Quote: Him "An on-field ref has to make an instant decision. In that situation, yes I think it's perfectly reasonable for a ref to think the ball touched the ground.
Yes, I think it's unreasonable, in fact I think it's unacceptable for a video ref, with access to numerous video clips, slow mo etc to see a video of the ball NEVER touching the ground, to give that as a try. The 2 situations are completely different.
The video was not inconclusive. It was 100% conclusive. You could see the ball, at all times, above the ground.
Silverwood did see that view, because he was looking at the same video as is shown on tv live. He was commenting on the same video I, and everybody else was seeing.
It was a monumental cockup from Silverwood and had nothing to do with Child.'"
this has long since been a bug bear of mine over the video ref, as we've seen on sky in the past, they very often only look at two angles, 3 at best rather than making use of all cameras, you heard silverwood say, have we got anything else, obviously someone from the bbc was shaking his head at him, only for 15 minutes later, look we've got the camera shot from all the way down the field.
I occasionally wonder if it's done deliberately on sky so eddie et al can maintain their continued faux outrage at 'ANYTHING'