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Graham Alexander...the penalty genius?

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faddy the blue

Player Valuation: £35m
Total penalties taken in career: 77

Total penalties converted : 72

Wow! We always talk about Messis,Ronaldos,Kakas,Xavis etc how brilliant they are whether for their trickery,shooting,passing but I have never seen anyone taking better penalties than this fella, Alexander.

Never saw him before this season i guess but it's been six ******* years since he last missed a penalty!! Hows that for a record?

The technique he uses is quite remarkable indeed, running straight and hitting the ball with his outer foot and inner foot depending where he wants to put it. You just can't guess that can you by the way he runs in and hits em. Paddy Kenny was the last goalie to have saved his pen.

Recently I saw him against Hull and I knew how great he was at the penalties but the two he scored there just got better. One with the outer foot in the right bottom corner and the other with the same technique in the right top corner, absolutely breathtaking stuff. I am officially a fan of the 38 year old. Hope he was younger when he got a chance to play in the PL.

Just thought he should be mentioned for this record he has for penalties. It's better than Ronaldo's ugly style that I hate, stop,start,stop and then he miss the important penalties
 

Ye, but he's [Poor language removed]......

Well I'm not gonna compare him to anyone half his age or in 20's playing in the same position he does. Yes he hasn't got the legs maybe anymore but he plays a similar role neville does for us. He gets his team motivated and leads them by example. If a 38 year old can start about 30 games for burnley than it's massive for them.

I'm not gonna call him [Poor language removed] though. He's better than Nicky Butt and Dietmar Hamann who needed two players when he was at city just to cover him up..had no legs at all that fella.

72/77 penalties speaks alot so im not gona call him [Poor language removed] for that..and the fact that he plays for burnley so you don't expect a display like the 15 or 16 other top flight teams can.
 
77 pens?

that is a lot of practice!

I know LeTiss was very good and I don't seem to remember Shearer missing many.

What was dave Unsworth's career record? He was pretty consistant for us for many years.

At the moment we seem to 'miss' that consistent pen taker.

I think Moyes should just put Baines on them and be done with it.
 

ray stewart scored 76 from 86 according to the records, however he says he only ever missed 5.
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I only ever remember Eric Cantona missing 2 penalties....neither saved...he just missed the goal completely.

Other than that...every single penalty went the opposite side to the keeper....amazing stuff.
 
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