Peter Crouch "available"

[ILD]

[quote author=keniget link=topic=41324.msg1150254#msg1150254 date=1281214862]
[quote author=Asim link=topic=41324.msg1150250#msg1150250 date=1281214547]
Where is milan baros these days?poor guy, we have been linked wit every striker we got rid of over the past few year.
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He's just moved to Real Madrid.
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Lies.

 

[dee]

[quote author=ILD link=topic=41324.msg1150276#msg1150276 date=1281216959]
[quote author=keniget link=topic=41324.msg1150254#msg1150254 date=1281214862]
[quote author=Asim link=topic=41324.msg1150250#msg1150250 date=1281214547]
Where is milan baros these days?poor guy, we have been linked wit every striker we got rid of over the past few year.
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He's just moved to Real Madrid.
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Lies.
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Indeed - according to the Galatasery website he has just extended his contract linky

 

[Buddha]

Roy Hodgson lines up £10m raid to bring Peter Crouch back to Anfield
By JOE BERNSTEIN
Last updated at 1:10 AM on 8th August 2010
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Liverpool manager Roy Hodgson wants to take Peter Crouch back to Anfield two years after he was shown the door by Rafa Benitez.
Hodgson has made solving Liverpool’s striker shortage his priority and is ready to test Harry Redknapp’s resolve to keep Crouch at Tottenham with a £10million offer.
Steven Gerrard and Jamie Carragher, who played with Crouch at Anfield, have sung his praises to their new manager and Hodgson believes the 6ft 7in England international would be able to either play alongside Fernando Torres or step in whenever the Spaniard is injured or needs a rest.

Kopped it: Crouch could be lining up alongside Gerrard and co next season
Despite Liverpool’s financial problems with the club currently up for sale, Hodgson will be given money for a new striker if Javier Mascherano rejoins Benitez, now in charge at Inter Milan, in a £20m deal or signs for Barcelona.
He is keen to continue bolstering the English contingent in his squad, having already signed Joe Cole from Chelsea on a Bosman.
Intriguingly, Crouch may be tempted by the opportunity to complete unfinished business at Anfield despite the lure of Champions League football at Spurs.
He helped Liverpool win the FA Cup and reach the Champions League final in three seasons at the club but was sold by Benitez to Portsmouth in 2008 to make way for Robbie Keane.
However, the success of Hodgson’s mission would still depend on the attitude of Tottenham boss Redknapp. He has managed Crouch at three clubs - Southampton, Portsmouth and Spurs - and would only sell if chairman Daniel Levy backs his plans to bring in other targets Ashley Young of Aston Villa, Sevilla’s Brazil striker Luis Fabiano, AC Milan’s Klaas Jan Huntelaar and Craig Bellamy of Manchester City.
Redknapp has so far been frustrated in the transfer market, with Levy waiting to see if Spurs beat Young Boys of Berne in a two-leg qualifying round later this month to reach the Champions League group stage.
Spurs want to reduce their squad but have not been able to so far shift players like David Bentley, Jermaine Jenas and Roman Pavlyuchenko, who are surplus to requirements.

Tottenham targets: The deal for Crouch would allow Redknapp to pick up Ashley Young, Luis Fabiano. Klaas-Jan Huntelaar and Craig Bellamy
However, Keane is still likely to go to Aston Villa once their sale of James Milner to Manchester City is completed.
Crouch has been in demand throughout his career and will be keen to have a good season after a disappointing World Cup in which manager Fabio Capello preferred to partner Wayne Rooney with Emile Heskey or Jermain Defoe despite Crouch’s 21 goals for England. Handle
Hodgson also has to deal with the interest of Barcelona, who may turn their attention to midfielder Mascherano after missing out on Cesc Fabregas.

The Spanish champions are being encouraged by Lionel Messi to make a move for his Argentina team-mate who would add steel alongside the dazzling attacking talent at the Nou Camp.
Barca were priced out of the market for Fabregas but Liverpool would be willing to listen to offers of £20-25m as they know Mascherano is keen to leave Merseyside for family reasons.
Inter manager Benitez is also keen on being reunited with Mascherano but has to wait until Mario Balotelli or Maicon are sold before he can launch a bid.
Liverpool hope two European giants competing for Mascherano will lead to a higher sale price. They would also see it as poetic justice if Benitez missed out on Mascherano after his acrimonious relations with the club hierarchy in the final few months of his time at Liverpool.
Mascherano has been a popular figure at Anfield since arriving from West Ham in 2008 but his wife has failed to settle in the north-west and the 26-year-old has wanted to quit for southern Europe for the past 12 months.


