When the whole picture isn’t essential

NO SURPRISES when it comes to the issue which dominated water-cooler talk for the last few days. Anyone who saw Eduardo’s horrific leg-break in the Arsenal-Birmingham City game last week in the Premier League last week isn’t likely to forget it in a hurry.

That is, if you actually saw it. The decision by the Sky Sports match director not to replay the incident from an angle which showed the exact angle of the break and the resultant flapping of the Arsenal player’s dislocated ankle has provoked quite a bit of comment.

On the one hand you have those who supported the decision as sparing those at home an unnecessarily graphic image that wasn’t likely to add to the viewing experience. You’re watching a sports event, not ER.