Best Free Kick Takers

[oneredtrim 148]

 

Seem to remember Met scoring a tidy one over the christmas period v trafford, mid '80's...jimmy case was not only vastly underated he could strike a ball Charlton-esque.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXLwi-ruwBs this one ?

 

 

It must be Stig, though me memory tape is showing that match teams reversed (free kick into opposite end), cant see them pulling the 3-2 stroke twice (in a narrow period) ....so yeah must be.....funny i'd have also put money on met scoring 2 in that match. Had dough on it back in the day and the two herberts i was sat with were out of town reds. Dont look like christmas either on that film/pitch condition.

 

Lampard can when he wants pull an amasing stroke, by getting the ball both up and down...inside the box (extremly narrow not a problem) with a man on him and a man on his intended teamate, with the goalie playing fly, he does it so well it dont get highlighted nearly enuf...proper craft.

[the_stig 6,614]

 

 

Seem to remember Met scoring a tidy one over the christmas period v trafford, mid '80's...jimmy case was not only vastly underated he could strike a ball Charlton-esque.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXLwi-ruwBs this one ?

 

 

It must be Stig, though me memory tape is showing that match teams reversed (free kick into opposite end), cant see them pulling the 3-2 stroke twice (in a narrow period) ....so yeah must be.....funny i'd have also put money on met scoring 2 in that match. Had dough on it back in the day and the two herberts i was sat with were out of town reds. Dont look like christmas either on that film/pitch condition.

 

Lampard can when he wants pull an amasing stroke, by getting the ball both up and down...inside the box (extremly narrow not a problem) with a man on him and a man on his intended teamate, with the goalie playing fly, he does it so well it dont get highlighted nearly enuf...proper craft.

 

good days for forest dont know if we`ll ever see the like again..

[paulf 820]

jan mobly ( spelling ) could strike a dead ball with some power too and accurate as well .

[THE STIFFMEISTER 17,051]

I don't think a lot of these players mentioned are actually good consistant free kick takers

, also a big difference between hitting a live and a dead ball, for example power wise, few people hit one like r v p but could he generate the power Ronaldo does?

I doubt it as a centre forward will very seldom do drills of that type to build the muscle memory enough

But take the likes of koeman , nakamura and hassler

All dead ball specialists who consistently scored free kicks on a regular basis, different techniques for different scenarios, take for example koemans infamous chipped goal against England for the Dutch totally different from in style with the thunder bolt he buried for Barcelona against sampdoria at wembley in European cup 93, a complete deadball guru, as opposed to some maverick attempting the latest training ground stunt.....to a regular free kick taker, you should be looking at making the keeper work as hard as possible rather than the wall, it always amazes me players making 100k a week not being able to keep it under the bar from 25 yards when a good Saturday league player can make the goalie stay on his toes everytime

[oneredtrim 148]

 

 

 

Seem to remember Met scoring a tidy one over the christmas period v trafford, mid '80's...jimmy case was not only vastly underated he could strike a ball Charlton-esque.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXLwi-ruwBs this one ?

 

 

It must be Stig, though me memory tape is showing that match teams reversed (free kick into opposite end), cant see them pulling the 3-2 stroke twice (in a narrow period) ....so yeah must be.....funny i'd have also put money on met scoring 2 in that match. Had dough on it back in the day and the two herberts i was sat with were out of town reds. Dont look like christmas either on that film/pitch condition.

 

Lampard can when he wants pull an amasing stroke, by getting the ball both up and down...inside the box (extremly narrow not a problem) with a man on him and a man on his intended teamate, with the goalie playing fly, he does it so well it dont get highlighted nearly enuf...proper craft.

 

good days for forest dont know if we`ll ever see the like again..

 

 

You can say that (gud) again Stig..deafending the EC is a stroke n'half.

[oneredtrim 148]

I don't think a lot of these players mentioned are actually good consistant free kick takers

, also a big difference between hitting a live and a dead ball, for example power wise, few people hit one like r v p but could he generate the power Ronaldo does?

I doubt it as a centre forward will very seldom do drills of that type to build the muscle memory enough

But take the likes of koeman , nakamura and hassler

All dead ball specialists who consistently scored free kicks on a regular basis, different techniques for different scenarios, take for example koemans infamous chipped goal against England for the Dutch totally different from in style with the thunder bolt he buried for Barcelona against sampdoria at wembley in European cup 93, a complete deadball guru, as opposed to some maverick attempting the latest training ground stunt.....to a regular free kick taker, you should be looking at making the keeper work as hard as possible rather than the wall, it always amazes me players making 100k a week not being able to keep it under the bar from 25 yards when a good Saturday league player can make the goalie stay on his toes everytime

 

Heard Rush make your point once Stiff, an interviewer was trying to big him up cause of the brace he had scored but forgotten that the play he was describing resulted in Rush missin....Rush interjected and told him he knew he was in for a bollokin off paisley regardless of the conversions.and explained there would be no bollockin had he pathetically under-hit it and pea rolled the ball to the waiting keeper....thats between the sticks, he explained and a total target miss would have a stewards enquiry.

Edited December 28, 2013 by oneredtrim

[the_stig 6,614]

 

 

 

 

Seem to remember Met scoring a tidy one over the christmas period v trafford, mid '80's...jimmy case was not only vastly underated he could strike a ball Charlton-esque.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXLwi-ruwBs this one ?

 

 

It must be Stig, though me memory tape is showing that match teams reversed (free kick into opposite end), cant see them pulling the 3-2 stroke twice (in a narrow period) ....so yeah must be.....funny i'd have also put money on met scoring 2 in that match. Had dough on it back in the day and the two herberts i was sat with were out of town reds. Dont look like christmas either on that film/pitch condition.

 

Lampard can when he wants pull an amasing stroke, by getting the ball both up and down...inside the box (extremly narrow not a problem) with a man on him and a man on his intended teamate, with the goalie playing fly, he does it so well it dont get highlighted nearly enuf...proper craft.

 

good days for forest dont know if we`ll ever see the like again..

 

 

You can say that (gud) again Stig..deafending the EC is a stroke n'half.

 

drew liverpool in the first round 79 thought well thats it were out....went on to win it ...

Edited December 28, 2013 by the_stig

[keepdiggin 9,567]

chris waddle

[tote 861]

ian harte wasnt bad either

 

Good shout, surprised he's only been mentioned the once.

 

Would say Paul Gascoigne could take a decent free kick.

[gonetoearth 5,144]

Kevin sheedy

[hawki 1,447]

no1 ronaldo

 

no2 ronaldinho

 

no3 beckham

 

no4 nakamura

 

no5 pirlo

[N/east poacher 85]

Ronaldinho pirlo Carlos

[CBdogsA1 420]

This is a good list, like the 'keeper !!!

[sikastag_1 689]

Roberto Carlos was the best imo

[Astanley 11,634]

Surely someone can dig up a , kicks taken to goals scored ratio , theres stats for everything nowadays .