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1301217/Roy-Hodgson-ready-stage-10m-raid-bring-Peter-Crouch-Anfield.html#ixzz0vzxbRp63

 

[Hansern]

So he's apperantly available for 6-7 mill and the Mail thinks we'll bid 10? Great journalism.

 

[Buddha]

I'm only passing on what my mate has told me about an acceptable fee (he's usually pretty spot on about Spurs-related stuff).

Personally, I can see Crouch moving for 6-10m. My friend has already said that Sunderland want him (to replace Jones?) and I'd imagine there'd be about 4 or 5 mid-table clubs willing to make him the focal point of their attack, thus driving up the price.

I doubt very much though that we'd approach Spurs with a 10m bid off the bat. 6m and then work upwards (and get Crouch to put pressure on).

 

[Hansern]

That sounds about right mate, thanks for sharing the info. Your mate was spot on last time.

I wouldn't mind Crouch back at all. He'd be the perfect partner for Torres, and would make us so much better at defensive set pieces, were we have struggled the last couple of years.

With Cole, Gerrard, Maxi, new lb and Johnson providing the crosses, getting Crouch in there would result in some goals.

 

[Buddha]

For 6m he'd be a bargain and would give us something another premiership-class option up front. I'd like to see him get a run of games alongside a fit Torres - I've always thought they'd dovetail well together. If not, He 's a great bench option in any match.

If we could get him for 6-7m and still have money left over from the Masher sale, we could get some young South American in for 8m or so as a wildcard for the future.

 

[spider-Neil]

crouch is an open invitation for the long ball and when your first choice CB is carra (who doesn't need an invitation) then you may as well not play your midfield.

 

[Fox]

Oh dear what a morning for crouch Droped from England squad and found out in rags for shagging a prostitute. What a dick head his missus seems cute and fit as. Proves again that if you eat steak every night every now and then you want a greasy burger.

 

[spider-Neil]

[quote author=Fox link=topic=41324.msg1150371#msg1150371 date=1281256398]
Proves again that if you eat steak every night every now and then you want a greasy burger.
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ha ha

 

[Portly]

[quote author=spider-neil link=topic=41324.msg1150370#msg1150370 date=1281256327]
crouch is an open invitation for the long ball and when your first choice CB is carra (who doesn't need an invitation) then you may as well not play your midfield.
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I agree that this was often a problem when Crouch was playing, but it wasn't Crouchy's fault. Surely a decent coach can stop the midfielders doing it.

 

[singlerider]

*insert slipping meat between her buns joke here*

 

[manwithnoname]

If you don't use Crouch's freakish height, what are you left with?

The slowest forward in the country with a mediocre goal record

 

[Portly]

Pumping mindless high balls into the penalty area was not the way to take advantage of Crouch's height. He nearly always got his head to the ball before defenders, and when he was getting the right kind of support he laid the ball off to advancing forwards very effectively.

On the deck, Crouch is very skilful in his use of the ball.

OK he is slow but speed isn't everything. We have had fast forwards who weren't worth their place, e.g. Cissé.

 

[spider-Neil]

[quote author=Portly link=topic=41324.msg1150385#msg1150385 date=1281258073]
Pumping mindless high balls into the penalty area was not the way to take advantage of Crouch's height. He nearly always got his head to the ball before defenders, and when he was getting the right kind of support he laid the ball off to advancing forwards very effectively.

On the deck, Crouch is very skilful in his use of the ball.

OK he is slow but speed isn't everything. We have had fast forwards who weren't worth their place, e.g. Cissé.
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we don't have a winger to take the ball down the wing at pace and cross accurately into the box so what's the point?

 

[Portly]

[quote author=spider-neil link=topic=41324.msg1150388#msg1150388 date=1281258895]

we don't have a winger to take the ball down the wing at pace and cross accurately into the box so what's the point?
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I think that Cole and Jovanovic are more than capable of providing crosses into the box. As can Johnson and even Dirk!

