Have you seen that before Toney did it?
Vids please!
Vids please!
Taking a pen without looking at the ball?
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Seen one ball seen them all
Yeah seen it every time Toney takes a pen.
Muscle memory
That was a beauty. He'd hiked his shorts right up, too; may have been a bollock in the keeper's eyeline. Poor bastard never stood a chance.
No idea but every time I watch Toney I think he's excellent and really want us to sign him.
Eric Bailly tried it at AFCON.
Cote d'Ivoire were eliminated as a result.
Cote d'Ivoire were eliminated as a result.
Thomas Muller used to go it for every penalty till he missed one against A.Madrid I think. He was really good at it as well.
Yep many players do that. Neymar for instance
I’ve actually never paid attention to his pen technique before today! Learned something new today!
When I took my penalty in the 2003 Dorset Insurance Institute cup 6-a-side semi final, I didn't take my eye off the ball at all.
Hard and low into the inside side netting, unsavable. Might be one of the best pens ever.
I have tried a no lock pen a few times (not in a game), never ever thought "this is worth the risk".
Hard and low into the inside side netting, unsavable. Might be one of the best pens ever.
I have tried a no lock pen a few times (not in a game), never ever thought "this is worth the risk".
Bailly strikes me as the kind of guy who would try to backheel a penalty.
A true classic, what a cauldron.
They did have an underpant lining, but it's perished
That England 5 taking penalties was almost cheating.
Unreal from Toney.
Unreal from Toney.
There was actually a crowd of about 50 odd people. The walk from the halfway line was genuinely nerve-wracking!
Also knowing that if I missed, I would never, ever hear the end of it at work was scary.
I know Lewy does the stutter but I believe he also doesn’t look at the ball.
Yes Gaizka Mendieta made a career out of it (in fairness he was a pretty good player).
Champions are forged in the fire, legacies cemented by adversity.
Yea that's true
It freezes the keeper, doesn't really hit the corners but the keepers still don't get close to them.
A legend. Born that day.
As I’ve said before on this forum the best penalty taker in the world now and probably ever - Ivan Toney
Nar, that’s definitely the dumb feck that is Matt Le Tiss sadly.
On Toney, it was pretty incredible timing as I questioned the other day how many huge pressure ones he’s taken and tonight he actually pissed it. Fair play.
Good old Eric!!Yeah its one of the more interesting techniques out there alongside Beppe Signori's no run up penalties.
I mean today, his first cap for England, the richest game in the world, the play off semi-final etc plenty of high pressure pens tbf
I mean today, his first cap for England, the richest game in the world, the play off semi-final etc plenty of high pressure pens tbf
Oh it was a true test of steel at the perfect time for our little discussion, gotta hold my hands up, he absolutely aced the test.
How do we know the takers don't look at the ball?
I used to do it. On a grander stage too. The only pen I ever missed I looked at the ball. Lesson learned.
It's a bit different from Toney and Muller though since both don't look at the ball at all during the run up as well. For Mendieta it seems he's looking at the ball during the run up but then looks at the keeper when kicking.
I think that's fair enough on most of them. Mendieta was well known for watching the keeper at the moment of connecting with the ball to make sure he placed it in the opposite/different direction but on a few of them yes he is looking at the ball until the moment of impact, it tended to vary according to my recollection.