Match Thread Coventry City v Manchester United - FA Cup Semi-Final (2 Viewers)

[Chris1987]

The whole day will live in the memory forever especially the moment when Torp scored . Was staying in Watford and every single person I saw after the game couldn't believe that the goal had been overturned.

 

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[jas365]

Still wrankles now, the offside decision looks even worse from this angle.

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

Still wrankles now, the offside decision looks even worse from this angle.

Always looked bad from that angle

 

[Jcap]

Still not over it….

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

Still not over it….

Ye

 

[Mcbean]

Pure FA robbery for all to see and we would have beaten city in the final

 

[Macca]

Wish we would have taken the game by the scruff of the neck from the start against a fragile Utd team. Think we could have had a very straightforward win. That said had the goal stood it would have been the greatest day I had ever seen including 1987

 

[SkyBlue_Adam]

Wish we would have taken the game by the scruff of the neck from the start against a fragile Utd team. Think we could have had a very straightforward win. That said had the goal stood it would have been the greatest day I had ever seen including 1987

Agreed. They were struggling against Tavares who was falling over his own feet against Maidstone 8 weeks prior

 

[Wyken Sky Blue]

Ouch...

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[shmmeee]

I maintain that chops off the defenders toes.

 

[Mcbean]

I maintain that chops off the defenders toes.

Was clear direction from the back of the VAR box “ make that goal go away “

 

[Saddlebrains]

I will go to the grave telling anyone who will listen we won that game

It wasn't offside

If the line was drawn where it should be and always is, in front of the last defenders foot, it would have stood

The line was drawn over Wan Bissaka's foot intentionally to get the outcome wanted

We won that semi final i don't give a fuck

 

[AJB1983]

I will go to the grave telling anyone who will listen we won that game

It wasn't offside

If the line was drawn where it should be and always is, in front of the last defenders foot, it would have stood

The line was drawn over Wan Bissaka's foot intentionally to get the outcome wanted

We won that semi final i don't give a fuck

Watched it again yesterday - same with me, it wasn’t, but I’m at peace with it.

and the Chris Suttons of this world can say ‘offside is offside’, but not this.
To be fair the resolution of the screen and the thickness of the lines they’d never get it spot on anyway.

also, wright was actually stood more or less still and had to start running - Wan Bissaka was already running. So no advantage anyway.

 

[Wyken Sky Blue]

I don't think there is a conspiracy personally

If they really wanted a Man Utd vs Man City derby in the final they would've overturned out 90th min penalty

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[Shannerz]

It wasn't a conspiracy. That's mad talk. The officials interpreted it correctly based on the guidelines that they were given.

This issue is examining stills like that to the nth degree. If you have to do that, then what you are looking for had no bearing on anything.

Such pedantry is not within the interests of the game.

It was a shit decision, but a shit decision on how to utilise technology.

 

[robbiethemole]

I will go to the grave telling anyone who will listen we won that game

It wasn't offside

If the line was drawn where it should be and always is, in front of the last defenders foot, it would have stood

The line was drawn over Wan Bissaka's foot intentionally to get the outcome wanted

We won that semi final i don't give a fuck

Look at the Lino, in perfect position and even leaning back slightly to check not offside. Why did they overrule the on pitch decision?
Fucking cheated out of it for sure.

 

[Alkhen]

O'Hare scooped the ball through to Haji, at what point is the pass complete? So many moving parts needed to be checked off before disallowing that goal. Forensically sifting through replays to look for a reason to not allow a goal seems way over the top. What happened that day goes against the spirit of football for me.

I know people say moving the offside threshold to 'daylight' between striker and defender would still cause arguments but for me it would be easier to take an error as the striker at that point has gained some sort of advantage. There is no way anyone can argue Haji gained any advantage standing almost still with a toe offside

 

[clint van damme]

I don't think there is a conspiracy personally

If they really wanted a Man Utd vs Man City derby in the final they would've overturned out 90th min penalty

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They don't like that sort of common sense round these parts

 

[robbiethemole]

O'Hare scooped the ball through to Haji, at what point is the pass complete? So many moving parts needed to be checked off before disallowing that goal. Forensically sifting through replays to look for a reason to not allow a goal seems way over the top.

