Ireland's penalty takers

Max Power wrote: I think the skill involved in a long distance free kick is a lot more than a penalty though. Every professional footballer should be able to pick a side of a goal from 12 yards and hit it there repeatedly, when it comes down to the pressure of a big penalty their mindset completely changes and they panic. The best penalty takers are those who can ignore that nervousness. In other words the best penalty takers are the cockiest lads on the team!

Max Power wrote: I think the skill involved in a long distance free kick is a lot more than a penalty though. Every professional footballer should be able to pick a side of a goal from 12 yards and hit it there repeatedly, when it comes down to the pressure of a big penalty their mindset completely changes and they panic. The best penalty takers are those who can ignore that nervousness. In other words the best penalty takers are the cockiest lads on the team!

 max, answer the german situation so. 

The put scienc behind it, wherase  the english thought it was down to luck. Who has the much better record in shootouts. 

The german record is unreal.  I cant believe that there is still people out there who think that its down to whoever feels right on the day. 

The goalkeeprs who do well are the ones who research the potential takers, and their run ups.  The penalty takers who do well consistantly and not on one offs but who do consistantly well are the ones who practice practice practice. If yoe done something lots and lots of times, you will be more comfortable doing it at a pressured situation.  It relaxes you, by the simple fact that you know you are good at it and you have put the work in. Not to mention the muscle memory that builds up. 

The Germans are the exception to the rule.

Baldrick wrote: Max Power wrote: Baldrick wrote: Sure gOlfers might as well not practice either as u can't recreate pressure of a mastery or snooker players or tennis player. Sure why bother bloody training so. Total tosh and I think any manager who does not get his players to practice should be sacked. Talk about old school rubbish. Germans practice penos like mad and look at their record. But ahh sure it's a lottery. I think there's a small bit more amount of skill in the type of golf shots and snooker shots you would find a pro practising. If you are a professional footballer you know whether you can take a penalty well or not and whether you'd have the confidence to step up and do it. It is very very easy to take a penalty, any pro can do it. It's whether they can do it under pressure or not. And I suppose you could say the same for some pro's in other sports. They can practise the easy shots all the like but when it comes down to it they haven't the bottle and may never win a major tournament because of it. That's why in football your lucky you have 10 others around u hopefully with 5 others who just may be better off standing up to the plate. Its been proven that the pressure matters less the more you practice.  So if it comes to  a really pressurised situation who is more likely to bottle it, the person who has practised time and time again or the person who just fancies it that day.  It will on average be the first person all the  time. The stats for Germany confirm this. They do their homework, both as goalkeepers and as penalty takers. Look at their stats in peno shootouts, it is staggering. If it was the lottery that so many old school managers try to sugget it is, it would break every sort of probability mathematical theory.

disagree, penos are 90% in the head, remember ian harte v spain?

Robbie v slovakia away also.

The germans win peno shoot outs because they have great mental strength and temperament.

FREEWHEELER wrote: Matty Le Tiss was THE penalty king, but Citizen never rated Fat Matt.

deise316 wrote: Max Power wrote: In other words the best penalty takers are the cockiest lads on the team! Like David Connolly circa 2002 maybe...........

The first up for me would be Liam Lawrence. I'd ensure he'd be on the pitch for the shootout.

No way 1-0 out there Keane with the goal  and a boring 0-0 draw in Dublin will get is over the line.

Jonny2Times wrote: FrankosHereNow wrote: Is anybody out there really expecting this to go to penalties??? I would think that in two legged games were away goals count, penalty shootouts are rare. In one off games in tournaments they common enough. Thinking back over recent seasons in the Champions League knockout, the only tie I can think of that went to peno's in Liverpool V Chelsea in the '07 semi's. eh United v Chelsea in the 2008 final....   But i agree... can´t see this going to pennos....

That was a one off game dude. I'm reffering to two legged games were away goals count.