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Post by penkvillepotter on Mar 31, 2015 20:12:58 GMT
...since Pennant at West Ham last season? I can't readily think of one.
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Post by Sergeant Muttley on Mar 31, 2015 20:15:57 GMT
Arnie at Man Utd last season mate
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Post by penkvillepotter on Mar 31, 2015 20:19:14 GMT
Of course. Not great though is it?
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Post by Kjones9 on Mar 31, 2015 20:22:47 GMT
Adam v Man United at home  |
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Post by djduncanjames on Apr 1, 2015 14:41:14 GMT
Arnie at Man Utd last season mate What a goal that was. |
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Post by boskampsflaps on Apr 1, 2015 14:50:49 GMT
Of course. Not great though is it? How many clubs score regularly from direct free kicks? |
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Post by jimmygscfc on Apr 1, 2015 14:51:51 GMT
Arnie at Man Utd last season mate What a goal that was. Without it his legend would be somewhat diminished. |
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Post by superscfc on Apr 1, 2015 15:03:20 GMT
Begovic against Southampton?
Great finish by the bosnian
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Post by bayernoatcake on Apr 1, 2015 15:05:19 GMT
Begovic against Southampton? Great finish by the bosnian From a back pass wasn't it? Pieters credited with the assist...  |
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Post by harryburrows on Apr 1, 2015 15:11:24 GMT
Bojan pen ( technically)
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Post by superscfc on Apr 1, 2015 15:25:09 GMT
Begovic against Southampton? Great finish by the bosnian From a back pass wasn't it? Pieters credited with the assist... Had it in my mind that it was an offside free kick but you're probably right, serves me right for trying to be a smart arse |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 1, 2015 17:36:47 GMT
Arnie's at Old Trafford was a beaut.
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Post by ohbottom on Apr 1, 2015 18:14:59 GMT
The best players in the world only score about 1 in 20
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Post by upthefud on Apr 1, 2015 18:31:56 GMT
The best players in the world only score about 1 in 20 Couldn't disagree more. It's probably 1 in 4/5. Eriksen at Spurs for example scores a shit load |
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Post by ohbottom on Apr 1, 2015 19:21:08 GMT
The best players in the world only score about 1 in 20 Couldn't disagree more. It's probably 1 in 4/5. Eriksen at Spurs for example scores a shit load 1 in 20 may be a tad mean but very few do better than 1 in 10. There was a programme about this before the last world cup and the player with the best scoring percentage from free-kicks in a finals tournament only managed something like 7%. I forget who it was, some Brazilian. The thing is, goals are memorable, misses aren't. The below figures are from a Mail Online article showing the top 10 players with best PL free-kick conversion rates. Player Shots Goals Conversion rate (per cent) Juan Mata 28 5 17.9 Sebastian Larsson 90 11 12.2 Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink 62 6 9.7 David Beckham 54 5 9.3 Nolberto Solano 78 7 9 Thierry Henry 144 12 8.3 Danny Murphy 67 5 7.5 Ryan Giggs 73 5 6.8 Leighton Baines 76 5 6.6 Laurent Robert 154 10 6.5 Admittedly, the Mail isn't the best source in the world, but surely even they can count (Did Beckham really only score 5 PL goals direct from free-kicks?). |
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Post by riccyfuller93 on Apr 1, 2015 20:26:25 GMT
Seb Larson takes a mean free-kick
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Post by bayernoatcake on Apr 1, 2015 20:55:07 GMT
I watched El Classico today from the other week, the commentator said Ronaldo hadn't scored one in about 50 odd attempts.
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Post by unknown182 on Apr 1, 2015 21:06:38 GMT
It's baffling how poor Adam's freekicks have been for us considering he was one of the leagues best before he signed.
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Post by 2004 on Apr 1, 2015 21:22:41 GMT
Arnie's at Old Trafford was a beaut. Great goal |
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Post by Gods on Apr 1, 2015 22:54:03 GMT
We have a decent chance of going through the 2014/15 season without a sending off and without a goal from a free kick, perhaps some sort of record?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 1, 2015 23:56:16 GMT
From a back pass wasn't it? Pieters credited with the assist... Had it in my mind that it was an offside free kick but you're probably right, serves me right for trying to be a smart arse If Pieters assisted that he has two outrageous assists. That Bego goal and the Diouf assist from within his own box against City... |
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Post by laughingpotter on Apr 3, 2015 14:27:18 GMT
We have a decent chance of going through the 2014/15 season without a sending off and without a goal from a free kick, perhaps some sort of record? Crouch sent off V Southampton (although not strait red if that's what you mean) |
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Post by StoKeith on Apr 3, 2015 14:29:43 GMT
Had it in my mind that it was an offside free kick but you're probably right, serves me right for trying to be a smart arse If Pieters assisted that he has two outrageous assists. That Bego goal and the Diouf assist from within his own box against City... Plus an outrageous goal from a cross.  |
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Post by Gods on Apr 3, 2015 14:58:26 GMT
We have a decent chance of going through the 2014/15 season without a sending off and without a goal from a free kick, perhaps some sort of record? Crouch sent off V Southampton (although not strait red if that's what you mean) That would have counted for me but I wasn't counting the Cups if you see what I mean! |
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Post by polofrance on Apr 3, 2015 15:07:58 GMT
Crouch sent off V Southampton (although not strait red if that's what you mean) That would have counted for me but I wasn't counting the Cups if you see what I mean! So we can forget Cameron under the same rule |
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Post by laughingpotter on Apr 3, 2015 15:42:05 GMT
Crouch sent off V Southampton (although not strait red if that's what you mean) That would have counted for me but I wasn't counting the Cups if you see what I mean! Fair point. To be honest I forgot it was the cup!  |
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