 

[dee]

[quote author=spider-neil link=topic=41324.msg1150388#msg1150388 date=1281258895]
we don't have a winger to take the ball down the wing at pace and cross accurately into the box so what's the point?
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Spurs have got wingers to spare and he still scores rarely.

Face it, he's average and we'd be mad to bring him back.

 

[Avmenon]

[quote author=Portly link=topic=41324.msg1150389#msg1150389 date=1281259106]
[quote author=spider-neil link=topic=41324.msg1150388#msg1150388 date=1281258895]

we don't have a winger to take the ball down the wing at pace and cross accurately into the box so what's the point?
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I think that Cole and Jovanovic are more than capable of providing crosses into the box. As can Johnson and even Dirk!
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Think I'd rather see Cole and Jovanovic in the box, in all fairness.

 

[Judge Jules]

I wonder. Crouchy's scoring record during his time at LFC was almost exactly 1 goal every 2 games, which isn't shabby at all. He scored fewer elsewhere because he was playing with poorer players (cf.also his incredible record for England) and nobody liked playing against him. We could do a darn sight worse.

 

[zlatan18]

[quote author=Portly link=topic=41324.msg1150389#msg1150389 date=1281259106]
[quote author=spider-neil link=topic=41324.msg1150388#msg1150388 date=1281258895]

we don't have a winger to take the ball down the wing at pace and cross accurately into the box so what's the point?
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I think that Cole and Jovanovic are more than capable of providing crosses into the box. As can Johnson and even Dirk!
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All good in saying that, but crouch is not amazing at heading the ball. Yeah he is good at laying it down for someone else or something but heading from a cross towards goal he is pretty shit. At 10mil i would be cursing as that could be spent on someone MUCH better. Even at 6mil he is useless. We need better players, crouch is shit

 

[Judge Jules]

No, he isn't.

 

[dee]

[quote author=Judge Jules link=topic=41324.msg1150415#msg1150415 date=1281265994]
I wonder. Crouchy's scoring record during his time at LFC was almost exactly 1 goal every 2 games, which isn't shabby at all.
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Did he fuck - 85 games - 20 goals

 

[Judge Jules]

At least 30 of those appearances were off the bench.

Edit: Just e-mailed a mate who's a cricket scorer and an all-round sports Statto. Here's his comment:

"Crouch made exactly 30 appearances as sub in those 85 games. His goals-to-games ratio was almost exactly 2 to 1 once he got his first goal, though he did have that drought to start with. 22 goals in 55 games is a good return in the Prem, especially for someone who isn't playing regularly."

 

[dee]

[quote author=Judge Jules link=topic=41324.msg1150423#msg1150423 date=1281268393]
At least 30 of those appearances were off the bench.
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so were 8 of the goals

 

[zlatan18]

He made 85 appearances for our club scoring 22 times. Now can someone please explain why on earth we would want to spend 6-10mil on someone like this? who is going to wreck our style of play and make us go back to becoming a team of carraghers who hoof the ball up everytime they get it?

1 goal every 4 games is a really shit return

 

[manwithnoname]

'Go back to being a team of carraghers'?

Like the famous song?

There speaks a massive fucking zlatan who knows fuck all about what our club is *really* all about

Shown yourself up there, I'm afraid

 

[Hansern]

According to Elisha Scott both Crouch and Poulsen are a done deals.

Don't know how reliable he is these days, but he used to be spot on with the info he passed.

 

[Spionkop69]

[quote author=Brendan link=topic=41324.msg1150510#msg1150510 date=1281284877]
'Go back to being a team of carraghers'?

Like the famous song?

There speaks a massive fucking zlatan who knows fuck all about what our club is *really* all about

Shown yourself up there, I'm afraid
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He shoots, he scores!

 

[Oncy]

[quote author=singlerider link=topic=41324.msg1150378#msg1150378 date=1281257246]

*insert slipping meat between her buns joke here*
[/quote]Christ almighty!!! This is his bird..

And he shags the rotter above?
He's got a shit hottie radar for a big man.

 

[Rosco]

he paid for the privilege too