..... was it just me or were they annoying this year on TV ??

too many overhead shots from the helicopter and the gantry camera shots seem to take the "depth" out of the TV coverage

or maybe I should have gone to SpecSavers !!

I agree that Gantry Camera lost depth of field for the viewer.

Where was the helicopter for the last video ref decision? Or was it not a "usable" camera angle for the purposes of the video ref? and if not WTF did they spend the money on putting it up there?

The stand covered the play didnt it? I seem to remember them quickly shifting to that one

Yep they went to it for a second or two, but because of the position of the helicopter at that moment in time, the roof was blocking the view of Smith.

Not seen the Sky coverage as I've just got back from the game but I seen the camera whizzing across back and to in the stand and I thought it was a good idea. Will have to see what it looks like.

Saying that though, they used it last year too and it was pretty decent so I doubt anything will have changed.

Sky doing the Grand Final on the cheap, you wouldn`t get that one camera does virtually all at a premeirship football game at Old Trafford yet its deemed good enough for RL`s big occasion.

Got to say the constant view from the helicopter was annoying .... just show the bloody game!

Surely if they where trying to save money and be cheap, they wouldn't put a helicopter up??

The camera on the cable is a good idea. It means that the camera is always pretty level with play, giving good angles the majority of the time without having cameras everywhere.

Thought at times it was a little wierd though, the game looked like fifa.

I totally agree. Very poor and annoying coverage, I thought.

All the helicopter shots made me feel really dizzy.

i was ed off with the copter cam from the moment phil clarke was doing his robot dancing/semaphor demo pre match.

I don't understand why they didn't go to a "side on" view for Eastmonds try. That would have shown if he touched the ball forward onto Donald.

said to the people i was watching with, you got a better view from the far corner, the original camera view they showed during play.

WTF they decided to just stick with the one angle, made no sense at all.


yet i've complained on here in the past about sky not using all available views, making the decision then showing a different angle after the goal has been kicked which puts another slant on it.

And whats the point of having Stadler and Waldorf behind each goal post commenting on the previous try,kick, drop goal? Totally annoying, just concentrate on the bloody game!!

I'm going to go totally against the grain and say I actually quite liked the use of the different camera angles. I wasn't so keen on the helicopter shots but I really liked the rail cameras.

I also liked the extra commentary from Barry & Terry from the touchline during the game, it gave a real sense of them being 'right there' in the action, especially when you could see the teams getting ready to kick off behind them.

I think the Sky team deserve plaudits for trying something different and interesting, too many people want things to stay the same to the detriment of positive progress.

How do you know the VR didn't?

The camera angle would have been the ideal view if you were a spectator but it seemed odd and annoying on TV

I don't but I never said the VR, I was on about the sky camera angles shown on t.v.

had to fit them in to the coverage somewhere, also McDermott could celebrate with his old mates aswell

What? Sliding back and to along the gantry? I normally watch from one place.

I found the gantry camera quite annoying mainly because there weren't any metre markings on the pitch (10,20,30,40,50), so when Eastmond went in for his try you couldn't tell whether he was sprinting in from 20metres out or 60metres

It didn't work as it never gave you any idea where the attacking players where in relation to the the try line.

I find it irritating that everyone complains about the Sky team, same boring coverage blah blah. Yet when they try something new everyone still complains.

Not a complaint but it didn't work for me - perhaps they should have given the traditional coverage and used the different angles for replays / highlighting points etc

Too often the collisions were missed because of the wide angle approach - no pitch markings didn't help either, though the game was being played either side of the half way line for 80 minutes