterling wasn't in his line of sight, watched the Sky highlights last night and Robles had a clear view. The Aguero one is so marginal it's ridiculous to expect a linesman to be certain in real time.
 
schfc6 said:
Dermott Gallagher doing us a fair job on SSN. If it was out, it was only just out and an impossible decission. And no blame on the officials.
Not popular on Sky.
Even Ince is sticking up for us or the decission.
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Gallagher has summed my feelings up perfectly there.
By 'not popular', do you mean that the presenters are trying to persuade him otherwise, or just that Sky will be generally upset?
 
schfc6 said:
Dermott Gallagher doing us a fair job on SSN. If it was out, it was only just out and an impossible decission. And no blame on the officials.
Not popular on Sky.
Even Ince is sticking up for us or the decission.
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That can't be right. Sky are deliberately withholding the proof. They must be furious that several whistle blowers have slipped through the net.
 
Didsbury Dave said:
Of course they are. They would be doing the exact same if Everton's winner was the same. As I said above, that's the story.

The only media I've heard/seen was TalkSport ont he way home gushing about how we could have won 6-1, slagging off Yakubu and Martinez and talking about Aguero being the best striker in the league. I read a brief match report which was a bog standard early-release match report and this morning the radio was full of reruns of our goals, talk of how Pellegrini might put pressure on Guardiola and the reading our of tweets from our players.

Everton were "the story" for this semi as the smaller club in their big game. We were that club once whenever we had a big game but now we aren't unless we play Barcelona or Real Madrid.

Great. Drink it in.
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Based on past experience of Sky's penchant for re-running fouls by City players that might merit retrospective disciplinary action, until the emulsion on the film disintegrates into its constituent molecules, I'd say that was wishful thinking. They might have referred to it in the context of covering the goal, but I doubt very much they'd have made it the underpinning narrative for the whole game
 
Exeter Blue I am here said:
If you freeze frame the close up on the exact moment Sterling kicks the ball in this clip, you'll realise that it's not out of play at all. If you then freeze frame it again an instant later, you'll also see the distance between Sterling's left boot and the goal line, is unquestionably shorter than the diameter of a football.
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There was a goal line decision the other week, might have been Watford, from a corner that was ruled not a goal, as the ball was a few mm not over the line. Identical to last night especially when looking at the "line cam" They all agreed on TV that without the technology they would have all said it was a goal. Angles can be very deceptive and the one Sky are using looks down at an angle, so seeing more grass than ball is seen than on a direct view from above. That's why the GL technology picture is created from multi camera angles. At the end of the day it was a goal, unlucky Everton you get some and you don't get others, officials can only give what they see like penalties and offsides we have been the victim more often than not
 
Anyone who thinks that wasn't out is deluding themselves.. Fuck it though. Swings and roundabouts.. Not one bit bothered. I will say from all accounts the sky coverage sounds abysmal. Channel 5's was fine.
 
First instinct from where I was sitting was 'that's out' but would like to see it from all angles etc. Not that I'm in any way bothered of course HA HA HA
 
lancs blue said:
Sterling wasn't in his line of sight, watched the Sky highlights last night and Robles had a clear view. The Aguero one is so marginal it's ridiculous to expect a linesman to be certain in real time.
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He did have a clear view but I'm expecting that one to appear as a SSNakesTV 'debating issue' once the first two have been kiboshed!
 
Exeter Blue I am here said:
If you freeze frame the close up on the exact moment Sterling kicks the ball in this clip, you'll realise that it's not out of play at all. If you then freeze frame it again an instant later, you'll also see the distance between Sterling's left boot and the goal line, is unquestionably shorter than the diameter of a football.
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Sterling's foot moves back towards the line as he plants it. As he releases the ball it's further out.
 
Exeter Blue I am here said:
Based on past experience of Sky's penchant for re-running fouls by City players that might merit retrospective disciplinary action, until the emulsion on the film disintegrates into its constituent molecules, I'd say that was wishful thinking. They might have referred to it in the context of covering the goal, but I doubt very much they'd have made it the underpinning narrative for the whole game
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Do you think its coming from the top brass at sky sending the word down to keep ridiculing city?
 
I did think that presenter was way out of order last night when interviewing Pellegrini. He lapsed into totally unprofessional Jeremy Paxman mode, as if he was trying to pin down a politician. "WAS IT OVER OR NOT??"

It was most odd, not like even SKY and Jamie Rednapp of all people leapt in and asked about the use of wide men second half. I suspect the producer muttered in his ear to reel him in FFS.
 
At the time I didn't question that it might be out. I was smack in line and it looked in to me. I didn't see any complaints from the Everton players at the time. All the complaints came after the event, largely stirred up by the media.

If it wasn't in it was out by the smallest margin. How can the decision be blatantly wrong? The officials were always going to struggle to keep up Sterling. Someone on the Channel Five highlights pointed out that in such situations the officials are supposed to give the benefit of doubt to the attacker rather than the defender.
 
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