Penalty Taker

Who should take penalties if Haaland is not on the pitch?

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richards30 said:
I can only assume Erling didnt take it as he still had is thigh/leg issue?
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Possibly, but think we'd have heard that from Pep if that was the case.

Either way, it's another blow to the people who told us he'd have an ego and throw a tantrum if he didn't get the main man treatment.
 
I never understand why they don't have these things sorted out before the game. There should be a 1st, 2nd and 3rd takers declared as part of the match preparation then its clear to everyone. At least then if anyone is upset about it, it's over and done with before kick-off, rather than during the game when the frustration can influence the players game!
 
Ali B's Heel said:
Neville needs to ease off Jack. It's nearly every time he's fouled now. Pisses me right off. If only commentators nowadays were fair and unbiased and didn't come with their own thinly veiled agendas.

Tyler saying give us a maximum of a month to prove our innocence. Does he fear the PL might unravel the longer it goes on? Let it take as long as it needs for us to clear our name "once & for all" & may a few heads roll in the process.
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First of all he has misunderstood the process as it's not about City defending themselves. An independent commission will consider whether the premier leagues charges are proven, it's more akin to an arbitration process than a criminal trial.
Beyond that Neville questioned why we should have 1 month when the premier league have had 4 years, a length of time Neville said was ridiculous. Tyler countered this by saying we had dragged the process out by not cooperating (he stated that this wasn't speculative as it was in the premier leagues statement). But, the financial conduct charges end with season 2017/18 the cooperation charges cover seasons 2018/19 onwards!
 
We finally get a good penalty taker and up steps someone with a 50% record to take it instead. We don't do ourselves any favours do we. If Haaland is on the pitch, he takes the penalties. That should be a given.
 
richards30 said:
I can only assume Erling didnt take it as he still had is thigh/leg issue?
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My gut feeling at the time was that they had 100% prepared for Erling to take a penalty if awarded in the game and to be fair to Martinez he has a reputation of saving a fair few.
By letting Marhez take it would have scuppered that preparation.
Not saying that’s what happened, but just my thoughts
 
Haaland picked up a knock earlier on and rather than risk further aggravating the injury Gundogan pulled ranks and nominated Mahrez as the penalty taker just for that situation. Pep did sub Haaland at half time as precaution. As above tactically it made sense to switch takers (although risky with our record).
 
RayCTID said:
Haaland picked up a knock earlier on and rather than risk further aggravating the injury Gundogan pulled ranks and nominated Mahrez as the penalty taker just for that situation. Pep did sub Haaland at half time as precaution. As above tactically it made sense to switch takers (although risky with our record).
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That is literally how I saw it, a strike of a penalty could have further aggrevated the injury he had

Not entirely sure why everyone is getting so caught up about it
 
chris85mcfc said:
That is literally how I saw it, a strike of a penalty could have further aggrevated the injury he had

Not entirely sure why everyone is getting so caught up about it
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I suspect those that are arguing that Haaland didn’t take the penalty are the same fans that have Haaland to score 40+ league goals @ 250/1.
 
chris85mcfc said:
That is literally how I saw it, a strike of a penalty could have further aggrevated the injury he had

Not entirely sure why everyone is getting so caught up about it
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Who knows? But if a player is that injured that literally kicking a football is likely to aggravate it, you have to wonder what the point of him even been on the pitch is?
 
Taking a penalty when your already 2 up is not the same as a last minute against high ranking opponents in the last minute to win the game.
Mahrez has often bottled the big ones - Liverpool away, West Ham away (good save) for example in what seem pivotal games.
As stated many times the players taking pens and the priority order should be nominated prior to kick off and only changed at the captains say so when having to manage an on pitch issue.
On Sunday the whole thing looked a bit unprofessional.
 
Stephen230 said:
Who knows? But if a player is that injured that literally kicking a football is likely to aggravate it, you have to wonder what the point of him even been on the pitch is?
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We did sub him at half time and didn't look like he could run it off
 
Kinkys Left Foot said:
Taking a penalty when your already 2 up is not the same as a last minute against high ranking opponents in the last minute to win the game.
Mahrez has often bottled the big ones - Liverpool away, West Ham away (good save) for example in what seem pivotal games.
As stated many times the players taking pens and the priority order should be nominated prior to kick off and only changed at the captains say so when having to manage an on pitch issue.
On Sunday the whole thing looked a bit unprofessional.
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If Haaland is injured who would want to take the penalty?
 
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