I haven’t seen anyone mention the miss by Kristian Dennis against Colchester, Enzio put a great cross in which flashed across the goal, Dennis connected about 5/6 yards out but only managed to put it over the bar, it was fairly late in the game and it would probably have been the winner. Did I see it right? Do you think it will affect his confidence?

 

 

Edited August 10, 20186 yr by Fan of Big Tone
Spelling Kristian wrong

I don't think he actually caught much contact with the ball due to the bounce, it just went straight up into the air. PON's gaffer @Chris said he captured the miss in a photo. I would be curious to see it.

Good strikers thrive on getting chances, they shouldn't worry about missing the odd one. I don't see Dennis worrying over the missed chance because he's coming back from an injury.

Strikers have to put misses behind them, it's in the past and they should be fully focused.

Stead has missed heaps of clear chances, but always seems to score those goals you wouldn't have thought he would. Alessandra never looks like scoring, but manages to lift himself enough to be productive on the field. I don't think Dennis will be worried about missing a chance, you know what they say, it shows he's doing something right. His time will come.

If he lets one miss get to him, he shouldn't be playing football. Let alone earn money as a professional footballer!

Kristian Dennis will dust himself off and go again, if he's not quite fit or is still carrying a knock it might explain the miss. Strikers just need to be where the ball ends up, he looks a capable player and I don't think one miss will bother him.

At least I do hope it don't.

I don't think he will be worried about the miss, he landed awkwardly and didn't make much connection with the ball. I'm surprised he's not worried about getting injured again rather than missing a chance.

Strikers to thrive on what chances come there way, he may be frustrated by it but I suspect he will be ready to go again.

13 hours ago, TheSkipper said:

I don't think he actually caught much contact with the ball due to the bounce, it just went straight up into the air. PON's gaffer @Chris said he captured the miss in a photo. I would be curious to see it.

Yeah, I have a picture of the ball upwards with Dennis on the ground. I'm not going to publicly share it at this stage Lewis.

Kristian Dennis seems to be a player that likes to get his foot on the end of things, so I am sure he won't be dwelling on his miss against Colchester United.

That's okay, I just wondered what the picture was like @Chris.

he will be fine, he came on looking focused and determined to get onto the ball. he looks like the type of striker we have lacked for a long time.

He will be just fine it won’t affect him head up carry on attitude 

Terrible connection with the ball but he was under pressure, I don't think it will effect his game. Once he scores his first goal he will grow in confidence I feel.

I wouldn't have thought he would think twice about the miss, perhaps if he missed several or an open goal. I think he will be on the score sheet sooner rather than later.

I wouldn't lose sleep over the miss, I'm sure Kristian Dennis feels the same way.

Dennis will be fine.

I am more thinking Stead will have low confidence after failing to score would should have been an easy goal, far worse mistake by him today.