I know people say moving the offside threshold to 'daylight' between striker and defender would still cause arguments but for me it would be easier to take an error as the striker at that point has gained some sort of advantage. There is no way anyone can argue Haji gained any advantage standing almost still with a toe offside

Decision was made in less than a minute, usually takes between 3/5 minutes It was already decided we weren’t going to win.

 

[Alkhen]

Decision was made in less than a minute, usually takes between 3/5 minutes It was already decided we weren’t going to win.

Are you sure?? Felt more than a minute sitting in the stands, and considering loads of Man United fans left it had to be more than a minute.

 

[clint van damme]

Are you sure?? Felt more than a minute sitting in the stands, and considering loads of Man United fans left it had to be more than a minute.

We were celebrating for at least a minute before we even realised VAR were getting involved then there was at least a minute and half wait.

 

[Sick Boy]

Ouch...

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Urgh. The linesman is right in line with it and it was hardly obvious, so it shouldn't have even gone to VAR.

 

[Otis]

I still think we can win this. C'mon City!!!

 

[PUSB-We_are_going_up]

When does the second leg start?

 

[play_in_skyblue_stripes]

I will go to the grave telling anyone who will listen we won that game

It wasn't offside

If the line was drawn where it should be and always is, in front of the last defenders foot, it would have stood

The line was drawn over Wan Bissaka's foot intentionally to get the outcome wanted

We won that semi final i don't give a fuck

A referee who runs a physio in Manchester told me analysed this on the day what happened. When I visited him for physio and he saw my Coventry shorts shouted "Robbed, Robbed".

They blacked out Man United player boots and rotated the angle of the lines across pitch to make it appear offside. The changed angle of the advertising boards proved that .
His analysis was done six weeks before I met him.
Finally I met a Man United fan a few weeks back who was in line with incident told me he was embarrassed on what had happened and didn't celebrate the overall result. He is the only one who has shown any graciousness on what happened. On the day Man United fans were just horrible.

We won that match apart from the remaining few seconds. I tell every football supporter about this who cares to listen.

 

[napolimp]

I always thought that a "clear and obvious mistake" had not been made, that's obvious from everything seen in the aftermath, so the on field decision should never have been overturned. Case closed. There's not even an argument to be had, it was the wrong decision.

 

[Terry_dactyl]

A referee who runs a physio in Manchester told me analysed this on the day what happened. When I visited him for physio and he saw my Coventry shorts shouted "Robbed, Robbed".

They blacked out Man United player boots and rotated the angle of the lines across pitch to make it appear offside. The changed angle of the advertising boards proved that .
His analysis was done six weeks before I met him.
Finally I met a Man United fan a few weeks back who was in line with incident told me he was embarrassed on what had happened and didn't celebrate the overall result. He is the only one who has shown any graciousness on what happened. On the day Man United fans were just horrible.

We won that match apart from the remaining few seconds. I tell every football supporter about this who cares to listen.

There were Man Utd fans in the queue for the train station immediately after the game telling some Cov fans that we were robbed and it was an embarrassment etc.

Having said that going into the ground there were some right fucking Utd cunts, shouting in people’s faces, trying to get a reaction.
As with all fans/people…swings and roundabouts I guess.

 

[Terry_dactyl]

For me the result is almost immaterial. It would’ve course been great to win but what an incredible day. The feeling when the 4th went in is something I don’t expect to ever experience again.

I came away with a sense of pride rather than disappointment.

 

[Flying Fokker]

A referee who runs a physio in Manchester told me analysed this on the day what happened. When I visited him for physio and he saw my Coventry shorts shouted "Robbed, Robbed".

They blacked out Man United player boots and rotated the angle of the lines across pitch to make it appear offside. The changed angle of the advertising boards proved that .
His analysis was done six weeks before I met him.
Finally I met a Man United fan a few weeks back who was in line with incident told me he was embarrassed on what had happened and didn't celebrate the overall result. He is the only one who has shown any graciousness on what happened. On the day Man United fans were just horrible.

We won that match apart from the remaining few seconds. I tell every football supporter about this who cares to listen.

Great, that’s brightened my otherwise sullen day.

 

[Flying Fokker]

For me the result is almost immaterial. It would’ve course been great to win but what an incredible day. The feeling when the 4th went in is something I don’t expect to ever experience again.

I came away with a sense of pride rather than disappointment.

Absolutely. Never experienced anything like that with city.