ShootYouDown
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Just say we get one against YB on thursday. Who will be the taker? Stick with Alfie? Give it back to Tav? Barisic? Jack?
Id give it back to Tav or perhaps Borna.Just say we get one against YB on thursday. Who will be the taker? Stick with Alfie? Give it back to Tav? Barisic? Jack?
He also duffed one for Northern Ireland recentlyDavis if fit
Thats my choice EOL. Tav was having a great game whereas Alfie was getting under more and more pressure as the missed chances were piling upTav.
He is the penalty taker and has missed what....3 of 25?
What you don't do is change taker to someone who doesn't hit penalties on Cup Final day.
Davis if fit
Shouldnt matter, every player in the team is a professional football player and should be scoring
Yep. Generally quite good though. If we're picking someone who has never missed one it might be a struggle.He also duffed one for Northern Ireland recently
His last one was saved against Holland.
He has the technical ability to be good at penalties. I’d certainly go for Borna and that was before knowing he hit them for OsijekBorna.
I saw him take one for Osijek at PSV and he used to take them regular for them.
Ah, thanks for clarifying. I assumed a poll was going to taken on here and passed to the club of our decision.It isn’t us to you or I to decide this, the players will and they will confirm that to the manager.
I think his record for Osijek is shaky to be fair from reading a post on here about it.He has the technical ability to be good at penalties. I’d certainly go for Borna and that was before knowing he hit them for Osijek
And also missed one in the champions league against unirea urziceni for us.He also duffed one for Northern Ireland recently
Tav could not continue as penalty taker,he missed our last one 6 weeks ago,his 3rd miss of the season,he was going through a real dip in form with the crowd on his back too.Have to stick with Morelos now, for me.
It's a bit disorganized and unprofessional looking to be chopping and changing the PK taker based seemingly on the whims of the fans.
Tav missed against Feyenoord but bagged a couple against Aberdeen. Misses against Motherwell (after his defensive errors vs Young Boys and Hearts) and suddenly the manager is being asked about penalty takers etc.
So we flip it to Morelos on penalties (not the correct decision in my view but the decision is made so whatever). Morelos takes the most pressurized of high pressure penalties when he is already under severe pressure and misses. So now the fans want him off the penalties too.
It creates a problem. What if we are 0-0 with the tims on the 29th and we get a penalty in the 93rd minute? We flip the PK taker again? Give it to someone else?
Honestly after Motherwell I wish Gerrard had come out and said "Tav is the penalty taker and we will stick with him" and Tav had come out and said "I am taking that responsibility on my shoulders".
Then yesterday Tav gets to top off his excellent performance with a goal from the penalty spot and his redemption arc is complete.
Don't mess about with the penalty taker as it just creates even more needless pressure on top of the already existing huge pressure.