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Old 17th April 2008, 15:10   #386 (permalink)
Red Indian Chief Torn Rubber
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This is fucking Madness.

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The vast majority of penalties are not perfectly taken - FACT
Wrong

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Penalties which are not perfectly taken can go in - FACT
True

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If the goalkeeper knows which direction a penalty is going in, he will have a good chance of saving it if it is not perfectly taken - FACT
True

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If a goalkeeper goes the wrong way, he will have a very low chance of saving the penalty, perfectly taken or not - FACT
Infact he will have no chance

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Therefore it is of benefit to the goalkeeper to know where the penalty is going, and so penalty takers who are easier to read would score less penalties.
Wrong. Because the vast majority of penalties are taken porperly. That is why there are not that many misses

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Left Footed players do not score less penalties proportionately.
You posted a study that claimed otherwise

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Therefore they are not easier to read.
Being easier to read and conversion rate a largely to disconnected things. The only thing that connects them is the practical fact that left footers tend to place they penalties rather than rely on power like most right footers


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This should be an end to it
I hope it is.
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