Who is the best spot kick taker in the world? My pick is Shearer as his penalty misses are rare and far between.
Ruud van Nistelrooy is awesome. He is so good that he took over as Man U's primary penalty taker, replacing David Beckham!!! Now that's saying alot.
cough Roberto Baggio cough He's a great player, but just can't score on PKs. He's taken about 5 or 6 so far this year, and has missed 2.
I'll second that. Shearer is so great at the spot, though I'll agree with the other person that RVN is pretty damn good as well.
*sigh* Denis Irwin was Man Utd's penalty taker for ten years up until last season when age forced him into a squad player role, which coincided nicely which the purchase of Van Nistelrooy. Beckham was never their primary penalty taker - if Irwin was on the field, he took it. Now, if Van Nistelrooy's on the field, he takes it. Seeing as you so kindly brought him up, I'd also like to nominate Denis Irwin retrospectively for this award Beckham is not a deity, and you obviously haven't been a Man Utd fan for very long. I'm not either, by the way, but I like to keep up with events.
Best ever was probably Cantona! he sent the keeper the wrong way nearly every time... Current day hmmmmm... just bringing up a name no one has said yet... Di Cannio?
Wait a minute... wasn't LeTiss one who missed v. Argentina in WC98? Or maybe I'm confusing him with someone else...
yeah...and your point is? He's still the best spot kick taker in the premiership now...despite missing. Also, it wasn't Le Tissier who missed in WC 98, but David Batty.
Ya...and that's my point he didn't do too well...i didn't say he's shiet, i just said he had a bad spot kick, But if you saw it, you have to admit it was pretty bad.
well i cant nominate any boro players considering the fact that its coming up to 2 seasons with out even getting 1 penalty given to us.....
I'm not so sure about Figo. The best penalty taker in the Liga Primera as far as I'm concerned is either Fernando Hierro or Gaizka Mendieta.
Le Tissier played very few times for England. He was a very talented individual when it came to ball mastery.
I think Andrea Pirlo should be mentioned here. He hasn't missed yet in a Milan shirt. But he doesn't have the longevity to be considered the best in the world, yet. My vote goes for Gaizka Mendieta. He makes it look so easy and he is never worried.