Crouch plays waiting game

[carrsim]

i think its fair to say that something has happened between crouch and rafa. rafa has gone from complete faith to the point of stubbornly playing him when every set of fans (except ours of course) and every media outlet were mocking him.

It seems that now those same people have done a total reverse and so has rafa. when this started i remember rafa saying "crouchy needs to remember how he got to this stage" which seemed a warning to me and almost like a "don't start listening to them now they like you" kind of thing

in my completely uninformed opinion its things like the robot, this autobiography and crouch worrying about england/listening to public opinion that has affected their relationship.

i for one like crouch and hope we can resolve it, but with only 18 months left on the deal, january is the only time we'll get maximum return on him so it needs to be sorted.

[tsb]

His autobiography is called "Walking Tall" I think.

I read that as "Talking Wall". I think that's the name of Shearers autobiog isnt it?

[Armchairkopite]

Not good enough tbbh.

[AFII]

No, not really, it says to me Rafa wants to tie down his 4 strikers. It wouldn't reassure me that Rafa was going to play him.

Just as we have done with our midfielders. I think Crouch can buy-out his contract next summer so we would only get around £3m-£4m for him if he don't sign a new deal.

[JPK]

Crouch has a role to play yet this season,but he is hardly being missed so I dont see the problem.We are a better team with Kuyt playing.
I did'nt see Monster praising Crouch and he knows his ****!!

[Parm]

Autobiography? For ****s sake.

It will be a step down. Apart from Macca, no one who has left us really goes on to bigger things.

Look I like Crouch, but he has not been consistently outstanding for us and has an average goal scoring record for us. If he leaves then so be it, it'll be a downward step. but I think he will sign a new contract and everything will be ok.

[steveheighwayrobbery]

Autobiography? For ****s sake.

It will be a step down. Apart from Macca, no one who has left us really goes on to bigger things.

Apparently he has difficulty intergrating at Anfield because there is no one he can look up to

[steveheighwayrobbery]

I look like Crouch, but he has not been consistently outstanding as me or us and has an average goal scoring record for us. If he leaves then so be it, he'll go out the door and down the steps. but I think he will sign a new contract and everything will be ok.

[Parm]