[Albion] Steele is a legend

[Shooting Star]

Just watching the penalty shootout back on iPlayer. Don't ask me why. Catharsis? Anyway, seeing Steele continuing to console Solly for long after all the other players had just made me love that man even more. What a team player.

As an aside, not afraid to say I shed a tear for Solly watching that back. I feel worse for him as a person than I did that we lost.

 

[Bodian]

Also good to see that ref didn't jobsworthly enforce the rule that players can't leave the semi-circle and let Dunk go up to Solly early on.

 

[Bozza]

Just watching the penalty shootout back on iPlayer. Don't ask me why. Catharsis? Anyway, seeing Steele continuing to console Solly for long after all the other players had just made me love that man even more. What a team player.

As an aside, not afraid to say I shed a tear for Solly watching that back. I feel worse for him as a person than I did that we lost.

Yeah, his face on that long walk back towards the halfway line. He's clearly in absolute agony fearing what is going to happen next.

And reading more about Weghort's shithousery hasn't helped...

Asked if he was determined to speak to March, Weghorst told reporters: "Yeah, I already said it actually before we started to some of the guys but nobody did it. I scored and then I saw the ball and tried to get a few advantages which could maybe help us win it.​

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"I walked to him and said some things, but at the end [of the match] I went to him because I felt also a little bit sorry because obviously this was the one that they missed. I just tried everything and normally it doesn't make a difference but maybe it did."​

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[Knocky's Nose]

All I want to do is sing "Solly, Solly March" at the next home game as loud and as long as possible.

Don't hold any bad feeling against him whatsoever. Never will.

 

[thedonkeycentrehalf]

I'm sure it is probably mentioned elsewhere but there is a video out there showing that when the winning penalty went in, while all the rest of the United players ran towards Lindelof, Luke Shaw went along the line of Albion players to shake their hands before going off to join them - very classy unlike some of his team mates.

 

[Hotchilidog]

I'm sure it is probably mentioned elsewhere but there is a video out there showing that when the winning penalty went in, while all the rest of the United players ran towards Lindelof, Luke Shaw went along the line of Albion players to shake their hands before going off to join them - very classy unlike some of his team mates.

Yep very classy from Shaw.

 

[goldstone]

The rules should not permit any contact with the player taking the penalty except by the ref. The ball should be given to the ref who then gives it to the penalty taker.

 

[Official Old Man]

I'm sure it is probably mentioned elsewhere but there is a video out there showing that when the winning penalty went in, while all the rest of the United players ran towards Lindelof, Luke Shaw went along the line of Albion players to shake their hands before going off to join them - very classy unlike some of his team mates.

Similar to Glen Murray at Millwall. Whilst the team rushed off to celebrate he turned to the Millwall team

 

[dejavuatbtn]

The rules should not permit any contact with the player taking the penalty except by the ref. The ball should be given to the ref who then gives it to the penalty taker.

Agreed. The rules need tightening to stop this type of gamesmanship. Any breach is the award of an automatic score to the other team. That’d stop it.

 

[Bold Seagull]

I think we're doing a disservice to March's mental toughness by suggesting a few words from Weghorse in anyway impacted his taking of the penalty.

He missed because it was a huge moment, whatever Weghorse might have said didn't change that.

 

[AmexRuislip]

All I want to do is sing "Solly, Solly March" at the next home game as loud and as long as possible.

Don't hold any bad feeling against him whatsoever. Never will.

Glad you're sitting on the fence on this one

 

[Hovegull]

Also shed a tear watching it back. More upset for Solly than the outcome of the game.

 

[Iggle Piggle]

Scuffing the penalty spot by the keeper should be instant Red card in a shoot out. Equally, Sanchez should also have recovered the ball from the previous pen and given it to Solly rather than let Weghorst get hold of it. Fine margins.

 

[Nobby Cybergoat]

I’m not convinced that Solly missed because of Sanchez or De Gea or Weghorst.

I think he missed because he’s not a very good penalty taker.

In saying this, I want to emphasise that I think he’s terrific in most aspects of the game.

 

[dazzer6666]

All I want to do is sing "Solly, Solly March" at the next home game as loud and as long as possible.

Don't hold any bad feeling against him whatsoever. Never will.

He‘ll hear it loud at Forest tomorrow

 

[The Wizard]

I said that leaving the stadium, we lost, it is what it is, it hurt more seeing how much it hurt Lewis and Solly particularly.

 

[Giraffe]

I feel we missed a trick. You could see the Man Utd players doing everything possible to put off our penalty takers, whereas Sanchez did none of it. De Gea did the whole thing of going up to the penalty spot delaying the kicker etc. Sanchez stood on his line, arms up, and barely moved. I feel Steele would have done a lot more.

Sanchez had a great game by the way but just doesn't look up for penalties in any way at all. I'd have subbed him and brought Steele on. Assuming we still had subs to make?

 

[Bold Seagull]

I feel we missed a trick. You could see the Man Utd players doing everything possible to put off our penalty takers, whereas Sanchez did none of it. De Gea did the whole thing of going up to the penalty spot delaying the kicker etc. Sanchez stood on his line, arms up, and barely moved. I feel Steele would have done a lot more.

Sanchez had a great game by the way but just doesn't look up for penalties in any way at all. I'd have subbed him and brought Steele on. Assuming we still had subs to make?

I think people are making too much of it. We scored 6 pens and De Gea didn't get near any of them. Solly missed because he missed. Sanchez was the closest of both keeps to making a save.

 

[Triggaaar]

Scuffing the penalty spot by the keeper should be instant Red card in a shoot out.

Yep, WTF was that about. No keeper has any reason or right to go near that spot.

Equally, Sanchez should also have recovered the ball from the previous pen and given it to Solly rather than let Weghorst get hold of it.

Yes he should.