View Full Version : Who would you like to take a free kick in crunch time
Jon Pall
15 May 2003, 08:08 PM
Seconds are ticking off the clock, who do you want to take a free kick for you. I vote for Feyenoord's Pierre van Hooijdonk. I have seen make several amazing free kicks. Second, I pick Ronaldinho. Not just for his free-kick against England, but for his superb kicks for PSG.
condor11
15 May 2003, 08:17 PM
sinisa mihailovich or marcus assuncao
BadReligion
15 May 2003, 08:36 PM
I'd pick Beckham if I wanted to win, and Roberto Carlos if I wanted a lucky fan in the upper deck to leave with a game ball.
astabooty
15 May 2003, 09:14 PM
Originally posted by BadReligion
I'd pick Beckham if I wanted to win, and Roberto Carlos if I wanted a lucky fan in the upper deck to leave with a game ball.
no way at beckham and lmao @ r. carlos.
the only thing in the world that would stop me from choosing P-Air van Hooijdonk would be the angle of the kick. if it were so far to the right side of the field i'd have to take a lefty.
pierre is definitely the best scorer off of a freekick.
tpmazembe
15 May 2003, 09:21 PM
Originally posted by condor11
sinisa mihailovich or marcus assuncao
Yep....slight edit...
Marcelinho Carioca, Marcus Assuncao or Sinisa Mihailovich.
Excape Goat
16 May 2003, 12:38 AM
depending on the distance..... Beckham for closer range.... Roberto carlos can shoot from much further distance tahn any player.
afgrijselijkheid
16 May 2003, 12:59 AM
somewhat depending on location:
1- van hooijdonk
2- beckham
3- henry
4- deco
5- ziege
6- marcelinho
7- robert
8- frank de boer
AFCA
16 May 2003, 03:16 AM
In the near future you will see that Ajax youngster Wesley Sneijder is also a pretty good free kick taker.
He's not v Hooydonk yet (without a doubt the best free kick taker in the world. Nobody has scored so many so important goals from free kicks as him) but he has an amazingly well aimed shot.
Albion + England
16 May 2003, 04:02 AM
Originally posted by Excape Goat
Roberto carlos can shoot from much further distance tahn any player.
Yeah but he never scores from them
Becks7
16 May 2003, 04:11 AM
Originally posted by astabo0t
if it were so far to the right side of the field i'd have to take a lefty.
Beckham did well in the last game of the season when he hit that outswinger from the far side
I wish I could see more of this PSV character
AFCA
16 May 2003, 04:31 AM
What PSV character?
Becks7
16 May 2003, 04:33 AM
Originally posted by AFCA
What PSV character?
oops... i meant Van Hooijdonk
Excape Goat
16 May 2003, 04:51 AM
Originally posted by Albion + England
Yeah but he never scores from them
True, but no one else even has the ability to try it.
Richie
16 May 2003, 05:36 AM
A player named Felice Bavaro. Not long distance taker but 18 to 22 yards out he was a 50% scorer on FKS and that is great. That came from practicing them almost every day from 12 yrs old until now he is 30 yrs old. He doesn't practice them religiously anymore so that percentage went down.
He was a very good player and scorer, but he let his body go. So he is still a dangerous player at times but now for only the first 20 minutes. Which would not even make him a starter in any good adult league anymore.
AFCA
16 May 2003, 05:38 AM
Originally posted by Excape Goat
True, but no one else even has the ability to try it.
Yeah I know this neat trick to. It's totally useless but no-one else can do it.
SoccerScout
16 May 2003, 10:52 AM
Lately...Marcelinho Carioca (Vasco da Gama)...he seems to be hitting them at a 50% ratio and with style (stop and go move).
AFCA
16 May 2003, 11:09 AM
:D
No way it wouldn't be a Brazilian.
TOTC
16 May 2003, 11:28 AM
Mariel Margaret Hamm.
toonarmy44
16 May 2003, 12:51 PM
Beckham without a doubt
Van Hoojdonk 2nd
Im spoilt for choice at Newcastle with Solano, Robert, Viana and Shearer
bocatuna
16 May 2003, 02:02 PM
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