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Best CAFC penalty taker you have seen

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  • Ferryman
    Ferryman Posts: 2,929
    Mark Reid. Buyens was good too.
  • Richard J
    Richard J Posts: 8,043
    Buyens by a mile.

    I always felt confident when he stepped forward. 
  • Dave2l
    Dave2l Posts: 8,880
    Buyens only took 8. He can't have done any better then he did. Nothing against him.

    If he was English and or under more of a spotlight....would he have done as good and been as clean with it? I doubt it.

    All those things come into play.

    A lot more penalties, percentage wise, will hit the back of the net during training and there is a reason for that. 

    The one penalty that absolutely stands out for me was Pirlos against Joe Hart at the euros shootout.

    It just said it all.
  • YTS1978
    YTS1978 Posts: 1,744
    Konchesky
    Bailey 
    Colin Walsh
    Neil Redfearn
    Naby

    Now thats a line up for any penalty shootout
  • Pedro45
    Pedro45 Posts: 5,911
    YTS1978 said:
    Konchesky
    Bailey 
    Colin Walsh
    Neil Redfearn
    Naby

    Now thats a line up for any penalty shootout
    There's a big difference between having a kick saved (Sarr, Walsh), and actually missing the target (Konchesky, Bailey, Redfearn).

    When Gregory and Curtis both missed in that last game of '69, the 'keeper had an injured right leg and could only dive one way (left). Curtis always went left, so changed his long term habit, and missed; Gregory, five minutes later, was not so intelligent, and put it the other side, and of course it was saved easily.

    One of the worst Charlton penalties I ever saw was at Middlesbrough. Killer placed the ball and started his run up then aborted, after lots of shouting from the bench. He got booked because of it and walked off in a huff.  Carl Harris was the nominated taker and his kick hardly reached the goal line where it was pouched easily. Not a good day!


  • charltonbob
    charltonbob Posts: 8,352
    bobmunro said:
    charltonnick said:
    Bob Curtis , I remember Mark Reid missing one against Palace when we got 3 pens in the same match
    I remember Bob Curtis missing a penalty in the last game of the 68/69 season against Preston (the year the stripeys went up). We got two penalties that day and Harry Gregory missed the other won! We lost 1-0 and finished third grrr!

    Generally Bob was mustard from the spot, but Mark Reid for me also.
    Think we also got a pen first game the following season & missed that as well & it was against Preston but can't remember if Bob took it.

    Anyone ? 
  • YTS1978
    YTS1978 Posts: 1,744
    Pedro45 said:
    YTS1978 said:
    Konchesky
    Bailey 
    Colin Walsh
    Neil Redfearn
    Naby

    Now thats a line up for any penalty shootout
    There's a big difference between having a kick saved (Sarr, Walsh), and actually missing the target (Konchesky, Bailey, Redfearn).

    When Gregory and Curtis both missed in that last game of '69, the 'keeper had an injured right leg and could only dive one way (left). Curtis always went left, so changed his long term habit, and missed; Gregory, five minutes later, was not so intelligent, and put it the other side, and of course it was saved easily.

    One of the worst Charlton penalties I ever saw was at Middlesbrough. Killer placed the ball and started his run up then aborted, after lots of shouting from the bench. He got booked because of it and walked off in a huff.  Carl Harris was the nominated taker and his kick hardly reached the goal line where it was pouched easily. Not a good day!


    Haha....i hear you, my post was in jest! The Middlesbrough incident sounds painful! Mendonca is probably the best I've seen. Would usually "win" the pen, purposefully pick up the ball and despatch into the corner. No effin about. Remember Mark Reid being decent too, and pitcher.
  • charltonnick
    charltonnick Posts: 3,089
    Nicky Bailey or Laurie Madden's penalty , who's was the worst ? Madden against Newcastle at the Valley cleared the back of the terracing at the south end , and that was a big end. Terrible !!
  • itsmyball
    itsmyball Posts: 300
    Nabby Sarr takes a good pen 
  • iaitch
    iaitch Posts: 10,350
    Kish took a bad one against Oxford in the League Cup, ended up in the NE section.

    Mind you it was memorable shoot out as there were so many dreadful penalties.

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  • Mametz
    Mametz Posts: 1,262
    charltonbob said:
    bobmunro said:
    charltonnick said:
    Bob Curtis , I remember Mark Reid missing one against Palace when we got 3 pens in the same match
    I remember Bob Curtis missing a penalty in the last game of the 68/69 season against Preston (the year the stripeys went up). We got two penalties that day and Harry Gregory missed the other won! We lost 1-0 and finished third grrr!

    Generally Bob was mustard from the spot, but Mark Reid for me also.
    Think we also got a pen first game the following season & missed that as well & it was against Preston but can't remember if Bob took it.

