There is usually one or two players that are designated for penalty kicks and it is up to the person at the time who is playing well and confident.
This. Do we all agree that those two people would've been Brockie and Smeltz? And can we agree that Brockie was playing better in the game, that Smeltz was non-existent and Brockie made a great run to win the penalty among other things?
I respect you leggy as you have played at a much higher level then myself but seriously? In any team I have played, you have a first choice. If the first choice is crook or is off the field then you go to the second choice. Smeltz would have been the first choice. Brockie was just greedy which perhaps illustrates that the players had no respect for the coach (I am not saying that is a bad or good thing by the way). I expect however that Ricki was fuming that Brockie took that ball - as I was