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I know he hasn't for us in his 2 and a half years of taking our pens. Was he penalty taker for any of his old clubs and did he ever miss, anyone know?

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I was wondering this the other day. How many has he scored for us now? We've been lucky with penalty takers over the years with Le Tiss and David Peach.

 

Pretty sure Beattie didn't miss one too.

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David McGoldrick was the best entertainment for the neutral, the stylish way he stroked the ball into the keeper's hands every time.

I've often wondered how much better we would have done if someone else had taken them as from memory he missed a hat full.

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I always expect him to score with his Penalties perhaps PL Goalies may have better luck next season but I doubt it

 

Any idea of the ratio of Penalties Scored to Penalties missed in the Championship

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Was thinking about this too and was going to start a thread after Saturday's game but never got round to it. Lambert is the best penalty taker I've ever seen, even better than MLT imo. He hits the ball so accurately and even if the keeper gets a hand to it (Carlisle at Wembley for example) the power he puts behind em any keeper is going to find hard to stop.

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Michael Owen missed 10 of them. mental.

 

I presume you mean that it's a mental thing - i.e., a matter of self-confidence; in which case I agree with you. Lambert radiates an aura that says, "This is going in - there's no way you're going to stop me!" James Beattie had the same attitude. He would put the ball down on the spot and, without looking at the keeper, would walk back a few steps, turn around briskly, and hammer the ball into the net. Yes, mental toughness is a big part of being a successful penalty-taker.

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I presume you mean that it's a mental thing - i.e., a matter of self-confidence; in which case I agree with you. Lambert radiates an aura that says, "This is going in - there's no way you're going to stop me!" James Beattie had the same attitude. He would put the ball down on the spot and, without looking at the keeper, would walk back a few steps, turn around briskly, and hammer the ball into the net. Yes, mental toughness is a big part of being a successful penalty-taker.

 

Being German helps.

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Saw Rickie miss a penalty against Bart at the end of a training session on the Sponsors Day at St Mary's back at the end of November.

 

Adkins commented to the crowd "now that's not something you're going to see very often".

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Makes you wonder how we arsed up the shootout up at Derby...

 

Struggling to think of the last time we missed a pen, was that game the last time we missed?

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Liverpool have missed 8 penalties this season according to MotD. Just out of interest, does anyone here know how far back you have to go back to see Saints 8th last penalty miss?

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Le Tissier V Crossley?

 

We've missed loads since then. Under the Dutch Duo it seemed like Wotton, DMG and Surman were missing them every week. Euell, Quashie and Rasiak have all missed too.

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We've missed loads since then. Under the Dutch Duo it seemed like Wotton, DMG and Surman were missing them every week. Euell, Quashie and Rasiak have all missed too.

 

I'm not sure it's as many as you'd think, actually.

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Quashie's miss at QPR (hit the post) in what proved to be Theo's last Saints game was the first official miss since Sideways Jim several seasons before. I say 'official' because Quashie failed with one at St Marys against Norwich (?) but it had to be retaken for encroachment and he scored with the second bite. After that it was a sorry tale of misses as Lighthouse points out on post 40 above.

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