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It's not Crouch's fault if the midfield starts hoofing long balls to him. He doesn't ask for that. He is too good a ball player to be used in that way.
 
He's not first choice for Spurs either though.

He's got the stark choice of playing 2-25 games a season for a top side, or being a regular for the likes of Sunderland. He can do the latter when he's 32+. It's not like he's going to decline rapidly once he loses some pace.
 
[quote author=LadyRed link=topic=41324.msg1150831#msg1150831 date=1281347476]
Also, I don't see how the situation has changed for Crouch, he left cos he didn't want to be back for Torres, he wanted first team football.
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crouch prefers the mahogany of our bench to the pine of spurs' bench.
 
[quote author=Portly link=topic=41324.msg1150833#msg1150833 date=1281347630]
It's not Crouch's fault if the midfield starts hoofing long balls to him. He doesn't ask for that. He is too good a ball player to be used in that way.
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It doesn't matter whose fault it is, it matters that that's the inevitable consequence of playing him.

Signing him is a backwards move.
 
[quote author=Buddha link=topic=41324.msg1150834#msg1150834 date=1281347652]
He's not first choice for Spurs either though.

He's got the stark choice of playing 2-25 games a season for a top side, or being a regular for the likes of Sunderland. He can do the latter when he's 32+. It's not like he's going to decline rapidly once he loses some pace.
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the sad thing is given torres, cole and gerrard fitness levels crouch would see LOADS of games.
 
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i'm really hoping we don't pursue this idea, it'd be such an incredibly depressing signing. i'd genuinely prefer us to sign bobby zamora: at least he'd be some sort of backup to torres, whereas crouch is completely incapable of that.
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I'm afarid that following he (relative) euphoria of Joe Cole on a free, the harsh realities are biting home:

Luke Young, Poulsen, Crouch.

Oh. Fucking. DEAR.
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the other 2 are positively exciting compared to crouch, what with them actually being cheap. signing crouch now actually makes even less sense than it did in 2005, and that's fucking saying something.
 
Im getting horrible flashbacks thinking about this deal. A tall, skinny bloke being beaten in the air by someone 6 inches smaller than him because he can't jump and is weak as piss. Them ultra slow, shit dribbles back to the half way line. All them crosses Finnan used to put on his head for him to gently head it into the keepers arms. He's so infuriating to watch. I hate this. Wahhhh
 
He can hold the ball up, but requires great movement around him because he can't turn and go on his own.

He can use his height in and around the box, but isn't a great header of the ball.

He's a decent player with decent technique, but his lack of mobility has always limited his effectiveness.
 
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Im getting horrible flashbacks thinking about this deal. A tall, skinny bloke being beaten in the air by someone 6 inches smaller than him because he can't jump and is weak as piss. Them ultra slow, shit dribbles back to the half way line. All them crosses Finnan used to put on his head for him to gently head it into the keepers arms. He's so infuriating to watch. I hate this. Wahhhh
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i know, bad times...except somehow we actually had a cracking season that year, i think we racked up over 80 points that season with a strikeforce of morientes and crouch! actually, looking at that team makes me wonder if our real problems are at the back rather than creative...
 
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He can hold the ball up, but requires great movement around him because he can't turn and go on his own.

He can use his height in and around the box, but isn't a great header of the ball.

He's a decent player with decent technique, but his lack of mobility has always limited his effectiveness.
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He can't run.
 
The only positive is he is English..and England are shit so thats hardly a positive.


This shit is bloody stupid..
 
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[quote author=Portly link=topic=41324.msg1150773#msg1150773 date=1281341030]
The anti-Crouch people are a bit gay. They just don't like the way he looks. It's nothing to do with football.
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bullshit. if crouch filled his boots or was effective without needing the team built around him then I wouldn't care if he were 8 foot tall or 5 foot tall.
[/quote]Is the England team built around him?
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england and liverpool are two different things entirely. where is crouch going to play? behind torres? okay then, where is gerrard going to play, or cole? suddenly there is greater emphasis on getting the ball into the box as often and quickly as possible, by hoofing? who is going to bomb down the wing and cross into the box? kuyt?
14 million (or 10+ if were being consevative) for someone who has been no more effective than carew.
[/quote]surely just typing 'No' would have been easier.
 
[quote author=Herr Onceared link=topic=41324.msg1150871#msg1150871 date=1281350743]
It's just a rumour isn't it?
Why is everyone losing their minds?
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You started it!!

*points finger in the Christian Poulsen-thread direction*
 
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[quote author=Herr Onceared link=topic=41324.msg1150871#msg1150871 date=1281350743]
It's just a rumour isn't it?
Why is everyone losing their minds?
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You started it!!

