The same happened at Scunny with a freekick - Gradel had a tantrum (he
tends to grab the ball and hug it to stop anyone else getting it) and
thus over-ruled Snoddy and Kilkenny, then duly put it in a rubbish
freekick.

I do find it bewildering - as you say these things should all have
been determined on the training ground.

It seems to stem from 2 things:

- we lack an obvious commanding set piece (free kicks and pens) taker; and
- lack of a commanding voice there to tell people what should be
happening. Howson is getting better at talking to the ref as skipper
but isn't a commander of men yet. Whereas we've got plenty of gobby
non-captains (Gradel, Kilkenny).



On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 1:13 PM, Robert Heath <[email protected]> wrote:
>  Gradel and
>
> Howson combined to win a penalty. Gradel had a tantrum to get to take
> it instead of Becchio,
>
> I believe that Gradel has got a bet on with a few lads that Becchio won't
> get 10 goals this season.
>
> Seriously though...............this is at least the 2nd time I can recall
> this happening recently. Didn't Becchio pull a strop last year and then miss
> one? I think this is very poor. There should be a designated penalty taker,
> end of argument. Maybe the problem is that a) we get so few pens and b) we
> chop and change the team so much.............that it is impossible to pick a
> spotkick expert.
>
> I still hanker for the days when if the ref pointed to the spot, Johnny
> Giles stepped up and you knew it was another goal for the Whites!
>
>
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