DJBOB Posted August 3, 2023 Share Posted August 3, 2023 (edited) Youri is 16/19 lifetime but only 5/6 in the prem (Maddison and Vardy I'm sure took most of them) so that's a pretty good conversion rate. Outside of Youri and Watkins - in club games - Diaby is 0/2. Buendia is 1/1. Bailenyand McGinn have taken none. Ollie is 4/9. I think it'd have to be Youri. Edited August 3, 2023 by DJBOB 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zhan_Zhuang Posted August 3, 2023 Share Posted August 3, 2023 Agree with some of those before me, surely must be Luiz or Tielemans. I just have no confidence in Watkins from the penalty spot; he seems to have some mental weakness with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villan95 Posted August 3, 2023 Share Posted August 3, 2023 Tielemans or Douglas for me. The most accurate players we have with the ball. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STO Posted August 3, 2023 Share Posted August 3, 2023 I wonder if Moussa Diaby can take penalties? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingman Posted August 3, 2023 Share Posted August 3, 2023 I reckon Martinez would take the pegs out the net! 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted August 3, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted August 3, 2023 Tielemans. Has taken them throughout his career to a good standard, has sweet ball control, can absolutely slap the ball around and plays the game with a cool head. That's what you want with a penalty taker - someone who can reliably place the ball with power and keep an even keel. Watkins can't be taking them. Everything that's bad about Watkins is exposed by penalties, he's not a finisher and he's not composed, as a result he's shocking at them. You can't afford to chuck away penalties. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villan95 Posted August 3, 2023 Share Posted August 3, 2023 1 hour ago, DJBOB said: Youri is 16/19 lifetime but only 5/6 in the prem (Maddison and Vardy I'm sure took most of them) so that's a pretty good conversion rate. Outside of Youri and Watkins - in club games - Diaby is 0/2. Buendia is 1/1. Bailenyand McGinn have taken none. Ollie is 4/9. I think it'd have to be Youri. Transfermarkt has Youri as scoring 24 and missing 5? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jas10 Posted August 3, 2023 Share Posted August 3, 2023 Tielemans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villan95 Posted August 3, 2023 Share Posted August 3, 2023 Coutinho has actually scored all 12 he has taken in his career so could be an option but not sure how often he'll be on the pitch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender4 Posted August 3, 2023 Share Posted August 3, 2023 2 hours ago, Delphinho123 said: I genuinely think Watkins is the worst penalty taker in living memory. You obviously havent seen Olsen take penalties? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender4 Posted August 3, 2023 Share Posted August 3, 2023 1 hour ago, Tomaszk said: If transfermarkt is accurate Ollie is 4-6 in his career now. 40% conversion from penalties! Unacceptable. They must be taken off him. That’s awful. Really needs to be 80% minimum, ideally 90% to be on par with the top penalty takers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted August 3, 2023 Share Posted August 3, 2023 Just now, ender4 said: That’s awful. Really needs to be 80% minimum, ideally 90% to be on par with the top penalty takers. I think a pen is worth something like 0.75 xG. So you should be above 75% really if you're a "good" taker yeah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Platt Posted August 3, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted August 3, 2023 Emery will have Ollie practicing penalties for the rest of the season. No striker should have issues of placing in the corner. Stick Emi in goal and practice practise practise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villan95 Posted August 3, 2023 Share Posted August 3, 2023 I think the problem is even if you're good at them on the training pitch you can't replicate the tension of an important match, like the one towards the end of last season at Anfield. And it's not even like that one was saved, he missed the goal. I love Ollie but he's not a penalty taker. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJBOB Posted August 3, 2023 Share Posted August 3, 2023 26 minutes ago, villan95 said: Transfermarkt has Youri as scoring 24 and missing 5? I was going by fbref and just domestic games. Might be more with cups and etc. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMelvillan Posted August 3, 2023 Share Posted August 3, 2023 Well this topic is slightly worrying me now, especially if we are hoping to go deep in some cup competitions this year. I can't really think of 5 names to start us off in a shootout! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thug Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 In order depending if they’re on the pitch or not 1. Coutinho 2. Tielemans 3. Luiz 4. Ramsay 5. McGinn 6. Buendia 7. Bailey 8. Diaby 9. Digne 10. Moreno … 25. Olsen 26. Just give the ball back to them and spare Watkins blushes 27. Watkins 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinebro Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 Bring back AEG 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 7 hours ago, Taxahunter said: Douglas Luiz This Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanBalaban Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 I'm kind of glad we missed two penalities in pre season. It won't have gone unnoticed by Unai and the coaching team, so we can be sure he'll do everything to ensure the ones awarded to us in the season are scored. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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