VAR works more for television than for fans in the stadium.īL: The fan experience of VAR is nothing short of terrible - it's not without its faults, and as a supporter in the stadium you sit there in the stadium completely in the dark about what's going on. You end up as a kind of moderator, but I've seen it from both sides.Īs a television event, VAR isn't bad, but as a supporter in the stadium, there was a potential handball at Villa Park last night where I was at the opposite end of the stadium, and we wouldn't have had a clue what they were talking about. RH: We do already hear the VAR in our ears during the game but that's only one side of the conversation, what's being said from Stockley Park. Premier League Final Day: What's still to play for?.Subscribe to the Essential Football Podcast.Watch the Final Day with NOW | Get Sky Sports.Cricket has had some issues with the sound from the stump microphone - we would like to hear it, because it would help our jobs, but for a general broadcast we would be off the air in less than five minutes. We can't change the culture of industrial language, I don't think the fans would want to hear all of it and the players wouldn't want them to either. There's a culture of industrial language on the pitch - Bill had to apologise for the language in the Aston Villa vs Burnley game last night - I think that rules it out. MT: It was tried, David Elleray, Millwall against Arsenal about 30 years ago, and of course the language was non-broadcastable. Gordon asks: Would it be advantageous to broadcast referees' conversations with players? None of us were sure which of the four names he was going to be called by, Rob had heard he wanted to be called Salah-Eddine, but Oulad M'hand is the name he'll have on his shirt! So we have a problem ahead on that one. MT: We've got one Rob and I talked about on Monday evening - Salah-Eddine Oulad M'hand as an Arsenal substitute. RH: The first time I saw him play was for South Africa in Ireland, and I just thought that the click sound isn't in the English language, we have to formulate a way around it. He was from South Africa, if you were doing it as it would be pronounced as it was in his homeland, there was a as well.
Premier League final day: What's still to play for?īL: Not only did he have a very difficult name to pronounce, he changed the pronunciation about five times in his career. It was such a wonderful, extraordinary moment, and it was just pure joy - those moments fall into your lap to be able to commentate on once in a career. Arsenal transfer rumours: Gunners to offer Jesus nearly £200k per weekīill Leslie (BL): I've been lucky enough to see so many, but the one that springs to mind was Troy Deeney's goal for Watford against Leicester in 2013 in the play-offs, I get talked to about it more than any other I've commentated on in my whole career.Nadal: I will play at Wimbledon if my body allows.
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