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What did Gerrard say? I didn't watch any of the ht/ft pundit analysis
As captain he should be saying to himself, Mario is by the far the best penalty taker on the pitch and should therefore take it.
Team over personal glory.
Agree with most of this article but Gerrards point was that it made the club look bad with the arguing and stirring from Sturridge. End of the day the right man took it AND he scored.
MOM IBE.
Sakho also immense
Difficult one but it had to be Balo. In high pressure situations you need to do the right thing imho
I don't agree Henderson isn't a set piece taker, he is. I'm glad Mario took the penalty but it should have been Henderson who was chosen beforehand.
Agree with sturridge here, Henderson is the cpt and should of told balo to fk off. However, I think if balos on the field he should be taking the pens.
The decision to give hendo pen duties is baffling when balos on the field. Of bigger concern is that our cpt couldnt express his leadership, he simply give in to balo.....that wasnt great to see.
Regardless of who is best penalty taker
Henderson needs to man up. He's going to be our captain (potentially for years)
I understand your point regarding how good Balo is at penalties...
how do we know if Henderson is or isn't a good set piece taker! He certainly has good shot technique!
I think we'll see a lot more from Hendo in the coming years!
Didn't agree with what Gerrard said.
Balotelli is not some chump penalty taker, he's up there with the very best. Think he's missed like 1 pen. I've never even seen Henderson take a pen.
Also got to take into account confidence, hendo had a tripe game and naturally might not have been 100%.
Henderson vs the worlds best pen taker
Farcical isn't it
comment by Jordan Henderson £16m AKA Henderlol (U12335)
posted 20 seconds ago
I understand your point regarding how good Balo is at penalties...
how do we know if Henderson is or isn't a good set piece taker! He certainly has good shot technique!
I think we'll see a lot more from Hendo in the coming years!
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Hendo is dreadful at shooting
The fact that this was even allowed to happen is absolutely ludicrous. Firstly, it should be made clear to every player what the order of penalty takers is once Gerrard is not on the field. For me as it probably is for most Balotelli should be second choice all day long. Followed by Lambert, Borinj and then Henderson or Sturridge. Balotelli has scored 27/29 of his total taken penalties (including for Italy and shootouts) and it wasn't even a debate really that the correct person took it.
Gerrard's comments on ITV were also very poor. He should keep those thoughts inside the dressing room and in hindsight being in the studio while a game was being played is wrong because of such situations. Henderson should also have had the team ethos to tell Sturridge that its fine Balotelli should take the penalty with his record. The little hissy fit that preceded the penalty doesn't send out the right signal.
If Gerrard isn't playing, then Balo should be the nominated penalty taker if he's on the pitch, end of.
Something has gone wrong with this process pre game. I'm wondering if Balo was overlooked because he wasn't in the starting eleven. Could of been a management oversight....
Balotelli should be first choice pen taker if Gerrard isn't on the field.
But if Hendo's the allocated pen taker, then Balotelli shouldn't have taken it off him.
If it was me, I'd have told him to píss off, but I can understand why Hendo gave him the ball
Weird situation
If it had been Lambert coming on and taking the penalty, I don't think anyone would make a big deal of it.
Isn't it amazing how a player like Gerrard who has given so much to the club can be lambasted for telling his own fans the Liverpool way.
He was naive letting it out but he's still a player essentially and would have said the same in the pitch.
Its not like Balotelli forced hendo to give him the ball. Its was like let me take it and hendo was like OK then. Balo didn't have a sissy fit like Sturidge.
Gerrard being in the commentary box certainly has blown this up even further, really doesn't help, should have thought about what he said.
Henderson is Balotelli's
Bizarre situation.
He's made the club look ridiculous ARE. If he's a pundit then fine but he's not he's a player.
I'm perfectly entitled to point out somebody doing something stupid no matter how good a servant he's been for the club.
comment by Aggers Right Elbow (U3402)
posted 1 minute ago
Isn't it amazing how a player like Gerrard who has given so much to the club can be lambasted for telling his own fans the Liverpool way.
He was naive letting it out but he's still a player essentially and would have said the same in the pitch.
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Nonsense. Gerrard was out of order. I don't care what he's done for the club. He's still a player, so he should keep things like that inside the dressing room.
comment by Bridge-Banter ✫ (with a silent D) (U12349)
posted 35 seconds ago
Henderson is Balotelli's
Bizarre situation.
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Henderson is a cake?
Bizarre comment.
Alter Bridge on ITV was the highlight of the night however....
I don't know why everyone is making such a big deal about this. A little argument about who takes the pen.....who cares. What I like is that we have a number of players now who are willing to stand up and take responsibility. Hendo, Sturridge, Balo, they all wanted it, all wanted to take the responsibility under pressure. i like it. It's probably all been cleared up between the players now. Most important thing was we won.
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posted on 19/2/15
What did Gerrard say? I didn't watch any of the ht/ft pundit analysis
posted on 19/2/15
As captain he should be saying to himself, Mario is by the far the best penalty taker on the pitch and should therefore take it.
