I reckon its all about the bottle and the flow of penelties (ie whats happened previous to the one you're taking).
I think I read something after Celtic beat Spartak on penelties to enter this seasons Champions league about how the penelty takers were selected. Rather than say 'who fancies it then?' or 'sort it out among yourselves, it's a lottery' , Strachan picked the kickers himself and told them they were taking a penelty.
It's an interesting alternative approach to take than the scenarios mentioned above and I think would give the takers themselves a bit of confidence. Would Irelands takers against Spain have been different/ performed any differently???
The dude abides....
It looks all over for Mick at Wolves. He got serious abuse today from the Wolves fans.
Agreed.
Practicing enough about the mechanics of penalty taking - placing your foot correctly, knowing how hard you can hit the ball while retaining accuracy, etc - these can be improved in practice, so there is one less concern when taking a penalty when it matters.
I'd say a player who has practiced these things is less likely to miss than a player who hasn't.
From todays Sunday Indo
If the opposition to Venables' candidacy resurfaces, or there are some unforeseen problems in contract negotiations, then Mick McCarthy is the most likely alternative, having also performed well at his interview. Gerard Houllier is understood to have been ruled out as the FAI were not prepared to pay substantial compensation to the French Football Federation.
Has anyone seen the sunday tribube today??
It has listed all perspective managers for the ireland job written by Miguel Delaney. On Mick McCarthy it stated on cases against "at the risk of opening pandora's box, he would be down one very signifigant world class player"
Anyone shed any light on this ??
Is this the article: http://www.tribune.ie/article.tvt?_s...BCATNAME=Sport
Bad night for Mick last night, dumped out of the FA Cup by a non-league side and to a late late goal - he seems to suffer more than most to these late goals. When he took over Ipswich, they were bottom of the Championship and with no money to spend he had them fighting near the top of the Championship the next season. This season has been more of a struggle but with the shoe string budget, he has still done a great job. I am sure many myopic Ipswich fans will call for his head but they should be careful what they wish for. Coventry City comes to mind.
Forget about the performance or entertainment. It's only the result that matters.
Don't downplay what the mighty Red Imps achieved last night!
I actually expected Mick to get the heave ho after the result. But then again, Marcus Evans really doesn't give a crap what the fans think.
DID YOU NOTICE A SIGN OUTSIDE MY HOUSE...?
Usually these things (late goals) are a 50/50 affair, score/concede and Ipswich are no exception, that is until this season when it just so happens that Ipswich have pulled off a spree of late goal game changers including one against that team from Sheffield
The thing about Mick is, regardless of Ipswich's decision or the fans' myopia, he would pick up another job handy enough with a more ambitious club. I'd even be okay with him in charge of Ireland.
Last edited by OwlsFan; 20/01/2017 at 3:03 PM.
Forget about the performance or entertainment. It's only the result that matters.
Yeah, he could go shooting his mouth off about what a great fella Fidel Castro was or something.
Cardiff, unbeaten in 10 matches, have awarded Mick a two-year deal at Cardiff.
How near would Kenny get to the job? Would he be within the top-50 candidates? Top 100? Top 200?
All academic.We are we're we are, I guess...
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