Mowbray To Look At Spot Kick Situation

Last updated : 03 September 2015 By CNS Staff

Tony Mowbray is to look at who takes penalties for Coventry City.

The City boss has refused to criticise Jim O'Brien who had his spot kick saved on Monday night against Southend Uniited but told the Coventry Telegraph's Andy Turner: “Throughout my managerial career I’ve liked my centre-forwards to blast the ball into the net.

“Centre-forwards live off goals and a penalty is a free kick at goal. At the end of the season there’s a tally by their name and people don’t say ‘he’s scored five or six penalties’ they just look at the number he’s scored.

“When you’ve got a centre-forward who’s scored five goals why didn’t he just put the ball down, and smash it into the net and make it six?

“That’s something we’ll address moving on.”

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