Team over personal glory.
posted on 19/2/15
Agree with most of this article but Gerrards point was that it made the club look bad with the arguing and stirring from Sturridge. End of the day the right man took it AND he scored.
MOM IBE.
Sakho also immense
posted on 19/2/15
Difficult one but it had to be Balo. In high pressure situations you need to do the right thing imho
posted on 19/2/15
I don't agree Henderson isn't a set piece taker, he is. I'm glad Mario took the penalty but it should have been Henderson who was chosen beforehand.
posted on 19/2/15
Agree with sturridge here, Henderson is the cpt and should of told balo to fk off. However, I think if balos on the field he should be taking the pens.
The decision to give hendo pen duties is baffling when balos on the field. Of bigger concern is that our cpt couldnt express his leadership, he simply give in to balo.....that wasnt great to see.
posted on 19/2/15
Regardless of who is best penalty taker
Henderson needs to man up. He's going to be our captain (potentially for years)
posted on 19/2/15
I understand your point regarding how good Balo is at penalties...
how do we know if Henderson is or isn't a good set piece taker! He certainly has good shot technique!
I think we'll see a lot more from Hendo in the coming years!
posted on 19/2/15
Didn't agree with what Gerrard said.
Balotelli is not some chump penalty taker, he's up there with the very best. Think he's missed like 1 pen. I've never even seen Henderson take a pen.
Also got to take into account confidence, hendo had a tripe game and naturally might not have been 100%.
posted on 19/2/15
Henderson vs the worlds best pen taker
Farcical isn't it
posted on 19/2/15
comment by Jordan Henderson £16m AKA Henderlol (U12335)
posted 20 seconds ago
I understand your point regarding how good Balo is at penalties...
how do we know if Henderson is or isn't a good set piece taker! He certainly has good shot technique!
I think we'll see a lot more from Hendo in the coming years!
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Hendo is dreadful at shooting
posted on 19/2/15
The fact that this was even allowed to happen is absolutely ludicrous. Firstly, it should be made clear to every player what the order of penalty takers is once Gerrard is not on the field. For me as it probably is for most Balotelli should be second choice all day long. Followed by Lambert, Borinj and then Henderson or Sturridge. Balotelli has scored 27/29 of his total taken penalties (including for Italy and shootouts) and it wasn't even a debate really that the correct person took it.
Gerrard's comments on ITV were also very poor. He should keep those thoughts inside the dressing room and in hindsight being in the studio while a game was being played is wrong because of such situations. Henderson should also have had the team ethos to tell Sturridge that its fine Balotelli should take the penalty with his record. The little hissy fit that preceded the penalty doesn't send out the right signal.
posted on 19/2/15
If Gerrard isn't playing, then Balo should be the nominated penalty taker if he's on the pitch, end of.
Something has gone wrong with this process pre game. I'm wondering if Balo was overlooked because he wasn't in the starting eleven. Could of been a management oversight....
posted on 19/2/15
Balotelli should be first choice pen taker if Gerrard isn't on the field.
But if Hendo's the allocated pen taker, then Balotelli shouldn't have taken it off him.
If it was me, I'd have told him to píss off, but I can understand why Hendo gave him the ball
Weird situation
posted on 19/2/15
If it had been Lambert coming on and taking the penalty, I don't think anyone would make a big deal of it.
posted on 19/2/15
Isn't it amazing how a player like Gerrard who has given so much to the club can be lambasted for telling his own fans the Liverpool way.
He was naive letting it out but he's still a player essentially and would have said the same in the pitch.
posted on 19/2/15
Its not like Balotelli forced hendo to give him the ball. Its was like let me take it and hendo was like OK then. Balo didn't have a sissy fit like Sturidge.
posted on 19/2/15
Gerrard being in the commentary box certainly has blown this up even further, really doesn't help, should have thought about what he said.
posted on 19/2/15
Henderson is Balotelli's
Bizarre situation.
posted on 19/2/15
He's made the club look ridiculous ARE. If he's a pundit then fine but he's not he's a player.
I'm perfectly entitled to point out somebody doing something stupid no matter how good a servant he's been for the club.
posted on 19/2/15
comment by Aggers Right Elbow (U3402)
posted 1 minute ago
Isn't it amazing how a player like Gerrard who has given so much to the club can be lambasted for telling his own fans the Liverpool way.
He was naive letting it out but he's still a player essentially and would have said the same in the pitch.
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Nonsense. Gerrard was out of order. I don't care what he's done for the club. He's still a player, so he should keep things like that inside the dressing room.
posted on 19/2/15
comment by Bridge-Banter ✫ (with a silent D) (U12349)
posted 35 seconds ago
Henderson is Balotelli's
Bizarre situation.
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Henderson is a cake?
Bizarre comment.
posted on 19/2/15
Alter Bridge on ITV was the highlight of the night however....
posted on 19/2/15
I don't know why everyone is making such a big deal about this. A little argument about who takes the pen.....who cares. What I like is that we have a number of players now who are willing to stand up and take responsibility. Hendo, Sturridge, Balo, they all wanted it, all wanted to take the responsibility under pressure. i like it. It's probably all been cleared up between the players now. Most important thing was we won.
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