15/16 HAL Round 23 | Newcastle Jets v Western Syd Wanderers | Sunday 13/3/16 @ 500pm

[steve136]

No it isn't, he gets paid to score goals. They win you as many points if they are from the spot or from your own half.

Right, so here we disagree. Penalties are converted at a 76% rate on average, and there's a handful of players on the team that could do this.

You attacked Leonardo for not producing earlier. So if we had let him take our penalties - let's assume he converted at an average rate. He has 3 goals and Trif has 5. Would you then be satisfied by Leo's production from midfield but disenfranchised by Trif's output?

It's also fair to consider that he hasn't earned any of these penalties himself. These factors to me are more important than a black-and-white "goal" total.