Alessandro Diamanti

[beckton]

Yay. So instead of going 1-0 up, we managed to pull it back to 2-1 down with 10 min to go, & still conceed a third within 30 seconds.

What's that got to do with your post or my reply?

Did Noble miss a penalty when I was in the bog?

[Matt of iron]

The last penalty Diamanti took he was worked out.

Diamanti hit his penalties in the same bloody place.

[Madness7]

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What's that got to do with your post or my reply?

Did Noble miss a penalty when I was in the bog?[/quote]

My point was that he had a very good record of scoring penalties, & we missed a penalty which would have put us 1-0 up on Saturday.

I'm not entirely sure what your point of pointing out that Noble scored the second penalty when the game was good as lost was.....?

[bubbles1966]

Diamanti in the same breath as Brady, Brooking and Hoddle? A jest, surely?

Consistency allied to a superior footballing brain are the difference between top notch players and occasionally entertaining but often exasperating ones IMO.

Diamanti's biggest failing wasn't his cowardice or lack of team ethic - it was his frequent inability to pick the right ball. If he'd had Franco's brain, he'd have been one helluva player.

[BabyClaret]

The last penalty Diamanti took he was worked out.

Diamanti hit his penalties in the same bloody place.

So does Noble

[beckton]

My point was that he had a very good record of scoring penalties, & we missed a penalty which would have put us 1-0 up on Saturday.

I'm not entirely sure what your point of pointing out that Noble scored the second penalty when the game was good as lost was.....?

It was you that brought into the debate Diamanti's penalty taking ability.

Shirley, even in your last reply it's self evident why I mentioned Noble taking and scoring a penalty on Saturday.

[QuintonNimoy]

Diamanti's biggest failing wasn't his cowardice or lack of team ethic - it was his frequent inability to pick the right ball. If he'd had Franco's brain, he'd have been one helluva player.

It really wasn't a case of other players not being on the same wavelength as is the usual excuse for 'genius' not getting it right, he really did just run into defenders or boot it into the crowd depressingly often.

[Madness7]

Madness - I'll spell it out clearly, as you seem to be missing the point - we have an adequate penalty taker in Noble, unfortunately someone else chose/was chosen to take the first penalty.

Evil - I'll spell it out clearer, we may have an "adequate" penalty taker in Noble (who's so "adequate" that he's deemed not good enough to take the first penalty, but only the second one at 2-0 down with 10 min to go), my point was that we could've done with a proven penalty taker at 0-0 on Saturday.

[QuintonNimoy]

....he's deemed not good enough to take the first penalty...

By Carlton Cole!

[EvilC]

By Carlton Cole!

I'd give up trying to explain if I were you, this is, er, madness.

[Madness7]

It was you that brought into the debate Diamanti's penalty taking ability.

Shirley, even in your last reply it's self evident why I mentioned Noble taking and scoring a penalty on Saturday.

No it wasn't!

I was replying to Iron Man's comment that he "only" scored 6 penalties last season & was merely pointing out it was quite nice to have a penalty taker who you were fairly confident would score. I've nothing against Noble & before Carlton stepped up on Saturday would have had him over Cole who most (at least near me) expected to miss. When Noble did the business it was too little too late (though obviously that wasn't his fault).

[Kent Bubble Blower]

I'd give up trying to explain if I were you, this is, er, madness.

Madness...?





Yeah, I know, but it was there, I had to use it!

[-DL-]

The last penalty Diamanti took he was worked out.

Diamanti hit his penalties in the same bloody place.

I am sure you said the same thing about Noble when he missed a couple....

[Madness7]

Blimey. All I said was Diamanti was pretty good at penalties, & that if we'd scored the first penalty to put us one up, it would've been more use to us than the one which we did score that brought us back to 1-2.

[prophet:marginal]

The last penalty Diamanti took he was worked out.

So did Noble after a while - which is why Diamanti got given the job last season.

Only the Tonka method is practically failsafe - only the insane would get in the way of the exocets he fired.

[Matt of iron]

You guys are all correct, but Noble is not considered a first teamer on the basis of his ability to take free kicks and pens.

He adds something to the team when in open play, something Diamanti didn't do anywhere near enough of for me.

[fmgod]

Are people saying Dimanti would of scored against Bolton? Lets not forget Arsenal.

[Chuck D]

So we are back to "he takes a good penalty".

Hoddle, Brady, and Brooking are the same as Diamanti?

****ing hell, you can learn some great things on this site.

[the pink palermo]

I can think of one Brady I fancy more than Diamanti........and it's not Liam .

And she can handle a big tackle as well as a corner .

[hadleighhammer]

Can't say I'm shocked or massively disappointed, but still think he would have done a good job for us as a forward to partner Cole, Piqueone or McCarthy when required.