Just seen this nugget online... "96% - Of teams to take 50+ penalties in the Premier League, Southampton have the best conversion rate (48/50). Titanic." That's quite some going. We've had Le Tissier, Lambert, Beattie... who else do you remember fondly for their penalty taking ability? Also, who would take our penalties do you imagine, if Rickie was off the pitch? DTLW
I'd guess Rodriguez or Steven Davis personally, would be interesting but not something I want to find out the answer to any time soon!
Hope not, his penalty against Sheffield Wednesday was far from convincing! For me, it would be Ramirez.
That penalty he took against Sheff Wed in the cup was far from convincing, but somehow snuck in. There's this little peach as well (make sure you have your sound turned up for full effect!) [video=youtube;Z2XnU33fEvA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2XnU33fEvA[/video]
If I remember correctly, we had a run of about nine years without missing a penalty broken by Nigel Quashie.
I love the way that I used exactly the same way of describing it as you without seeing your post....weird. Must spend less time on here!
I remember that game against Watford when we had two penalties in the first half and went in 3-0 down.
David Peach was a reliable PK taker in the late '70s....his tally helped him to became the highest scoring full-back in the history of the Football League according to Wiki. I always thought that Adam Lallana was our back up PK taker.
I imagine Gaston would be good at taking penalties, although I reckon he would go for the scary dink-chip type shots, the thought of getting one without Lambert on the pitch sends shivers down my spine to be honest. There is something reassuring about seeing Rickie smash his laces through the ball, I'm fairly sure the keepers are afraid to get a hand to them!
Boruc would be my choice. [video=youtube;_d6f78fdK_Y]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_d6f78fdK_Y[/video]
Years ago he scored a penalty for Legia Warsaw in normal time in a game they won 6-0 against Widzew Lodz.
