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Last season, despite only using two of our three subs, ICT went into a penalty shootout with a goalkeeper who'd never saved a penalty for us, with one with a fairly decent penalty record sat on the bench. Reguero was a great keeper for us, but when up against a spot-kick, he couldn't catch a cold. There can be no doubt that Dean Brill has been a great signing and has put in some great performances. While he hasn't had to face many penalties so far, he is yet to save one. Ryan Esson has yet to play a first team match this season, yet seems to have a knack with penalties. Infact, ICT have won every shootout that Esson has been in goal for (wins against Stenhousemuir, Partick Thistle, Montrose and Arbroath). Is this just a coincidence? I don't think it is. Penalty shootouts are not the lottery some people portray them to be. He also has a pretty good record with penalties in open play as well. Switching keepers is something that has been done in the past. In the late-90s while manager of Leicester, Martin O'Neil took off Tim Flowers in the dying minutes and replaced him with the Australian keeper Zeljko Kalac. This was done due to the fact that Kalac is 6"8 and would thus fill the goal more than Flowers would (in the end it didn't matter as Leicester ran down the other end in the dying seconds and scored the winner). Seemingly in South America, it is common for teams to go into knock-out games with a 'match keeper' and a 'shootout keeper' on the bench. Should the scenario be repeated on Sunday and the game goes to penalties and ICT have one more change to make, should we (assuming Brill plays!) use it to put Ryan Esson in goal?
