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When players are being paid thousands and thousands a week, the minimum you could expect when they take a penalty is to work the goalkeeper and get it inside the posts and under the crossbar
Quote from: Filo on December 10, 2022, 09:10:14 pmWhen players are being paid thousands and thousands a week, the minimum you could expect when they take a penalty is to work the goalkeeper and get it inside the posts and under the crossbarGood grief. Have you seen the state of some of the penalties this World Cup? Players miss them. Pressure does things. 1 in 4 penalties are missed, however much you pay players that’s not going to increase the likelihood of scoring.We played well. We lost to the champions. Hurts as this team could so easily have gone on to win it but going out like this is so much better than the whimpers of 2002, 2006, 2010, 2016 etc etc.
Some of the worlds best have missed pens, the pressure in those situations is something that the average bloke can’t imagine.
We need a winner in charge that's the difference between us and the top teams.
Quote from: NickDRFC on December 10, 2022, 09:14:53 pmQuote from: Filo on December 10, 2022, 09:10:14 pmWhen players are being paid thousands and thousands a week, the minimum you could expect when they take a penalty is to work the goalkeeper and get it inside the posts and under the crossbarGood grief. Have you seen the state of some of the penalties this World Cup? Players miss them. Pressure does things. 1 in 4 penalties are missed, however much you pay players that’s not going to increase the likelihood of scoring.We played well. We lost to the champions. Hurts as this team could so easily have gone on to win it but going out like this is so much better than the whimpers of 2002, 2006, 2010, 2016 etc etc.I stand by what I said, I don’t buy the pressure theory, i’d back myself everytime to get a shot on target from 12 yards
I share this view that we matched France all the way, and only went out by smallest margin. We’ve also done very well in three tournaments now. My only fear is that like Dutch or Belgians is this a generation that needs to win something because we might not have same again for some time. Perhaps not, maybe FA and clubs have their act together permanently.
Quote from: Filo on December 10, 2022, 09:19:57 pmQuote from: NickDRFC on December 10, 2022, 09:14:53 pmQuote from: Filo on December 10, 2022, 09:10:14 pmWhen players are being paid thousands and thousands a week, the minimum you could expect when they take a penalty is to work the goalkeeper and get it inside the posts and under the crossbarGood grief. Have you seen the state of some of the penalties this World Cup? Players miss them. Pressure does things. 1 in 4 penalties are missed, however much you pay players that’s not going to increase the likelihood of scoring.We played well. We lost to the champions. Hurts as this team could so easily have gone on to win it but going out like this is so much better than the whimpers of 2002, 2006, 2010, 2016 etc etc.I stand by what I said, I don’t buy the pressure theory, i’d back myself everytime to get a shot on target from 12 yardsAnd I imagine that Kane would back himself to taxi punters from A to B on a Saturday night but it’s unlikely either one of you will ever get the chance to test the theory.
No complaints from me. They were better than us over the 90 minutes. They moved the ball forward quicker, and their passing was more precise.Also, they scored 2 very good goals, to our penalty kick. No way we deserved to win that game.
We'll never win anything with Southgate in charge. France have won with half their side injured. Never a better chance of beating them.