skybluelee
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That is shit. You missed out on the best 90 seconds any football fan has ever experienced.
That is shit. You missed out on the best 90 seconds any football fan has ever experienced.with the Torp goal, I said as Haji took the pass that he looked offside and I couldn't let myself go batsh*t knowing VAR would look. Means it didn't have that same magic for me, which is sh*t tbf!
If it's any consolation, you and I were both correct in thinking Haji was offside. He was, but far more narrowly than I thought in real time. I actually anticipated the goal being overturned straight away, so I kind of missed out on the euphoria and maybe that helps me live with it.
with the Torp goal, I said as Haji took the pass that he looked offside and I couldn't let myself go batsh*t knowing VAR would look. Means it didn't have that same magic for me, which is sh*t tbf!
My soul genuinely left my body after the Torp goal. I remember muttering "he's offside" as Wright got the ball, more out of force of habit rather than having a particularly good view, then Wright just trotted towards the box without anyone trying to stop him and I saw Torp casually ambling into the area again without anyone trying to stop him, then it was like the world went into slow motion as Wright put the slowest and most easily intercepted pass across the box and my mind was like "oh come on, someone's going to leather that". Then Torp got his toe into it and it's like the ball rolled into the net as slowly as a tortoise makes its way to a lettuce. Then it was like I *actually heard the sound of the ball hitting the net* and nothing else, and slowly stood up as if I knew that was what I was supposed to do but I couldn't comprehend what had actually happened. It wasn't until I felt the hands of the two guys behind me wrapping around my shoulders and physically yanking me over the back of my seat that everything suddenly snapped back into focus and oh my FUCK OH MY GOD HOLY SHIT JESUS CHRIST AAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Then I saw the VAR CHECKING on the screen, and knew where it was going.
I will never, ever feel like I felt about that goal again.
I've mentioned this many times before but the basic maths does not allow for using VAR for such close calls.It was also so subjective when Ohare flicked it up...was on his boot for a millisecond longer...they took it as the moment ohares touched the ball not when released. I maintain that anyway!
An independent referee told me about his analysis at the time , six weeks after semi, that Man United boot was painted out and the angle of photo of pitch was adjusted proven by advertising boards being at a different angle to make the two lines make it appear marginally offside.Torp's disallowed Wembley winner
I still maintain to this day, that when V.A.R drew the lines across the pitch, it went half way up the United players boot, and not on his toes.
Has it of been on his toes, It would of been just onside.
We all know we won that game. However not being humped by Man City in the final means we ended the run on a high in reality. We played one of the most successful sides in British football, fought back from 3-0 down with 20 minutes left and beat them at Wembley while outsinging them the whole game. We may not have played in the final but we did reach it and we can always have that moment to remember.Var in man utd semis
It's just hard to remember that game fondly even though we all deserve too
Torp's disallowed Wembley winner
I still maintain to this day, that when V.A.R drew the lines across the pitch, it went half way up the United players boot, and not on his toes.
Has it of been on his toes, It would of been
Yes at all of those games!Torps disallowed goal, and the euphoria to despair is something I wont forget.
Hamer going off in the playoffs, when we were in control and looking good.
Not being able to defend a last minute corner in the FA cup quarter final against Sheff Utd when Strachan was boss, and we had a team that could have got us to the final.
And for all those old enough to remember, and god it was a shit night, at a shite ground, losing on penalties in 1988 in the Simod Cup semi final against Reading at Elm Park when we were on for another Wembley trip the year after our FA cup win.
Oh and ever playing Sutton in the FA Cup.
I left the second i saw Dabo walking towards the spot. Just knew he was missing. Me and the kids walking into the concourse at Wembley, hearing the Luton cheer and just saying 'knew it'
The Torp disallowed goal wins it by a long way. It was never offside and il go to my grave saying that. We were robbed of the greatest ever comeback in football history. Myself, the kids, my cousin all together, all crying our eyes out in disbelief shock and pride at what we had just seen. Hugging randomers also in floods of tears, the pure unrivalled joy. I still cannot and dont think I ever will be able to put into words that feeling of that monent. Nothing has ever come close. If you can bottle that and sell it you would be the richest man in the world
What a fucking moment man
Reading that has just made me even more pissed offAn independent referee told me about his analysis at the time , six weeks after semi, that Man United boot was painted out and the angle of photo of pitch was adjusted proven by advertising boards being at a different angle to make the two lines make it appear marginally offside.
