CROOOOOOOUCHY!
Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2005 1:35 pm
ahahahah, what a legend.
Read that joke in the times a few days ago. It's good he got a goal, I would have given him both of them but at least he got another to cover the first one going as an O.G.Padaxus wrote:quality line on football focus today
"Crouch couldnt score if he played all day" hes gone 24 hours with no goal.
Made up for it today though
It might also be because he's a bit pony. No matter how you might like to kid yourself he isn't Maradonna, Pele, Best or even Ian Dowie. People take the piss as he's a big striker so should thoretically win a lot in the air, but seems to fall over himself more often than actually win the ball. He has bugger all pace. His footwork and passing are better than most give him credit for, but it still isn't great - Peter Beardsley he aint.pain wrote:people are so unfair on crouch, it's because he's tall everyone takes the piss
None of this is really agreeable, I know if he was scoring in every game people would be silent pretty soon and he isn't, but what he actually does upfront is what we've been missing for a while, he is good at holding the ball up and it lets us defend higher up the pitch and press our opponents more. Liverpool play a Spanish style of football and it is all about possesion of the ball and long sequences of passing to build pressure; most teams can't play this kind of football, as Kluivert rightly said man utd, chelsea, arsenal and liverpool are the only teams in England that can play football. Crouch is much better for us in this area, and with players like Gerrard, Garcia, Alonso, Riise, Cisse goals are being scored as a result of keeping the ball and creating a lot of chances.neilbob wrote:It might also be because he's a bit pony. No matter how you might like to kid yourself he isn't Maradonna, Pele, Best or even Ian Dowie. People take the piss as he's a big striker so should thoretically win a lot in the air, but seems to fall over himself more often than actually win the ball. He has bugger all pace. His footwork and passing are better than most give him credit for, but it still isn't great - Peter Beardsley he aint.pain wrote:people are so unfair on crouch, it's because he's tall everyone takes the piss
I'm sure Crouchie is a great bloke, but lets be honest he is unlikely to make it into an all time Liverpool best 11. Or even Liverpool best 111. Thats why people take the piss - not because he's tall, but because he's distinctly average.
Thats kind of the point Pain, he's a striker that isn't scoring goals - what part of that has to do with his height?pain wrote: I know if he was scoring in every game people would be silent pretty soon and he isn't