by tmesis »
30 May 2017 19:48
Greatwesternline Swift in pre match interviews said he had practiced by taking 2-3 penalties and it hadnt gone very wellso basically wouldnt be volunteering.
That is mental because firstly only taking 2-3 penalties is absurd, thats not practise. If i was a footballer i'd take 10 penalties a day, get effing expert at it and be my team's designated taker.
The absurdity that is the line "you can't practice penalties" is that of all the things in football that you could actualy practice, its penalties!
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There's also a difference between practicing the technique of taking a penalty, and just running up at taking shots at a keeper. Even if you are incredibly nervous, if you know how to take a good penalty you'll have more chance of scoring than someone just going for a hit and hope approach.
Moore's pen would actually have been a decent pen, had it been under the bar - I know that sounds a stupid/obvious thing to say, but it would have been a difficult one for a keeper to save if it was a bit lower. His was a good idea, poor executed. Obita's on the other hand, was almost perfect for a keeper, rather like the one they missed.
I don't blame either player though. They had the bottle to step up and take one, and they deserve credit for that.