Thoughts on Jordan Pickford's PENALTY CHEAT SHEET 👀 + EURO Semifinal odds 🏆 | ESPN FC 

"Fake right, dive left" he ended up faking left and diving right and not saving it. lol

Guarantee Steve never did homework in his life…. Average keep save 11%…. Pickford closer to 24% … works for him

The vibe of this conversation is absolutely awful. So much venom for absolutely no reason. Sound like a bunch of old dinosaurs

Toney's penalty was crazy good. Almost perfect.....he showed no nerves!!

Why is this even a discussion and acting like pickford invented this cheat sheet thing 😂

Can we stop with this silly “cheat” sheet everytime we have penalties? We are not in 2006 or so anymore. It is far more interesting getting to know how penalty takers prepare knowing that the opposition know their tendencies.

You didn't need to have a list for that Akanji pen. Dude got some crown land in Manchester.

Dont know of a keeper that doesn't have a list when going into a match with possible penalties.

Lehman with the list in his sock was the best one. 😂😂

Not sure what he means by 'not close', Pickford correctly anticipated the direction for Shakir's shot. Non-issue

I dont think its a cheat code ...its just his way of doing things done .

Just realised Mark Ogden could easily be Cole Palmers older brother or dad

How on earth could it possibly be cheating?

Most professional goalkeepers do did

If you ain’t cheating. You ain’t trying.

This is like the sheet they let you have for exams to remember formulas and such.

You absolutely need to know as a GK is you have to guess and gamble on a corner. Or wait and see what they do. Some players pick a corner. Others wait until the last moment and wait for the keeper to commit, and then shoot through the center of the other corner. Reacting often seems to be the right option, though. Penalty takers no longer shoot in the same corner every penalty kick. They know the opposition will likely have a cheat sheet and that they need to mix it up. But the worst penalties are those too soft low in the corner. And if you guess on those, you can stop them. And that is basically a coin flip. Which is great odds for the GK to help their side win the shootout. And for players that wait for the keeper to commit, you make it really hard for them if you stand and wait. Keepers are anxious too. They often go too early. They don't want to look like a fool who didn't even move. They rather go into a corner and then after the game tell themselves they were just unlucky. Few keepers play the penalty kick game right. And only some specialists, who regularly take the penalties for their club, play the game right. There's still people that claim you can't practice a penalty kick or prepare and have a winning strategy for a shootout. It is indeed strange to me though that this cheat sheet has so many names. Most of these players don't take penalties. They might have taken one or two in their careers. In that case, that's meaningless. But, deciding before the game what corner you are going to guess on them is not such a bad idea. But if you are good at penalties, for those players you would wait. Only guess for penalty specialists that commit to a corner and don't wait for the GK to make a move. Yes, each keeper has a thing they prefer. But some get it right, others get it wrong. The question is, what is the right strategy. And that would be the one that helps you stop the most penalties. Not the one that makes you feel good.

Fail to prepare, prepare to fail, bet Pickford has had this supplied by the England coaching team and I would also bet that they are not the only ones doing this. It called "one up Manship"

The best of them all Emiliano Martinez doesn't need any Cheat Sheet yet you can guarantee that he will always save some of the penalties. He's yet to loose in 5 penalty shoot outs at big tournaments. His mentality is just out of this world.

You got a coach who is,what,Championship level? 💀☠️

I reckon the point of doing this is not understood by the panel. The point is you pre-determine what youre going to do ahead of time. Then you are just executing rather than spending emotional energy trying to decide if youre doing the right thing or not. Its a state of mind thing - you have one less thing to worry about in the highest pressure moment of the game. You try to take away the voice in your head saying "oh i thought of going right but second guessed it and went left instead" - if its predetermined and youre just executing the plan you can try to maintain more composure over the course of the set of penalties.

Ivan toney usually goes to the goalies’ right and it’s still just so difficult to stop lol

Why do they discuss this as if every goalkeeper doesn’t do this 😂😂

It's not that Cole Palmer is better than Foden or Saka- in fact it's maybe that he's less polished, that's what makes him appear more dangerous on the pitch. It's not really the team selection (at least up front) that's holding England back- it's the tactics.

Everyone seems to miss the fact that it is also psychology. If He did not want anyone to see the writing, it would be in a simple code. He wants people talking about it and he wants other players to see it. It puts a small doubt in their mind.

Well done 🎉🎉❤

This espn is so negative and moan that there’s no balance in their punditry!!! So England scored their penalties like pros and they’re moaning how they did it???

Mcmanamin’s anti-Pickford bias is embarrassing. England don’t win that shootout without his save.

A bottle to study.nice study

Macca! where he come from suddenly

5:36-5:41 Ogden's takes are so good, even if it's 8 minutes instead of 4 he's nailed it. And yes, that deodorant smells great, excellent point Mr Nichol.

England survive yet again 😂. It’s been agonizing honestly.

"sAka nEEdS tO bE DroPpEd" - 🤡

Why is no one talking about Ronaldo’s penalty against France ? Was that not illegal?

I'm sure Mendieta used to take penalties like Toney....... it's nothing new.

wht r they talking about , this Pickford just got the first poorest pass from akanji who i was very shocked when i saw him taking the ball , he never tried a pen for man city over 2 years I knew he would miss it was like a training pass shot not even a strike. dont get Swizz they have many attackers and Xaka who is top striker shooter did not go to take the pen.

Oh please they were just penalties 😂😂 So now what? Toney and Trent are All-time Greats? 😂

When would you get 2 Englishmen and a Jamaican critiquing Scotland?? Don’t throw stones in glass houses comes to mind - Scotland were shite ! Look after your own house first Stevie and Craig - the biase is horrendous

So much hate for no reason...

It's not cheating. And for the record. Smash it in the top corner and pickford won't save it he's too short.

Nothing wrong with it he did his homework and was ready if it came down to pens he wasn't holding the bottle when saving the goals he would have had to remember everything on the bottle so not cheating

He’s always had a cheat sheet, attached to his drinks bottle… It’s pure nonsense, it’s mind games, like Shane Warne’s new “mystery ball” at the start of every test 😂😂😂

It’s absolutely nothing. The player can change where they place the penalty at any time.

That’s what the keeper is supposed to do stop crying England are in the semis 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿👍👍👍👍👍

I think next time every matches will reach penalty because easy win if u got that water bottle

The weird looking guy in glasses is always so negative

Is Steve manaman Scouse not English? He’s coming across really annoyed England are in the semi final.

he has a point about tony pulis style tho to be fair🤣 ok it was a world class finish from jude bellingham vs slovakia however it was a result of a long throw in get it in the mixer it had pulis written all over it really🤣

Honestly do ESPN find every single thing to moan about?they are waiting for england to get knocked out?

Why would Germany hate England??? 😂 As if they've got time to waste on this small irrelevant team.. They'd rather beef with Brazil, Italy, Argentina, France and Spain 😂

If this was Emi Martinez they'd be ripping into him... British BIAS

Believe me the Dutch are going to the finals