Millwall boss asked if Zian Flemming stays on penalty duties after not converting against West Bromwich Albion

Zian Flemming could stay on penalty duties for Millwall despite failing to convert in Saturday’s 0-0 draw at West Brom.

The Netherlands attacker’s 28th-minute spot kick was saved by Alex Palmer.

Andreas Voglsammer was Millwall’s designated taker last season, scoring at Reading, but his contract was terminated by mutual consent at the end of the recent transfer window.

“Vogey was our main penalty taker when he was playing and he scored – and what I do is that player tends to stay on penalties if they score,” said Rowett. “Nizzy (Kevin Nisbet) was on penalties and then he missed against Fortuna, so I made a decision to put Zian on them, because he had scored one against Blackpool in the season before.

“There is no hard and fast rule with it. I don’t think we’ve necessarily got anyone who is a penalty expert – you can think of players in the past who have scored 20 in a row.

“It’s something I’ll give some thought to in the week. I don’t like to take a player off penalties just because they have missed one, because that can happen to any player at any time.”

Millwall have kept the joint most clean sheets in the Championship this season – four – along with Ipswich Town and Leeds.

“We’ve showed our resilience again,” said Rowett. “We’ve conceded three goals in two of our games but, other than that, we have been pretty miserly.

“Sometimes when you don’t concede goals people then look at it and say ‘yeah, but you’re not scoring goals – it’s easy not to concede’. You want to get the balance right all the time, we are trying to score and pass the ball.

“We scored three goals against Rotherham and then struggled a little bit in the second half to create too much at West Brom. That’s the challenges of the Championship and that’s the challenges of modern football at any level.

“From a defensive aspect I’ve been very pleased, again. It’s never something you want to lose.”

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