Will Bruno leave penalties and free kicks to Ronaldo now?

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1-2 goals difference is nothing over the course of a season.
Never played the game. Don’t worry about a goal or two.

Average all out over a season. It’s fine.

Don’t worry it might have an impact in one game, one moment.

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I want to see Ronaldo do another long range freekick like Arsenal 2009
 

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Why the feck would you want him to stop attempting them? That’s his game, he takes risks and gets rewards.
Probably the same kind of person who posts about Carrick passing the ball sideways.

You can’t win with these people.
 

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Looks like we don't have to worry about this, we will never get a penalty again.
 

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Yeah this thread should be locked. Just to be sure it ain't a jinx.
I guess the only way we'll get a penalty is if someone kills our player in the box
 

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Absolute disgrace Bruno taking that penalty over the best player in the world.

I hope all the idiots who cried for him to take them are satisfied
 

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Absolute disgrace Bruno taking that penalty over the best player in the world.

I hope all the idiots who cried for him to take them are satisfied
Calm down mate, Bruno has a great penalty record so it's not exactly that surprising.
 

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Only his third missed pen and 2nd that actually didn't lead to a goal. Still prefer Bruno but we've got bigger issues.

Absolute disgrace Bruno taking that penalty over the best player in the world.

I hope all the idiots who cried for him to take them are satisfied
:lol: Appropriate username.
 

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Well De Gea saved a crucial pen so the universe had to correct itself somehow
 

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Fernandes was playing like a school kid all game. Love his attitude but needs to calm down at the right times.
 

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From now on, yeah. Bruno with absolutely 0 composure there at the end, what the feck was that.
 

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Did the pressure of taking ahead of Ronaldo get to him? He is usually so good at them.
 

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Bruno should still take them. We have had this circus over who our penalty taker should be in the past, and it needs to feck off asap.
 

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Absolute disgrace Bruno taking that penalty over the best player in the world.

I hope all the idiots who cried for him to take them are satisfied
Put the lager down and get a grip. Bruno has been top class at penalties.
 

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It really looks like having Cristiano metaphorically breathing down his neck threw him off completely. That's a shame.

Great decision to keep him as our main penalty taker but I would imagine that things would change after this miss :(
 

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Ronaldo should still take them. We have had this circus over who our penalty taker should be in the past, and it needs to feck off asap.
 

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I think it rotates until someone misses. Bruno had to take it given his record but boy oh boy what a fecking shank of a penalty.

Think he was watching the Ryder Cup
 

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He never looks assured when he takes that short run up. Not sure why he changed from the skip.

Presume Ronny takes them now.
 

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I think the pressure of taking the pen over Ronnie got to him as opposed to taking the kick to salvage a point.

Had Ronaldo not been on the pitch he would have scored that I reckon.
 

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Take him off both. His free kicks are nothing special and he's been lucky with his last few penalties.
 

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Absolute disgrace Bruno taking that penalty over the best player in the world.

I hope all the idiots who cried for him to take them are satisfied
Wtf are you on about. If that’s your criteria then Ronaldo should take the corners, goal kicks and throw ins too cause he’s the best player in the world.
 

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It really looks like having Cristiano metaphorically breathing down his neck threw him off completely. That's a shame.

Great decision to keep him as our main penalty taker but I would imagine that things would change after this miss :(
Exactly. Bruno's penalty record is near perfect. I can guarantee he wouldnt have missed this if Ronaldo was not on the pitch.

I think after this Ronaldo has to take the penalties.
 

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Always let Ronaldo takes a penalty. I was very surprised to see Bruno took it honestly.
 

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But conversion rate eh. Not exactly 100% now, is it?

When you have a player who has taken close to 150 penalties in his career, winning 100s of matches with them and 10s of trophies, not having him on penalties sends nothing but the wrong message.
 

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Very surprised he took it and not Ronnie. Hope Ronnie is on them from now on. Want him scoring every single match.
 

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Exactly. Bruno's penalty record is near perfect. I can guarantee he wouldnt have missed this if Ronaldo was not on the pitch.

I think after this Ronaldo has to take the penalties.
That’s ridiculous. Even if that‘s the case then he shouldn’t be on pens anyway if that’s enough to psyche him out.
 

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Did the pressure of taking ahead of Ronaldo get to him? He is usually so good at them.
It really looks like having Cristiano metaphorically breathing down his neck threw him off completely. That's a shame.

Great decision to keep him as our main penalty taker but I would imagine that things would change after this miss :(
I think the pressure of taking the pen over Ronnie got to him as opposed to taking the kick to salvage a point.

Had Ronaldo not been on the pitch he would have scored that I reckon.
 

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But conversion rate eh. Not exactly 100% now, is it?

When you have a player who has taken close to 150 penalties in his career, winning 100s of matches with them and 10s of trophies, not having him on penalties sends nothing but the wrong message.
Still better than Ronaldo’s. fecking hell. People acting like Ronaldo has never missed a pressure penalty.
 

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But conversion rate eh. Not exactly 100% now, is it?

When you have a player who has taken close to 150 penalties in his career, winning 100s of matches with them and 10s of trophies, not having him on penalties sends nothing but the wrong message.
why are you on Cristiano dcik so much? have you seen his pen record the past 4 seasons? its not next level. He missed a fair few so we can expect him to miss some for us and what will you say then?