Originally Posted by
Jicked
Ugh, this just brings back bad memories of Korea. If only McCarthy of the backroom staff had been arsed having a video guy it might have made some difference. "Penalties are a lottery" is a massive, massive load of bull.
And it might not, Tevez was pointing in the direction Steven Gerrard took his last penalty before he made the run up against Van Der Saar last weekend. Gerrard stuck it in the other corner.
Originally Posted by
Stuttgart88
I'd have reservations about Doyle, he's been patchy from the spot.
I do remember Doyle scoring a penalty against United at Old Trafford in Reading's first season in the Premier League, but AFAIK Stephen Hunt is the designated penalty taker at Reading. When he took the penalty against Poland, I was confident he would score. He tried to take the ball of Long when he won a penalty recently, but Long was having none of it.
For the record, according to the Irish Abroad database, the top scoring penalty takers so far this season are
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Position Midfielder
Player Name Home Away Total
Scott Davies 6 0 6
Stephen Hunt 1 3 4
Lee Frecklington 2 0 2
Liam Lawrence 1 0 1
JJ Melligan 1 0 1
Aiden McGeady 0 1 1
Position Striker
Player Name Home Away Total
Barry Conlon 2 1 3
Billy Mehmet 2 1 3
Ben Burgess 0 2 2
Billy Clarke 1 1 2
John O'Flynn 2 0 2
Jon Daly 0 1 1
Jonathan Walters 1 0 1
Shane Long 1 0 1
Adam Rooney 1 0 1
note: this does not include shoot outs, so Dunne's penalty midweek is not included
Recently I've been working on....something (just for kicks and giggles, it might never see daylight) and according to said....something the list of top scoring penalty takers at international level is:
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Player Name Home Away Total
John Aldridge 4 2 6
Noel Cantwell 5 0 5
Robbie Keane 4 1 5
Con Martin 3 1 4
Ian Harte 1 3 4
Gerry Daly 2 1 3
Tom Davis 2 0 2
Reg Ryan 2 0 2
Fionan Fagan 1 1 2
Liam Brady 1 1 2
Denis Irwin 2 0 2
Jack Sullivan 0 1 1
Paddy Bermingham 1 0 1
Joey Donnelly 1 0 1
Jackie Carey 1 0 1
Paddy Coad 1 0 1
Johnny Gavin 1 0 1
John Giles 1 0 1
Tommy Carroll 1 0 1
Eamon Rogers 1 0 1
Jimmy Holmes 1 0 1
Frank Stapleton 1 0 1
David Kelly 1 0 1
Matt Holland 0 1 1
Kevin Kilbane 0 1 1
Stephen Hunt 1 0 1
note: this may or may not be gospel, I am open to correction on this
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