You take it for granted how important camera angles are in televised football games.
We never would have guessed how jarring it would be to have the main camera closer to the pitch, but everyone was kicking off about the strange TV view of Portsmouth v Derby on Wednesday night.
APOLOGY: We'd like to apologise for our main camera angle at Portsmouth. Due to Health & Safety reasons we couldn't use the usual gantry.
— Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportsPL) August 12, 2015
Sky Sports were forced to apologise for the retina-melting broadcast, but football fans looking to catch a bit of Capital One Cup action were an unforgiving bunch…
#portsmouthderby I feel like I'm playing right back for Derby with this camera angle!
— Ian Finlayson (@FinNairn) August 12, 2015
https://twitter.com/IanWright0/status/631541790114467840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Terrible camera angles 😩😩😩 Portsmouth v Derby
— Robbie Savage (@RobbieSavage8) August 12, 2015
Turns on Portsmouth vs Derby, sees camera angle, turns off TV.
— Mat Seage (@Seagie85) August 12, 2015
Ridiculously low main camera angle for Portsmouth v Derby on Sky Sports not popular apparently #dugoutcam pic.twitter.com/n5TRhwA8ZO
— Martin Ross (@martingrantross) August 12, 2015
Really dodgy camera on Portsmouth v Derby @SkySports tonight #TouchlineCam #OnThePitch pic.twitter.com/m5gC5jkBDn
— Paul McGee (@_maggs) August 12, 2015
https://twitter.com/AlexShawESPN/status/631539324098580480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Camera angle from the Portsmouth-Derby game. And I once thought that QPR's stadium was difficult to watch! pic.twitter.com/AG8bvI39ON
— Mootaz Chehade (@MHChehade) August 12, 2015
Is the camera for the Portsmouth v Derby game attached to one of the manager's heads??!! What's going on??
— Darren Fletcher (@DFletcherSport) August 12, 2015
