Penalty shootout ends

[Finchley Seagull]

It was apparently mentioned on Sky last night (and Insider has confirmed it when asked in Ask the Club) that the penalty shootout end was decided by the police. Am I the only one who thinks that is ludicrous.

On what grounds have they decided to do that (I know they will say safety but in reality)? All they did was give Luton a major advantage in the shootout, sounds a bit iffy to me. Was it the local police who decided to hand a huge advantage to their local team?

They may have won the toss and had it up their end and we may have lost even down our end but at least give us a chance.

 

[sir danny cullip]

They made that decision because it was safer for the players to be closest to the home end when the shootout ended. This put them in a position where they were closer to the tunnel to escape from the thousand or so luton fans that invaded the pitch....oh....In all seriousness I dont think we would have pitch invaded had we won the penalty shootout,would love to know who made the decision and what the justification was.

 

[R. Slicker]

We really are starting to sound desperate now. 1st the ref & now the Luton police have prevented us going to wembley. Nothing to do with performances over 2 legs then?

 

[Finchley Seagull]

They made that decision because it was safer for the players to be closest to the home end when the shootout ended. This put them in a position where they were closer to the tunnel to escape from the thousand or so luton fans that invaded the pitch....oh....In all seriousness I dont think we would have pitch invaded had we won the penalty shootout,would love to know who made the decision and what the justification was.

Ironically, they were closer to the tunnel up our end! You are right I am sure player safety will be their excuse but they won't go into detail. The question I would ask is are they a Luton fan?

I think there is an argument that the away team should choose the ends for penalty shootouts but at the very least it should be a random toss of a coin.

 

[Finchley Seagull]

We really are starting to sound desperate now. 1st the ref & now the Luton police have prevented us going to wembley. Nothing to do with performances over 2 legs then?

Did I say that. We were poor over two legs but that is irrelevant in penalties. However, the end is relevant. All I said was it should have been a toss of a coin which we could easily have lost.

 

[Everest]

Did I say that. We were poor over two legs but that is irrelevant in penalties. However, the end is relevant. All I said was it should have been a toss of a coin which we could easily have lost.

Don't let Kuipers toss the coin, he'd probably have dropped it.

 

[murraymints4brighton]

well most of the police and stewards where celebrating for a while before they where called into action. which we had passionate stewards instead of those dozy twats that litter the withdean.

 

[stewardxxx]

well most of the police and stewards where celebrating for a while before they where called into action. which we had passionate stewards instead of those dozy twats that litter the withdean.

Same could be said for the fans...