Gerrard confirmed Morelos was penalty taker

[jdm1873]

Agreed before the game. So maybe lay off Tav now.

 

[frankfurterbear1]

Agreed before the game. So maybe lay off Tav now.

Did he confirm he made a mistake for bringing on Hibs reject...

 

[jdm1873]

Did he confirm he made a mistake for bringing on Hibs reject...

Why would he talk about a substitute?

 

[Gibraltar Loyal]

Did he confirm he made a mistake for bringing on Hibs reject...

Aye cos that was reason we lost...ffs have day off

 

[Prestwick_ Bear]

Did he confirm he made a mistake for bringing on Hibs reject...

Shut fucking up ffs.

 

[Davieblue1977]

Cheers OP

 

[punksnotdead]

Saving face for his captain? Why did Alfie not grab the ball himself if he was the pen taker?

 

[SOB-WATP]

Gerrard covering Tavs arse.

Tav wouldnt have walked up and grab the ball if we wasnt on it.

 

[Danger Zone]

Wow. Looks like a lot of throbbers owe Tavernier an apology for slandering him as a shitebag/coward/disgrace etc etc.

 

[LisburnLoyalBear]

Gaffer stepping in to cover Tav's back.

 

[km_2083]

Well Alfie should be off them now to as it was a horrific penalty

 

[Alan Johnson]

Gerrard covering Tavs arse.

Tav wouldnt have walked up and grab the ball if we wasnt on it.

The manager is a liar then?

 

[PortoyMortoy]

Gerrard covering Tavs arse.

Tav wouldnt have walked up and grab the ball if we wasnt on it.

I mean there's every scenario he wanted to take it but gave in as it was agreed before

 

[barcelonabear]

Tav was never the penalty taker, look at the body language of Morelos he had no clue

 

[Deek]

He wouldn’t have collected the ball if that was the case

 

[Danger Zone]

Aye cos that was reason we lost...ffs have day off

It clearly had an impact though, he was absolutely useless and Stewart and even the much maligned Ojo would have done better. Picked the ball up a couple of times and was pushed off it like a wee lassie, that’s more or less sums his contribution up. Feck knows what Gerrard was thinking.

 

[Burgh-Ger]

Saving face for his captain? Why did Alfie not grab the ball himself if he was the pen taker?

So he’s a liar??

 

[thomsonstackle]

Did he confirm he made a mistake for bringing on Hibs reject...

We were losing these games 4,5-0 before Gerrard came. We lost today due to an offside goal.

Get a grip, he’s completely transformed us in Scotland and abroad.

 

[Valley Bluenose]

Morelos was standing on the spot waiting for the ball. Do folk have that much of a downer on Tav now that they are calling out our Manager as a liar so they can have a go at Tav?

 

[DRAGO]

Saving face for his captain? Why did Alfie not grab the ball himself if he was the pen taker?

Absolutely sounds like it.

If Tav did bottle it then fair enough he said and handed it over, not great but better than going through with it knowing you are likely to miss.

I just can't see morelos being the penalty taker. His main weakness is when he has to much time to think about things in front of goal.

 

[JD1872]

It’s just one of those things unfortunately, we’ve missed a few penalties this season and it has grown into an issue. The pressure on the taker is increased as a result.

 

[Awaydays72]

Wrong time to change a regular pen taker.

 

[BlueSevenTwo]

Gerrard covering Tavs arse.

Tav wouldnt have walked up and grab the ball if we wasnt on it.

This.

 

[Valley Bluenose]

Absolutely sounds like it.

If Tav did bottle it then fair enough he said and handed it over, not great but better than going through with it knowing you are likely to miss.

I just can't see morelos being the penalty taker. His main weakness is when he has to much time to think about things in front of goal.

Morelos was named as second-choice penalty taker by Gerrard some time ago.

 

[SOB-WATP]

The manager is a liar then?

No hes doing what all good managers do and hes taken the flack for our captain who didnt fancy it.

Why did Tav walk up and grab the ball??

 

[punksnotdead]

The manager is a liar then?

Do you seriously think that everything managers say to the media is 100% the truth.

 

[SOB-WATP]

Do you seriously think that everything managers say to the media is 100% the truth.

Some very naive people on this thread.

 

[Alan Johnson]

No hes doing what all good managers do and hes taken the flack for our captain who didnt fancy it.

Why did Tav walk up and grab the ball??

Why was Morelos waiting on the spot?
Tav is the captain,maybe offering some words of encouragement?

 

[Geerfc19]

The manager is a liar then?

The manager is being a manager I think and realising the aftermath and protecting his captain.

 

[SuperGers07]

Morelos was never scoring, at all today. Never.

The penalty debate will go on. Personally, Tavernier should have taken it

 

[DRAGO]

Morelos was named as second-choice penalty taker by Gerrard some time ago.

