(03-31-2021, 11:20 PM)PaulP date Wrote:I'm no fan of the "eyes test" and I think the media long ago abandoned analysis in favour of lazy cherry picking, pandering to the prejudices of noisy fans. Folks with outdated ideas will tell you that the eyes are objective, and see "what is there", but I don't think that's right.I agree, especially I'm afraid when that seeing comes via the TV, with a limited field of view and the influence of the commentators.
Fans do not realise the commentators comment off small screens in front of them, not through the binoculars commonly seen in promotions. They do this deliberately so they comment on what viewers see.
Radio is often a more reliable source, but in the COVID era many of those broadcasts are also from a sound studio watching the broadcast.
At the ground the game looks so different.
"Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck ....... Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck"