Did he miss it on purpose?

[Seymour M Hersh]

11 minutes ago, Morgan said:

The computer says....

 

 

Perhaps.

 

Pished again son? 

[heartgarfunkel]

8 minutes ago, Perth to Paisley said:

Ridiculous suggestion. I suggest you close your account before friends or family see this post

[Jacques de Gauthier]

1 minute ago, whodanny said:

Pish, Shankland has never ben a fast player. 

He doesn't look in top shape, though. Could get leaner and thus probably make himself a little sharper on the turn.

[spacerjoe]

11 minutes ago, Morgan said:

The computer says....

 

 

Perhaps.

With only 5 weeks left of the year, might just have won worst thread of 2024.

 

[whodanny]

1 minute ago, Morgan said:

I’ve done another post, Ian.

 

Daft, spur of the moment thread which I regret.

Wee tune for you Morgs.

 

 

[whodanny]

Just now, Ally said:

He doesn't look in top shape, though. Could get leaner and thus probably make himself a little sharper on the turn.

I think his mental fitness is slowing him as much as anything. Frustration can really get to you, and he's got to be the most frustrated player in Scotland right now.

[Gigolo-Aunt]

Absolutely incredible OP.

 

Cringe 

[All roads lead to Gorgie]

11 minutes ago, edramone said:

Seriously?! He was just shot of confidence. He looked like he was praying to the Gods when he was teeing up the penalty

As Captain he should have handed over the responsibility to someone else if that's how he was feeling before taking it.

[marshy]

5 minutes ago, Duggie 1874 said:

Nah if he had tried to miss it  he probably would have scored 

Bang on

 

[kila]

Put it this way, I don't think he gives a **** whether it goes in or not

 

So with that mindset, he was never going to score

 

 

[Swanny17]

If I’m in his position, I just put my foot through it down the middle. That was a shocker. 

[GinRummy]

Everyone digging up the OP. Thinking shanks gives a **** about scoring for Hearts is the real idiocy. He knows where he’s going and couldn’t care less what happens in the meantime. 

[Ricardo Quaresma]

At the very least a subconscious desire to burn the bridge with the Club down to the ground

 

At most, the mind boggles, not even going there

[YYZ]

Shankland looked devastated when he missed.

 

The club threw him to the wolves when they never got in any other decent strikers for this season and he has struggled with the weight of trying to carry the whole team, which he has done for the previous 2 seasons.

 

The pressure and our level of expectation on Shankland has shattered his confidence. 

 

 

 

[vegas-voss]

No he is shot to bits.What he should have done if he wasn't feeling confident in taking it was be the bigger man and pass the ball to someone else 

[Rudi cant fail]

1 minute ago, MoncurMacdonaldMercer said:

difficult one - I wanted spittal to take it but if he misses shanks is a bottler etc etc

 

also shanks somehow manages to score the penalty he could then go on a run of scoring

 

ideally it needed taken out shanks hands and with him being the captain probs only critchely could do that 

 

time has arrived / past for shanks to be benched for everyone’s benefit especially shanks

 

 

Yup should have been taken out of his hands. The fact that we are where we are has a lot with being so overly reliant on him. The fact that even after his shocking run of not scoring and missing sitters we’re still making it about him by letting him take an important penalty in the hope it gets his confidence back is so wrong.

 

We often hear the phrase, no player is bigger than the club. Well we need to start showing that. 

 

He leaving in the summer, that has been known since he didn’t sign the bumper new deal he was offered. His replacement should have been signed in the summer, to either take his place, or at least lighten the load from him. 
 

folk saying in the summer that we don’t need to sell for less than 5m as his goals are worth that from euro qualification. The fact that he’s stayed could cost us so much more if we are relegated. 
 

 

[Yoda]

1 minute ago, GinRummy said:

Everyone digging up the OP. Thinking shanks gives a **** about scoring for Hearts is the real idiocy. He knows where he’s going and couldn’t care less what happens in the meantime. 

100% spot on.  Shankland will never score another goal for us.

 

If he starts on Sunday, Critch needs his head examined.

 

I'd be calling the Huns first thing tomorrow and telling them they can have him on the first of January.  Get him off the wage bill. 

