Penalties - post Luis

[olaftab]

Jacob Ramsey.

[Bad English]

Olly Watkings, Jacob Ramzy, Emi Bendeer.

[eye digress]

However the two crucial league ones last season were Palace in the 90th minute as we gained huge confidence from turning that around late on and so then went on a very good league run right up to Boxing day.

Then we had a wobble and nearly messed up not beating Burnley. Again Luiz scored to beat them in the 90th minute.

Revisionism alert!

Was never totally confident in Dougie’s penos - fine striker of the ball of course, but had the feeling keepers could see him coming. After that (very important, as you say) Palace one, his attempts seemed to decline in quality and take a turn on the jammy side - the Burnley crossbar one, the Lille peno that I felt was a slight mishit - culminating in the crucial miss versus Olympiacos that pretty well sealed our ECL fate. He looked way too stressed and it really wasn’t a surprise that he missed.

That being said, we don’t seem to have anyone with a fancy “modern” pk technique - à la Palmer, Bellingham, Toney, etc.

[Meanwood Villa]

I was supremely confident in Luiz's pen technique until the Burnley one. Can't remember Lille. Missing the target is pretty unforgivable, which is why Ollie got taken off them in the first place.

[SaddVillan]

Morgan Rogers?

[Chap]

Watkins, he has the master of shithousery to teach him the psychology of beating goal keepers!

[Villatillidie25]

I was supremely confident in Luiz's pen technique until the Burnley one. Can't remember Lille. Missing the target is pretty unforgivable, which is why Ollie got taken off them in the first place.

When we got the Lille penalty he pulled his shirt over his head in a sort of anguish pose. Only v briefly but I said instantly, he’s going to miss this. For the first time ever he just didn’t look confident, which was weird as he’s taken late penalties before

[Flamingo Lane]

Watkins needs to practice and keep practicing the taking of penalties, and hopefully what he's just done for England will push him on with an extra surge of confidence to be stepping up and taking them.

[PeterWithesShin]

Some players just don't like penalties, some love them. I don't think any amount of practice changes that.

I know it's a whole other level but an example is me and my mate when we were a lot younger. I was a winger and loved them, give me a pen with everything riding on it and I was in my element and would always back myself to score, he was a very good striker and scored loads while playing at an ok non league level, and he hated them. He wouldn't have wanted to take one last minute while 10-0 up in a friendly.

[Flamingo Lane]

But Watkins is an elite sportsman, his specialism being scoring goals, and generally speaking 'the more you practice the luckier you get."

[PeterWithesShin]

I think penalties is its own skill though, especially a shootout. I reckon for example that if Villa had a crucial penalty most of us would choose AEG taking it over say JPA or Ollie, despite them being better players and goalscorers.

[Mister E]

Tielemans, Ramsey, Barkley, Rogers, Maatsen, Bailey...
I think we'll have plenty of options depending who's on the pitch at the time.

[Somniloquism]

I was supremely confident in Luiz's pen technique until the Burnley one. Can't remember Lille. Missing the target is pretty unforgivable, which is why Ollie got taken off them in the first place.

When we got the Lille penalty he pulled his shirt over his head in a sort of anguish pose. Only v briefly but I said instantly, he’s going to miss this. For the first time ever he just didn’t look confident, which was weird as he’s taken late penalties before

Did you turn to your wife and say, it is weird Lille have a Greek name on the scoreboard?

[Footy-Vill]

Fascinating to see who takes the pens 24/25 season
To be fair to Watkins the last penalty he took in the shoot out in Europe v Lille was great.
Youri Tielemans and Ollie Watkins would be my pick.
Though I'm sure Ginny may have something to say as Captain.

[Footy-Vill]

Vs Fulham The official is Darren England this was the Ref who gave Villa a penalty at home V Palace after Watkins was fouled  and VAR official asked him to check it on the monitors but he to stuck with his on-field decision.

In 7 premier league matches Darren England has given us 4 penalties so don't be surprised if get a penalty v Fulham!

In 12 matches overall he's awarded us 6 penalties so in half the games we have a penalty he's officiated!