Uh_huh_him
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- Sep 28, 2011
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I see him shoot without any clue where the keeper is. Smacking the ball as hard as he can without first clocking where the keeper is, might under the stats come in as "on target" but it's less than useless. No bloody idea what they teach them in training. They all do it.
But that's precisely the argument against repetitively practising shooting.
You can't create the same matchday situation.
The issue isn't with his shooting technique, it's being switched on to the situation in hand.
It's pretty easy to clock where the keeper is and shoot at goal when all you're doing is practising shooting.
Neal's decision making is often poor IMO, he has a tendency to hold on to the ball too long, which often leads to no shot/poor shot/ bad lay off.
If he instinctively shot/laid off/passed back, he would be a hell of a player.
What he needs is practice in his decision making. Not an easy skill to train I would imagine.
Hopefully Potter is working with him on how to improve this, rather than channeling his inner Clough and getting him to practice his shooting.