Villa v Blades

[Bfcboyo]

Sky presenters being very pc not wanting to offend hawkeye.

Appeared to be over the line she said.

Bring back Andy Gray I say.

[Vegas Claret]

******* joke

[ClaretMov]

Question mark about whether the WHOLE of the ball had crossed the WHOLE of the line. The majority was certainly behind the post but was ALL of it?

The whole ball was at least 4 inch/ 10 cm over the line

[Rileybobs]

VAR can,and should have overruled

Pretty bold call for the VAR to overrule tried and tested technology though. Especially as there was not absolute conclusive evidence that the ball crossed the line.

Edit - the image posted by Vegas is pretty conclusive though.

[tiger76]

Great start back, blatant penalty claim for Villa denied, and then an obvious goal not awarded for the Blades, thing's can only get better, or can they?.

[ClaretMov]

Don't worry it will be fixed when the big boys play tonight

[DCWat]

Sheff United will be looking to sue again if they miss out on Europe because of that!!

[cricketfieldclarets]

Its working now.

Queue a dodgy decision against sheff utd

[Rileybobs]

God, I’ve missed this incompetence.

[Bfcboyo]

Oliver looks guilty as sin. Definitely didn't switch it on .

[ClaretMov]

Quote of the day

Its now working (switched on) and will be used in the second half.......FFS

[ksrclaret]

Absolutely brilliant

We’re definitely back everyone!!

[ClaretMov]

Get all your money on Sheff Utd being awarded a penalty, good odds

[Bordeauxclaret]

Sheff United will be looking to sue again if they miss out on Europe because of that!!

We’d have as much money as City if you could sue for **** decisions.

[ElectroClaret]

We’d have as much money as City if you could sue for **** decisions.

Ain't that the truth.

[Rileybobs]

Oliver looks guilty as sin. Definitely didn't switch it on .

Surely the graphic would have been shown though whether the watch was turned on or not.

[Buxtonclaret]

Henderson is a very good keeper.

[Funkydrummer]

The crowd interaction is a bit behind as someone said.

How hard can it be for someone to press a button with "oo", "arr" or "hooray" or "clap"
on it in time ?

[Jimmymaccer]

Just out if interest whose responsibility is it...........does ref have to say “ Hawkeye.....check” like a plane taking off ....or us it just someone’s (previous) job.....?

[joey13]

Pretty bold call for the VAR to overrule tried and tested technology though. Especially as there was not absolute conclusive evidence that the ball crossed the line.

Edit - the image posted by Vegas is pretty conclusive though.

But only works when switched on

[joey13]

The crowd interaction is a bit behind as someone said.

How hard can it be for someone to press a button with "oo", "arr" or "hooray" or "clap"
on it in time ?

It is Birmingham

[IanMcL]

clearly over the line by at least 2 inches

Keep you willy out of it!

[Tall Paul]

Just out if interest whose responsibility is it...........does ref have to say “ Hawkeye.....check” like a plane taking off ....or us it just someone’s (previous) job.....?

Presumably its automatic and the refs watch vibrates whenever the ball crosses the goal line.

[IanMcL]

TV spoke of VAR. Had forgotten VAR!

Yes - should have been var for sure. Poor officiating.

[DCWat]

What’s more concerning is the blatant reliance on the technology. Goal line technology has been a decent addition but referees should surely be prepared to question the technology, if required.

This wasn’t something I’d have expected Oliver to have missed, pre technology.

[IanMcL]

Ignominy!

Sky just shown shots on target....

Villa 5 SU 0

Erased from history!

[Funkydrummer]

Grealish is a class above. Shame he's a kn0b.

[CombatClaret]

Aguero benched tonight, looks like he starts against us :s

[Vegas Claret]

Grealish is a class above. Shame he's a kn0b.

65 mins gone - has he fallen over yet ?

[Bordeauxclaret]

Aguero benched tonight, looks like he starts against us :s

But of course. I put him as triple captain in the Fantasy Team.

[Rileybobs]

What’s more concerning is the blatant reliance on the technology. Goal line technology has been a decent addition but referees should surely be prepared to question the technology, if required.

This wasn’t something I’d have expected Oliver to have missed, pre technology.

I disagree. Goal line technology was brought in because those decisions were so difficult to call with the naked eye. Oliver couldn’t give that goal considering his position on the pitch when there is technology in place that has been seemingly flawless up to now. Even the replays shown at half time weren’t conclusive due to the ball being in the keepers arms.

The VAR maybe should have intervened but there wasn’t much time to make the call, and overruling tried and tested technology based on inconclusive evidence would be a very big call.

