Re: Who's going to be the penalty taker?
 

not really practical to me mate, what if theres 2/3 fancy it? unless ya have 3/4 competant takers n the captain then decides who?

Re: Who's going to be the penalty taker?
 

Captain makes the decision and remembers if he misses for next time. They should all be Competant takers. They are Pro footballers who are very lucky to be a in the position they are in. All should be able to score. I bet majority of the crowd would have loved to take that spot kick to earn those 3 vital points.

Re: Who's going to be the penalty taker?
 

Sorry i didnt finish my post right. Im trying to say if someone else would of took it like Ryan and then missed , the majority would of been saying " Why didnt proccy take it?". In my view if someone else was going to take it i would of got young Callum to.

Re: Who's going to be the penalty taker?
 

Answer............JIMMY RYAN

Re: Who's going to be the penalty taker?
 

See you all say Jimmy Ryan. So what if he missed, go onto the next person...

Re: Who's going to be the penalty taker?
 

everyone misses at some point, when ya miss two consecutive its time fer a re- assesment in my book.

Re: Who's going to be the penalty taker?
 

Even Le Tiss missed on once, did not stop him !!

Re: Who's going to be the penalty taker?
 

the first one missed didn't stop procter, have no problem with that two missed on the trot the situation needs re-assesing simple really.:) yer last post proves what i said. they all miss em.

Re: Who's going to be the penalty taker?
 

Please don't go there - it's been tried before and was not a success.!:(

Re: Who's going to be the penalty taker?
 

[quote=fc:stanley;683865]Why strip him of his penalty taking duties after missing just two penaltys?quote]

For the simple reason that he would feel a bag of nerves with the next one. You need someone without all that baggage preying on his mind when he steps up. It's a 99% confidence thing. No one player should be thought of as the permanent sole penalty taker.
I'm not saying he shouldn't ever take them again!
IMHO it should always be someone with the hardest shot first and foremost, never mind this wishy-washy placing the damn thing.

Re: Who's going to be the penalty taker?
 

Ha -ha-ha. Have you watched the cross-bar challenge efforts this season?

Re: Who's going to be the penalty taker?
 

[QUOTE=Redraine;684011]that sounds like a reasonable suggestion to me.:) agree about the "baggage" also.

Re: Who's going to be the penalty taker?
 

You obviously have seen every member of the squad take penalties. Who is the best and who is the worst?

Re: Who's going to be the penalty taker?
 

[quote=Redraine;IMHO it should always be someone with the hardest shot first and foremost, never mind this wishy-washy placing the damn thing.[/quote]
I agree. Last season Proccy just placed the ball on the spot, walked away to the edge of the area, ran up and blasted it. He scored every one. This season - Bournemouth away, placed it over the bar, Dagenham, tapped it to Roberts. Why change the way you take penalties when you have been successful? Probalby because most footballers are brain dead. If Proccy had scored at Bournemouth we would have won the game, if he had scored against Dagenham we would have won the game. Proccy has lost us 5 points with his daft new way of taking penalties. That 5 points would have gone a long way to making us safe. Nobody to blame only Proccy.

Re: Who's going to be the penalty taker?
 

I'm a bit old fashioned with football so I always like to see the captain taking the penalties.

However in our situation I think it'd be wrong to take the penalty taking duty away from Proccy. Missing a couple is just a matter of probability/inevitability. If I was a betting man I'd put money on Procter scoring his next penalty, no problem.