Penalty takers

[FT9shen 0]

Lampard should take every penalties , if he doesnt , let mata . I bet mata will score.

[didierforever 7,349]

lamps would (obviously) be the first choice. then if kalou's playin it SHOULD be him, if not malouda (i dont remember him missin a pen that he has taken). if the kaloudas are not on the pitch then it should be DAVID LUIZ. atleast the guy can shoot on target and he just missed one penalty which was more than just a decent save plus against fulham his penalty was really good. i m sure if meireles' penalties were good enough he would have been given the ball as i take it that such things would obviously have been discussed before the match itself. so relax guys it was just one miss to make it a draw, poor refreein to make it a loss(against qpr), and poor luck n defendin (against arse-anal)...

the most important thing to learn from these 3 matches is that AVB needs to rethink his strategies.

[dave30 728]

Anelka or Meireles

[francozola 2,040]

I have never seen mata take a pen (did he take them at valencia?) but I get the feeling that he wouldn't be very good. Dunno just an impression. Like he'd try to place it but with not a lot of power which is always risky

[EskWeston 696]

Whoever has the confidence to take one. Penalties are as much luck as anything else. If the keeper goes the other way for Luiz's pen then we would all be saying it was a good pen and should take them going forward. Lamps as missed his share recently. No point looking at this in any detail.....

[ulsterchelsea 3,221]

Torres! What's the sense in having a 50 mill striker in your team who is struggling and wont even take a fucking pen? Seems bizarre to me

[manpe 10,861]

Whoever has the confidence to take one. Penalties are as much luck as anything else. If the keeper goes the other way for Luiz's pen then we would all be saying it was a good pen and should take them going forward. Lamps as missed his share recently. No point looking at this in any detail.....

Tbf you could see he was going left as soon as he started his run. His position, or the run angle suggested that a right footer is going to shoot left. It was pretty easy for the goalie to read that... I might be mistaken though, maybe some goalkeeper from this forum (BlueLion?) can give his own view.. I think Luiz was running in a too straight line which for a right footer means going left, for a left footer means going right. If you begin your run with a sharper angle towards the ball, it's much harder to predict the side you'll choose.

[xPetrCechx 13,570]

MATA or RAUL.

[Peace. 4,352]

Kalou to take a penalty ? Lmao. To take a penalty, he should first feature in a game.

[Peace. 4,352]

I have never seen mata take a pen (did he take them at valencia?) but I get the feeling that he wouldn't be very good. Dunno just an impression. Like he'd try to place it but with not a lot of power which is always risky

Hum... He seems to be great at free kick... he might be good at penalty.

Meireles hasn't enough shot quality, imo to do this.

And don't forget Cole, he is good.

[Sheva. 5,373]

Yes, Mata took penalties at Valencia

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-BLGfuOyfc

[francozola 2,040]

My bad. That's a superb penalty.

[bluiz4 1]

Luiz shouldn't be written off after one penalty miss. Luiz pen vs fulham was class, if lamps isn't on the pitch and he wants to take the pen i wouldn't have a problem with it.

[BlueLion. 21,491]

Whoever has the confidence to take one. Penalties are as much luck as anything else. If the keeper goes the other way for Luiz's pen then we would all be saying it was a good pen and should take them going forward. Lamps as missed his share recently. No point looking at this in any detail.....

Agreed. Whoever feels they can take the kick should have it. Under Ranieri it used to be whoever won the kick would take it, which was quite a successful tactic. Personally I think Kalou is our best penalty taker, he gets all of his penalties in the top right corner, very impressive.

[LDN Blue 7,903]

Agreed. Whoever feels they can take the kick should have it. Under Ranieri it used to be whoever won the kick would take it, which was quite a successful tactic. Personally I think Kalou is our best penalty taker, he gets all of his penalties in the top right corner, very impressive.

Hmm, I remember that tactic. But the thing with that is, you still have to have some ability to take one, be it placement or power. Confidence is also a huge factor. Another problem is little squabbles on the pitch about someone wanting to take it (i.e. Drogba or Taarabt).

AVB said they assign 2 takers on the pitch and they decide between themselves, so I assume on a normal day it's between Lampard & Anelka. This works better I believe, because if one doesn't feel confident, the other can step up.