Penalty takers

[Henrique 9,133]

Hulk has missed quite a few at Porto. Four of five, I think.

No.

[Spike 12,049]

No.

Oh, for fucks sake, are you Henrique or Swedish House Mafia? At least give the dignity of a real response.

[Henrique 9,133]

Oh, for fucks sake, are you Henrique or Swedish House Mafia? At least give the dignity of a real response.

Yes.

[Spike 12,049]

Yes.

I can't say I'm surprised by your response. Typical of the man.

Hazard should be the taker after Lampard. He seems very calm and composed from 12 yards.

[Ramires7 32]

i wanna see hazard over lamps... u guys are gonna kill me for this... but i dont really like lamps taking the penalty.. he ALWAYS kicks it to his left and it surprise me how goalies don't know that.. he just shoots hard.. i like placement over power to be honest

[Henrique 9,133]

I can't say I'm surprised by your response. Typical of the man.

Hazard should be the taker after Lampard. He seems very calm and composed from 12 yards.

Indeed.

[BlueLion. 21,491]

Lampard first-choice. Hazard second. David Luiz third. Simples.

Mata should be banned from them

[Strike 7,272]

Lampard, Sturridge, Hazard, Luiz

Sturridge was a good PK taker at City. Good-ish atleast.

i wanna see hazard over lamps... u guys are gonna kill me for this... but i dont really like lamps taking the penalty.. he ALWAYS kicks it to his left and it surprise me how goalies don't know that.. he just shoots hard.. i like placement over power to be honest

Lampard is the first choice for a reason. He is the most experienced and has a sound penalty technique i.e he comes in straight to kick the ball. not at an angle like Olic or Cole.And I would take Power over placement anyday simply because placement alone may not be enough for a penalty to get through but Power alone- as we saw Lampard's pen in the CL Final - maybe enough. Neuer knew where Lampard was gonna put it and yet he couldn't stop it. Lampard's penalty misses over the years have come when he hasn't gone for power - Portsmouth 10', Newcastle 11', Fulham 11'.

[HRiver 1,512]

i wanna see hazard over lamps... u guys are gonna kill me for this... but i dont really like lamps taking the penalty.. he ALWAYS kicks it to his left and it surprise me how goalies don't know that.. he just shoots hard.. i like placement over power to be honest

Not going to happen, Lampard has been the first choice penalty taker for so many years, and he's still superb at them. Hazard should be second, then Luiz after him, then Cole, and then Mata.

[Jase 43,479]

Lampard first-choice. Hazard second. David Luiz third. Simples.

Mata should be banned from them

Agree with that though I still have question marks over Luiz's penalty taking ability.

What about Meireles though? He looks capable of taking one. Has he taken before in his career?

[Ollie 4,400]

I hope Nando starts taking some more if i'm honest. So many strikers get cheap goals from the spot, Rooney, RVP, Bent etc and they can boost stats. Lampard has scored loads of pens for us and they say how many goals he's scored from midfield. Although it's a stunning record, they've not all come from midfield. He's also missed his fair share.

Maybe this thread needs to be updated or started again for the 2012/13 season. I think the order should be Lampard, Hazard, Torres, Mata.

[capriccioso 2,545]

We should bring Anelka back to be first choice penalty taker.

[Hutcho 8,443]

i wanna see hazard over lamps... u guys are gonna kill me for this... but i dont really like lamps taking the penalty.. he ALWAYS kicks it to his left and it surprise me how goalies don't know that.. he just shoots hard.. i like placement over power to be honest

Most missed penalties come from placed pens... Unless the power shot misses the target it is quite rare that the keeper saves them. Also lamps goes with power, but his placement of those shots is second to none. Yes he has missed some, but thats gonna happen when you take as many. Its hard to find someone with as good a penalty record as him, and yes he likes to go to the left more than right, but generally the keeper cant even get to it if he goes the right way.... And finally if it hits the net 9/10 does it matter where it is....

Lampard > Hazard> Luiz would be my lineup though i think the actual order that we will have is this:

Lampard > Mata > Hazard

[Hutcho 8,443]

We should bring Anelka back to be first choice penalty taker.

Still too soon to be joking about that dude...

Wait we won the CL... we can do it now....

[J.F. 1,484]

Lampard, Hazard, Luiz.

[Wilson 358]

I still stick by this;

Lampard, Meireles. I'm not sure about Mata he seems to miss a lot so I'd now prefer Luiz as third choice.

[BlueLyon 9,359]

Lampard no. 1

Then Hazard (I hope he can cope with PL pressure)

Then Mata (he will learn eventualy and is our most "class" experienced player right now; Lamps is gettin old, while Hazard is still 21).

Sure if Hulk comes, I would place him on second.

[Zakhar 13]

definitely not Mata!!!!He is good player but missed too many penalties including final!!!