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Gross
Propper
Bissouma
Dunk
keeper
This.
I'd swap Lewis & Biss though
Gross
Propper
Bissouma
Dunk
keeper
Propper's penalty was our best - under the pressure of being knocked out if he missed - and he'll start games more often than not when fit. Give him the job unless Gross is on the pitch.
Propper's penalty was our best - under the pressure of being knocked out if he missed - and he'll start games more often than not when fit. Give him the job unless Gross is on the pitch.
This. Practicing penalties is usually quite useless. Each of the 22 players on the pitch knows how (yeah I know sometimes it doesnt seem like it...) to make a decent shot from eleven meters. 90% of the penalty is psychology.
Dunk strikes it hard normally in the air and in the centre third of the goal. I've seen analysis on Sky saying this has the most success mainly down to the keeper moving away from the area but even if he gets a hand to it, the pace of the ball is likely to take it in and if not the ball comes back out into the danger zone and not away from goal.
Just found ths https://www.thestatszone.com/archive/statistical-insight-into-penalty-shootouts-where-to-place-your-penalty-13886
Some of best penalty takers have been defenders Phil Neal, Steve Bruce, Denis Irwin, Leighton Baines, Graham Alexander (midfielder/defender), Lee Dixon so why not use Dunk
Well, Dunk doesn't have anything like Maupay's ability to strike a ball accurately.
What Dunk does have is mega cojones
Balls counts more than ability from 12 yards, so Dunk over Maupay. (though Pascal has both)
All of those full backs. Apart from Steve Bruce, who i'm not sure got too many penalties at Man U. I think he was kind and let Cantona take them
Could have added Riise, Marcos Alonso, Roberto Carlos
Full backs and centre backs are very different types of players. Full backs tend to be better at ..... well .... football
Very few centre backs have been good penalty takers. Ramos the clearest exception, but he could probably play in any position and be a decent player.
Oh and Lee Dixon
Maups shouldn’t be allowed anywhere near a penalty kick for us ever again. The chances of scoring should be heavily stacked in the strikers favour. The fact it is even anywhere near a 50/50 risk means I’m out.
Dunk, possibly, to drill it down the middle / roof of the net for me. Pens are not hard. Stick it in the top corner. They should be able to do that. Doesn’t even need loads of power - just stick it in.