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Just thinking in  a pretty shitty and dire season for us this lad broke the premiership record and was the hero at a world cup quarter final, despite his poor season he's still one of those players too good to be playing for us.

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Very proud of him last night. Keepers do all sorts to get into the kick-takers mind, I didn't see anything wrong with what he did. If I was the kick-taker, it would piss me off massively but getting the psychological advantage is a huge part of a shoot-out and I thought that Costa Rica crumbled.

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Very proud of him last night. Keepers do all sorts to get into the kick-takers mind, I didn't see anything wrong with what he did. If I was the kick-taker, it would piss me off massively but getting the psychological advantage is a huge part of a shoot-out and I thought that Costa Rica crumbled.

I think the fact he was brought on kinda threw costa rica off a bit, they have been practicing penalties and their entire strategy last night seemed to centre around getting to the shootout and they weren't as good as the previous round

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Brilliant player cam vid of wor Tim here: http://nos.nl/wk2014/video/671414-playercam-van-een-ontketende-krul.html

 

Hope this content plays for you outside of NL. Well worth a watch :celb:

 

On the so-called Playercam the intensity' date=' passion and almost intimidating way Curl Costa Rican penalty takers met acted, good to see. The cast apparently paid off, as the Costa Ricans did not decide on the unleashed Curl.[/quote']

 

Unleash the Curl!

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I don't give a fuck about his gamesmanship.  You're in the quarter finals of the World Cup and it's a competitive sport where mental strength plays a huge part.  I thought it was brilliant TBH and had a lot of time for his whole routine. 

 

I watched the game at a small street party in a village north of Amsterdam.  Great experience!  I got to tell everyone about Krul for Newcastle and how he's normally poor for penalties :lol:

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Krul had the right idea in that he waited for a long as possible before diving. Always the better option in a shootout against players who don't normally take penalties, and especially players likely to be pretty mentally unprepared for the magnitude of the situation. Up against regular penalty takers during a Saturday afternoon PL game you have to pick a side and go, so fair play to Tim for getting his strategy right.

 

On the gamesmanship, I'm not in favour of it. Looked pretty classless up against minnows like CR. If I was a peripheral Costa Rica squad member I'd have walked up there and punched him on the jaw. See how you like that for gamesmanship, prick.

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Doubt he'd be able to go through the same antics if it goes to a shootout. The Argies are no pushovers and will surely confront the referee about the gamesmanship if it happens.

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