Penalties - post Luis

[Footy-Vill]

Opening up the penalty thread discussion in case get one today!
Earlier this season Antony Taylor gave 2 penalties against Spurs in  (for Chelsea)

Now Ollie is not available . Watkins record 12 Taken
6 Scored6 missed

Who steps up? Of the new signings:

Marcus Rashford club and country (non penalty shoot out)
20 taken scored 18 missed 2 

Marco Asensio :2 taken one scored one missed

Donny Malen at senior level Scored 3 missed 2
He hasn’t scored a penalty since 2019
The last time he took PKs was in season 20/21 when he missed two in the season.

[Footy-Vill]

Others to consider:
Tielemans 31 penalties taken .
24 scored 7 missed
One taken for Villa One missed for Villa

Rogers
taken 3 penalty in career but nothing at senior level.
Scored two missed one.
One was scored for England u21 .

when asked after Celtic he said Ollie is the penalty taker so didn’t think to question and was respectful not to ask if he could have it to complete his hatty!

[cdbearsfan]

I'd like to switch to Rashford, as a Man U player he'll have plenty of experience of being awarded penalties. Not sure he will be on pitch from start, though. McGinn said he was second choice (to Luiz) after scoring one for Scotland in late 2023 so maybe he'll step up, in the unlikely event we are awarded one.

[Footy-Vill]

And of course if level after extras time then a penalty shoot out today.

[Hookeysmith]

If he starts I doubt Rashford will last 90 min and extra time

[olaftab]

Malen. Can we open th poll again now that we have added 3 forwards to our line up?

[Pete3206]

Need a massive improvement in free kicks and corners as well. They've been abysmal since the early part of the season.

[Footy-Vill]

Step forward Asensio. Decent pk even if he was falling over!
After Watkins horror vs Celtic seems he’s off penalties again ?

[Footy-Vill]

Malen. Can we open th poll again now that we have added 3 forwards to our line up?

agree or even start a new thread on who should be on penalties

[Brazilian Villain]

Step forward Asensio. Decent pk even if he was falling over!

I'm not keen on left-footed penalty takers but he can take them until he misses one.

[Beard82]

Marco can do it for now - good Pen and most convincing we've seen this season.

Would still like to see Digne take one - think he would be good. 

[edgysatsuma89]

Step forward Asensio. Decent pk even if he was falling over!

I'm not keen on left-footed penalty takers but he can take them until he misses one.

How come, BV? Have you been traumatised by a previous player?

[eamonn]

I thought BV was left-footed. Hope he hasn't shot himself in the right foot here.

[Brazilian Villain]

Step forward Asensio. Decent pk even if he was falling over!

I'm not keen on left-footed penalty takers but he can take them until he misses one.

How come, BV? Have you been traumatised by a previous player?

Probably because I read an article many moons ago hat suggested they were, so maybe it's just confirmation bias. Perhaps it's because they stand out more, or my surprise at the number of penalties Messi missed. Truth be told, the evidence appears to be mixed depending on the data set, but would love to know if there's anything fairly definitive on it. Having said that, I'll take left-footed Asensio over right-footed Olie for any future Villa PKs.

[edgysatsuma89]

Step forward Asensio. Decent pk even if he was falling over!

I'm not keen on left-footed penalty takers but he can take them until he misses one.

How come, BV? Have you been traumatised by a previous player?

Probably because I read an article many moons ago hat suggested they were, so maybe it's just confirmation bias. Perhaps it's because they stand out more, or my surprise at the number of penalties Messi missed. Truth be told, the evidence appears to be mixed depending on the data set, but would love to know if there's anything fairly definitive on it. Having said that, I'll take left-footed Asensio over right-footed Olie for any future Villa PKs.

Yeah, Messi is a poor penalty taker, but no-one had the cojones to take him off them.