wilksy Posted December 5, 2007 Report Share Posted December 5, 2007 Looks like we should have had Man Utd at home, not Middlesborough.http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=vzsSZ2OC_94 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sephjnr Posted December 5, 2007 Report Share Posted December 5, 2007 Looks like we should have had Man Utd at home, not Middlesborough.http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=vzsSZ2OC_94There's an article about this in today's Daily Star- from the pictures it looks like both balls drawn were marked as 25, the "24" drawn for Man U certainly looks that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stroudy Posted December 5, 2007 Report Share Posted December 5, 2007 ah well have to beat them in the final instead! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seesaw Posted December 5, 2007 Report Share Posted December 5, 2007 Looks like 25 on this article & the guilty look on his face!http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/arti...in_page_id=1770 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charisma_cider Posted December 5, 2007 Report Share Posted December 5, 2007 Even when viewing it without the fuzzy zoom thing it clearly looks like ball 25. Is there any likelyhood of them changing it? as in have their been any other instances in history when someones screwed up reading a number from a ball? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giles_23_bcfc Posted December 5, 2007 Report Share Posted December 5, 2007 Even when viewing it without the fuzzy zoom thing it clearly looks like ball 25. Is there any likelyhood of them changing it? as in have their been any other instances in history when someones screwed up reading a number from a ball?I originally had my doubts about this. But after seeing those 2 stills off you tube, and having zoomed in, its clearly ball 25 he is holding!!!But as the FA have already said, there wont be a re-draw or anything so were stuck with Boro, and being left to wonder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrJoey Posted December 5, 2007 Report Share Posted December 5, 2007 The angle of which the ball is shown (and the light) merges the underline with the 4 making the 4 look like a 5. Read the BBC article (above a few posts) for closer screenshots and it becomes apparent.EDIT: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/sporteditors/20..._never_was.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charisma_cider Posted December 5, 2007 Report Share Posted December 5, 2007 I originally had my doubts about this. But after seeing those 2 stills off you tube, and having zoomed in, its clearly ball 25 he is holding!!!But as the FA have already said, there wont be a re-draw or anything so were stuck with Boro, and being left to wonder.Nah we don't need a re-draw,just swap the 2 fixtures around. Happy Days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giles_23_bcfc Posted December 5, 2007 Report Share Posted December 5, 2007 Nah we don't need a re-draw,just swap the 2 fixtures around. Happy Days What so we get Villa away and United get Boro at home? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmpowell Posted December 5, 2007 Report Share Posted December 5, 2007 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charisma_cider Posted December 5, 2007 Report Share Posted December 5, 2007 Ugh the more I read & look into this, the more it seems more & more originally right. How un-exciting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bringbacktherobin Posted December 5, 2007 Report Share Posted December 5, 2007 looks like the right draw was made to be honest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giles_23_bcfc Posted December 5, 2007 Report Share Posted December 5, 2007 Ugh the more I read & look into this, the more it seems more & more originally right. How un-exciting. looks like the right draw was made to be honest.Hey, were city fans, we have to moan about something! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bringbacktherobin Posted December 5, 2007 Report Share Posted December 5, 2007 O sorry giles!, is this better! Complete c**k up by the F.A why do we even bother!! We could do better!! BRING ON MAN U!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giles_23_bcfc Posted December 5, 2007 Report Share Posted December 5, 2007 O sorry giles!, is this better! Complete c**k up by the F.A why do we even bother!! We could do better!! BRING ON MAN U!!yep. alot better. that's the spirit. your fast becoming a proper, fully pledged moaning city fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Stan Hibbert Posted December 5, 2007 Report Share Posted December 5, 2007 Or like the World Cup/ Euros etc where the name of the team is clearly written on pieces of paper? This may take longer but they drag these 'shows' out anyway!Ok in theory but in the Euro draw I'm sure it said England on one piece of paper but then it came up Russia on the screen?? :coat: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke_Ciderhead Posted December 5, 2007 Report Share Posted December 5, 2007 Well, whether the Daily Star have deliberately edited the video in order to cause controversy is unknown, but thats definitely Ball no 25 (Middlesbrough) that was drawn against Ball no 2 (Aston Villa) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nibor Posted December 5, 2007 Report Share Posted December 5, 2007 Well, whether the Daily Star have deliberately edited the video in order to cause controversy is unknown, but thats definitely Ball no 25 (Middlesbrough) that was drawn against Ball no 2 (Aston Villa)No it's not. The photo quite clearly shows ball 24.Look at ball 25, the 5 has no diagonal line in it. The 4 does.It's obvious and it's been quite a successful make believe exclusive for the Star.If he'd got it wrong the FA would have said so and changed the draw since they'd be open to getting sued otherwise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bh_red Posted December 5, 2007 Report Share Posted December 5, 2007 what I don't get it, after the ball is taken out of the bowl, it's usually stuck into the tray, all they had to do was check what number it was after the draw was completed...........which is probably what they did anyway, A COMPLETE NON-STORY - apart from for the evening post who make it front page news on a wednesday even though the draw was on sunday and everyone was talking about it yesterday........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciderhead456 Posted December 5, 2007 Report Share Posted December 5, 2007 Seeing the pictures in the evening post, to me it looks clear that we should have got man utd. I think they should now change the draw because otherwise the guy making the draw could now just pick the matches by covering up the balls. At least they should have a re-draw as the draw is not fair anymore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky Posted December 5, 2007 Report Share Posted December 5, 2007 What's this all about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlerobin Posted December 5, 2007 Report Share Posted December 5, 2007 Its just his facial expression after saying that it was man u's ball then how he hid the number for middlesborough. It might be wrong but the FA have to look into this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tafkar Posted December 5, 2007 Report Share Posted December 5, 2007 Also bought the Evening Post, and considering how poor quality the pictures are, even with that quality there from looking at it, it could easily be a trick of the light. The underline on the alleged '5' really doesn't fit in with the typeface used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest We all smile we all sing Posted December 5, 2007 Report Share Posted December 5, 2007 b***ocks, wtched it on sky 2day wif good pictures, draw was fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristolian76 Posted December 7, 2007 Report Share Posted December 7, 2007 Apologies if posted elsewhere (just had a quick look and couldnt see it anywhere).This is totally disgusting.The facts are there for all to see.http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=vzsSZ2OC_94 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nibor Posted December 7, 2007 Report Share Posted December 7, 2007 The photos in the BBC blog linked in the other thread prove conclusively that the draw was correct IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristolian76 Posted December 7, 2007 Report Share Posted December 7, 2007 The photos in the BBC blog linked in the other thread prove conclusively that the draw was correct IMO.Cheers for that mate, my apologies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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