Murray could lose penalty taking duties (From The Argus)
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Murray could lose penalty taking duties
9:30am Friday 3rd September 2010 in
Glenn Murray’s role as Albion’s penalty taker is under threat following his latest miss.
Murray had a second half spot-kick saved by Jamie Jones in Wednesday night’s Johnstone’s Paint Trophy exit at home to Leyton Orient.
The striker also had a penalty saved at Gillingham towards the end of last season.
Manager Gus Poyet is keeping his cards close to his chest about who will be put on the spot if the need arises against MK Dons at Withdean a week tomorrow.
Murray’s failure against Orient came shortly after Albion had fallen 2-0 behind.
Poyet said: “There is no better opportunity to score than a penalty. You have got everything in front of you without the ball moving and anyone interfering.
“You only need to beat the goalkeeper. He made a save, we’ll learn from it.”
New signing Fran Sandaza has already emerged as a potential penalty candidate, having scored from the spot for previous club Dundee United.
Poyet said: “He told me he normally scores nine out of ten. We’ll see, he could be an option.”
Radostin Kishishev is being nursed back from a dead leg sustained in last Saturday’s home win over Walsall.
The veteran Bulgarian hoped at one stage to be involved against England at Wembley tonight.
Poyet revealed: “He thought for a moment he had a chance to be in the squad, but they didn’t pick him because of his age and trying to change things.”
Albion’s trip to Plymouth, postponed tomorrow, has been rearranged for September 21 (7.45pm).
Comments(19)
MKWirral
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10:04am Fri 3 Sep 10
Although most clubs will use someone who is deemed to be confident, as well as having the ability to score 99% of the time, the duty should surely be spread throughout the team ....
With football rapidly evolving, and penalty kicks becoming an accepted method of deciding the outcome of many matches, so more and more members of all teams become involved in the process. Spreading the responsibility around will be good for the team as a unit, as well as helping to prevent the finger pointing that took place after the match with Leyton Orient ....
B-hove
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10:16am Fri 3 Sep 10
MKWirral wrote:Agree with you on your point of view, MK. The broader question raised is the enigma that is Glenn Murray. He wins the ball in the air, lays it off well, provides a very good target up front but what happens when he gets in front of goal...? Those of us at the Withdean on Wednesday night saw him place his penalty exactly where he placed the one against Gills last season (comfortable height, just to the keeper's left), which was also saved easily.
As far as having a regular spot kicker is concerned, I personally do not believe there should be one .... Although most clubs will use someone who is deemed to be confident, as well as having the ability to score 99% of the time, the duty should surely be spread throughout the team .... With football rapidly evolving, and penalty kicks becoming an accepted method of deciding the outcome of many matches, so more and more members of all teams become involved in the process. Spreading the responsibility around will be good for the team as a unit, as well as helping to prevent the finger pointing that took place after the match with Leyton Orient ....
In open play, the vast majority of his shots are off-target. Is scoring a confidence thing with Glenn?
BZ25
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10:36am Fri 3 Sep 10
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sandaza sounds like a good option - obviously confident in his own ability!
BZ25
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10:38am Fri 3 Sep 10
B-hove wrote:yes i think GM is a confidence player. i actually think he seems to be playing with a lot of confidence at the moment though, i hope the lack of goals/penalty miss won't change that.
MKWirral wrote: As far as having a regular spot kicker is concerned, I personally do not believe there should be one .... Although most clubs will use someone who is deemed to be confident, as well as having the ability to score 99% of the time, the duty should surely be spread throughout the team .... With football rapidly evolving, and penalty kicks becoming an accepted method of deciding the outcome of many matches, so more and more members of all teams become involved in the process. Spreading the responsibility around will be good for the team as a unit, as well as helping to prevent the finger pointing that took place after the match with Leyton Orient ....Agree with you on your point of view, MK. The broader question raised is the enigma that is Glenn Murray. He wins the ball in the air, lays it off well, provides a very good target up front but what happens when he gets in front of goal...? Those of us at the Withdean on Wednesday night saw him place his penalty exactly where he placed the one against Gills last season (comfortable height, just to the keeper's left), which was also saved easily. In open play, the vast majority of his shots are off-target. Is scoring a confidence thing with Glenn?
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i could actually see barnes & sandaza starting together soon.
pwlr
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10:44am Fri 3 Sep 10
Wednesday & during the warm up, the players were taking shots on goal. Murry was the only player to miss over a dozen attempts, the majority of others hit home EVERY time. Murry looked slow and awkward
Big Fan
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10:57am Fri 3 Sep 10
Rougvie Legend
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12:11pm Fri 3 Sep 10
batray
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12:33pm Fri 3 Sep 10
The_Dolphins
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12:47pm Fri 3 Sep 10
magoo
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1:15pm Fri 3 Sep 10
troubles
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2:22pm Fri 3 Sep 10
Rob_in_Tulsa
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3:10pm Fri 3 Sep 10
Never_Wrong
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3:31pm Fri 3 Sep 10
russellsnr
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5:04pm Fri 3 Sep 10
Mrs Doyle
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5:14pm Fri 3 Sep 10
namgo49
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6:46pm Fri 3 Sep 10
pablobrowno
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7:02pm Fri 3 Sep 10
namgo49 wrote:Clearly this is the answer to the above conundrum!
Bennett is a class act and would score every time.
http://www.youtube.c
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fretlessbass
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8:00am Sat 4 Sep 10
i think Gus is a great manager but not too comfortable with some of his public critisism of players,in my opinion those views should stay in the dressing room.
Alan Mullery managed the club during the most successful time in it's entire history. He regularly lambasted his players in public in the most vociferous fashion.
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