Eriksen let Janssen take Tottenham's penalty against Gillingham

[Gaz_Gammon]

Christian Eriksen gave up a chance to score a hat-trick against Gillingham.

Read the full article at Daily Mail

 

[guiltyparty]

Lovely touch this. You can see them have a moment after, nice lack of ego from Eriksen

Also loved Onomah leg it to celebrate with Edwards. Such a good spirit

 

[hughy]

I very much doubt Eriksen "let" Janssen take it. We most likely had an assigned penalty taker, and that was Janssen.

 

[guiltyparty]

I very much doubt Eriksen "let" Janssen take it. We most likely had an assigned penalty taker, and that was Janssen.

Not what his quotes, or their reactions, suggest. Eriksen is an established key player, captain for the night, and on two goals. If he wants it, it's his, in those circumstances.

I guess I choose to believe it was a sign of his intelligence to not let ego get in the way and make a play for it for the good of the team. But whatever, maybe that's fanciful

 

[Gilzeanking]

I very much doubt Eriksen "let" Janssen take it. We most likely had an assigned penalty taker, and that was Janssen.

Yeh you'd think so...but I recall Poch saying in the post match interview that he was glad they let Janssen take it (or something similar)....which implies its left to the players to decide in the moment .

 

[Dougal]

Eriksen let Janssen take Tottenham's penalty against Gillingham

I know. I saw Janssen take the penalty.

Christian Eriksen gave up a chance to score a hat-trick against Gillingham.

I know. I saw Janssen take penalty.

Worst clickbait ever. It's almost as though they don't want you on their shitty little website.

 

[TottenhamMattSpur]

Before Trippier had hit the deck Janssen had grabbed the ball and put it on the spot.

Only ever one penalty taker.

 

[Gilzeanking]

Before Trippier had hit the deck Janssen had grabbed the ball and put it on the spot.

Only ever one penalty taker.

It wasn't a great pen imo . Goalie guesses the right way and that's a save .From this marginal evidence I hope he isn't our nailed on pen taker -

 

[Col_M]

It wasn't a great pen imo . Goalie guesses the right way and that's a save .From this marginal evidence I hope he isn't our nailed on pen taker -

But he went the wrong way. He placed it rather than smash it. No worries about VJ

 

[guiltyparty]

Before Trippier had hit the deck Janssen had grabbed the ball and put it on the spot.

Only ever one penalty taker.

In his mind, yeah. And I like that

My point was that a lot of players in Eriksen's position would have been "Nah, give it here" and it could have been awkward. We've all seen it happen.

 

[Dave-F]

It wasn't a great pen imo . Goalie guesses the right way and that's a save .From this marginal evidence I hope he isn't our nailed on pen taker -

Penalties are 80% psychological, which is why so many are smashed down the middle. The goalie can stand in the middle or go one way or the other. As a penalty taker you have to bluff it a bit. That or try to hit the perfect penalty...which means there's a good chance of a miss. He sold him a line and scored it.

I suspect Eriksen will take them in Kane's absence in general as he can and will out think the goalie in most cases.

 

[Gilzeanking]

To

But he went the wrong way. He placed it rather than smash it. No worries about VJ

and also to Dave-F and monkeyman who negged me ....Oh and now Tommygee who has WTF-ed me

A good penalty is one that finds the corner .If that happens it does not matter if the goalie dives that way . We have had loads of excellent pens from Kane and others since the grim Defoe days of yore .

The Janssen pen crossed the line some way in from the corner .I'd argue that its a 50% chance the goalie will go the right way and save it As the pen taker in every team I've played for , I don't agree that pen takers have the ability to regularly fool the keeper into going the wrong way. These days they have access to a forward's pen history too .

Defoe was a 50% pen taker , his shot would go midway between keeper and post and so half would be saved . In fact his overall pen success figures are v close to 50% . Janssen's effort while not that bad ,was not properly tucked into the corner and would have been saved imo if the 'keeper had dived the correct way .

 

[Gaz_Gammon]

I very much doubt Eriksen "let" Janssen take it. We most likely had an assigned penalty taker, and that was Janssen.

Eriksen said:

‘I did think about taking it but I think I saw on Vincent's face and his body language that he really wanted it and you can feel for a striker. And it is not as important for me with two or three goals. I was happy for him also and he did say thank you also, so it was a good one".

So your questioning the honesty of Eriksen's very own words?

 

[Gaz_Gammon]

To


and also to Dave-F and monkeyman who negged me ....Oh and now Tommygee who has WTF-ed me

A good penalty is one that finds the corner .If that happens it does not matter if the goalie dives that way . We have had loads of excellent pens from Kane and others since the grim Defoe days of yore.

A good penalty is one that finds the back of the net, wherever the trajectory. If you need proof of that ask any professional player who's missed one.

 

[hughy]

Eriksen said:

So your questioning the honesty of Eriksen's very own words?

He said he "thought about" taking it...

 

[guiltyparty]

He said he "thought about" taking it...

They had a conversation.
Eriksen was thinking about taking it but chose to let Vince go for it, rather than go for a hat trick.

Both players have said that's what happened, even if you didn't see it in real time (which was pretty obvious)

 

[hughy]

They had a conversation.
Eriksen was thinking about taking it but chose to let Vince go for it, rather than go for a hat trick.

Both players have said that's what happened, even if you didn't see it in real time (which was pretty obvious)

To be fair in real time I was sitting in the south-east corner, so not surprising I didn't see it.