[ToadKiller Dog]

If there is a football version of dartitis he looks like it .

 

[Costanza]

Anyone, I mean Anyone who suggests he meant to miss that kick should retire from posting on this forum. I mean seriously FFS

[spacerjoe]

8 minutes ago, Morgan said:

Ok, ok.

 

Daft suggestion from me.

 

I just don’t understand why his penalty taking style changed tonight.

 

And, I’m so feckin angry.

Because he has scored 1 goal in 24 games after scoring almost 1 in 1 for two seasons?

 

Can you imagine that kind of pressure?

 

Thats his entire life. Scoring goals. In front of thousands of people.

 

Not sure why people have suddenly decided that Shankland is the equivalent of a Russian spy rather than just a human being.

[tightrope]

13 minutes ago, iantjambo said:

 What would he gain by deliberately missing it? 

I never said he did. 

[heisenberg86]

If he was trying to miss it would have went in 

[kingantti1874]

Absolutely not. Ludicrous 

[Yoda]

2 minutes ago, queensferryjambo said:

Shankland looked devastated when he missed.

 

The club threw him to the wolves when they never got in any other decent strikers for this season and he has struggled with the weight of trying to carry the whole team, which he has done for the previous 2 seasons.

 

The pressure and our level of expectation on Shankland has shattered his confidence. 

 

 

 

He was never going to burst out laughing or give a GIRUY to Hearts fans behind the goal.

 

He's done and needs emptied in January.  An utter passenger.

[Hesh]

JKBs finest

[One five]

1 minute ago, heisenberg86 said:

If he was trying to miss it would have went in 

😂

[MoncurMacdonaldMercer]

1 minute ago, ToadKiller Dog said:

If there is a football version of dartitis he looks like it .

 

yup that’s what it looks like - the yips etc

 

i was almost wishing we hadn’t got the penalty when I saw shanks with the ball in his arms ☹️
 

 

[Dsjambo]

Stupid question, why on earth would he do that? People forget he missed one at ER last season as well. The only issue I have is he should have been dropped weeks ago but deliberately miss a penalty? No chance!

[JudyJudyJudy]

23 minutes ago, redjambo said:

flamboyant

what does a flamboyant penalty consist of ? Feather boas ?  

[Nessjambo67]

27 minutes ago, Morgan said:

The computer says....

 

 

Perhaps.

He’s low on confidence i get it but you canny be saying stuff like that 

[south morocco]

A lot of over reaction on the thread😂😂😂

[Hmfc1965]

Just now, JudyJudyJudy said:

what does a flamboyant penalty consist of ? Feather boas ?  

It consists of trying to be clever by putting it in the top corner.

 

[redjambo]

Just now, Hmfc1965 said:

It consists of trying to be clever by putting it in the top corner.

 

 

This man gets it.

[heartgarfunkel]

Did the OP make a total attention-seeking load of pish post on purpose?

 

Computer says...

[Hmfc1965]

3 minutes ago, Dsjambo said:

Stupid question, why on earth would he do that? People forget he missed one at ER last season as well. The only issue I have is he should have been dropped weeks ago but deliberately miss a penalty? No chance!

He certainly should have been taken off penalties,  even when he was scoring otherwise.

[BigStein]

Nah not having that, all strikers enjoy scoring goals.

 

After scoring goals for fun two seasons and being named best player in the league he would have went into the Euros thinking he was going to announce himself on the big stage. He never got a look in and absolutely nobody wanted to give him a big move. He knows his stock will never be higher and he knows that no matter what he does moving forward he’s never going to be the Scotland striker and he’s never going to play for a bigger club than Hearts. 
 

To me he just looks like someone who’s given up and he looks gutted to be here

 

[hearts00]

I am pretty devestated at the way Shanks career is coming to an end at Hearts. It is becoming something of a Greek tragedy and certainly was not meant to end this way. 

 

It is almost unbelievable. I was furious at Shanks tonight and it is nothing to do with effort or anything like that but I was furious because that was a very winnable game and he has lest us down again, as have all the players this season. 
 

