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Post by FullerMagic on Feb 10, 2024 19:35:25 GMT
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Post by Gary Hackett on Feb 10, 2024 19:39:12 GMT
I think we can all agree it's time we spent money on getting a decent Exorcist in.
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Post by jesusmcmuffin on Feb 10, 2024 19:47:22 GMT
Le Tiss was a great pen taker, only ever missed once,. Never put his foot through them
The best pen takers never used a hit hard and hope technique. Had he done that and missed today, we knew what this thread would be all about
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Post by spoton on Feb 10, 2024 19:47:39 GMT
The bottom line is this he did not miss, it was on target The keeper saved it,,, it's only a miss if he hadn't hit the target
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Post by pushon on Feb 10, 2024 19:55:14 GMT
Le Tiss was a great pen taker, only ever missed once,. Never put his foot through them The best pen takers never used a hit hard and hope technique. Had he done that and missed today, we knew what this thread would be all about Yet Alan Shearer put his through everything and it got him a few goals.
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Post by Paul Spencer on Feb 10, 2024 19:56:36 GMT
I don't care how successful his technique has been previously, what we saw today was a shockingly bad execution of such a technique.
The whole idea, when trying this, is to force the keeper to go early and then put the ball in the opposite corner.
Today the keeper did indeed go early and then Johnson meekly stroked it the same way.
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Post by mickstupp on Feb 10, 2024 19:58:23 GMT
He looked mortified on full time to be fair He looked shit scared of getting abused, so hid under his fucking hood like a coward. Didn’t look mortified to me. He also chose to walk past three sides of home fans rather than past us in the away end when he was hooked.
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Post by jesusmcmuffin on Feb 10, 2024 20:01:35 GMT
Le Tiss was a great pen taker, only ever missed once,. Never put his foot through them The best pen takers never used a hit hard and hope technique. Had he done that and missed today, we knew what this thread would be all about Yet Alan Shearer put his through everything and it got him a few goals. Not in the top 10 for pen conversions %age wise in the Prem Good pen taker though of course Toney tops the current list. Waits for the keeper
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Post by hcstokie on Feb 10, 2024 20:08:48 GMT
I have no agenda against him. He took a shit penalty and missed. I didn’t sympathise whilst watching him stand there like that, whilst his captain and one of our only decent players, went over to the fans and took the brunt of it. I ain’t no fan of his but what do you expect him do? If he came over to the fans clapping he’d get absolutely slaughtered on here saying he’s taking the piss. Maybe not walk off avoiding the away fans when he was subbed. Maybe not hide himself under a hood whilst his teammate gets abused. Maybe be a man and own a poor performance, poor season, and piss poor penalty. We need players that will front up, own the situation and tackle it head on. I’ll wait to see if he, and others, do this in their next performance. I won’t hold my breath.
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Post by callas12 on Feb 10, 2024 20:11:21 GMT
He looked shit scared of getting abused, so hid under his fucking hood like a coward. Didn’t look mortified to me. He also chose to walk past three sides of home fans rather than past us in the away end when he was hooked. Blackburn fans no less who I'm sure would have reminded him of his time at their Lancashire neighbours up the road as he wandered passed! He obviously saw that as his smoother route back to the bench 🫣🤔
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Post by mickeythemaestro on Feb 10, 2024 20:12:18 GMT
Just hit the fucker hard and down the middle. It works 8 in 10 times. And 8 in 10 absolutely pisses on our record over the last 100 penogs
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Post by callas12 on Feb 10, 2024 20:13:15 GMT
At what point do we just throw logic out the window. The bloke was best mate of the manager who’s just been replaced taken a penalty that will have a big influence on new managers position. I’d have let burger or Ennis have it To be fair Burger picked the ball up & handed it to Johnson so he pulled rank as captain & gave it to the designated penalty taker. Would have been interesting had Baker been on the pitch aswell at that point although I'm sure Johnson will have still edged it.
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Post by datguy on Feb 10, 2024 20:17:22 GMT
Had a sinking feeling when he missed it.
Felt the same as Charlie Adam's vs Brighton.
Would we have got back into the game if Johnson scores? Maybe not but you'd have backed us to score with 40 mins to go and Blackburn shitting the bed.
