Help,, did I hear this wrong...

[Coq au vin 0]

Fraught with poor planning

[Alex Moss 2,165]

I would imagine AN''s message to the players in the event of a penalty is ''whichever of you wants feels most comfortable at the time'', and if that was the case then that seems logical enough to me. Whit''s was having a good game so his confidence would have been high, beauty of hindsight yes, but it proved to be the right choice. I''m sure they''ll be more thorough plans should it go to penalties at St Mary''s.

[Alex Moss 2,165]

^apologies to the grammar police 😉

[TCCANARY 263]

[quote user="Alex "]I would imagine AN''s message to the players in the event of a penalty is ''whichever of you wants feels most comfortable at the time'', and if that was the case then that seems logical enough to me. Whit''s was having a good game so his confidence would have been high, beauty of hindsight yes, but it proved to be the right choice. I''m sure they''ll be more thorough plans should it go to penalties at St Mary''s.[/quote]

That would be OK if he spoke to all the players but we know from some ''correspondents'' on here that he doesn''t do that he prefers to criticise them in public. [;)]

[Chip20 69]

Two questions for the OP:

1. Do all the top managers always sort out a designated penalty taker prior to the match and only the incompetent ones don''t? I presume you know this for certain for it to be such an issue for you.

2. Why is not having a designated penalty taker a problem? The only instance I can see where it actually causes significant issues is if nobody steps up to take it. Is it statistically proven that pre-identified penalty takers are far more likely to score than a player who is ''caught by surprise''?

[Clint 221]

I would guess that stats would prove that a pre identified penalty taker is more likely to score as they tend to be the ones that practice them regularly in training.

As someone said earlier, what carnage would have ensued had Whitts missed?

To be fair, Leeds earlier in the season was a bit of a shambles with some really poor penalties so perhaps no-one is designated and as such no-one really focuses on practicing them?

[Ray 111]

Morty,

Bit like you with LDC eh Morty, any opportunity.

[norfolkngood 1,086]

Of course teams have penalty takers

it is AN job to know who takes the best penalty you can not leave it to who feels up to it today !!

Matt le tissier was famous for taking them ( missed one i think ?)

I would bet more teams have a pre idenified taker than Captains deciding

[hogesar 9,656]

To be fair, the only acceptable way to judge the correct penalty taker would be for each player to hold the ball in their arms for 5 seconds. Player who receives the least amount of boo''s gets to take the penalty.*

*If the penalty taker misses, the player is either completely f*cking useless or AN is completely f*cking useless as he shouldn''t have picked him anyway.

[Alfie54 76]

You normally see players jostling with each other to take a penalty, what was worrying was that most were looking the other way, such is the level of their confidence. All credit to Whittaker who would have got slaughtered if he''d of missed.

[Rogue Baboon 0]

Didn''t Whittaker say that Pritchard took the ball, but Naismith told him to give it to Whittaker as he used to take some penalties for Rangers?

Either way, if we had an unexpected player who was more than prepared to confidently step up and put a penalty away then there is no issue - I would like to think that we have several players that are prepared to do that?

[The Unsullied 0]

We have strikers whose job it is to put the ball in the net. Why don''t they take them

Club is a shambles

I wish we were Newcastle

[Mr Apples 1,318]

Do Newcastle have better quality and/or bigger portions of Scampi?

Apples

[norfolkngood 1,086]

Do Newcastle have better quality and/or bigger portions of Scampi?

Apples

Being closer to Whitby You get so much scampi you need a extra plate for your chips

[hogesar 9,656]

I can''t help but get the impression that Waveney is one of those guys that see''s Fish & Chips as a diet food.

[Mr Apples 1,318]

Does a pickled onion count as one of his five a day?

Apples

[Webbo118 0]

I wonder if the people contributing to this thread have ever played football (at any level?)

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[quote user="Webbo118"]I wonder if the people contributing to this thread have ever played football (at any level?)[/quote]I''ve played at ''jumpers for goalposts'' level and I once played in a charity match and scored against the Scunthorpe United goalie. 

[morty 0]

I played a bit. Not to any real level.

[The Unsullied 0]

[quote user="Webbo118"]I wonder if the people contributing to this thread have ever played football (at any level?)[/quote]

Only just retired from playing was known until recently for my speedy wing play

[Mr Apples 1,318]

Was that after the Scampi finally took its toll on your athletes performance?

Apples