Left back penalty takers

killerandflash

The PL stats will be skewed by the likes of Salah and Saka.

Chizz

Alwaysneil said:

Chizz said:

From the NY Times... Trying to assess causality is complex, though penalties can be fairly rigorously tested. Football is an open sport with constantly moving parts and 22 players, but penalties are as closed a skill as you will find: the ball and players are always in the same places, the distance is unchanged, the ball is static and the taker has one touch to score.

Since 2019-20 — our reference point because of law changes — left-footers have scored 84.7 per cent of Premier League penalties, over five per cent higher than right-footers (79.4 per cent). The left-footers could just be better penalty-takers, regardless of footedness, but this seems unlikely as they and right-footers miss at almost identical rates: 6.1 per cent for right-footers; 6.5 per cent for left-footers. The difference is in save rates: goalkeepers save 14.4 per cent of right-footed penalties but only 8.7 per cent of left-footed ones.

Would that possibly be because goalies practice so much more against right footed players and therefore read them better? 

Makes sense

MrOneLung

killerandflash said:

The PL stats will be skewed by the likes of Salah and Saka.

and all the other left or right footed players 

iaitch

Addick Addict said:

Dave Rudd said:

As has been mentioned above, Mark Reid is the obvious one.

Colin Walsh too, I think ... and Andy Reid.

BBC SPORT | Football | Championship | Charlton 2-0 Norwich

Some golden memories in that link.

Regarding other suggestions above ... Bob Curtis was very definitely a right-back and was right-footed.  And Tommy Caton was a central defender and I don't recall him taking penalties or being left-footed.

I'll also guess that, if Phil Warman took a penalty, it would probably end up in our net.  He wasn't called 'Warman (OG)' for nothing.

Morts did fill in at left back and scored 6/7. How many of those he took when playing in that position I do not know. Caton was left footed but, again, left back wasn't his main position. He scored 3/3 including our winner away to Middlesbrough

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZwPthzZ6gU

Did Mowbray say 'I shouldn't be scoring own goals like that against Charlton'.

MintoHumbugs

John Arne Rise . A left footed left back who took a few pens.

walshiesleftfoot

guinnessaddick said:

walshiesleftfoot said:

Pretty Sure all of Tommy Catons penalty’s where away from home 

Didn’t he score one in the 4-4 draw away to Ipswich?

Yes He did I believe it was the goal that made it 4-4 

Gisappointed

DamoNorthStand said:

DaveMehmet said:

Mark Bowen

Why do I have an image of him taking one right footed in the play off final?

He was a right-footed left back.