Transfer Rumours Summer '25

#1141 60s 70s Spireite

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Posted Yesterday, 09:32 PM

danblue, on 08 June 2025 - 09:14 PM, said:

Unless the penalty taker telegraphs it or takes a poor one (so the keeper can adjust to save it) there is no way the keeper knows which way the penalty taker is going to go. Absolutely guess work/luck.
I've always said regarding taking a penalty would be to practice sticking it into the 'top bin' of tbe goal as imo, that is probably the only place it would be impossible for the keeper to reach with a standing start and reaction time

Paul Cooper saved 8 out of 10 penalties for Ipswich in 79/80. A record. And this was before keepers could move their feet before the kick was taken.
His secret?
“My philosophy was to get the taker to place the ball where I wanted it to go and you have to show the opposing taker that you’re very confident”

So not just luck.

#1142 danblue

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Posted Yesterday, 09:43 PM

60s 70s Spireite, on 08 June 2025 - 09:32 PM, said:

So if the keeper did a 'Derren Brown', but the taker decided against it at the last second..
It's all second, third guessing that it could even fly over the bar

#1143 Waller is my hero

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Posted Yesterday, 09:49 PM

Muggleton was a top penalty save master from what I remember when he first came here

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Posted Yesterday, 09:57 PM

danblue, on 08 June 2025 - 09:43 PM, said:

So if the keeper did a 'Derren Brown', but the taker decided against it at the last second..
It's all second, third guessing that it could even fly over the bar

Cooper saved over 50 penalties in his career. What a lucky bar steward.