Penalty

25 minutes ago, PortlandOwl said:

Bannan's record from the spot isn't the best to be fair. 

I reckon it’s better than everyone on our team 

Letting a striker who's just scored two, take a pen, doesn't seem ridiculous to me

5 minutes ago, The Wall said:

Letting a striker who's just scored two, take a pen, doesn't seem ridiculous to me

He'd never taken a penalty before in senior football though.

4 minutes ago, The Wall said:

Letting a striker who's just scored two, take a pen, doesn't seem ridiculous to me

It was given to him for the wrong reasons

For the sentimental reason of giving him his hat trick

If we were 3-2 up, fair enough, we’re already winning….. but see the game out first.

 When you see things like that, it’s usually when the game is won…. Like Arsenal playing Tony Adams up front at the end of that game 

Sentimentality was chosen over winning the game, it clouded the judgement when it was only earlier this year we paid for doing the same thing with Ugbo 

When you consider everything, it really was a ridiculous decision 

What’s McNeil going to be thinking tonight?

Oh great I scored twice today?

Or …. I missed that penalty that ultimately cost us the game? 
 

10 minutes ago, The Wall said:

Letting a striker who's just scored two, take a pen, doesn't seem ridiculous to me

It's not ridiculous in the slightest

Keeper went right way

Could happen to anyone

People are being overdramatic

2 minutes ago, Tommy Crawshaw said:

He'd never taken a penalty before in senior football though.

Neither had all the best ever  penalty takers until they took one ......

9 minutes ago, Tommy Crawshaw said:

He'd never taken a penalty before in senior football though.

He'd taken one in a penalty shoot out though, at least.

A very coolly taken one too, as I remember. Panenka-like.

It was a poor penalty. Had he hit it with some conviction we wouldn't be debating it.  Pity because he had a good game . 

5 minutes ago, The Batman said:

 

 

 

Keeper went right way

 

Could happen to anyone

 

 

Problem was it was so poorly placed  that if the keeper guessed the right way he going to save it .....it weren't a good pen. 

3 minutes ago, cowl said:

 

He'd taken one in a penalty shoot out though, at least.

 

A very coolly taken one too, as I remember. Panenka-like.

Good pens them so long as the keeper commits to going left or right look a bit of a mug if  he stands still though ...,..if the keeper today had gone the other way we'd have said he coolly  tucked  it away  sadly he didn't ..... A good pen in is the 4 corners  anywhere else if the keeper guesses right he's got a good chance .

Defender deliberately denied a goal scoring opportunity. Surely  a yellow  card, which for the defender would have been a second so a sending off.  Unless you are Wednesday.

30 minutes ago, Miffed said:

It was given to him for the wrong reasons

 

For the sentimental reason of giving him his hat trick

 

If we were 3-2 up, fair enough, we’re already winning….. but see the game out first.

 

 When you see things like that, it’s usually when the game is won…. Like Arsenal playing Tony Adams up front at the end of that game 

 

Sentimentality was chosen over winning the game, it clouded the judgement when it was only earlier this year we paid for doing the same thing with Ugbo 

 

When you consider everything, it really was a ridiculous decision 

I get what you're saying, if he's not on a hat trick he probably doesn't take it, but it just doesn't seem that outlandish that he should take one. 

It's not like he was wrestling the ball off Harry Kane. 

I expected him to score, he didn't, it happens

28 minutes ago, torryowl said:

Problem was it was so poorly placed  that if the keeper guessed the right way he going to save it .....it weren't a good pen. 

Schitt pen

6 minutes ago, torryowl said:

Good pens them so long as the keeper commits to going left or right look a bit of a mug if  he stands still though ...,..if the keeper today had gone the other way we'd have said he coolly  tucked  it away  sadly he didn't ..... A good pen in is the 4 corners  anywhere else if the keeper guesses right he's got a good chance .

To be honest, I don't even like the Panenka penalties, and yeah, I just want to see them go hard and into the corners also.

I suppose my point though was just that he took that penalty in the shootout with supreme confidence, and the other lads out there on the pitch with him I'm sure had enough faith in him that he'd have hit it better than he did.

Just a poorly struck penalty today. And though I've seen worse penalties go in, any keeper at least going the right way was always going to save that.

It happens.