*points finger in the Christian Poulsen-thread direction*
[/quote]The difference being we know Poulsen is for sale. And that we are looking for a cheap alternative to Mascherano.
 
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[quote author=Herr Onceared link=topic=41324.msg1150871#msg1150871 date=1281350743]
It's just a rumour isn't it?
Why is everyone losing their minds?
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You started it!!

*points finger in the Christian Poulsen-thread direction*
[/quote]The difference being we know Poulsen is for sale. And that we are looking for a cheap alternative to Mascherano.
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I know mate I was only jesting.

It was a good jest too.
 
[quote author=Herr Onceared link=topic=41324.msg1150871#msg1150871 date=1281350743]
It's just a rumour isn't it?
Why is everyone losing their minds?
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Becasue everyone we are rumoured to be linked with has been fucking SHIT, and in Poulsen and Young's case, we know Old Uncle Woy put in offers for them. Crouch is exactly the sort of player he would try and buy too
 
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[quote author=spider-neil link=topic=41324.msg1150762#msg1150762 date=1281339495]
the song, 'team of carra's' is about having 11 men on the pitch all willing to sweat blood and run through brick walls for the club. zlatan's point about 'team of carra's' was having 11 men who would at the first oppertunity hoof the ball up to crouch, they would, and we all know it. that is why I am hoping we aren't willing to pay (the frankly ridiculous) fee to bring crouch back to anfield.
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So why use the phrase when it's obvious what "team of carraghers" means?

He doesn't understand it, and that's why I hate him
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Well dip shit, i live in australia so i dont get to go to the games to hear these songs, and i actually couldnt give 2 fucks about the songs, what i care about is what my club does on the pitch 😉
 
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[quote author=Herr Onceared link=topic=41324.msg1150871#msg1150871 date=1281350743]
It's just a rumour isn't it?
Why is everyone losing their minds?
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Becasue everyone we are rumoured to be linked with has been fucking SHIT, and in Poulsen and Young's case, we know Old Uncle Roy put in offers for them. Crouch is exactly the sort of player he would try and buy too
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Brad Jones
 
Imagine away at Wigan with the following Centreline:

Pepe - Carra, Kyrgiakos - Poulsen, Lucas - Crouch

Would you even bother to watch the game?
 
[quote author=LadyRed link=topic=41324.msg1150831#msg1150831 date=1281347476]
Also, I don't see how the situation has changed for Crouch, he left cos he didn't want to be back for Torres, he wanted first team football.
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Not true. Not many strikers could expect equal billing with Torres, and I very much doubt that Crouch is daft enough to imagine he's one of them. What he wanted, and didn't get under Rafa, was a fair go when Torres was out.
 
[quote author=Brendan link=topic=41324.msg1150891#msg1150891 date=1281351776]
[quote author=Herr Onceared link=topic=41324.msg1150871#msg1150871 date=1281350743]
It's just a rumour isn't it?
Why is everyone losing their minds?
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Becasue everyone we are rumoured to be linked with has been fucking SHIT, and in Poulsen and Young's case, we know Old Uncle Roy put in offers for them. Crouch is exactly the sort of player he would try and buy too
[/quote]I don't see it Bren. I don't think we have the money. We are scrabbling round for a bargain basement DM and before that a FB. When we have Torres, N'gog, Jovanovic, Kuyt, Ecclestone, Dalle vale, I don't see him spending 10m on a back up striker.
If mascherano leaves we need a dM.
 
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[quote author=Brendan link=topic=41324.msg1150776#msg1150776 date=1281341326]
[quote author=spider-neil link=topic=41324.msg1150762#msg1150762 date=1281339495]
the song, 'team of carra's' is about having 11 men on the pitch all willing to sweat blood and run through brick walls for the club. zlatan's point about 'team of carra's' was having 11 men who would at the first oppertunity hoof the ball up to crouch, they would, and we all know it. that is why I am hoping we aren't willing to pay (the frankly ridiculous) fee to bring crouch back to anfield.
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So why use the phrase when it's obvious what "team of carraghers" means?

He doesn't understand it, and that's why I hate him
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Well dip shit, i live in australia so i dont get to go to the games to hear these songs, and i actually couldnt give 2 fucks about the songs, what i care about is what my club does on the pitch 😉
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how can you not care about the songs? the very identity and history of club is tied to the songs we sing.
oh well, each to their own...
 