I am raging at Shanks form which is truly mind boggling, I am raging at the rest if the squad who are not stepping up with goals and moments of quality and I am raging st Naismith and the board that we are in this position. What is that four wins in 21 this season.  Truly abysmal. 
 

 

[hearts00]

1 minute ago, BigAlim said:

Nah not having that, all strikers enjoy scoring goals.

 

After scoring goals for fun two seasons and being named best player in the league he would have went into the Euros thinking he was going to announce himself on the big stage. He never got a look in and absolutely nobody wanted to give him a big move. He knows his stock will never be higher and he knows that no matter what he does moving forward he’s never going to be the Scotland striker and he’s never going to play for a bigger club than Hearts. 
 

To me he just looks like someone who’s given up and he looks gutted to be here

 

 He has played his hand very badly and now is in a real pickle. I’d be raging as well. 

[Zico]

**** off. Shite penalty by a striker low on confidence. 

[John Findlay]

33 minutes ago, Morgan said:

The computer says....

 

 

Perhaps.

Behave yourself.

[HamishMcGonagall]

Even when he was scoring, he was missing penalties so not like it's something new. Missed 4 of his last 7.

Edited November 28, 2024 by HamishMcGonagall

[Dsjambo]

1 minute ago, Hmfc1965 said:

He certainly should have been taken off penalties,  even when he was scoring otherwise.

I wouldn’t argue with that but as it’s our first one this season it’s not like he’s missed a few already, the manager would be thinking a penalty will get him scoring again. Backfired big time tonight but as I said before, he should have been benched weeks ago.

[tartofmidlothian]

24 minutes ago, Malinga the Swinga said:

It's a sad reflection on Shankland that this thread even exists. So little effort, so little commitment from a captain of Hearts.

 

This sums it up. Well he'll definitely be off penalties now. I've seen Spittal and Dhanda take crackers in the past, even Grant knows what he's doing with them. Probably Boyce too.

[Deevers]

21 minutes ago, flem said:

It was that bad a miss thats the way it seemed at the time. No way he should have been taking it. 

My thoughts as well. It should have been Spittal. A thoroughly embarrassing attempt by Shankland.  With his current form he should be no where near a start. For a Hearts Captain that was as poor a performance as I can remember. His heads gone.

[JudyJudyJudy]

6 minutes ago, Hmfc1965 said:

It consists of trying to be clever by putting it in the top corner.

 

I kinda knew that . I was just jesting 

[OTT]

Obviously not, but share the OPs sentiments. 

 

Its becoming comical. 

 

He's came back from preseason not fit enough, and his confidence has went. He's not a professional footballer, and honestly, bigger clubs than us would be wise to steer clear. He'll mentally quit if he gets a bumper deal because he'll know its his last big one. 

 

He should have signed the extension, got his head down and focused on what was in front of him. Instead he let his agent fill his head with delusions of RA PEEPUL and sure enough, he's taken his eye off the ball and is a ****ing waste of space at the moment. 

 

Grateful for the last couple of seasons. But this is an embarrassment. 

[Rudi5kaceldream1ng]

26 minutes ago, Morgan said:

I’ve done another post, Ian.

 

Daft, spur of the moment thread which I regret.

Calm down pal. This is a daft football forum populated by a bunch of dafties.

 

What **** you apologising to people for?haha

 

Still a stupid suggestion but this is what this forums all about...

[Rudi5kaceldream1ng]

26 minutes ago, Morgan said:

I’ve done another post, Ian.

 

Daft, spur of the moment thread which I regret.

Calm down pal. This is a daft football forum populated by a bunch of dafties.

 

What **** you apologising to people for?haha

 

Still a stupid suggestion but this is what this forums all about...

[Rudi5kaceldream1ng]

26 minutes ago, Morgan said:

I’ve done another post, Ian.

 

Daft, spur of the moment thread which I regret.

Calm down pal. This is a daft football forum populated by a bunch of dafties.

 

What **** you apologising to people for?haha

 

Still a stupid suggestion but this is what this forums all about...

[Rudi5kaceldream1ng]

29 minutes ago, Morgan said:

I’ve done another post, Ian.

 

Daft, spur of the moment thread which I regret.

Just post this 1000 times please mods ta

Edited November 28, 2024 by Rudi5kaceldream1ng