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Penalty takers
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Amazing how clever some people are at suggesting good penalty takers when they have never seen them take one. They will do this in training and therefore we can assume Doc had a good training ground record.3
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Jackson was a very reliable penalty taker from midfield / defence for several seasons, until his legs went of cos, was difficult after that0
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As soon as he stuttered his run up I knew it wasn’t going in.J BLOCK said:Genuinely ridiculous that Greg Docherty took that pen. That silly stutter run up and powder puff shot too made it even worse.1 -
You're talking shit for a change. Carey said himself in the interview after, he wanted to take it but the designated taker was chosen before the game.RonnieMoore said:The pen taker was suppose to be Carey, as you can see when Doc pointed to him .. but for some reason he did not want to take it ? Also why your two strikers not ripping the ball out of Doc hand to grab a goal especially Campbell who not scored yet …. Don’t think Doc who never taken a pen before had no option as captain to step up1 -
I think Kaminski should have taken it for a laugh3
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Didn't he score that in the game against Shrewsbury? We won 6-0 and were four or five up at the time so not much pressure.NabySarr said:
Leaburn scored one for us in league 1. I was expecting him to take itse9addick said:Felt like the entire ground knew we were going to miss that penalty on Tuesday. I’m not sure why but the idea of Leaburn taking a penalty makes me even less confident!0 -
Proved he can strike a ball cleanly, isn't that what we're told all penalty taking is?fenaddick said:I think Kaminski should have taken it for a laugh1 -
Excellent penalty record from 3 players who weren't on the pitch.
Godden - 22
Kelman - 3
Knibbs - 7
Leaburn - 1
I would always feel nervous seeing Doc, Coventry, TC and Tanto step up for the fact the penalties require guile, disguise and accuracy.
Anyhow, we won and I'm sure the players are having a bit of fun on the training ground this week.0 -
Pen takers in order of preference
1.Carey
2.Leaburn
3.Gillesphey or Coventry
Based on ability and bottle
I thought that doc stepped up when no one else wanted it, now `I hear he was designated pen taker.
Puzzled
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Wouldn't have fancied Leaburn personally. Not sure he's the cleanest of ball-strikers.
Full-backs always used to the be the best pen takers - Pearce, Mark Reid, Dicks, Ray Stewart etc - but in the age of the wing-back guess there's not so many about.
Am certain Kelman would have taken it if he was playing but surprised Carey didn't step up given his confidence must be sky-high currently.0 -
It was actually Godden he was pointing to (in the stand). Godden mouthed "it's your time, your time to shine' to him. Thats why Doherty took the penalty. I know this because my daughter's orthodontist plays padel with Matt Godden and they had a good chat about the WBA game yesterday.RonnieMoore said:The pen taker was suppose to be Carey, as you can see when Doc pointed to him .. but for some reason he did not want to take it ? Also why your two strikers not ripping the ball out of Doc hand to grab a goal especially Campbell who not scored yet …. Don’t think Doc who never taken a pen before had no option as captain to step up2 -
Anyone who saw TC take a pen in a league cup game a few years ago will know why he did not step up2
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Godden back playing padel then @MickeyBennett?1
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No - the reason Doc took the penalty was because Nathan Jones designated him as the penalty taker.MickeyBennett said:
It was actually Godden he was pointing to (in the stand). Godden mouthed "it's your time, your time to shine' to him. Thats why Doherty took the penalty. I know this because my daughter's orthodontist plays padel with Matt Godden and they had a good chat about the WBA game yesterday.RonnieMoore said:The pen taker was suppose to be Carey, as you can see when Doc pointed to him .. but for some reason he did not want to take it ? Also why your two strikers not ripping the ball out of Doc hand to grab a goal especially Campbell who not scored yet …. Don’t think Doc who never taken a pen before had no option as captain to step up
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Excellent dead ball strikers such as Bree do not necessarily make good penalty takers .. standing over the ball ready to take a spot kick is as much a test of personality, coolness under pressure, confidence and sheer 'bottle' as it is of technique. Difficult for me to choose from our current team who fits the bill (This is NOT a criticism of anybody).
IF I had to choose, Gillesphey would be the one, though I guess if he wanted it, the job would be his.
As said, taking a pen needs a whole different mindset to striking a good dead ball anywhere else on the pitch0 -
Or Lyle Taylor (ducks for cover)Starinnaddick said:Oh for a Yoni Buyens0 -
So basically SJ levels of fitness (at least that is progress from appearing in hospitality box/clubs)_uptheaddicks said:Godden back playing padel then @MickeyBennett?0 -
My golf practice swing handicap is 0. When a ball is in front of me it goes up to 17. It’s what you do when it matters that counts and nobody, even doc had confidence in him to scoreredman said:Amazing how clever some people are at suggesting good penalty takers when they have never seen them take one. They will do this in training and therefore we can assume Doc had a good training ground record.0 -
Was it Gillingham away a few years ago where a couple of players had a bit of an argument over who was taking a pen? Omar Bogle was involved somehow i think and the keeper subsequently saved the spot kick. Pretty embarrassing.0
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Prefer Yoni's hairstyle as it's akin to mine.cafc_4life said:
Or Lyle Taylor (ducks for cover)Starinnaddick said:Oh for a Yoni Buyens0 -
Everyone blamed Bogle for diddums Washington missing a penalty, it was pretty embarrassing yeahYTS1978 said:Was it Gillingham away a few years ago where a couple of players had a bit of an argument over who was taking a pen? Omar Bogle was involved somehow i think and the keeper subsequently saved the spot kick. Pretty embarrassing.0 -
People have mentioned technique ... and that's obviously important to a penalty taker ... but there's a lot to do with confidence as well. Even arrogance.
Top strikers will see a penalty as a 'free goal'. Imagine if you said to a player that, during the game, you will get a chance in the centre of the goal, 11 metres out and with no defender near you.
On top of that, you can take as long as you like before you hit the ball.
Most decent strikers would take your hand off for that.
On that basis, I was disappointed to see Doherty taking the kick. But Leaburn and Campbell probably fail to make the grade on a few counts, so Carey seems the right choice to me.0 -
Ah yes! Bogle maybe won the pen and wanted to take it then Washington wrestled the ball off him after a bit of arguing then missed it lol dark days...Leuth said:
Everyone blamed Bogle for diddums Washington missing a penalty, it was pretty embarrassing yeahYTS1978 said:Was it Gillingham away a few years ago where a couple of players had a bit of an argument over who was taking a pen? Omar Bogle was involved somehow i think and the keeper subsequently saved the spot kick. Pretty embarrassing.0 -
Wasn't a good pen, he telegraphed it with the run up etc.stoneroses19 said:It wasn't great, but wasn't a dreadful penalty from Doc. People saying he fluffed it, is harsh. Im not saying I want him to stay as our penalty taker, but personally really don't think it was as bad take as most are saying. Keeper did his job and got right over to it.
Also felt he should have tried to go to the rebound not stand waiting for it to come to him, gave the defenders that chance to recover.
Didn't matter in the end but it was a poor penalty.0