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Post by mickeythemaestro on Feb 10, 2024 20:19:49 GMT
Had a sinking feeling when he missed it. Felt the same as Charlie Adam's vs Brighton. Would we have got back into the game if Johnson scores? Maybe not but you'd have backed us to score with 40 mins to go and Blackburn shitting the bed. I hope that's not an omen comparing it to the Adams miss 😬
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Post by jesusmcmuffin on Feb 10, 2024 20:20:38 GMT
Had a sinking feeling when he missed it. Felt the same as Charlie Adam's vs Brighton. Would we have got back into the game if Johnson scores? Maybe not but you'd have backed us to score with 40 mins to go and Blackburn shitting the bed. Bburn woke up as well, fans also . Oh well Like I said ,so many wise asses after the event in here . One of those things
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Post by FullerMagic on Feb 10, 2024 20:20:53 GMT
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Post by jesusmcmuffin on Feb 10, 2024 20:21:33 GMT
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Post by datguy on Feb 10, 2024 20:24:48 GMT
Had a sinking feeling when he missed it. Felt the same as Charlie Adam's vs Brighton. Would we have got back into the game if Johnson scores? Maybe not but you'd have backed us to score with 40 mins to go and Blackburn shitting the bed. Bburn woke up as well, fans also . Oh well Like I said ,so many wise asses after the event in here . One of those things Aye, it was a great example of the Stoke City Football Club Touring Charity Company. Had the chance to turn a 3-0 score line to 3-2. Blackburn fans on their backs. Instil a bit of confidence into our players. Instead we've given their goalkeeper a round of applause and resulted in Blackburn subbing on their fucking manager to the bench for the last 40 mins. Couldn't write it really. Shockingly poor penalty.
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Post by cvillestokie on Feb 10, 2024 20:53:13 GMT
Should have been Baker. Would have had the guts to finish it, then we could have got under their skin.
The game looked over as soon as they scored the first but if we’d have scored that penalty so soon after half time, it would have changed the game completely.
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Post by jesusmcmuffin on Feb 10, 2024 20:53:57 GMT
Bburn woke up as well, fans also . Oh well Like I said ,so many wise asses after the event in here . One of those things Aye, it was a great example of the Stoke City Football Club Touring Charity Company. Had the chance to turn a 3-0 score line to 3-2. Blackburn fans on their backs. Instil a bit of confidence into our players. Instead we've given their goalkeeper a round of applause and resulted in Blackburn subbing on their fucking manager to the bench for the last 40 mins. Couldn't write it really. Shockingly poor penalty. Would have been very interesting had it gone in Oh well We look like a team absolutely shot of confidence at the minute .
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Post by roylandstoke on Feb 10, 2024 21:04:02 GMT
The quality of the penalty was in line with the quality of his performance.
He has been awful in most of his games for us.
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Post by ChesterStokie on Feb 10, 2024 21:34:41 GMT
The game looked over as soon as they scored the first but if we’d have scored that penalty so soon after half time, it would have changed the game completely. Yes indeed. We’d actually come out in the second half all guns blazing and looked like a team transformed and in less than 5 minutes we get the penalty. I honestly thought at that point that we’ll never get a better chance of winning a game from 0-3 down. And then he missed it. Bloody annoying.
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Post by jokker on Feb 10, 2024 21:45:45 GMT
I don’t understand why players don’t just pick a corner and rifle it in. To take a penalty like he did which is at an ideal height for a keeper to make the save and in the area he did is criminal. I don't really know Johnson, but a lot of Stoke forwards think of themselves as artists, which means simply "rifling" is a no go. It has to be special, to be talked about for years, increasing player value. Somehow these wannabees never consider the possibility that they might fail or the damage it does to team morale. It's the same in open play. There's something to be said for simply tapping the ball in, it could secure three pts but no, no, when you're a Stoke player simple tap-ins are not allowed. At least Ennis hasn't caught the bug - yet.
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Post by leegthestokie90 on Feb 10, 2024 21:53:57 GMT
Liam Lawrence James beattie style was the best blast it
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Post by owdestokie2 on Feb 10, 2024 21:53:57 GMT
At what point do we just throw logic out the window. The bloke was best mate of the manager who’s just been replaced taken a penalty that will have a big influence on new managers position. I’d have let burger or Ennis have it Burger actually the ball from a player, think it was Vidigal and gave it to Johnson
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Post by PotterLog on Feb 10, 2024 21:56:12 GMT
Ugh. I’m not a superstitious man but that sent a little shiver up my spine. Ffs
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Post by GeneralFaye on Feb 10, 2024 22:14:16 GMT
The keeper dived early as well. I was watching it in real time thinking "ahh lovely, the keepers moved to his left so he's gonna sco.. oh"
He shouldn't have even been on the pitch to take it.
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Post by Davef on Feb 10, 2024 22:28:21 GMT
This bullshit has being going on for years and I blame the managers who've overseen it all. We need to have a policy in which players actually take penalties properly; they practice, pick a spot and shoot at goal instead of the narcissistic and embarrassing tappy bollocks we saw from Johnson today.
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Feb 10, 2024 22:32:05 GMT
Only his 3rd miss in 28 apparently - which is phenomenally good. But is of absolutely no comfort. Hasn’t he missed 2 out of 3 for us though? I don’t know just seems like it
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Feb 10, 2024 22:34:12 GMT
Le Tiss was a great pen taker, only ever missed once,. Never put his foot through them The best pen takers never used a hit hard and hope technique. Had he done that and missed today, we knew what this thread would be all about Le Tissier did indeed put his foot through a lot of penalties, with conviction. He never had a set way of taking a pen. That’s why he was so good at them. Some he’d give the keeper the eyes and roll it the opposite way but some he certainly beat the keeper with power and accuracy
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