Penaly takers

[toonfalifekevbrown]

Should every pro footballer be able to take a penalty if needed

[Zippity]

Definitely!

To be honest, and i know there are lots of other factors that come into play like pressure, mental approach, etc, but if a penalty is hit hard into the corner, there's not a 'keeper alive who's getting to it.

it's all this 'trying to suss the 'keeper out' bollocks I can't stand. Hit it hard into the corner and 9 times out of ten (at least-19 times out of 20, 29 out of 30?) it'll go in.

Why teams don't finish training practising penalties is beyond me. They all seem to spend their afternoons watching dvd's, playing Fortnite or preening themselves on Instagram anyway so think what an hour's penalty or free-kick practice could do.

[toonfalifekevbrown]

Id have them doing penalties for a good 30 minutes every session

[Zippity]

Id have them doing penalties for a good 30 minutes every session

Easily.

[Milburn9]

When the penalty was awarded I would have put cold hard cash on kenedy to score, even if he was having a ****ty day at the office. Then again i'M a shyte gambler..... but who else? Jonjo maybe?

[ex_pat_magpie]

Id have them doing penalties for a good 30 minutes every session

They certainly ought to in the slim chance we get far enough in one of the cups the a half of the team need to be experts for penalty shootouts.

Not just one regular pen taker and a back up.

Yet look at our own England Internationals with their glaring misses over the years.

[Zippity]

if they practised enough, who knows-maybe even someone like Dummett would be able to hit it hard and straight enough into the corner often enough to become the regular taker...doesn't have to be a forward.

[toonfalifekevbrown]

They get paid a lot of money.id expect all ofthem to be able to hit a cracking penna

[ronandtet]

without a doubt
maybe we would've won

[Zippity]

Yup....after all, striking a football is their main job, ffs.