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Dante08
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
Singapore4128 Posts
April 03 2019 00:07 GMT
#3281
Dam lost to Wolves 2-1 again. Best hope for United now is Chelsea and Spurs fucking up for us to have a chance at top 4.
Twisted
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
Netherlands13554 Posts
April 03 2019 05:59 GMT
#3282
On April 03 2019 07:38 sneakyfox wrote:
Hope someone is doing a highlight reel of all of Messi's free kick goals in the last month or so. He must have displayed every possible way of putting it in by now. Today he just smashed it straight up into the corner, holy crap


Last couple of seasons his free kick ratio is insane. Up there with the greats. It looks like he's taking a penalty kick, chance to score is so high.
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imre
Profile Blog Joined November 2011
France9263 Posts
April 03 2019 10:42 GMT
#3283
On April 03 2019 14:59 Twisted wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 03 2019 07:38 sneakyfox wrote:
Hope someone is doing a highlight reel of all of Messi's free kick goals in the last month or so. He must have displayed every possible way of putting it in by now. Today he just smashed it straight up into the corner, holy crap


Last couple of seasons his free kick ratio is insane. Up there with the greats. It looks like he's taking a penalty kick, chance to score is so high.


Best thing is that he isn't that brilliant at penalties so it makes it even more impressive.
Zest fanboy.
WillyWanker
Profile Joined December 2011
France1915 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-04-03 12:47:38
April 03 2019 12:44 GMT
#3284
This thing about Messi being bad at penalty is bs. He has the same % as Cristiano for example.
https://michelacosta.com/en/messi-vs-cristiano-ronaldo-penalties-missed-and-scored/
And about the same or slightly above the global football average.

He did miss 2 important penalties vs Chelsea and Chile but so did Ronaldo vs Bayern, for example. When you take all the pks, you're bound to miss some. And if you're a top player, GKs are going to study your shooting pattern too. Defenders too, see what they are doing when they have to face a Messi free kick. Now they're having a guy slide below the wall and one run back to the first post, it's ridiculous haha
Rebs
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Pakistan10726 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-04-03 13:22:40
April 03 2019 13:21 GMT
#3285
On April 03 2019 21:44 WillyWanker wrote:
This thing about Messi being bad at penalty is bs. He has the same % as Crihttps://www.liquiddota.com/mytlnet/mythreads.phpstiano for example.
https://michelacosta.com/en/messi-vs-cristiano-ronaldo-penalties-missed-and-scored/
And about the same or slightly above the global football average.

He did miss 2 important penalties vs Chelsea and Chile but so did Ronaldo vs Bayern, for example. When you take all the pks, you're bound to miss some. And if you're a top player, GKs are going to study your shooting pattern too. Defenders too, see what they are doing when they have to face a Messi free kick. Now they're having a guy slide below the wall and one run back to the first post, it's ridiculous haha


Yeah that myth perpetuates because he missed a couple of big ones. His finishing and efficiency even in live play is off the charts compared to Ronaldo or really anyone else. Given that, the suggestion that he is "bad" at penalties never made intuitive sense to me, but that link if accurate is very useful to throw at people. Thanks for sharing
Liquid`Drone
Profile Joined September 2002
Norway28701 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-04-03 14:01:07
April 03 2019 13:54 GMT
#3286
I definitely had the impression ronaldo was better than messi at penalties - but that's because I had seen one of those statistics before; him scoring 85% of his penalties for real madrid and messi having 76% for barcelona.

