Romelu Lukaku

[Laylabelle 9,534]

Lesson learnt the hard way....daft order but whichever the order was,still might have missed and left with the same outcome.

[jonaaibosk 191]

Penalty shoot outs are an absolute lottery. Most keepers guess a direction and hope for the best. Some players smash it, some players place it and some players are indecisive and don't know what to do. The latter sums up Lukaku's penalty last night. He bottled it, plain and simple. Nothing to get angry over, it happens to the best players (See Roberto Baggio 1994 World Cup Final)

The reaction from some folk on here is far more embarrassing than Lukaku's penalty. I said it in another thread and I'll say it in here, I've genuinely come to the conclusion that a lot of our fans (read that as posters on here) are wanton malcontents who will live out their lives in a permanent state of anger and frustration

[Laylabelle 9,534]

Least he got it saved rather then sending it over the bar or something mega frustrating.Bad penalty but his next one might be amazing.He's scored them before just yesterday it didnt happen.Bad luck

[Kostas 1,468]

He's not a teenager.

Thank you for your valuable insight.

at least he was man enough to step up and take one.. shows his maturity at his age and determination to impress.

Agree that it shows determination but in no way was that a sign of maturity, unless you somehow think that immaturity is more about holding back rather than being careless. In any case the decision to have him take the pen was immature, no matter who took it.

Jose did. He spoked with Romelu and he pointed his finger at him and Romelu said: OK.

:banghead: if true. But I will need source.

[CrayzayBarnet 126]

Thank you for your valuable insight.

Agree that it shows determination but in no way was that a sign of maturity, unless you somehow think that immaturity is more about holding back rather than being careless. In any case the decision to have him take the pen was immature, no matter who took it.

:banghead: if true. But I will need source.

It was live...

[Kostas 1,468]

Penalty shoot outs are an absolute lottery.

I don't necessarily disagree, nor do I treat the following with anything less than extreme skepticism, but I think this might be an interesting read for you.

[skeeo 37]

So easy to analyse a penalty shoot out AFTER its happened

I could write something on yesterday's shootout and then point out all the errors and say its not a lottery

gg.

[jonaaibosk 191]

I don't necessarily disagree, nor do I treat the following with anything less than extreme skepticism, but I think this might be an interesting read for you.

Surely that article just prove that what I said is true. Penalties are a lottery, the problem in 2008 that instead of going into the shoot out the way the would normally do, Chelsea went in with a plan, a theory. It's far easier to work out where a player is going to hit the ball if all of his team mates are using the exact same pattern. If Terry hadn't followed the plan, he may very well have scored. If the rest of the players didn't take similar penalties, then the Man Utd coach probably wouldn't have figured out the system.

It was an interesting read, nonetheless, but it just proved to me that you can't go into a shootout with a plan, it has to be an on the spot split second decision, meaning that it's pretty much a lottery. The nonsense about nuclear missiles was a ridiculous comparison, I'm really not sure what that was all about

[The Mak 4,459]

Surely that article just prove that what I said is true. Penalties are a lottery, the problem in 2008 that instead of going into the shoot out the way the would normally do, Chelsea went in with a plan, a theory. It's far easier to work out where a player is going to hit the ball if all of his team mates are using the exact same pattern. If Terry hadn't followed the plan, he may very well have scored. If the rest of the players didn't take similar penalties, then the Man Utd coach probably wouldn't have figured out the system.

It was an interesting read, nonetheless, but it just proved to me that you can't go into a shootout with a plan, it has to be an on the spot split second decision, meaning that it's pretty much a lottery. The nonsense about nuclear missiles was a ridiculous comparison, I'm really not sure what that was all about

Plus I'm pretty sure we don't need an economist to tell us to hit penalties high and hard...ffs.

I study Psychology and stats, and while I find examining raw data like this fascinating, I still know better than to use such data as predictors. For penalties, it's simply in the moment. Instinct if you will. It's about taking the best possible penalty you can take at that moment. If you put it where you want it, the keeper doesn't stand a chance. And if you fill your head with too much 'plans', 'strategies', stats etc., you're just going to fuck with your own head more than anything else...as the article proves!

[edenhazard17 281]

I hope it won't affected him too much. Lesson learned and move on.

[Tomo 21,751]

What are you on about, Didier took a penalty, Lukaku passed the ball to Neuer. The fuck did I just read...

I will criticize a player for this, because of the way he took it, not because he missed. Half of the members on this forum could have saved that shot by Lukaku.

tbf he is right, Drogba's penalty happened to be one of the worst in the shootout but it doesn't matter in the end because it was the one that one it

[harneth 15]

To lend to another club as soon as possible. Maybe, i'll have the level in some years.

[Blue Armour 4,436]

tbf he is right, Drogba's penalty happened to be one of the worst in the shootout but it doesn't matter in the end because it was the one that one it

Disagree. A lot of thought went into that penalty, especially with regards to the short-run up. The short run-up didn't make it worse..it just made it more difficult to hit, which means more credit to Drogba for the way he took it.

[Tomo 21,751]

Disagree. A lot of thought went into that penalty, especially with regards to the short-run up. The short run-up didn't make it worse..it just made it more difficult to hit, which means more credit to Drogba for the way he took it.

It was the worst out of our one's that we scored, if Neuer guessed right he would saved it quite easily, if not caught it. The german has no chance with the previous three.

Either way, doesn't matter our performance that night was one of the worst i have ever seen, just happened the result was the best of our history, all that matters

[Henrique 9,133]

It was the worst out of our one's that we scored, if Neuer guessed right he would saved it quite easily, if not caught it. The german has no chance with the previous three.

Either way, doesn't matter our performance that night was one of the worst i have ever seen, just happened the result was the best of our history, all that matters

What are you talking about? Have you ever take a penalty? Didier just sent Neur to one side, and the ball to the other side. There are many ways to take a penalty, and that one is the perfect penalty, and even if Neuer had gotten it right, there is no way that the ball would end up in a place different than the net.

That penalty was perfect. The movement, the balls speed, everything. Lukakus penalty was really poor, any keeper in the world would get that one. Penalties are not like you are suggesting: GK choose one side, player choose one side, and then we see what happens, its not like that all the time. When we were watching, it was clear from his movement that he was going to send the ball in that way, and it was clear that Neuer was getting that one.