But if you come up against a keeper that's going to remain central, even I am going to pick out a corner and it doesn't even have to be in the hard to execute zone of an inch or so in from the woodwork. If he's not diving to a corner he's heavily weighted my chance of scoring in my favour and I can afford to be a foot or two extra margins. Just knowing this as a pen taker removes the doubt that might have existed if you didn't know what the 'keeper was going to do and a confident pen taker I assume is more relaxed and able to perform his role of kicking the ball more accurately and is a marginal gain in its self???But that's the thing, it's not that easy - under pressure - to hit that corner, and be able to alternate and hit both corners and if they are the type of taker that can do that every time, they aren't the type of pens you are going to save anyway, even if you dive right.
I'm just really surprised after all these years no keeper and his coaching team have come up with an alternative plan to "just pick a side and dive".