His analysis was not connected to me or Coventry City, just his findings.
We won that game.
Heartbraking moments
#1 Sheffield United equaliser in FA Cup QF in 98
#2 Finding out we had lost our 2 goal lead at Villa and relegation
#3 FA cup disallowed goal in 2024 after being 3 - 0 down to win 4-3. Made massively worse with being with my daughter in her second ever game(she doesn't like football and went because of how much it meant to me).
Luton penalties play off and 1981 League cup were hugely disappointing too but some case that in those games we didn't fully deserve to progress.
I think relegation has been worst moment. I know we beat Man Utd so take pride in that and will never forget our daughters face when we scored our winner.
Said this before - there are 100% frames available where Wright is onside.How can you say that with authority? So much uncertainty around exactly when O'hare released the ball, how accurately the line was drawn, the frame rate especially with Wright and the dfender running in opposite directions. A millisecond either way and the picture looks so different. Enough uncertainty to give in favour of the attacking team, and that's a hill I'm prepared to die on.
I was also listening to that game. We lead twice and Bowles scored their winner in the last minute.This is going to sound really random, but there's no accounting for the moments that stick in your mind.
Stan Bowles scoring a very late winner against us in the FA Cup for QPR in 1974. Was at a party listening on the radio and we all had a drunken breakdown. Time has healed things a bit .
So, just to be clear, how many fooks do you give???I could pretty much echo all of the above (especially @clint van damme 's of course!), but the one thing that still strikes me today about disallowing Torp's goal is just how much of a money game it is now and why I'm falling out of love with football outside of watching City. There was a time I used to enjoy EPL football even after we left it or international football, not any longer. I won't be convinced that it wasn't about money and somehow the powers that be wanting an all Manchester final.
Anyone who thinks Torp's goal shouldn't have stood, imo, doesn't really like football at all. Not only was it Roy of the Rovers stuff, but it's those magical comebacks, and even more so when when it's David v Goliath, that is the reason we all fell in love with the game in the first place.
Fook VAR, fook ManUre, fook Antony, fook Sky, fook the FA and fook modern football pricing and fooking armchair fooking fans.
Went to the game hoping we wouldn't disgrace ourselves, then at 0-3 just hoped it'd stop there. As we got it back to 2-3 though, you could see their players on the ropes and that bald idiot of a Dutchman on the bench started shitting the bed.Totally agree with all of this. The atmosphere just dropped around me when Dabo walked forward. Maybe it was you heading for the exit!
At least we still had the Torp moment to celebrate before it was taken away though. I was stood next to three women and they were all over me for around 30 seconds. No complaints there! Several people from about 10 rows away ended up in the madness as well, and I can't even describe those moments with much clarity as it was just so much overwhelming emotion.
I think it was also the fact the game seemed so lost. At 3-0 I was just in the bar having more or less given up, and when we scored to make it 3-1, said to my mate, 'guess we better go and watch then'...
I'm sure, but sadly not at the moment O'Hare makes first contact with his pass, nor indeed as it leaves his boot. Just for that split second (the only moment that counts) Haji's stuck-out foot was offside. I wish the timing had been different, because he was definitely onside just before and just after.Said this before - there are 100% frames available where Wright is onside.
I left the second i saw Dabo walking towards the spot. Just knew he was missing. Me and the kids walking into the concourse at Wembley, hearing the Luton cheer and just saying 'knew it'
You can probably add that to the things that never happened thread.that’s mental
Losing to Grimsby in in strachan’s last game, the goal a howler from Hedman……football has never mattered to me as much since that day. Was like the end offical End of us being a premier league team to me
Was stood right behind the goalFA cup semi final vs Sheff Utd. Moldovans missed chance.
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