Don’t understand the furore around Bonucci taking the penalty. He’s the captain, thought it was the right decision to take and his record is decent.
In that moment Susan had more to lose. He scores then he’s expected to score. He misses, the pressure on him piles on and perhaps his first touch and hold up play becomes even worse as his confidence plummets.
Part of the downfall of this squad is losing too many senior players in the dressing room in a short span of time and being replaced with a mixture of older players who have come for their pay day, may concentrate on their own performance but take no further responsibility to instil the right behaviours and the culture and some younger heads who care, want to develop but do not have the right leaders in the dressing room to learn from and take pressure off them
For his flaws, he cares about the club, is extremely professional and does work to try to maintain the behaviours and culture that have been passed down to him through the years. He’s probably the last one we have left in a playing capacity.
In that moment Susan had more to lose. He scores then he’s expected to score. He misses, the pressure on him piles on and perhaps his first touch and hold up play becomes even worse as his confidence plummets.
Part of the downfall of this squad is losing too many senior players in the dressing room in a short span of time and being replaced with a mixture of older players who have come for their pay day, may concentrate on their own performance but take no further responsibility to instil the right behaviours and the culture and some younger heads who care, want to develop but do not have the right leaders in the dressing room to learn from and take pressure off them
For his flaws, he cares about the club, is extremely professional and does work to try to maintain the behaviours and culture that have been passed down to him through the years. He’s probably the last one we have left in a playing capacity.