    Anyone ? 
    That was Paul Went. However we had another penalty a few minutes from the end and this time Alan Campbell scored. 

    So in two consecutive league games, both against Preston, we had four penalties taken by four different players and only the final one was scored.
  • PaddyP17
    PaddyP17 Posts: 13,073
    Buyens took penalties brilliantly. There was this lope in the last couple of steps in his run up where he waited for the keeper to commit, then he just put the ball the other side. It was like magic, every time.

    I've not seen as many penalty takers for Charlton as some on here, but Buyens is easily the best I've seen. Darren Bent's style was probably the most confidence-filling, though.
  • Addickted2TheReds
    Addickted2TheReds Posts: 7,783
    Buyens was never ever missing. Class. 

    Straight run up, wait for the keeper and stick it the other way. 

    Would be interested to know how many he scored in the same side as the keeper dived.
  • WattsTheMatter
    WattsTheMatter Posts: 445
    Addickted2TheReds said:
    Buyens was never ever missing. Class. 

    Straight run up, wait for the keeper and stick it the other way. 

    Would be interested to know how many he scored in the same side as the keeper dived.
    Having watched all of Buyens' penalties back- not a single one is the same side as the dive- they're either placed perfectly in top netting once keeper's dived, or right in the opposite side netting to the dive. Completely sells the keeper in every one.
  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,468
    Shaun Newton 

    On the basis that I only saw him take one penalty, but was utterly convinced he was going to miss. And, of course, he didn't.
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 96,282
    Dave2l said:
    Buyens is N/A

    Belgian bloke that only stayed for one season and he's someone Thomas Drieson would attempt to brag about.

    8/8 is obviously pretty decent but to be honest, in my eyes it means f*ck all.

    There is only one winner for me regarding this and that is Darren Bent.

    Excellent penalty taker. Hit very hard and well placed. Tight in the corner....and against premier League opposition. More pressure...better goalkeepers.
    Not to mention the balls he must have had taking that last minute penalty against Wigan!!
  • DamoNorthStand
    DamoNorthStand Posts: 11,143
    Chizz said:
    Shaun Newton 

    On the basis that I only saw him take one penalty, but was utterly convinced he was going to miss. And, of course, he didn't.
    “He doesn’t want to take it - Newton - he doesn’t want to take it Colin”

    Mark Mansfield - May 1998
  • forzajuve_27
    forzajuve_27 Posts: 590
    Johnnie Jackson being criminally underrated here.
  • DamoNorthStand
    DamoNorthStand Posts: 11,143
    forzajuve_27 said:
    Johnnie Jackson being criminally underrated here.
    He went through a good spell - but towards the end didn’t he have a run of missing about 4 or 5 in a row? 
  • smudge7946
    smudge7946 Posts: 4,131
    Anyone who isn't Nicky Bailey.

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  • thai malaysia addick
    thai malaysia addick Posts: 18,555
    I would say Mark Reid but I think Cliff Holton struck a couple of penalties violently
  • Lewis Coaches
    Lewis Coaches Posts: 5,447
    mark Reid also missed penalty against Everton in cup away 1987.
  • thai malaysia addick
    thai malaysia addick Posts: 18,555
    Lewis Coaches said:
    mark Reid also missed penalty against Everton in cup away 1987.
    Best penalty taker in league games though 
  • ParkinsonOut
    ParkinsonOut Posts: 1,512
    Buyens
    Mark Reid
    Bob Curtis
  • CHG
    CHG Posts: 4,535
    From memory I think Pardew only missed one pen for us.  
  • CAFCTrev
    CAFCTrev Posts: 6,087
    edited August 2019
    My personal fave....


  • JiMMy 85
    JiMMy 85 Posts: 10,223
    I was surprised to see Reid get so many votes, I saw him miss twice although I can’t remember who against. I know he hit the post at the opposite end to the Sainsbury’s car park at Selhurst, that’s been etched in my memory since I was 7 or 8 years old. 
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 40,496
    If we're talking about missed pens I seem to recall Ronnie Moore taking one that cleared the stand it was so high and wide!
  • oohaahmortimer
    oohaahmortimer Posts: 34,399
    JiMMy 85 said:
    I was surprised to see Reid get so many votes, I saw him miss twice although I can’t remember who against. I know he hit the post at the opposite end to the Sainsbury’s car park at Selhurst, that’s been etched in my memory since I was 7 or 8 years old. 
    Yep he missed a few , scored a lot 

    shame me we couldn’t have a taken /scored /missed list

     Buyens clearly the perfect record for us 
    I wonder what his record is like elsewhere 
  • 1StevieG
    1StevieG Posts: 10,972
    Yoni Buyens. Didn’t miss one I believe.

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