it will be interesting to see how he does tonight against a couple of tough centre halfs
The clamp down yesterday, with De Gea moving a fraction off his line , must really favour penalty takers this season.
I'd definitely give them to Ollie but think Jack will be our penalty taker this year. Centre forwards should always want to take penalties to my mind, and be allowed to unless there's an obviously outstanding candidate with a great record somewhere else in the team. If you don't back yourself to score one on one with the keeper as a striker and get an easy 3 or 4 goals (or 15 if you play for United) in a season, there's surely something wrong with your confidence. I vaguely remember one of our strikers years ago, maybe Julian Joachim, saying he didn't like taking them and thought it was a bit odd.
Quote from: SheffieldVillain on September 20, 2020, 06:23:51 PMI'd definitely give them to Ollie but think Jack will be our penalty taker this year. Centre forwards should always want to take penalties to my mind, and be allowed to unless there's an obviously outstanding candidate with a great record somewhere else in the team. If you don't back yourself to score one on one with the keeper as a striker and get an easy 3 or 4 goals (or 15 if you play for United) in a season, there's surely something wrong with your confidence. I vaguely remember one of our strikers years ago, maybe Julian Joachim, saying he didn't like taking them and thought it was a bit odd.I know what you mean but I think I prefer it for pens taken elsewhere in the team. A miss could really hurt confidence for a striker as the expectation is there. Watkins would be far better anticipating a rebound to finish it than anyone else too.I'd give them to Grealish or SJM but Traore may fancy it too...
Quote from: Drummond on September 21, 2020, 10:54:32 AMQuote from: SheffieldVillain on September 20, 2020, 06:23:51 PMI'd definitely give them to Ollie but think Jack will be our penalty taker this year. Centre forwards should always want to take penalties to my mind, and be allowed to unless there's an obviously outstanding candidate with a great record somewhere else in the team. If you don't back yourself to score one on one with the keeper as a striker and get an easy 3 or 4 goals (or 15 if you play for United) in a season, there's surely something wrong with your confidence. I vaguely remember one of our strikers years ago, maybe Julian Joachim, saying he didn't like taking them and thought it was a bit odd.I know what you mean but I think I prefer it for pens taken elsewhere in the team. A miss could really hurt confidence for a striker as the expectation is there. Watkins would be far better anticipating a rebound to finish it than anyone else too.I'd give them to Grealish or SJM but Traore may fancy it too...Luiz can leather a ball, I'd maybe give him a try. Expect it'll be Jack though.
Thought he did okay. must be already pining for the service he got at Brentford though.
Quote from: sid1964 on September 21, 2020, 07:39:08 AMit will be interesting to see how he does tonight against a couple of tough centre halfsA couple? Don’t Sheff U play with 3?