edit: In fact, I don't understand what the 'global conversion rate' is supposed to mean? I assumed the one on top was supposed to be 'every game', but then I see this is only 113 penalties for both players, while the real madrid vs barcelona statistic alone is 188 penalties for ronaldo (scored 160) and 184 penalties for messi (scored 140). Is it something weird like 'global' being supposed to be 'games not played in leagues', so you get ronaldo's portugal performance making him look relatively worse? I'm too busy to go through it all and tally up the numbers, but from looking at the statistics overall, ronaldo does in fact come out with a better % than messi, even if the top number indicates they are the same. So I'd be careful throwing that link around, it seems deliberately misleading to me.
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WillyWanker
Profile Joined December 2011
France1915 Posts
April 03 2019 15:06 GMT
#3287
That Real and Barça part must be wrong indeed. Even if Ronaldo is better at pks, it doesn't mean Messi is bad at it, that was my point.
sharkie
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
Austria18483 Posts
April 03 2019 15:55 GMT
#3288
That link is seriously bad WillyWanker. I dont think a single stat in that is true...

But I only think blind messi haters would say hes bad at penalties. He is just worse than Ronaldo, hes still world class
TheNewEra
Profile Joined March 2011
Germany3128 Posts
April 03 2019 18:28 GMT
#3289
what a fucking game between Bayern and Heidenheim. Thoroughly entertaining
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Harris1st
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Germany6976 Posts
April 04 2019 07:39 GMT
#3290
For most people it is an advantage to do a penalty cause of the space and the controlled ball. For Messi it's just another finish like anywhere else on the pitch
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Salteador Neo
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Andorra5591 Posts
April 04 2019 10:33 GMT
#3291
I'm a huge Barcelona/Messi fan and I think he is weak at pens. In fact many other supporters I know agree with that.
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WillyWanker
Profile Joined December 2011
France1915 Posts
April 04 2019 11:42 GMT
#3292
I think it has more to do with the fact that he's exceptional at everything else, so seeing him being average at something makes you feel he's bad at it xD
Pandemona *
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
April 04 2019 12:01 GMT
#3293
Never forget his miss vs Chelsea :D
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haitike
Profile Joined June 2009
Spain2716 Posts
April 04 2019 12:32 GMT
#3294
On April 04 2019 19:33 Salteador Neo wrote:
I'm a huge Barcelona/Messi fan and I think he is weak at pens. In fact many other supporters I know agree with that.


I would not say he is weak at pens. I would say he is average.
Pandemona *
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-04-04 12:49:36
April 04 2019 12:49 GMT
#3295
Ok this picture is from before the world cup in which it was using penalties from club and international level;

[image loading]

Thus we conclude this debate that Mile Jedinak > Messi and Ronaldo at penalties xd
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imre
Profile Blog Joined November 2011
France9263 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-04-04 13:37:03
April 04 2019 13:36 GMT
#3296
On April 04 2019 20:42 WillyWanker wrote:
I think it has more to do with the fact that he's exceptional at everything else, so seeing him being average at something makes you feel he's bad at it xD


The way he shots makes it look like it as well. Not a lot of unstoppable pens which makes a keeper save more realistic. On the other hand you'll have less shots off targets.
Zest fanboy.
Dingodile
Profile Joined December 2011
4135 Posts
April 04 2019 13:37 GMT
#3297
Balotelli and Lewandoski are missing imo.
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imre
Profile Blog Joined November 2011
France9263 Posts
April 04 2019 13:37 GMT
#3298
On April 04 2019 22:37 Dingodile wrote:
Balotelli and Lewandoski are missing imo.


Balotelli was like the perfect pen shooter: slow run to have the most chance of picking the opposing side of the keeper and if necessary a strong shot in a corner.
Zest fanboy.
haitike
Profile Joined June 2009
Spain2716 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-04-04 13:52:09
April 04 2019 13:48 GMT
#3299
On April 04 2019 22:37 Dingodile wrote:
Balotelli and Lewandoski are missing imo.


There a lot missing. The list is quite random.

For example Stuani, the Girona player is 16/16 and Iago Aspas is 16/17.

Probably there are missing players in other leagues too.
Pandemona *
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
April 04 2019 15:44 GMT
#3300
It was done on the basis of the world cup last year so i assume it was the top players heading into the 2018 world cup added with a random Ibrahimovic stat.
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