Seasider78
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- Nov 14, 2004
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Wellbeck was very close perhaps he should take on the responsibility
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[Albion] Surely we must have some decent free kick takers in this squad?
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Baldseagull
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If we are not going to score, smashing a defender in the face with the ball is acceptable.
Dunk has a long way to go to miss as many as Ronaldo has for Portugal. 1 in 60 conversion rate.
Dunk has a long way to go to miss as many as Ronaldo has for Portugal. 1 in 60 conversion rate.
I hope you're benevolent (benevolency was introduced here in 2004 so we foreigners know about that concept at least) enough to see past this cultural misunderstanding and I apologise to the people of Britain for not understanding that all of you.
I'll be better. Once I've had a cold burger while listening to "Freed from Desire" sober at a library in a rural Brighton suburb, my intellectual and cultural capacity will be through the roof, hopefully making me capable of understanding when someone express irony and when someone is genuinely annoyed.
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In the words of Frankie Howard. Infamy, infamy. They’ve all got it infamy.
1. I've read absolutely none of that, just quickly scanned down. That must have taken you ages, so sorry and all that.
2. From that scan, I think you've completley ignored my main point: you don't understand what it's like to be a Brighton supporter. Sorry about that too.
BRIGHT ON Q
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- Jul 5, 2003
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Anyone notice the Bournemouth free kick in the 2nd half yesterday? I would hardly think it was on the drawing board for hours but it was different and nearly paid off.
Enciso OUT.
Dunk IN.
Dunk IN.
That really was the shittest free kick I've seen in months.
pigmanovich
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Cowfold Seagull
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As much as l like Dunky, my heart sinks every time he lines up a free kick just outside the area.
Surely we must have some decent free kick takers?
Yes, but he's on loan at Exeter.
Obviously we've all been through this before, but It's got to stop. As a senior player and captain, he should have the maturity to just get away from them, rather than going 'nah this one's going in I can feel it' before aimlessly booting it into the oppo teams' shins. Even if he does eventually score one, which I highly doubt he will, he is well in debt with the amount of opportunities he's squandered by twatting free kicks into the wall.
If Welbeck's on the pitch, he should take them. Took a good one against Everton at home last season which hit the bar (I think) and I'm sure he took a half-decent one against United? Or maybe Villarreal? My memory isn't what is used to be. I find it hard to believe Mitoma, Perv, Adingra, Joao Pedro, maybe even Hinsh, wouldn't make a better fist of it tbh. I think Bart bloody would as well, but there you go.
That bloody one he scored at Anfield years ago when Adrian wasn't paying attention is to blame for this shit
Considering Welbeck has come much closer than anybody else has for a long time with his effort last week, I suggest sticking with him.
He has scored one. Two actually, on Anfield and against WBA - with the latter wrongly ruled out.Obviously we've all been through this before, but It's got to stop. As a senior player and captain, he should have the maturity to just get away from them, rather than going 'nah this one's going in I can feel it' before aimlessly booting it into the oppo teams' shins. Even if he does eventually score one, which I highly doubt he will, he is well in debt with the amount of opportunities he's squandered by twatting free kicks into the wall.
If Welbeck's on the pitch, he should take them. Took a good one against Everton at home last season which hit the bar (I think) and I'm sure he took a half-decent one against United? Or maybe Villarreal? My memory isn't what is used to be. I find it hard to believe Mitoma, Perv, Adingra, Joao Pedro, maybe even Hinsh, wouldn't make a better fist of it tbh. I think Bart bloody would as well, but there you go.
That bloody one he scored at Anfield years ago when Adrian wasn't paying attention is to blame for this shit
So he's scored 2 goals from 21 attempts, which gives him a better average than Trent-Alexander Arnold
On average these days, teams score 2 free kick goals per season. Its really incredibly silly to be upset about someone missing one every ten games. It's like moaning about a player not scoring enough bicicleta goals.
Free kick shots are generally really shit. Its a shoot from outside the box with four or five players lining up to block it. If you take that shot in open play you're usually an idiot. That you're given time to take that shot doesn't make up for the increased difficulty of it.
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Yes that was a nice one and he's full of confidence. Unlucky he had been subbed out by the time of Dunk's free kick last week, think he'd have taken it otherwise as is usually the case if you were close with your first. And I don't remember the exact numbers but players are a lot more likely to score with their second or third free kick attempt in a game than with their first. Some sort of psychological calibration I guess.
Think we have a lot of good options and Dunk is one of them. He's really good at shooting so I don't see why he shouldn't take free kick shots every now and then.
Jimmy Grimble
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I find it odd that people genuinely believe Dunk is just throwing his weight around as captain and simply putting himself in charge of free kicks. This isn’t Sunday League ffs!
At a club run as professionally as ours, with a heavily backed statistics/data model, I’m 99% certain that in whatever drills that go on in training, Dunk comes out on top.
At a club run as professionally as ours, with a heavily backed statistics/data model, I’m 99% certain that in whatever drills that go on in training, Dunk comes out on top.
Dancin Ninja BHA
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- Jul 6, 2003
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Then the others must be seriously sh1t in training, as Dunk's freekicks in the game have generally been HOPELESS.
One grazed the bar I think last season and that has been it. Knuckle-ball bollocks, just let Danny curl one in
All of this. The number of players in world football that can reliably be expected to genuinely threaten the goal once in three of four attempts over the past 30 years can probably be counted on your ten fingers.He has scored one. Two actually, on Anfield and against WBA - with the latter wrongly ruled out.
So he's scored 2 goals from 21 attempts, which gives him a better average than Trent-Alexander Arnold
On average these days, teams score 2 free kick goals per season. Its really incredibly silly to be upset about someone missing one every ten games. It's like moaning about a player not scoring enough bicicleta goals.
Free kick shots are generally really shit. Its a shoot from outside the box with four or five players lining up to block it. If you take that shot in open play you're usually an idiot. That you're given time to take that shot doesn't make up for the increased difficulty of it.
I suspect Dunk is no better or worse than the options pretty much nearly every other club in the league has. Do you think Palace always look threatening from a 25 yard free kick? Or any other "other 14" club?
Motogull
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- Sep 16, 2005
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Yes. Chock a block with world class free takers that squad. Sadly mean refs don't give them enough free kicks to prove it.
Unfortunately one of the f*ckers is playing against us today
Yeah it should've been given, but it wasn't, so it's one. And that was one down to ridiculous goalkeeping.He has scored one. Two actually, on Anfield and against WBA - with the latter wrongly ruled out.
So he's scored 2 goals from 21 attempts, which gives him a better average than Trent-Alexander Arnold
On average these days, teams score 2 free kick goals per season. Its really incredibly silly to be upset about someone missing one every ten games. It's like moaning about a player not scoring enough bicicleta goals.
Free kick shots are generally really shit. Its a shoot from outside the box with four or five players lining up to block it. If you take that shot in open play you're usually an idiot. That you're given time to take that shot doesn't make up for the increased difficulty of it.
You don't have to score directly from free kicks, you can swing a ball into the box or play it short instead of booting it into the wall and leaving us open to a counter... I'm not 'upset', though it was annoying seeing him step up when we needed a goal last week, he's just not very good at taking free kicks
Maybe I'm manifesting him smacking one in today, I'll happily take it if so.