Statistically best peno stopper in the world?

shane86

Anyone know of a site/article that has studied this? Just got me wondering, reading about Buffon yesterday in the Metro or the other free one, IIRC since the world cup he has had 19 penalties to deal with, of which he saved three? (figures may be entirely wrong, cant remember exactly)

Just wondering if anyone has a link to an article which assessed who is the most successful shot stopper in Europe at least (in terms of shots taken against vs the amount saved)

kaimera

Dudek

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Liverpool fans will say Reina, even if it isn't, they will make an argument to say it is.

Tusky

DesF wrote: »

Liverpool fans will say Reina, even if it isn't, they will make an argument to say it is.

I have no idea who is statistically the best, most likely isnt Reina! It could well be some number 3 keeper who has faced and saved 1 peno, hence it being 100%

I do know Reina has a fantastic record with penos though.

Melion

I really think Reina is the best penalty stopper in the world, its nothing to do with having my red tinted glasses on. He is just phenomenal at stopping them though, if only other parts of his game were as good.

~Rebel~

i recall cudicini has a great record as well

Predhead

Melion wrote: »

I really think Reina is the best penalty stopper in the world, its nothing to do with having my red tinted glasses on.

No I'm sure it has to do with your knowledge of every other 'keeper in the world. :rolleyes:

Juan Pablo

Tusky wrote: »

who has faced and saved 1 peno, hence it being 100%

Niall Quinn ftw

Linky

Sherifu

DesF wrote: »

Liverpool fans will say Reina, even if it isn't, they will make an argument to say it is.

Reina. I'll make an argument if needs be.

Predhead

Ricardo is good at peno's generally. Don't reckon he'd be up there with the very best though.

CantGetNoSleep

DesF wrote: »

Liverpool fans will say Reina, even if it isn't, they will make an argument to say it is.

And some Eircom League chap will try to say its Dan Connor or Micky Devine or some other keeper in the national pub league, its inevitavble on this forum

smackbunnybaby

doesnt Robert Green have a very good saving rate?

Smegball

Dida was usually pretty good I remember

Royale with Cheese

Dave Seaman

Nial Quinn ? ?


More seriously , Brad Friedel .

gixerfixer

Reina.

kryogen

Van Der Sar honestly has a very good record. he would deffo be up there

ill have a look around to see if there are any sites that have definitive info on this stuff

Seaneh

I'd say, as dodgy as he is in general play, Dida is streets ahead of the rest as a peno stopper.

I remember in the late 90's when he was at Villa Bosnich had a crazy record.

titan18

Friedel is a very good at saving penalties

raido9

Rob Green

David Seaman was awful good at stopping peno's.

dc69

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXi0-gICjaE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v216trfF9_k&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hfdp8MsS0j8&NR=1

Its cleary Reina!
He is a penalty saving machine.

chopperbyrne

Does David James not have a good record at saving penalties.

Joe Murphy's first action in the premiership was to save a Michael Owen penalty.

Mr Alan

in the 04-05 season for VillaReal, Reina saved 7 out of 9 penalties he faced. thats pretty ****ing impressive watever way you look at it.

he has also shone in the two penalty shootouts he has been involved in while at Liverpool against Chelsea in the CL semi final and WestHam in the FA cup final.

off the top of my head i can remember 2 penalties he faced last season, he saved one.

Palop of Seville and the current Turkan goalie Volkan (sp?) IIRC both have good records.

DSB

CantGetNoSleep wrote: »

And some Eircom League chap will try to say its Dan Connor or Micky Devine or some other keeper in the national pub league, its inevitavble on this forum

Ha.

Drag00n79

Those of you of a certain age might remember Paul Cooper of Ipswich Town. He was awesome with penalties. He saved eight out of ten in a season in the late seventies. The old Division One.

Bubs101

Carlo Cudicini's overall record is above 50%. Very solid

Raekwon

Seaneh wrote: »

I remember in the late 90's when he was at Villa Bosnich had a crazy record.

+1

I'm a Villa fan and I agree that Bosnich was an amazing at saving penalties. He saved 2 penos in the same game against Spurs, he saved 4 penos in the 94 League Cup semi's verse Tranmere and went on to save a further 6 penos in the league that season (93/94). Cracking record!

grenache

Statistically in England, the best penalty stopper is Mark Crossley - formerly of Forest, Boro and Fulham.

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/osm/story/0,,626782,00.html

As a Forest fan i can remember him making several outstanding saves, in particular the ones against Gary Lineker in the '91 Cup Final, Teddy Sheringham in the '96 FA Cup 5th round, not to mention the 5 penalties he saved in our last Premiership season of '98-'99.

Chardee MacDennis

grenache wrote: »

Statistically in England, the best penalty stopper is Mark Crossley - formerly of Forest, Boro and Fulham.

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/osm/story/0,,626782,00.html

do you have any other keepers ratio as that doesnt actually say he is the best in england.

grenache

Call_me_al wrote: »

do you have any other keepers ratio as that doesnt actually say he is the best in england.

It says he was/is the best in the Premiership, therefore he is, by default, the best in England - since he was playing at the highest level against the best players.

~Rebel~

grenache wrote: »

It says he was/is the best in the Premiership, therefore he is, by default, the best in England - since he was playing at the highest level against the best players.

dunno about that. first of all there are probably better penalty savers in other divisions then some of the top flight keepers, they're just not as good all round.

Secondly im not sure how much of a difference there is between someone's penalty in the top flight V a lesser league. I've seen plenty of top flight takers miss the target, and plenty of lower division takers hit the target. On other aspects of the game, yeah the premiership players are all in all the better ones, but penalties is a whole different ball game, so to speak.

jesus_thats_gre

Predhead wrote: »

No I'm sure it has to do with your knowledge of every other 'keeper in the world. :rolleyes:

Just as comprehensive as yours no doubt..

JMB88

smackbunnybaby wrote: »

doesnt Robert Green have a very good saving rate?

He has for West Ham but I remember when he was on Soccer AM this year he said he had an woefull record for previous clubs such as Norwich. Van De Sar has to be up there IMO.

ibh

JMB88 wrote: »

He has for West Ham but I remember when he was on Soccer AM this year he said he had an woefull record for previous clubs such as Norwich. Van De Sar has to be up there IMO.

Man U fan by any chance???

One of the first names that i thought of was Bosnich from when he was good in the early 90's.
Green as well with West Ham, but I am constantly being told by a friend who supports WH that he is the best keeper in the league so I have kinda grown to dislike Green, just because I always have to listen to shite about him..

Helix

tommy sorensen was the only man to ever save an alan shearer penalty iirc

and he did it twice

Mr Alan

similar to Crossley and LeTissier iirc.

Helix

crossley was a bloody good peno stopper actually

Mr Alan

sure was