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that would have been funny if he had ended up missing it!!!

i think it increases your chances of making it. for one, you catch the keepere off guard and two, you get even closer to the goal

BHS Keeper...you, if anyone, should know there are no "guaranteed" goals, even with PKs. I've seen plenty collected or deflected by keepers who either make a good read or get lucky; plenty more sail high or wide, many because of the extra pressure of trying to slip one by a particularly good keep. You know I don't advocate getting fancy (simpler is better; just get it done), but hey...it would surely catch even the most acrobatic of keepers off guard!

you should watch arsenal, henry and pires have mastered that play...i havent seen it to often but when they do it its a goal

Coach Chass,

There are definitely no 100% guaranteed, sure-fire PK's in any game situation. As you said, many are deflected or sail high and wide, never coming close to being a 'guaranteed goal.' I, like you, believe more in simplicity than being fancy; I was simply stating that in my opinion, a straight PK on goal would have a much higher success rate than a PK taken involving the passing and good-timing required to take a PK like the one in the clip.

You saw in practice that it took us about three times to mimic and successfully do this 'move.' Yet, a well placed, straight PK could slip by me almost everytime (i.e. Gracie-lou's PK during Animal Ball) But this was just my opinion about it.

This would definitely be something to catch any keeper offguard. I know that I would never expect this coming from any of our games (and let me knock on wood for that...)

Yea it would be interesting to try but in a close game i would rather have the most consistant pk taker on the team just put one on the board. A well placed PK can not be stopped by a keeper.

Yeah, no argument to either of you there...emphasis, of course, on "well-placed." And if one (or rather, two) of my team tried that trick and messed it up, they'd never hear the end of it from me...

Only way I'd try that is if I just didn't have a good, consistent PK shooter available on the field at the time...or if the game wasn't on the line and I just wanted to freak some people out...

...or maybe if the game WAS on the line and I wanted to freak some people out...there's a lot to be said for psychological warfare...

OK, no. Just bury the ball in the upper 90. 'Nuff said.

Swansea Winger, you're actually wrong. Pires and Henry have tried the penalty twice this season, it worked once, the other time was a complete debacle and just made them look silly.

i didnt say in this season so ummm....yeah im right

i didnt know a video would caause such a controversy!!!