Mainz FC

[Eric the Half a Bee]

Re: Mainz FC

Whenever Whitts stepped up to take a penalty in a shoot out, I was about ten times more confident he'd score than any of his team mates, but the truth is he missed four penalties for us (three in 10/11 against Millwall, Barnsley and Palace and one in 14/15 at Norwich) and two more (v the wurzels and West Brom) where he knocked in rebounds after the keeper had saved his initial effort. I listed a few very good City penalty takes in my previous post in this thread, but, despite that fallibility, I think I'd still have Whitts to take a penalty when the pressure was at its greatest.

Whitts was a natural penalty taker. He could put it anywhere. He was so laid back he could barely be bothered to celebrate when he scored.

One of Dave Jones' rare moments of genius was to make Whitts penalty taker. Once he started to hit the back of the net with spot kicks he became more confident and hungry to score other goals.