Hahnemann and penalties

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by Royal Jelly » 23 Dec 2007 21:18

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Royal Rother By the law of averages he is due a helluva run on saving penalties now that's for sure.

So, starting now.....


Unfortunately there is no such thing as the law of averages, if you spin a coin 100 times and it comes up heads a 100 times, the odds are even that it will come up heads again the 101st time. This is why many people lose money backing favourites.


I can't agree, if you managed to get 100 heads in a row I think I'd put everything I had on heads. I'd also make sure I kept hold of that particular coin, sounds like it could come in handy.

I know what you mean though, and of course you're right.

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by cmonurz » 23 Dec 2007 22:10

07/08
Portsmouth (a) Muntari
Blackburn (a) McCarthy
Sunderland (h) Chopra

06/07
Tottenham (a) Keane
Arsenal (a) Silva
Newcastle (a) Martins
Tottenham (h) Keane
Arsenal (h) Henry
Villa (a) Angel

That, I think, is the list of penalties against Reading in the Premier League, all successful, 9 in total.

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by pearcetom » 23 Dec 2007 22:42

then there was that penalty that dean ashton missed against him when he was playing for norwich.......just thought i would add that :wink:

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by Barry the bird boggler » 24 Dec 2007 10:47

Well since Hahnemann joined us I know of 21 penalties that he's let in:

Derby - Dec 02
Leicester - Jan 03
Ipswich - Aug 03
Boston - Aug 03
Derby - Aug 03
Preston - Oct 03
Stoke - Dec 03
Rotherham - Feb 04
Coventry - Oct 04
Palace - Jan 06
Crewe - Feb 06
Sheff W - Apr 06
Villa - Aug 06
Arsenal - Oct 06
Spurs - Nov 06
Newcastle - Dec 06
Arsenal - Mar 07
Spurs - Apr 07
Portsmouth - Sep 07
Blackburn - Oct 07
Sunderland - Dec 07

So if the above list is the complete monty and adding the 3 he's saved and the miss at Norwich that means roughly one in every six that he faces doesn't go in or, alternatively, he saves roughly 1 in 8

However the worrying fact is that the last penalty he actually saved was at Gillingham in Feb 04 which is 13 efforts ago (14 if you include the Norwich miss)... therefore he's long overdue a save.
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by LWJ » 24 Dec 2007 11:15

cmonurz 07/08
Portsmouth (a) Muntari
Blackburn (a) McCarthy
Sunderland (h) Chopra

06/07
Tottenham (a) Keane
Arsenal (a) Silva
Newcastle (a) Martins
Tottenham (h) Keane
Arsenal (h) Henry
Villa (a) Angel

That, I think, is the list of penalties against Reading in the Premier League, all successful, 9 in total.


and most of the names are class strikers, i would put money on them scoring against any keeper in the premiship


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by cmonurz » 24 Dec 2007 11:22

You would put money on Reina, or Van Der Saar, or James, or Cech, not saving any of them?

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by toppy » 24 Dec 2007 11:53

cmonurz You would put money on Reina, or Van Der Saar, or James, or Cech, not saving any of them?


Yes, the striker should score more often than not

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by Katie Marsden » 24 Dec 2007 13:42

A rather more concerning statistic is Sonko has given away 5 of the 9 penalties Reading have conceded in the Premiership.

Taking into account he's only played 32 Premiership games that's absolutely appalling.

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by Whistle » 24 Dec 2007 14:03

An equally concerning stat is the number of pens we miss.

Barry the Boogler - count them please.

Lita's missed 2, Kitson 2, Shorey 2, Little, Sidwell, Doyle, never let Harper near one. I think Hunty and Murty are the only 100%ers and Hunty looks like an accident waiting to happen.

It does make a difference esp in PL - at either end - and it ought to be coach-able.

Bring back Morley and Mautone :wink:


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by silas » 24 Dec 2007 14:20

Bowman's Quiver Marcus's record at stopping penalty kicks is appalling. Robert Green at West Ham has saved more penalties this season than Marcus has in his entire career at Reading.



To be fair though Green had an awful record of saving penalties before this season IIRC.

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by Barry the bird boggler » 24 Dec 2007 16:58

Results of the penalties we've had awarded since Aug 2002 (excluding shoot outs). This is a close as I can get from the records I've got to hand, its possible I may have missed one or two but if anyone can improve on it please feel free!

