Quote Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn View Post
No, I'm saying he SHOULD have taken the pen! He's the captain! Step up. I don't care if it's some sort of silly thing they do - they shouldn't do it. If we have babies in the team then replace them. Anyway, if what you say is true - which I doubt - it obviously fucked us up. Saka is a shite pen taker - he should never be taking pens. I knew he'd miss it, mostly because it was never a pen in the first place and I think those things kind of work out regardless of interference from the officials.
I don't know why you doubt it, because they do it all the time, it's quite obviously deliberate

And yes I knew as I wrote it there was a comeback that Saka's pel was poor but that's not to say the tactic is wrong, normally his pels are very good

And as for it being Ode's responsibility to take it as captain, sorry but you must know that's rubbish, the vast majority of takers aren't the captain, they pick the guy best for the job

Personally I did think it was a pel also