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Beattie penalties.


Rory

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Surman, Wotton, Euell, Dmg, II, Best and John have all missed penalties for us in recent years. Rasiak missed one in a cup game but knocked in the rebound after 3 attempts.

 

After Rickie, Vignal is probably the best since Beattie and Pahars left. Also though Skacel looked pretty good (only took 1 and a couple for Hearts I think) no idea how he ended up behind DMG in the pecking order that season. Probably just the club trying to make him look slightly less garbage after loaning out everyone else.

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Bravest goal ever. Good cross, but most strikers wouldn't have scored. Evans pretty much had to launch himself onto the post to nod it in. Brilliant.

 

Dodd was sent off at 1-0 with a long time left to play. Think the Evans goal clinched it. Thought Berkovic got the other after Claus made a long run and laid it off.

 

Dodd was sent off at 2-0 but just before half-time. It was Berkovic that scored, but am sure Evans scored 1st...

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He didn't miss, it was saved.

 

but like someone said, the rebound miss was terrible, he was obviously stunned (literally) by the save.

I was right behind the goal in The Archers, couldn't believe it, but maybe it took the pressure off all others he took after ?

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I was sat in the second row behind the goal at the Milton End when Evans scored the goal against West Ham. I seem to remember the ball going in off the opposite post as he crashed into the post. Really brave. As he was being congratulated he had no idea where he was as he was so groggy.

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but like someone said, the rebound miss was terrible, he was obviously stunned (literally) by the save.

I was right behind the goal in The Archers, couldn't believe it, but maybe it took the pressure off all others he took after ?

 

Mid-week, under lights. I was in the East stand I think and I remember the ball coming straight back to Matty who blasted it over the bar but the goal he scored after the miss is right up there with his best.

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I remember seeing Beattie score a penalty for the England U21s on TV - I have never seen a worst spot kick.

Smashed straight down the middle, against the crossbar I think or perhaps at the keeper's head, hitting either then dribbling in over the line.

When I saw his next spot kick on the box against Brighton I think (Cup game?), I was very surprised at his change of technique.

 

Magilton always seemed to just smash them hard, low and straight as well, I always wondered why keepers never bothered to study his method!

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Beattie is like Rickie, you just never think he is going to miss.

 

I remember Beattie scoring for Stoke vs the skates a couple of seasons back.

 

When he scored he ran up to them and said "Have that you ****ing skate bastards".

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Aside from Rickie, who of our current squad has scored a penalty for us? Or for anybody?

 

IIRC, Connelly famously missed one for Ireland in a World Cup shoot-out.

 

Do the penalty shoot outs in last season's JPT count? I can't remember who took the penalties for us, would've been against Torquay and Norwich.

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Do the penalty shoot outs in last season's JPT count? I can't remember who took the penalties for us, would've been against Torquay and Norwich.

 

I think AL is the only one of those left now! Far as I can remember Papa, Wayne Thomas, Lloyd James, Wotton, AL, RL, Anotonio all took pens at some stage in that comp.

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Beatts didn't miss in a competitive game for us. Rickie hasn't has he? Both similarly good at them. Dodd wasn't bad for his few. We've been lucky to have decent pen takers over the years.

 

Made up for it 2 seasons ago didn't we. Letting DMG near a penalty was slightly mental, and of course Best, Idiakez, Wotton.

 

Before that, I only remember a Jim Magilton miss while MLT was injured.

 

Yeah, I think we had to have a few dud years to make up for the glory days...!

 

Funny people mention Wotton as he was actually a renowned set-piece specialist in his Plymouth days. As was Idiakez to be fair.

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Yeah, I think we had to have a few dud years to make up for the glory days...!

 

Funny people mention Wotton as he was actually a renowned set-piece specialist in his Plymouth days. As was Idiakez to be fair.

 

The amount of people who we've signed who were supposed to be set-piece specialists is ridiculous. Tomasz Hajto anyone?

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The amount of people who we've signed who were supposed to be set-piece specialists is ridiculous. Tomasz Hajto anyone?

 

Ah yes, Tomasz "The-Master-Of-The-Seventy-Yard-Crossfield-Pass-To-His-Best-Mate-Ever-Kamil-Kosowski" Hajto. Another player who ultimately was crap though!

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