Murray wants to be put on spot
9:30am Monday 28th March 2011
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Glenn Murray wants to put himself back on the spot again after Gary Dicker added to Albion’s penalty nightmares.
Dicker scored one and missed one in Saturday’s 2-1 home win over Swindon, which Murray clinched with his 19th goal of the season.
The Seagulls have now failed from the spot an incredible seven times in 12 attempts this season with five different takers.
Murray lost the job at Huddersfield in December but wants it back after earning the penalty Dicker scuffed and had saved in the second half by Swindon keeper David Lucas.
Asked if he would be prepared to step forward again, Murray told The Argus: “Yes, especially when I win them. It was a team decision that Gary would take them but I might throw my hat back in there at some stage.”
Manager Gus Poyet admitted: “We need to address that for next year, because it has been to a point embarrassing.
“It looked like he (Dicker) probably touched it twice before the goalkeeper saved it. Someone said to me when you get two penalties you need to change the penalty taker. We don’t have one penalty taker and they want me to have two!”
Chris Wood, back from international duty with New Zealand, is likely to return to the role at Dagenham and Redbridge tomorrow night after scoring his last penalty, although Poyet will leave it to the players again to decide.
Murray is now one goal short of his career-best target of 20 in a season. He said: “I’ll be disappointed if I don’t get there with nine games left but it still takes some doing.
“When you start taking something for granted is when it doesn’t happen, you have got to keep working hard. It depends who you are talking to but for me personally 20 goals is always the target.”
Elliott Bennett will be restored to the side at Dagenham after he was rested to the bench on Saturday, which ended a run of 79 successive league starts since he signed for the club. Poyet said: “Benno has been outstanding for us and we ask him to do too much sometimes, to play in the middle, wide, right-back. He’s had a few knocks in the last few games and he was not feeling 100%.
“I think it was the right game to give him a rest, especially with Nooney (Craig Noone) being so positive, but it’s 99% certain he will be back in the team on Tuesday.”
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9:30am Monday 28th March 2011
Print Email Share Comments(1) By Andy Naylor »
Glenn Murray wants to put himself back on the spot again after Gary Dicker added to Albion’s penalty nightmares.
Dicker scored one and missed one in Saturday’s 2-1 home win over Swindon, which Murray clinched with his 19th goal of the season.
The Seagulls have now failed from the spot an incredible seven times in 12 attempts this season with five different takers.
Murray lost the job at Huddersfield in December but wants it back after earning the penalty Dicker scuffed and had saved in the second half by Swindon keeper David Lucas.
Asked if he would be prepared to step forward again, Murray told The Argus: “Yes, especially when I win them. It was a team decision that Gary would take them but I might throw my hat back in there at some stage.”
Manager Gus Poyet admitted: “We need to address that for next year, because it has been to a point embarrassing.
“It looked like he (Dicker) probably touched it twice before the goalkeeper saved it. Someone said to me when you get two penalties you need to change the penalty taker. We don’t have one penalty taker and they want me to have two!”
Chris Wood, back from international duty with New Zealand, is likely to return to the role at Dagenham and Redbridge tomorrow night after scoring his last penalty, although Poyet will leave it to the players again to decide.
Murray is now one goal short of his career-best target of 20 in a season. He said: “I’ll be disappointed if I don’t get there with nine games left but it still takes some doing.
“When you start taking something for granted is when it doesn’t happen, you have got to keep working hard. It depends who you are talking to but for me personally 20 goals is always the target.”
Elliott Bennett will be restored to the side at Dagenham after he was rested to the bench on Saturday, which ended a run of 79 successive league starts since he signed for the club. Poyet said: “Benno has been outstanding for us and we ask him to do too much sometimes, to play in the middle, wide, right-back. He’s had a few knocks in the last few games and he was not feeling 100%.
“I think it was the right game to give him a rest, especially with Nooney (Craig Noone) being so positive, but it’s 99% certain he will be back in the team on Tuesday.”
Your Say YourArgusAlan G Skinner, Corralejo, Fuerteventura says...
9:55am Mon 28 Mar 11
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