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Re: who would be your 1st choice penalty taker?
« Reply #520 on: February 27, 2012, 11:00:44 am »
we need to get big jan in as penalty taking coach

low and hard into the corner

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Re: who would be your 1st choice penalty taker?
« Reply #521 on: February 27, 2012, 11:04:25 am »
Shoot outs don't count.

Gerrard, kuyt, Adam.

Nothing has changed.
I'm sure the ones in training are all that count.
Waiting for Gerrard is like waiting for Goku.
Only a few moments remaining until Goku arrives.
Next week:

Goku is almost there, can he stop the ginyu force?
Next week:

Goku is about to arrive, is he up to the challenge?

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Re: who would be your 1st choice penalty taker?
« Reply #522 on: February 27, 2012, 11:05:40 am »
Funny thing though, yesterday I saw the pre-match preparation of LFC.tv and they interviewed an old lady asking her about the game, she said she wasn't worried, but she said that she didn't want the game to end in penalties (and I thought fucking hell, that will jinx it because I thought the same!).
When the penalties were a fact, and Gerrard, and then Adam, our two first choice penalty takers, missed, I thought what a superstitious bastard I am ha. Really good penalties by Kuyt, Downing and Johnson!


I wouldn't look too much into it for the future though, Gerrard has always been and will always be a very good penalty taker, and when playing he will always be my first choice.

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Re: who would be your 1st choice penalty taker?
« Reply #523 on: February 27, 2012, 11:05:46 am »
Am I the only one who thought Johnson's was well hit  :o

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Re: who would be your 1st choice penalty taker?
« Reply #524 on: February 27, 2012, 11:06:54 am »
Am I the only one who thought Johnson's was well hit  :o

Well hit? No. IMMENSE!

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Re: who would be your 1st choice penalty taker?
« Reply #525 on: February 27, 2012, 11:11:15 am »
I couldnt believe  J Redknapp saying Suarez "bottled" it for not taking a penalty "for a striker on that amount of money penalties should be bread and butter"{ or similar}

Fuck me loads of strikers dont take pens and Luis missed his last one so it made sense not to take one.
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Re: who would be your 1st choice penalty taker?
« Reply #526 on: February 27, 2012, 11:15:20 am »
Not Adam.  :D

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Re: who would be your 1st choice penalty taker?
« Reply #527 on: February 27, 2012, 11:18:34 am »
I couldnt believe  J Redknapp saying Suarez "bottled" it for not taking a penalty "for a striker on that amount of money penalties should be bread and butter"{ or similar}

Fuck me loads of strikers dont take pens and Luis missed his last one so it made sense not to take one.
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Re: who would be your 1st choice penalty taker?
« Reply #528 on: February 27, 2012, 11:18:37 am »
I couldnt believe  J Redknapp saying Suarez "bottled" it for not taking a penalty "for a striker on that amount of money penalties should be bread and butter"{ or similar}

Fuck me loads of strikers dont take pens and Luis missed his last one so it made sense not to take one.


J Redknapp = knobhead !!!

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Re: who would be your 1st choice penalty taker?
« Reply #529 on: February 27, 2012, 11:20:44 am »
Moral of the story, if Kuyt's on the pitch, Kuyt takes the penalty.

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Re: who would be your 1st choice penalty taker?
« Reply #530 on: March 3, 2012, 06:23:57 pm »
Why the hell have all our Pen takers (Bar Gerrard) turned to shit?

Kuyt was always reliable, Adam was good for Blackpool and Suarez was a beast for Ajax/Uraguay

Stevie is #1 for sure.

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Re: who would be your 1st choice penalty taker?
« Reply #531 on: March 3, 2012, 06:25:40 pm »
Practice more.
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Re: who would be your 1st choice penalty taker?
« Reply #532 on: March 3, 2012, 06:26:56 pm »
Am I the only one who thought Johnson's was well hit  :o

no :) i actually think he was most calm and cold blooded of all..

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Re: who would be your 1st choice penalty taker?
« Reply #533 on: March 3, 2012, 06:37:21 pm »
Did Adam have the ball today initially, intending to take the penalty, or did I see it wrong?

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Re: who would be your 1st choice penalty taker?
« Reply #534 on: March 3, 2012, 06:38:46 pm »
Did Adam have the ball today initially, intending to take the penalty, or did I see it wrong?

