Recent content by Luddite_Blue

A friendly and years ago but Gazza's Rabona penalty stood.

Absolutely appalling

Given that Maradona and Messi, arguably 2 of the 3 greatest players to have ever played the game, have missed penalties I would argue it is a great skill to consistently score penalties.

So didn't you appreciate Yaya's penalty taking? I thought he was an absolute fucking Colossus when striding up to take a penalty, a combination of ice cold coolness and fantastic technique and the sense of certainty when Yaya had the ball in his hands which contrasted with the general...

And 21 year old Cole Palmer has currently got the 2nd best penalty conversion rate in 30+ years of the Premier League. At a time with analysts where the keeper can be shown at the touch of a button where all the taker's previous penalties have been placed, will the conversion rate really be 90%...

This thread seems very dismissive of Palmer's penalty taking where with him converting all nine penalties he has taken in the Premier League only Yaya (11/11) has posted a better 100% conversion rate from the spot in the competition's history. It takes technique, composure and mental strength...

In fact, this was the one Rossi played in and Corrigan did play https://www.11v11.com/matches/england-v-italy-08-march-1978-257035/

Yes it was before England under 21s v Italy under 21s in March 1978.

Top class... and the young striker didn't turn out too badly neither.

And so in an earlier u21 clash did Paolo Rossi

https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/england-u21_italy-u21/index/spielbericht/3395752 Now I was at this game and remember Tommy Caton playing but I had no idea that Mancini had played until I saw these line ups. Legend

Sickening. When ISIS bombed marketplaces in Iraq it was rightly regarded as grave atrocities - let's see how the UK media report on this bombing (if they mention it at all that is).

I think they were around the play off positions. It was also like when previous owners sacked Gary Rowett and appointed Zola which had a similar outcome.