Coventry - 1 scored - Cureton - Aug 02 :D
Leicester - 1 scored - Cureton - Aug 02 :D
Bradford - 1 missed - Forster - Oct 02 :cry:
Preston - 1 scored - Shorey - Apr 02 :D
Preston - 1 scored -Goater - Oct 03 :D
Millwall - 1 missed - Hughes - Nov 03 :cry:
Rotherham - 1 scored - Kitson - Aug 04 :D
Gillingham - 2 scored - Kitson x 2 - Sep 04 :D :D
Sunderland - 1 scored - Kitson - Apr 05 :D
Millwall - 1 scored - Kitson - Aug 05 :D
Coventry - 1 missed - Lita - Sep 05 :cry:
Palace - 2 missed - Lita, Little - Sep 05 :cry: :cry:
Stoke - 1 scored - Kitson - Oct 05 :D
Brighton - 1 scored - Kitson - Dec 05 :D
Millwall - 1 missed - Kitson - Dec 05 :cry:
Cardiff - 1 scored - Kitson - Jan 06 :D
West Brom - 1 scored - Doyle - Jan 06 :D
Sheff U - 1 missed - Kitson - Feb 06 :cry:
Stoke - 1 scored - Doyle - Apr 06 :D
QPR - 1 scored - Murty - Apr 06 :D
Man U - 1 scored - Doyle - Sep 06 :D
Fulham - 1 scored - Doyle - Nov 06 :D
Bolton - 1 scored - Doyle - Apr 07 :D
West Ham - 1 missed - Doyle - Sep 07 :cry:
Portsmouth - 1 missed - Shorey - Sep 07 :cry:
Liverpool - 1 scored - Hunt - Dec 07 :D
Birmingham - 1 scored - Hunt - Dec 07 :D

So thats a total of

29 penalties awarded (incl. 1 retake)
20 scored
9 missed (incl. 1 retake)

Success ratio is therefore approx 69%

Success ratio of players taking them....

Cureton - 2 taken, 2 scored - 100% success
Doyle - 6 taken, 5 scored - 83% success
Forster - 1 taken, 0 scored - 0% success
Goater - 1 taken, 1 scored - 100% success
Hughes - 1 taken, 0 scored - 0% success
Hunt - 2 taken, 2 scored - 100% success
Lita - 2 taken, 0 scored - 0% success
Little - 1 taken, 0 scored - 0% success
Kitson - 10 taken, 8 scored - 80% success
Murty - 1 taken, 1 scored - 100% success
Shorey - 2 taken, 1 scored - 50% success

Therefore, of the players still at the club you'd want to see Hunt and Murty stepping up to the mark as they have 100% records. More realistically though Kitson and Doyle are well proven with 80%+ success rates.

Personally I still think Doyle is the best overall, but in the long run who cares who takes them as long as they go in!

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by lozz2601 » 24 Dec 2007 17:06

Whistle An equally concerning stat is the number of pens we miss.

Barry the Boogler - count them please.

Lita's missed 2, Kitson 2, Shorey 2, Little, Sidwell, Doyle, never let Harper near one. I think Hunty and Murty are the only 100%ers and Hunty looks like an accident waiting to happen.
It does make a difference esp in PL - at either end - and it ought to be coach-able.

Bring back Morley and Mautone :wink:


He always seems relatively confident with where he's going with it, which can only be a good thing.
Besides, I hear rumours he is a penalty specialist or something?

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by Ian Royal » 24 Dec 2007 17:12

So Kitson has 6 out of 8 penalties? Not bad. No wonder he was peeved about not taking the one against Liverpool.

To those who say Hahnemann never gets near penalties, you're blind, he almost got a finger to a very well taken penalty last but one I think it was.

And there is no law of averages in saving penalties. Especially now players like Ronaldo cheat when taking them. The quality of pen takers in the prem is so high that you have to be extremely good or extremely lucky to save one. Marcus is neither, but that doesn't mean he's rubbish.


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by Millsy » 24 Dec 2007 18:25

IIRC he has saved every penalty which was on target but not converted.

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by Barry the bird boggler » 27 Dec 2007 07:14

Strangely, between Oct 04 and Jan 06 it seems we didn't concede a penalty, how unusual is this for a team?

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by Whistle » 27 Dec 2007 10:40

Thanks for the list - which seems to prove the point we're worse than average at both ends on pens.

I'm sure Sidwell has a miss in his locker - soon after he joined - and I think Shorey missed one before pompey.

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by Shaka's Giant Hands » 27 Dec 2007 11:56

Barry the bird boggler
Cureton - 2 taken, 2 scored - 100% success


Didn't he miss one against Wigan Play off Final? If memory serves me right I thought he missed a few?

On another note, reading Hahnemanamanaman's Premiership diary he talks about the Villa penalty and mentions that he did a bit of research as to which way he should go. Also mentions that he felt unlucky on the Martins one up at St James Park as the grass gave way under foot slightly...then again he also says that kicking is one of his strong points! :?

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by Whistle » 27 Dec 2007 16:57

Barry's analysis starts at 2002 - after the p/o semi.

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by Shaka's Giant Hands » 27 Dec 2007 17:25

Whistle Barry's analysis starts at 2002 - after the p/o semi.


D'oh! Was the Wigan game really that long ago! :oops:

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by HighburyRoyale » 29 Dec 2007 18:38

There's a save.

Fat lot of good it did, but at least it will help his stats a little!

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