Yes and I admit I wanted Dirk to take it away from him. But since no one seems to score them anymore we could just give everyone ago. Wouldnt mind Agger taking one or maybe Enrique

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Re: who would be your 1st choice penalty taker?
« Reply #535 on: March 3, 2012, 06:39:01 pm »
Yep, he had the ball and Kuyt grabbed it off him :lmao

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Re: who would be your 1st choice penalty taker?
« Reply #536 on: March 3, 2012, 06:39:28 pm »
Still Kuyt for me if Stevie's not about. He scuffed his shot today but his track record for us has been solid.

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Re: who would be your 1st choice penalty taker?
« Reply #537 on: March 3, 2012, 06:41:46 pm »
I dont care anymore.

Steven is the only one I trust to score. Not even Kuyt now after missing 2/2 in the league.
When discussing Dirk Kuyt's work rate :

I don't think he works as hard as some people claim. No harder, for example, than Stewart Downing.

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Re: who would be your 1st choice penalty taker?
« Reply #538 on: March 3, 2012, 06:42:22 pm »
Yes and I admit I wanted Dirk to take it away from him. But since no one seems to score them anymore we could just give everyone ago. Wouldnt mind Agger taking one or maybe Enrique

I wanted Dirk to take it too, just don't understand how there could have been any confusion in the first place. Hate seeing that.

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Re: who would be your 1st choice penalty taker?
« Reply #539 on: March 3, 2012, 06:44:01 pm »
I dont care anymore.

Steven is the only one I trust to score. Not even Kuyt now after missing 2/2 in the league.

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Re: who would be your 1st choice penalty taker?
« Reply #540 on: March 3, 2012, 06:44:37 pm »
Yes and I admit I wanted Dirk to take it away from him. But since no one seems to score them anymore we could just give everyone ago. Wouldnt mind Agger taking one or maybe Enrique
What's this myth about Agger being great at penalties? Enrique? What? Might as well let Pepe take one because he has a great goal kick and much power in the shot.

Truth is that Gerrard is the only player at LFC who is consistent at penalties. He doesn't get nervous, has power in his shot and can put the ball in every corner of the goal.
One day, people will hopefully look back and say "I was there son. I was there the year that Spurs won nothing again."

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Re: who would be your 1st choice penalty taker?
« Reply #541 on: March 3, 2012, 06:45:30 pm »

J Redknapp = knobhead !!!
You're too kind. After that comment for me anyways.

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Re: who would be your 1st choice penalty taker?
« Reply #542 on: March 3, 2012, 06:45:41 pm »
How times change.

We've gone from being one of most ruthless teams at penalties to the dogs!

I'd still go with Gerrard and Kuyt nonethless.
If he retires I'll eat my fucking cock.

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Re: who would be your 1st choice penalty taker?
« Reply #544 on: March 3, 2012, 06:53:18 pm »
More than anything they need to be told who is taking the penalties, when Gerrard is not playing. Again Adam is running to grab the ball to take it. The dug out was having to shout instructions. They should know before they go on the pitch, so whoever is taking it can get focused.
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Re: who would be your 1st choice penalty taker?
« Reply #545 on: March 3, 2012, 07:03:30 pm »
When discussing Dirk Kuyt's work rate :

I don't think he works as hard as some people claim. No harder, for example, than Stewart Downing.

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Re: who would be your 1st choice penalty taker?
« Reply #546 on: March 3, 2012, 07:06:32 pm »
Adam. Might have skied that last one, but he's been off duty in that respect for a while.

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Re: who would be your 1st choice penalty taker?
« Reply #547 on: March 3, 2012, 11:15:58 pm »
It was a weird situation today... Emotions prevailed and Kuyt took on this duty maybe with the recent Adam miss in the back of everyone's mind. Under normal circumstances, I'd have Kuyt ahead of Adam 8 times out of 10. But this is where it becomes evident that confidence is 50% of a successful penalty - Adam wanted it badly and he was confident. For the same reason Downing scored his penalty at Wembley, I think that Adam had a better chance against Arsenal on this day.

Since people are throwing statistics left and right and the club is being built on Moneyball principles and all that, I just want to point out that Adam, having already missed a very recent penalty, would have also been the better option statistically.
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