What fool would let a player like Flint anywhere NEAR a penalty?
We listed our penalty takers here and Flint was obviously nowhere near anyone’s 5.
That on top of throwing away a 2 goal lead.
Absolutely pathetic.
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What fool would let a player like Flint anywhere NEAR a penalty?
We listed our penalty takers here and Flint was obviously nowhere near anyone’s 5.
That on top of throwing away a 2 goal lead.
Absolutely pathetic.
Of the players left out there, who would you have taking one?
Harris' biggest failing is seemingly thinking Jazz Richards is good. He's ruddy awful.
My cousin texted me:
“Did you know Cardiff put Aden Flint as their first penalty taker in a shootout?”
I had to check he wasn’t winding me up.
Your best penalty takers should always take the first ones otherwise there could be a scenario where they don't get to take one at all..... like tonight!
That said, we were 2 nil and 3-2 up and by the sounds of It, we should have put the game to bed in normal time.
Disappointing.
Only 13 goals conceded in the last 4 games that Flint has played. Against QPR, Reading reserves x 2 and Carlisle. Bamba as well. Neither should be having a look in these days never mind starting together.
Yet flint will get his head on something for the odd assist and you get people defending the massive lump. Unbelievable waste of money.
See the post immediately below yours.
You always have your best penalty taker go first. Flint is NOT our best penalty taker and by the time that we got to Pack we were out.
Flint’s previous goal scoring exploits a just irrelevant.
This lies squarely at Harris’ door. Incompetent at best.
Who was our best penalty taker? Like I've just mentioned, sometimes it's about who fancies it. Flint says to Harris, I'm up for this, give me the first one, I'll nail it, save our best for the end when we might need them. Imagine it was Flint taking the last one to level the shootout? You'd be moaning that he'd been left until the business end of the shoot out.
I agree, if you're a manager and you've got someone you don't have faith in crying out to take a penalty while a few you would prefer to take one are saying no way, what do you do? Older readers will remember Don Murray's notorious penalty against Dynamo Berlin in the early 70s, but, nearly every account of it I've read from our players involved are not critical of Don because he stepped forward to take a penalty while others wouldn't - if a manager like Jimmy Scoular couldn't order some of his players that night to take one, it would be very hard for Neil Harris in a day and age where the balance of power is with the players far more.