Important to NOT get over it as it makes us feel better. Dont you get it? If we as supporters feel that we are continually robbed then we can lay off the coach and players who, despite limited ability compared to other coaches and teams, they ARE truly trying to get a result.
As seen in the still shot, Meaneys right hand is clearly UNDER Pearce right hand...A simultaneous touch is physically impossible by reason of the laws of physical of objects in motion. Pearces left hand clearly hasnt come into contact with the ball yet and so is irrelevent. If we can extrapolate the size of Meaneys hands compared to Pearces hands we can see that Meaneys hand should more likely than not fully contain Pearces hand.
However there remains from the angle of the shot a remote possibility, perhaps 5% chance, that Pearce infact got his pinky finger on the ball without it being on top or behind Meaneys hand. This could of been the case especially if Pearce has a deformed pinky finger like Bryan Fletcher. This brings us to the efficacy of the onfield referees calls of try or no try.
In the past referees would send tries up to the video ref with an opinion, without having to specify themselves if that thought it was a try or not...in fact they could say..."can you look at it because I couldnt see, or I was obstructed". The video ref even if he couldnt see himself would come back with "benefit of the doubt" Try. I seem to recall the benefit of the doubt ALWAYS goes with the attacking side.
However, as the object of the game is to do something better than your opponent to make a score, surely any benefit of any doubt should go to the defender. in such a case, utilising the laws of physics of objects in motion, as Meaneys hand is underneath Pearces hand, this should of been called No Try goal line dropout.