
@FootballCliches Full backs who absolutely smash their penalties, like Dicks, Pearce or Ray Stewart. Even Baines, Graham Alexander & Ricardo Rodriguez are a throwback… Tavernier (Rangers) is a regular taker but can’t think of many more…
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Ben Lyttleton
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@benlyt
Football author and consultant. Author of penalty book Twelve Yards, the Football School series, to get kids reading, & EDGE, to improve performance


Usual Robin Roefs routine vs goalkeeper-dependent penalty takers. But, Raúl Jimenez masks his run-up and kicking clues well: -Straight course. -Pace of approach. -Standing foot placement/angle. -Posture stunk. -Opposite arm behaviour. -Hips/general body orientation more open.






















How often does the pre-match favorite win when it goes to penalties? Is there *any* edge, or is it effectively coinflips? @rwohan? @ESPN_BillC? @Neil_Paine?
