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[Albion] Surely we must have some decent free kick takers in this squad?
- Thread starter Lady Whistledown
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Maybe he's been watching Stuart Pearce videos on you tube
I think our corners have improved a little in recent weeks.
we haven't scored, but they looked nice
TWOCHOICEStom
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Like I've said previously, he must be smashing them in at training for fun. He MUST be.
He's got the technique but isn't used to doing it on the big stage. The one against Ajax was going in, the one against Fulham hit the bar.
He's going to score one away somewhere when there's less pressure.
He's got the technique but isn't used to doing it on the big stage. The one against Ajax was going in, the one against Fulham hit the bar.
He's going to score one away somewhere when there's less pressure.
Over the wall 
Below the bar
Between the posts
Beat the keeper
Like Christmas, it's coming!
Below the bar
Between the posts
Beat the keeper
Like Christmas, it's coming!
For at least the last 2 games the opposition have known exactly what was going to happen.
They've lined up their wall accordingly.
They've not included a draft excluder.
The wall has then jumped like salmons.
The goal is coming but it will be scored under, not over, the wall.
They've lined up their wall accordingly.
They've not included a draft excluder.
The wall has then jumped like salmons.
The goal is coming but it will be scored under, not over, the wall.
- Jul 10, 2003
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I hadn't noticed. I'm going to go back over the highlights now to look. Have you texted RDZ, as that would be HILARIOUS
What is?
Par for scoring from direct free kicks is about 6%, so as long as he gets 1 in 15 he’s doing ok, so might be a while yetOver the wall
Below the bar
Between the posts
Beat the keeper
Like Christmas, it's coming!
Uh_huh_him
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- Sep 28, 2011
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Good point. Is Dunky playing the long game....
The keeper knows which side it's going too, so to score it will need to be perfectly executed, or the keeper needs to make a howler.
medwayseagull reborn
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- Oct 12, 2022
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Don't get too excited - VAR will find a bogus reason for ruling it out.
90+7, at Selhurst. ‘Limbs’ wouldn’t even begin to describe it
nwgull
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I don’t think that this is appreciated enough. You just don’t get many direct free kick goals scored. Although Pocognoli had a 100% success rate.Par for scoring from direct free kicks is about 6%, so as long as he gets 1 in 15 he’s doing ok, so might be a while yet
32% is the hit the target PL success rate.
Ward-Prowse has the best numbers at 53%, scoring 12.5% of his PL freekicks taken.
That 32% includes all those that go limply into the keepers arms though (ie worse - imo - than Dunk’s effort that hit the bar).
I’m not not knocking LD, just some Athletic stats.
Although hitting the workwork is simply a miss. That’s just me being consistent … when hacks say ……. were so unlucky as they hit the woodwork several times (said about multiple Potter Amex losses), to me that’s nonsense. The attempts were all misses.
Yeah but that’s the classic ‘missed a penalty’ thing when it’s put just wide of the post…..’he couldn’t even hit the goal’. Wasn’t aiming at the goal, was aiming at a spot 6 inches inside the post and missed it by 6 inches. It’s not ‘simply a miss’ imo…….6 inches wide of the post is more accurate than 3ft inside the post if he was aiming just inside
Yeah but that’s the classic ‘missed a penalty’ thing when it’s put just wide of the post…..’he couldn’t even hit the goal’. Wasn’t aiming at the goal, was aiming at a spot 6 inches inside the post and missed it by 6 inches. It’s not ‘simply a miss’ imo…….6 inches wide of the post is more accurate than 3ft inside the post if he was aiming just inside
An aside about pens, they’re all described as misses …. but to me there’s a world of difference between doing a Waddle versus a great save.