turvontour Posted Sunday at 06:18 Share Posted Sunday at 06:18 Anyone have or seen any of the stats to back up he is the best goalkeeper for penalties, whether currently or of all time? I'd imagine he's at about 35-40% of penalties he's faced don't lead to goals. Particularly given all his shootout heroics. Would have to be for keepers that have faced 25 or more penalties or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin79 Posted Sunday at 09:06 Share Posted Sunday at 09:06 That was a poor penalty, but I think we’re now at the stage where his reputation precedes him and gets in the head of the striker. His record is just ridiculous. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post lapal_fan Posted Sunday at 09:17 Popular Post Share Posted Sunday at 09:17 It's only a poor penalty because Emi doesn't fall for the dummy, he stays big and doesn't go until the last second, which is perfect for those type of stop/start penalties, because they rely on the keeper going early. Great save. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allani Posted Sunday at 09:24 Share Posted Sunday at 09:24 4 minutes ago, Colin79 said: That was a poor penalty, but I think we’re now at the stage where his reputation precedes him and gets in the head of the striker. His record is just ridiculous. 100%. But I don't think it is just penalties, the same applies to 1 on 1's. The attacker pretty much knows that they have to apply a perfect finish to beat Emi and so over-think it / try and aim for the corner too hard and consequently are more likely to put it wide and / or make a hash of it. I can't quite remember who it was (maybe Lineker or Shearer) but someone was talking about their record against a certain keeper and how few goals they scored against them considering the number of matches played / their record against most other keepers and they admitted that that specific keeper intimidated them because they were so good that they were trying to be too precise and kept missing - they even missed an absolute sitter of an (almost) open goal from about 6 yards out because they tried to glance it into the far corner as they were convinced that if they just stroked it into the centre of the goal that the keeper would dive across and save it. They then said that they watched the reply back having used this as an excuse and then saw that at the time the keeper was actually already lying on the ground having tried to save a previous shot or to stop the cross. Just completely got in their head and made them panic! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allani Posted Sunday at 09:33 Share Posted Sunday at 09:33 7 minutes ago, lapal_fan said: It's only a poor penalty because Emi doesn't fall for the dummy, he stays big and doesn't go until the last second, which is perfect for those type of stop/start penalties, because they rely on the keeper going early. Great save. I kind of agree and don't. A good penalty should really go in even if the keeper guesses / goes the right way. If all you are banking on is sending the keeper the wrong way then it's not a good penalty whether you score or not. No doubt if Emi had gone the wrong way someone would have said "good penalty, he sent the keeper the wrong way" but the reality is that it was far too central with far too little pace on it and so once Emi was going the right way it became a comfortable save. Sometimes there is enough "deception" in the kick that that rule wouldn't apply - Totti (for example) scored a few chips that left the keeper sprawling on the ground like an upside down beetle watching the ball drift gently over his head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted Sunday at 09:34 Share Posted Sunday at 09:34 I don't think I've ever seen a keeper claim and hold on to crosses under pressure as well as Emi does. Must be a god send for defenders. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwivillan Posted Sunday at 10:04 Share Posted Sunday at 10:04 Mbuemo scored similar penalty the other week I think. Sick of those BS run ups. Thought they were called up in the past 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_10 Posted Sunday at 10:21 Share Posted Sunday at 10:21 Loved the badge kiss as much as the penalty save. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allani Posted Sunday at 10:37 Share Posted Sunday at 10:37 23 minutes ago, Kiwivillan said: Mbuemo scored similar penalty the other week I think. Sick of those BS run ups. Thought they were called up in the past Apparently as long as you don't stop moving it is fine - although a few get very, very close to actually stopping (I don't think that striding in and then "stopping" and slowly moving one leg should count as a continuous run up). It's ridiculous when someone does that - the keeper moves in response but saves the penalty and then the referee orders a retake because the keeper moved. If you're going to do a bs run up then that's your lose in my opinion. Maybe they should just say that once the forward starts his run up the keeper is free to move. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted Sunday at 10:49 Share Posted Sunday at 10:49 1 hour ago, Colin79 said: That was a poor penalty, but I think we’re now at the stage where his reputation precedes him and gets in the head of the striker. His record is just ridiculous. Yep. His mere presence alone gives us a psychological edge. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allani Posted Sunday at 11:03 Share Posted Sunday at 11:03 12 minutes ago, Mantis said: Yep. His mere presence alone gives us a psychological edge. Both ways. In a penalty shoot out - there is more pressure on the opposition players because they'll know how good Emi is in those situations and there's less pressure on our players because you kind of expect Emi to save at least 1, maybe 2 and so if you miss it isn't necessarily going to be critical. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smg Posted Sunday at 15:12 Share Posted Sunday at 15:12 Carragher chatting sh*t on Sky saying most people see Allison as the best goalkeeper in the world. No bias there eh Jamie. (T**t) 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozvilla28 Posted Monday at 07:30 Share Posted Monday at 07:30 Love him as our captain to type of player that would tell his teammates follow me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinker Posted Monday at 15:26 VT Supporter Share Posted Monday at 15:26 On 20/10/2024 at 16:12, smg said: Carragher chatting sh*t on Sky saying most people see Allison as the best goalkeeper in the world. No bias there eh Jamie. (T**t) Who tf is "most people"? Most people, who are Liverpool fans? Makes you laugh tbh, the best goal keeping performance in a world cup final, ever, he won it for them basically yet it's just ignored because Alison was great against Manure in random premier league game. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Ghost Posted Tuesday at 05:19 Popular Post Share Posted Tuesday at 05:19 On 20/10/2024 at 03:32, astondalston said: I'm pretty sure that's aimed at the Away corner... And you'd be correct... 5 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
It's Your Round Posted Tuesday at 07:33 Share Posted Tuesday at 07:33 If I didn’t think I could love him any more, his answer to the question “what would you do if you weren’t a footballer” was outstanding. Uhhh… Fishmonger! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
punkiller1981 Posted Tuesday at 08:02 Share Posted Tuesday at 08:02 The guy is a legend. I work in London and yesterday I was getting a coffee at work using my new Aston Villa cup for being a villa member. The barista is Argentinian and instantly said this is dibu’s team and said that I’m Argentina many think he is as important as Messi to Argentina winning the world cup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one_ian_taylor Posted Tuesday at 09:26 VT Supporter Share Posted Tuesday at 09:26 1 hour ago, It's Your Round said: If I didn’t think I could love him any more, his answer to the question “what would you do if you weren’t a footballer” was outstanding. Uhhh… Fishmonger! He's clearly been reading VT and is playing to the gallery 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one_ian_taylor Posted Tuesday at 09:29 VT Supporter Share Posted Tuesday at 09:29 On 20/10/2024 at 10:06, Colin79 said: That was a poor penalty, but I think we’re now at the stage where his reputation precedes him and gets in the head of the striker. His record is just ridiculous. I'd love to see the stats. Wouldn't be surprised if his record wasn't the best, but because of those high profile saves and his known ability to get in the head of the taker, the perception/expectation is that it's a 50:50 with him, rather than the odds being loaded in favour of the taker, and that means he barely has to do anything to get in the taker's head. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted Tuesday at 09:36 Share Posted Tuesday at 09:36 Off the top of my head for Villa I remember his debut save. Bruno skying it and save on the weekend. Plus the shootout v Lille. There's also a couple I remember when he saved it but they scored the rebound, think it was against Palace and Arsenal. Im sure there's more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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