by Thomas L'Heureux »
06 Aug 2008 13:32
SpaceCruiser Thomas L'Heurux I swear, despite his reputation, Kitson missed a few for us. I remember him scoring away at Sunderland a few years ago but can't recall many others. My memory is bad though.
Well, you remember wrong, he was our main penalty taker during the Championship winning season.
You may roll your eyes but you are wrong. Kits missed a penalty at Milwall, which was probably around Christmas time considering we beat them 5-0 on the opening day (which he scored from the spot in). After that, Doyle took one against someone in the cup - Villa I think, and put it away. As a result, he became our new taker, which culminated in him missing against Luton Town.
He may have started off as our main penalty taker, but did he actually score many that season? He wasn't playing in the Palace game, missed one at Milwall, and that was about it really wasn't it?
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think he is as formidable from the spot as you are making out.
Further more, missing 50% of penalties in the last four seasons is a woeful record in all honesty. You should be looking at 70-80% from the spot, surely?!