Penalties

[ThirdGenBlade]

What would be a good stat to use to decide who would be best at taking penalties?

I know - what about players' efficiency against their personal xg?



But what do I know?

UTB & FTP!

 

[MayorOJC]

Get what you mean, but Bamford has missed his last 3 penalties. Cannon has a much better record, despite being a much crapper overall player.

 

[JT89]

Assuming the xg for own goals is 0 (because nobody is trying to score them) then own goals are at +2 and top of your leaderboard.

So in summary, next time we get a penalty we should let one of the opposition players take it to give us the best chance of scoring

 

[ThirdGenBlade]

Personally, I think pens are important and you should have 3 or 4 pen takers who each practice their own specific pen several times at the end of practice, when they’re tired, until it is drilled in muscle memory like Faldo’s golf swing. All pens should be struck hard and at least 2 feet off the ground. The best pen takers like Shearer and Kane hit them so that a keeper got at most 1 hand to it, which usually wasn’t enough to stop it anyway.

Players, like managers, make things too complicated.

Generally, players with good xg ratings are calm at finishing, and therefore least likely to be affected by stress.

UTB & FTP!

 

[CrookesBlade]

Personally, I think pens are important and you should have 3 or 4 pen takers who each practice their own specific pen several times at the end of practice, when they’re tired, until it is drilled in muscle memory like Faldo’s golf swing. All pens should be struck hard and at least 2 feet off the ground. The best pen takers like Shearer and Kane hit them so that a keeper got at most 1 hand to it, which usually wasn’t enough to stop it anyway.

Players, like managers, make things too complicated.

Generally, players with good xg ratings are calm at finishing, and therefore least likely to be affected by stress.

UTB & FTP!

I’d always prefer to see them hit hard and high into the roof of the net. I’d rather see one blazed over like the taker was intending to score than easily saved like yesterday (and don’t get me started on stuttering run ups).

If it’s hit with power, high to the left or right then you give the keeper next to no chance and don’t have to factor in any deception.

Peck’s penalty looked very much to me like he’d no idea where he was going to put it prior to hitting it.

 

[Blademan89]

What would be a good stat to use to decide who would be best at taking penalties?

I know - what about players' efficiency against their personal xg?

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But what do I know?

UTB & FTP!

Well as I mentioned in shoutbox other day, bamford has terrible penalty record and ings has the best scoring 13 from 14?

So that table literslly couldnt bd any worse to chose a regular penalty taker lol.

 

[ThirdGenBlade]

Well as I mentioned in shoutbox other day, bamford has terrible penalty record and ings has the best scoring 13 from 14?

So that table literslly couldnt bd any worse to chose a regular penalty taker lol.

If I can refer you to both of my 2 posts above, I have suggested that xg efficiency is where you start. The second post then suggests how you train the 3 or 4 that you have identified to be clinically efficient with agreed penalty strategies.

Ings’ data with us is not really valid, because he has had so little playing time that his strike rate for us is just a reflection of lack of game time.

UTB & FTP!

 

[Blademan89]

If I can refer you to both of my 2 posts above, I have suggested that xg efficiency is where you start. The second post then suggests how you train the 3 or 4 that you have identified to be clinically efficient with agreed penalty strategies.

Ings’ data with us is not really valid, because he has had so little playing time that his strike rate for us is just a reflection of lack of game time.

UTB & FTP!

Didnt mean for my post to come off hostile or any attitude towards you. Having read it back it could be taken that way... I didnt mean to put well as I mentioned (comes accross passive aggressive).

But even if hes past it now hardly played id still would back Ings to be the most clinical penalty taker out of the current players in the squad. Its like id back Matt Le tissier now (even though hes not played for 25/30 years) to out score 95% of the players in our current squad.

 

[Sithblade]

Whenever this topic come up step forward Harry Maguire.
Though he did put one over the bar in a shoot out for Hull, but he's obviously honed his technique as he's never missed one since.

 

[Silent Blade]

Peter Noble scored 28 out of 28 penalties.

 

[Kenilworth]

Peter Noble scored 28 out of 28 penalties.

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Aided by the keepers just rolling around laughing at his hair.

 

[CaptainMorgans]

Whenever this topic come up step forward Harry Maguire.
Though he did put one over the bar in a shoot out for Hull, but he's obviously honed his technique as he's never missed one since.

The one against Italy in the Final was an absolute beauty and not easy to do, as he faints left and hits it with a lot of pace with the outside of his boot / laces.

Difficult to execute and he absolutely nailed it. Stakes couldn't be much higher.

 

[GreasyChipBeattie]

Peter Noble scored 28 out of 28 penalties.

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Not sure it would be worth a contract just in case we get a couple more penalties this season.

 

[Ned the Donkey]

until it is drilled in muscle memory like Faldo’s golf swing

So our penalty takers should always put their penalties in the same place because muscle memory??

 

[LBA_Blade]

Personally, I think pens are important and you should have 3 or 4 pen takers who each practice their own specific pen several times at the end of practice, when they’re tired, until it is drilled in muscle memory like Faldo’s golf swing. All pens should be struck hard and at least 2 feet off the ground. The best pen takers like Shearer and Kane hit them so that a keeper got at most 1 hand to it, which usually wasn’t enough to stop it anyway.

Players, like managers, make things too complicated.

Generally, players with good xg ratings are calm at finishing, and therefore least likely to be affected by stress.

UTB & FTP!

100% good to have left and right footed options too depending on the keeper you are up against. Although clearly a right footer Beattie and Sharp had that combo that you pretty much knew a penalty = a goal

 

[ThirdGenBlade]

So our penalty takers should always put their penalties in the same place because muscle memory??

He could drive and chip, fade and draw and practiced every one until his hands bled.
UTB & FTP!