Penalty Taker

Who should take penalties if Haaland is not on the pitch?

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Loads of people on here used to say let Gundog take em he’s the best and I thought yeah right, better than Sergio - no way, just people buying into the old cliche about Germans and penalties. But boy was I wrong.

Loved his pen against Leicester. None of this slow prolonged run up shite trying to outfox the keeper followed by a powderpuff shot - he just picked his spot, took a couple of strides and clinically dispatched it into the corner. Brilliant in its simplicity.
 
City health warning said:
Gundogan is not a bad shout but will he still be on the pitch to take (assuming we will get any more this season) if Aguero is out/off the pitch as well. I would tempted to give Gabby another go but a bit more practise is in order.
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I would say Gundo is pretty likely to be on the pitch if Sergio's not. If he starts, he usually plays the full 90 - the reason he was getting subbed lately is because we had an extra substitution available with Aguero out. Now that Sergio's back, one of the subs (usually the first one) is always going to be Sergio off for Gabby. David will also need subbing off when he starts, and Kevin will too if the game's already won. Gundo also gets subbed on usually when he doesn't start. Obviously there will be a few minutes between substitutions where a pen could be awarded, but I don't think that's enough reason to not make Gundo second choice*. Gabby can be third choice since Kev's obviously not up for it.

*I actually think he should be first choice in away games cos Kun's penalties away from home have been atrocious, but I can't see Pep enforcing that system
Sergio<3 said:
He fancies his chances with free kicks from 20/30yrds (with the odd success) so why not take the pens from 12yrds with no wall
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Completely different skill
 
What amazes me most about our penalty taking recently is that our lads seem so focused on their own run up and shot, which is one way to take them, but the likes of Yaya and Balotelli rarely miss because they wait for the keeper to move. It's all in his legs, a keeper has to shift his weight to one side depending which way he is going, it's very hard to hide as you'd need insane agility and strength just to change your mind in time. Far too many of our recent missed attempts you could see which way the keeper was going before we hit it.

But kudos to Ilkay, he scored in a CL final and is a reliable taker.
 
I'd rather have a corner tbh, more chance of scoring from that
 
We’ve had amazing penalty takers in the past. Did Elano, Mario and Yaya ever miss for us from the spot?
 
I wish more players would just hit it like we see Deeney take them or even Kane. Many penalties we take just seem to rely on technique rather than power. Hit it hard enough and there's half a chance for a rebound or it just creeping in.
 
SatOnTheWall said:
Pressure does odd things to people, so some lads might not fancy it. Fair enough.

Gundogan is the obvious choice if he is on the field. if not, Foden and Zinchenko have been confident enough in shootouts.
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Thats the odd thing in shoot outs from memory we do alright. Its in games they struggle.
 
lmhblue1 said:
I would say Gundo is pretty likely to be on the pitch if Sergio's not. If he starts, he usually plays the full 90 - the reason he was getting subbed lately is because we had an extra substitution available with Aguero out. Now that Sergio's back, one of the subs (usually the first one) is always going to be Sergio off for Gabby. David will also need subbing off when he starts, and Kevin will too if the game's already won. Gundo also gets subbed on usually when he doesn't start. Obviously there will be a few minutes between substitutions where a pen could be awarded, but I don't think that's enough reason to not make Gundo second choice*. Gabby can be third choice since Kev's obviously not up for it.

*I actually think he should be first choice in away games cos Kun's penalties away from home have been atrocious, but I can't see Pep enforcing that system

Completely different skill
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Bending a ball up and over a wall and into the top corner is a skill, having a free shot on goal should not be labelled a skill and certainly not for people getting over 150k a week to kick a fucking ball, it really is a basic level of competence for a footballer and as I am ranting may as well say about kicking with their "weaker" foot 200k players really shouldn't have a weaker foot.

Carry on.
 
bluealf said:
Bending a ball up and over a wall and into the top corner is a skill, having a free shot on goal should not be labelled a skill and certainly not for people getting over 150k a week to kick a fucking ball, it really is a basic level of competence for a footballer and as I am ranting may as well say about kicking with their "weaker" foot 200k players really shouldn't have a weaker foot.

Carry on.
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K well unfortunately that is not the case. You are entitled to be annoyed about it but some players are good at free kicks and just not good at penalties. One of which is only bloody Lionel Messi, lol. It's just the reality of football.
 
bluetonium said:
What amazes me most about our penalty taking recently is that our lads seem so focused on their own run up and shot, which is one way to take them, but the likes of Yaya and Balotelli rarely miss because they wait for the keeper to move. It's all in his legs, a keeper has to shift his weight to one side depending which way he is going, it's very hard to hide as you'd need insane agility and strength just to change your mind in time. Far too many of our recent missed attempts you could see which way the keeper was going before we hit it.

But kudos to Ilkay, he scored in a CL final and is a reliable taker.
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Yaya wasn’t bothered about where the keeper was diving, his technique left the keeper with no chance. One of the best strikers of the ball I’ve seen.
 
Never see centre backs take them anymore, always used to be defenders/full backs who took them, John stones allegedly is a very good penalty taker, mind you, John stones is always pissin injured so never plays, anyway back on topic, gundogan on kicks for me
 
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