Why the F*** is Kazenga not taking free kicks?

[Dirk Lehmann's Python]

He scored one pre-season, he scored at Leeds, and I don't think he's had once since while chumps like Gardner get a go, I doubt he's ever scored one in his life.

Absolute disgrace, I can think of at least 6 goals from LuaLua free kicks, he hits it so hard that if it's on target it stands a chance of going in, even if it takes a deflection (2nd one away to Charlton) or the keeper is behind it (Millwall home).

Yeah, it might go out of the ground, but it might go in. Get him on the free kicks, it's a no brainer.

 

[dazzer6666]

Crowd safety ??

 

[BensGrandad]

The idea is to get the shot under the bar

 

[Dirk Lehmann's Python]

MK Dons (home)
Bournemouth (home)
Charlton (away)
Millwall (home)
Charlton (away)
Leeds (away)

It's not like he's taken hundreds of them and put them under, if anything it's his shooting from open play that needs working on...and I say this having watched him ping one in from the edge of the box yesterday.

 

[8ace]

MK Dons (home)
Bournemouth (home)
Charlton (away)
Millwall (home)
Charlton (away)
Leeds (away)

It's not like he's taken hundreds of them and put them under, if anything it's his shooting from open play that needs working on...and I say this having watched him ping one in from the edge of the box yesterday.

Liverpool

 

[jay d]

The same reason he plays down the middle . Sami hasnt got a clue

 

[Barrel of Fun]

I seem to recall that the Charlton one was a lay off to him. Might be my failing memory, but I do agree with you.

 

[perseus]

KLL had a free kick on target that was deflected for a corner against Norwich.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

In the absence of somebody with the basic footballing skill to 'do a Chippie', next best thing for a while back there was that short sideways pass by the free kick taker to Kazenga for him to belt it into the net while bypassing the wall. Seemed to work pretty well.

 

[Pogue Mahone]

I was talking about this earlier, after reading something about how Holla and Gardner always seem to have a debate about who is going to take it.

Of course Kaz should be given seniority for free kicks. I cannot understand how Gardner gets the nod over him.

 

[Luke93]

He takes them if they're reasonably direct and 20-25 yards out. Otherwise it's Gardner (boo), JFC or Holla.

 

[catfish]

Kaz should take more. Brute force often prevails.

 

[DavePage]

Because the ball was yellow, could have been mistaken for opposition and he would have gone over for the free kick, which we already had. So you can see the dilemma.

 

[GingerBeerMan]

The idea is to get the shot under the bar

Someone should tell Gardener then.

 

[trueblue]

Gardner's effort at the weekend looked like it went pretty close to me. Just a matter of time before he finds the top corner. It's not as if Lua Lua is Cristiano Ronaldo.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

He takes them if they're reasonably direct and 20-25 yards out. Otherwise it's Gardner (boo), JFC or Holla.

Is the correct answer.

 

[TWOCHOICEStom]

He may well stick them in for fun every day in training but we don't see those ones. It's not as if Sami would let him take free kicks purely on the basis of him declaring himself "well good boss, honest".

 

[8ace]

Is his contract up at the end of the season
Would be good to get him to sign an extension sooner rather than later.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Is his contract up at the end of the season
Would be good to get him to sign an extension sooner rather than later.

There was a hint on Twitter yesterday that he is close to signing. I'm not sure how reliable the tweeter is.

 

[JBizzle]

The bigger question is "Why the f*** does Gardner keep taking them?". Has he even hit below row Z yet?!