I must admit I wasn't aware of this. I still don't think he should be. I love the wee guy but never thought of him as a regular penalty taker.

 

[Carlisle Bear]

The want to pin absolutely everything on the captain is an actual embarrassment.

"He's a bottle merchant and needs taken off penalties" - gives penalties to best player and top scorer... "ah he's a bottle merchant he should haves stood up and taken it" - well the manager confirmed that he wasn't meant to taken them "ah well it's just the manager covering his arse"

The guy just can't do right for doing wrong with some.

 

[Alan Johnson]

Morelos was never scoring, at all today. Never.

The penalty debate will go on. Personally, Tavernier should have taken it

I wanted Jack to hit it.

 

[strathavenbear]

No hes doing what all good managers do and hes taken the flack for our captain who didnt fancy it.

Why did Tav walk up and grab the ball??

Why was Alfie standing at the penalty spot when he was given the ball if he wasn't taking it?

 

[Al Needham Loyal]

Morelos was standing on the spot waiting for the ball. Do folk have that much of a downer on Tav now that they are calling out our Manager as a liar so they can have a go at Tav?

Quite simply, yes they do.

It was a public display of support from the captain to the best striker in the league who is having 'but he huzny scored against eh sellik' held agaibst him, despite scoring against better teams in higher level games.

If Alfie had scored, you'd still have the same people complaining that Tav gave him the ball and shat it, because that's what they want to see.

And its always the same names.

 

[Al Needham Loyal]

No hes doing what all good managers do and hes taken the flack for our captain who didnt fancy it.

Why did Tav walk up and grab the ball??

Public handing over of the reigns.

Get the crowd behind Alfie even more.

A 'it's your time, wee man' sort of moment.

 

[ClockworkOrange]

Replays don't show it but at the game Tav was first in the penalty box shouting for the ball. That's why he's the one who hands it to Morelos. Not sure why that would be the case if Morelos was on them.

Think Gerrard may be protecting Tav here.

 

[Sandbear]

Morelos was standing on the spot waiting for the ball. Do folk have that much of a downer on Tav now that they are calling out our Manager as a liar so they can have a go at Tav?

Yes they do sad little men who need to blame someone and Tavs the man.

 

[tazzabear]

Aye cos that was reason we lost...ffs have day off

There are some who take every opportunity to put the boot in.

 

[tazzabear]

Wrong time to change a regular pen taker.

Did you say so before the game?

 

[Jan Žižka]

Morelos was standing on the spot waiting for the ball. Do folk have that much of a downer on Tav now that they are calling out our Manager as a liar so they can have a go at Tav?

Have a look in the Tav thread.

 

[RSEA]

Agreed before the game. So maybe lay off Tav now.

Gerrard is lying to protect Tavernier

 

[tazzabear]

Replays don't show it but at the game Tav was first in the penalty box shouting for the ball. That's why he's the one who hands it to Morelos. Not sure why that would be the case if Morelos was on them.

Think Gerrard may be protecting Tav here.

I’ll tell you what.
If I’d seen Tavernier walk away from the spot leaving it for another player, I’d be thinking he’d decided, only at that point, not to be involved.

 

[Leif Erikson]

Of all the games to change penalty taker we choose this one. Why? Honestly just why? If we wanted Tav off them it should've happened ages ago. Morelos was under far more pressure to score it than Tav would've.

 

[Awaydays72]

Did you say so before the game?

Obviously not, as I didn’t think it was even something to think about pre game.
Today wasn't the Day to let alfie try his hand at taking pens.

 

[dexdexter71]

Aye cos that was reason we lost...ffs have day off

Your right, not a hibs reject but a decent player. But how many goals has he scored and how many has Greg Stewart scored.

Aye cos that was reason we lost...ffs have day off

 

[tazzabear]

Obviously not, as I didn’t think it was even something to think about pre game.
Today wasn't the Day to let alfie try his hand at taking pens.

Today will not be the first time Morelos has taken a penalty.

 

[The Harbour Master]

Agreed before the game. So maybe lay off Tav now.

don’t let facts get in the way of calling someone a shitebag.

 

[RTamID]

Of all the games to change penalty taker we choose this one. Why? Honestly just why? If we wanted Tav off them it should've happened ages ago. Morelos was under far more pressure to score it than Tav would've.

Be honest, like the rest of us, you were over the moon Morelos was hitting that penalty(before he hits it!!) I know I was and if we could go back in time, I'd pick him again!!

 

[Gibraltar Loyal]

Your right, not a hibs reject but a decent player. But how many goals has he scored and how many has Greg Stewart scored.

Stewart may even have been a better shout than Defoe who only had one shot at goal.
It is what it is. The gaffer calls it how he sees it. Maybe Barker shows more in training. I dont know.
What i do know is we have to forget it amd focus on rest of this month and win every game then the players can have a rest