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[quote author=Brendan link=topic=41324.msg1150891#msg1150891 date=1281351776]
[quote author=Herr Onceared link=topic=41324.msg1150871#msg1150871 date=1281350743]
It's just a rumour isn't it?
Why is everyone losing their minds?
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Becasue everyone we are rumoured to be linked with has been fucking SHIT, and in Poulsen and Young's case, we know Old Uncle Roy put in offers for them. Crouch is exactly the sort of player he would try and buy too
[/quote]I don't see it Bren. I don't think we have the money. We are scrabbling round for a bargain basement DM and before that a FB. When we have Torres, N'gog, Jovanovic, Kuyt, Ecclestone, Dalle vale, I don't see him spending 10m on a back up striker.
If mascherano leaves we need a dM.
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Same applies when Insua leaves hence the Young link I reckon.

Anyhow there'll be a good chunk of money available after the Masher/Poulsen swap so perhaps we'll be using some of that money on a back-up striker as well.
 
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the song, 'team of carra's' is about having 11 men on the pitch all willing to sweat blood and run through brick walls for the club. zlatan's point about 'team of carra's' was having 11 men who would at the first oppertunity hoof the ball up to crouch, they would, and we all know it. that is why I am hoping we aren't willing to pay (the frankly ridiculous) fee to bring crouch back to anfield.
[/quote]

So why use the phrase when it's obvious what "team of carraghers" means?

He doesn't understand it, and that's why I hate him
[/quote]

Well dip shit, i live in australia so i dont get to go to the games to hear these songs, and i actually couldnt give 2 fucks about the songs, what i care about is what my club does on the pitch 😉
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how can you not care about the songs? the very identity and history of club is tied to the songs we sing.
oh well, each to their own...
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He has no clue about the history and identity of the club, that's why he doesn't "give 2 fucks about the songs".

He's embarrassing and clueless.
 
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[quote author=Brendan link=topic=41324.msg1150776#msg1150776 date=1281341326]
[quote author=spider-neil link=topic=41324.msg1150762#msg1150762 date=1281339495]
the song, 'team of carra's' is about having 11 men on the pitch all willing to sweat blood and run through brick walls for the club. zlatan's point about 'team of carra's' was having 11 men who would at the first oppertunity hoof the ball up to crouch, they would, and we all know it. that is why I am hoping we aren't willing to pay (the frankly ridiculous) fee to bring crouch back to anfield.
[/quote]

So why use the phrase when it's obvious what "team of carraghers" means?

He doesn't understand it, and that's why I hate him
[/quote]

Well dip shit, i live in australia so i dont get to go to the games to hear these songs, and i actually couldnt give 2 fucks about the songs, what i care about is what my club does on the pitch 😉
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Zlatan, please stop now.
 
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[quote author=Brendan link=topic=41324.msg1150891#msg1150891 date=1281351776]
[quote author=Herr Onceared link=topic=41324.msg1150871#msg1150871 date=1281350743]
It's just a rumour isn't it?
Why is everyone losing their minds?
[/quote]

Becasue everyone we are rumoured to be linked with has been fucking SHIT, and in Poulsen and Young's case, we know Old Uncle Roy put in offers for them. Crouch is exactly the sort of player he would try and buy too
[/quote]I don't see it Bren. I don't think we have the money. We are scrabbling round for a bargain basement DM and before that a FB. When we have Torres, N'gog, Jovanovic, Kuyt, Ecclestone, Dalle vale, I don't see him spending 10m on a back up striker.
If mascherano leaves we need a dM.
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£20, 000 000 (Masher fee) = £6, 000 000 (Poulson) + £4, 000 000 (Shit fullback) + £10, 000 000 (Crouchinho?)
 
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[quote author=spider-neil link=topic=41324.msg1150762#msg1150762 date=1281339495]
the song, 'team of carra's' is about having 11 men on the pitch all willing to sweat blood and run through brick walls for the club. zlatan's point about 'team of carra's' was having 11 men who would at the first oppertunity hoof the ball up to crouch, they would, and we all know it. that is why I am hoping we aren't willing to pay (the frankly ridiculous) fee to bring crouch back to anfield.
[/quote]

So why use the phrase when it's obvious what "team of carraghers" means?

He doesn't understand it, and that's why I hate him
[/quote]

Well dip shit, i live in australia so i dont get to go to the games to hear these songs, and i actually couldnt give 2 fucks about the songs, what i care about is what my club does on the pitch 😉
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Zlatan, please stop now.


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The Bitters would fucking love Zlaten. He ticks all their boxes for their portrayal of the modern day Liverpool fan.

What a fucking embarrassment.
 
The Bitters would fucking love Zlaten. He ticks all their boxes for their portrayal of the modern day Liverpool fan.

What a fucking embarrassment.

Indeed. Every post is just a horrible, clueless ignorant cunt.
 
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