[Dyched]

Sorry - see what you mean now

To be fair, I suspect that this will have pretty big viewing figures, it being the first game back. Perhaps far more interest in the game than there usually might have been, outside of the fans of each team.

I’m only watching because I haven’t seen football for so long. It’s very different to what I’m used too. But the game hasn’t been too bad tbh. If we were fans of either team, we’d be quite happy at both performances so far.

[ElectroClaret]

Oliver couldn't have seen that for sure from where he was.

[Dyched]

Goal line technologies huge success was the downfall for me. It has worked superbly since it started. Unless Oliver was directly inline with the ball and posts it’d be a huge call to give the goal.

[Bordeauxclaret]

Oliver couldn’t. The Lino should have seen it.

[DCWat]

I disagree. Goal line technology was brought in because those decisions were so difficult to call with the naked eye. Oliver couldn’t give that goal considering his position on the pitch when there is technology in place that has been seemingly flawless up to now. Even the replays shown at half time weren’t conclusive due to the ball being in the keepers arms.

The VAR maybe should have intervened but there wasn’t much time to make the call, and overruling tried and tested technology based on inconclusive evidence would be a very big call.

I thought that the replays were very conclusive.

Pre technology, I’d have expected a referee to spot that. It wasn’t exactly a fast moving ball ricocheting off a post.

If referees become too reliant upon technology (accepting your point that to date GLT has been reliable) glitches will cause issues again.

If this was a case of it not being switched on, that’s a joke itself.

[Hibsclaret]

I disagree. Goal line technology was brought in because those decisions were so difficult to call with the naked eye. Oliver couldn’t give that goal considering his position on the pitch when there is technology in place that has been seemingly flawless up to now. Even the replays shown at half time weren’t conclusive due to the ball being in the keepers arms.

The VAR maybe should have intervened but there wasn’t much time to make the call, and overruling tried and tested technology based on inconclusive evidence would be a very big call.

You are right regarding Oliver not seeing it and why goal line tech was brought in....however to suggest there is inconclusive evidence of a goal. It is the most blatant goal ever using the camera angles available to VAR. It’s an absolute joke that the goal cannot be awarded by VAR as they should be involved in every goal/no goal decision that the ref has missed. Embarrassing tbh

[bfcjg]

The goal line technology was self isolating at home.

[boatshed bill]

Listening to this reminds me of my playing days

[Leisure]

Oliver couldn't have seen that for sure from where he was.

Linesman/person?

[Myk]

They’ve just announced his watch did vibrate and say “goal” when he got into the dressing room at half time.

Just a bit of lag

[ElectroClaret]

Linesman/person?

Yeah.
And surely he'd have said something.

So everyone's relying on the tech.

[HunterST_BFC]

Grealish is such a fanny

[Hibsclaret]

Tbh it is irrelevant who did or didn’t see it on the pitch. The VAR team know within 30 seconds that it’s a goal and a balls up...yet they do nothing because there is no flexibility in the rules of what they can and can’t judge on.

And yet again we have the outcome of a match affected by the nonsense

[Dyched]

They’ve just announced his watch did vibrate and say “goal” when he got into the dressing room at half time.

Just a bit of lag

Only after he took the batteries out of his pocket rocket

[Colburn_Claret]

Oliver couldn’t. The Lino should have seen it.

That goal would have been given, before VAR took a hand. A lot of linos have stopped doing their jobs, it's been noticeable all season. Whether it's by request of the ref, or just an over reliance of the technology, who knows. But it's still the same teams that get bit on the arse.

[ClaretMov]

I disagree. Goal line technology was brought in because those decisions were so difficult to call with the naked eye. Oliver couldn’t give that goal considering his position on the pitch when there is technology in place that has been seemingly flawless up to now. Even the replays shown at half time weren’t conclusive due to the ball being in the keepers arms.

The VAR maybe should have intervened but there wasn’t much time to make the call, and overruling tried and tested technology based on inconclusive evidence would be a very big call.

Really ???? Looks well over to me from the tv replays and even in the keeper's hands its so clear to see

[Lowbankclaret]

I turned it off, I was worried it would be crap, and it was.

Just maybe they tried to add some excitement by making a balls of it all.

[ElectroClaret]

VAR could have decided that in ten seconds, if they had access to that picture.
And of course, they would have.

Terrible stuff.

[ClaretTony]

What’s more concerning is the blatant reliance on the technology. Goal line technology has been a decent addition but referees should surely be prepared to question the technology, if required.

This wasn’t something I’d have expected Oliver to have missed, pre technology.

He couldn’t intervene from where he was positioned.