Who takes penalties?

[gio1saints]

Now that AA is gone who is the designated taker? If there is one that is. I’ve got a feeling we may be due one at home v Wolves. 

My guess is that if TP is on the pitch it’s him.

If not and Archer is on the pitch then him. If both on the pitch I’d have TP take it. Any other realistic contenders? I’d laugh if we let Rambo take it lol. Least you know it would have some welly! 

[lambtiss]

The only 2 decent strikers of a ball that I have seen this season are Cameron Archer and Tyler Dibling

[disconnect]

Fernandes? However, I could see him doing an "Alcaraz" 🤣

Remember Archer did a really poor one earlier in the season which threw him off a bit, but is probably the best finisher we have. Not sure if I'd trust Onuachu personally. Not sure why, just doesnt strike me as someone who'd be good at penalties (cue someone bringing up stats of him scoring all 30 of his taken penalties or something).

[Badger]

THB has looked up, to the task during shoot outs I thought. 

[SNSUN]

I'm an advocate of having a striker take penalties. Strikers should want to get as many goals as possible. Saints though, it probably all depends on whether we actually have a striker on the pitch! Just a hunch but I reckon Manning could bang one in if necessary.

[Farmer Saint]

3 hours ago, lambtiss said:

The only 2 decent strikers of a ball that I have seen this season are Cameron Archer and Tyler Dibling

Didn't Archer fuck up his chance earlier in the season - I remember RM getting pelters for letting him take one.

[CSA96]

6 hours ago, gio1saints said:

Now that AA is gone who is the designated taker? If there is one that is. I’ve got a feeling we may be due one at home v Wolves. 

My guess is that if TP is on the pitch it’s him.

If not and Archer is on the pitch then him. If both on the pitch I’d have TP take it. Any other realistic contenders? I’d laugh if we let Rambo take it lol. Least you know it would have some welly! 

Tall Paul on penalties?! Fuck me, might be the first player to miss a penalty by actually missing the ball altogether

[Dark Munster]

5 hours ago, CSA96 said:

Tall Paul on penalties?! Fuck me, might be the first player to miss a penalty by actually missing the ball altogether

He's scored 19 out of 21 taken in his career.

[Dark Munster]

9 hours ago, disconnect said:

Not sure if I'd trust Onuachu personally. Not sure why, just doesnt strike me as someone who'd be good at penalties (cue someone bringing up stats of him scoring all 30 of his taken penalties or something).

[gio1saints]

4 hours ago, Dark Munster said:

He's scored 19 out of 21 taken in his career.

A cursory google might have saved @CSA96 the admittedly minor discomfiture of being unaware of TP penalties’ record. 

It’s hard NOT to go for self deprecating humour as a Saints fan these days…anyhow I think TP over Cameron, in my eyes anyway, taking the pen on Saturday 🙏

[CSA96]

5 hours ago, Dark Munster said:

He's scored 19 out of 21 taken in his career.

That amazes me. His technical level is often terrible, but fair play to him 

[Whitey Grandad]

Let’s hope we get two penalties so that they can each take one 🤗

Edited Wednesday at 16:39 by Whitey Grandad

[disconnect]

I noticed that we've only had 2 penalties all season, but Liverpool have had 9. I wonder how many of those would be deemed 'soft'?

[RedArmy]

Who wins penalties? 
 

We are shit. 

[AlexLaw76]

...... Ross Stewart 

[Whitey Grandad]

Just now, AlexLaw76 said:

...... Ross Stewart 

Not for two weeks.

[miserableoldgit]

Penalties??🤔 No.......you'll have to remind me.......

[Turkish]

On 11/03/2025 at 21:12, Farmer Saint said:

Didn't Archer fuck up his chance earlier in the season - I remember RM getting pelters for letting him take one.

Yes he missed one at 0-0 v Man United, it turned out after he'd never taken one before. Breaton-Diaz was also on the pitch who had taken and scored loads.

[Zorba]

12 hours ago, miserableoldgit said:

Penalties??🤔 No.......you'll have to remind me.......

It’s when you get in the opponents box and… yeah, don’t worry about it., never gonna happen.

[Pamplemousse]

We've had two penalties and we missed both of them

Although we did win a penalty shootout at Everton so I supposed that counts

Edited 23 hours ago by Pamplemousse

[Sarnia Cherie]

On 12/03/2025 at 13:26, disconnect said:

I noticed that we've only had 2 penalties all season, but Liverpool have had 9. I wonder how many of those would be deemed 'soft'?

Last Saturday's most certainly was soft. Nunez was felled to the ground by Will Smallbone's breath on the back of his neck. Instead of awarding a penalty the ref should have shown Nunez a second yellow and sent him off. I was absolutely delighted to see Nunez make a right balls up in the penalty shoot out to send the Scousers out of the Champions League. Karma!!!

[Stripey McStripe Shirt]

Always pick your most competent player to take penalties.

Ramsdale then.

[Lord Duckhunter]

On 12/03/2025 at 13:26, disconnect said:

I noticed that we've only had 2 penalties all season, but Liverpool have had 9.

2 is fucking unbelievably high for the number of times we actually get into the box. 

[Badger]

1 hour ago, Stripey McStripe Shirt said:

Always pick your most competent player to take penalties.

Ramsdale then.

This is not unheard of.

In the 1970’s Alex Stepney took a couple of penalties for Man Utd and at one point was their joint top scorer. He was replaced on duties when they signed Jim McCalliog.

McCalliog scored a penalty against us at The Dell in a 1-1 relegation scrap after Easter 1974. He signed for us the next season.

Stepney played against us in 1976. No penalty shoot outs then so didn’t have to worry about him taking one.