The Art of Chipping

richpye · Post by **richpye** » Sun Jan 15, 2012 5:09 pm

Couple of opportunities today to finish a chance with a chip and neither attempted. It just got me thinking about Wrighty in his pomp, I am certain he would have attempted at least one of them.
It then got me thinking that other than Rooney a year or so back, I actually can't remember a chipped goal being scored for ages.

Is the art dying? Are the modern balls to lightweight to make it possible? Thoughts?

BournemouthRED · Post by **BournemouthRED** » Sun Jan 15, 2012 5:12 pm

Van persie against norwich was pretty sweet to be fair

richpye · Post by **richpye** » Sun Jan 15, 2012 5:29 pm

And now Walcott

Shit thread

Post by **Barriecuda** » Sun Jan 15, 2012 6:20 pm

The new-age balls definitely don't have the weight and drop like they used to. I also think we're in an age of better goalkeepers and faster defenders - the opportunity to do the kinds of chips you used to see don't present themselves as often, and as a result I doubt players get much practice doing it as they come up in the game.

Post by **QuartzGooner** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 2:18 am

Has Carlos Vela ever scored for us with anything other than a chip?

SWLGooner · Post by **SWLGooner** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 2:46 am

Good point Quartz. It seems a player either only scores chips or never does!

franksav63 · Post by **franksav63** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 5:00 am

I thought this was a thread about being somewhere and then saying that you're fucking off somewhere else, I wish Red Member would 'chip'

Post by **DB10GOONER** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 9:05 am

franksav63 wrote:I thought this was a thread about being somewhere and then saying that you're fucking off somewhere else, I wish Red Member would 'chip'

psychoangus · Post by **psychoangus** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 9:55 am

There is a technical difference between a chip and a scoop though.

I prefer the scoop to watch, zero backlift so totally unreadable and less pace when it hits the deck.

Karol Poborsky brought it to international attention in Euro '96 but I was foxing goalies with it long before that.

richpye · Post by **richpye** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 10:25 am

psychoangus wrote:There is a technical difference between a chip and a scoop though.

I prefer the scoop to watch, zero backlift so totally unreadable and less pace when it hits the deck.

Karol Poborsky brought it to international attention in Euro '96 but I was foxing goalies with it long before that.

Are you claiming to have invented the scoop? You should be loaded

psychoangus · Post by **psychoangus** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 10:30 am

I know, but it proved incredibly hard to patent.

Henry Norris 1913 · Post by **Henry Norris 1913** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 10:45 am

QuartzGooner wrote:Has Carlos Vela ever scored for us with anything other than a chip?

yep, scored a decent goal at pompey in '09 without chipping. true story

paperclip · Post by **paperclip** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 12:21 pm

One of my favourite Premiership goals ever

Phillipe Albert
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmxFtw23 ... re=related

Post by **QuartzGooner** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 12:33 pm

Two great Arsenal chips

Wright vs Everton

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTu8DMmO8u0

Pires vs Villa

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEVzSSPB4JA

Boomer · Post by **Boomer** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 12:47 pm

Two chips against Schmichel...GREAT!

I do think that Theo's Swansea goal and RVP's Norwich goal are differnce types of chips. These are more one-on-one's and raising it over the floored/diving keeper. Still a chip but not in the terms a long range chip.

Bergkamp was the king of these.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGHFtkx09sc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bm8M7tC ... re=related
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