Peter Crouch to Newcastle

[AFII]

Sell Crouch for around £8m and buy Huntelaar for around £10m. That would be excellent business.

[Red Chilli]

The league is where it counts mate and he's got 2, Kuyt's got 6 and Bellamy 5. He scored one good goal in the CL and goals against mediocre opposition, we need someone who can make a difference against better teams.

So you're going to start quoting "mediocre opposition" are you? So who did Bellamy score his 5 goals against?

How many league minutes has Crouch played compared with Bellamy or Kuyt.

FFS lads (and ladies) why do we have to sell someone just because we lost a ****ing game?

[AFII]

So we sell our top goal scorer to "use those millions to buy someone who can actually score".

So are we selling Kuyt, Bellamy and Fowler first then?

The problem is that the defenders in the PL know how to take care of Crouch. Just give him a little push when he jumps up and the danger is over.

[ElRobbie]

So you're going to start quoting "mediocre opposition" are you? So who did Bellamy score his 5 goals against?

How many league minutes has Crouch played compared with Bellamy or Kuyt.

FFS lads (and ladies) why do we have to sell someone just because we lost a ****ing game?

Stop being a clown and avoiding the point.

He's not good enough, its not because we lost the game it's because if we want to challenge for the title we need better strikers than Crouch, simple really.

[AFII]

As I have said. It's up to Rafa. He will sell any player in the team if he has a better replacement lined up.

I would keep him at least until the end of the season.

[Red Chilli]

The problem is that the defenders in the PL know how to take care of Crouch. Just give him a little push when he jumps up and the danger is over.

So not only do you speak for Moores, Parry, Rafa and many of our own players past and present, but now you are speaking on behalf of all the defenders in the premiership.

Great

[Kinell]

Didnt look to happy today when subbed. But i dont know what he was having a cry about he had enough opportunities to convert in to goals and didnt have the class to take them!

[Red Chilli]

Stop being a clown and avoiding the point.

He's not good enough, its not because we lost the game it's because if we want to challenge for the title we need better strikers than Crouch, simple really.

Well at the risk of you calling me more names I'll trust Rafa's judgement over yours.

Always the case, someone can't accept they've made a mistake so they start the name calling.

[Hass]

I like Crouchy, very honest hard working player who's also very nice. But we don't neeed strikers who are nice, we need clinical strikers who will score. I think Rafa knows it and Crouchy's on borrowed time. I will be sad to see him go but i believe he is a stop gap in the squad

[Red Chilli]

As I have said. It's up to Rafa. He will sell any player in the team if he has a better replacement lined up.

Any half decent manager would do the same, surely that's common sense.

[Red Chilli]

I like Crouchy, very honest hard working player who's also very nice. But we don't neeed strikers who are nice, we need clinical strikers who will score.

Who's scored our goals this season then?

[AFII]

So not only do you speak for Moores, Parry, Rafa and many of our own players past and present, but now you are speaking on behalf of all the defenders in the premiership.

Great

I THINK that they know how to play against Crouch. The defenders in the PL is also more used to play against strikers like him.

[ElRobbie]

Well at the risk of you calling me more names I'll trust Rafa's judgement over yours.

Always the case, someone can't accept they've made a mistake so they start the name calling.

What do you mean, 'can't accept they've made a mistake', how have I made a mistake exactly?

What I'm saying is based on what I've seen of him, he doesn't have the quality we need to win titles, he's too slow, his shooting and heading is woeful 9 times out of 10.

Manager's make mistakes, be a man and make your own judgements and stop skirting around the issues

Rafa's made mistakes in the past with his buys and will make them again, he'll admit that a good manager does something about it though.

I think the fact he's not favoured him recently (before today) goes to show he's having doubts about him, lets hope he sells him and we could use that money towards a better striker.

You just seem like one of those rose tinted glasses types who are happy with mediocrity.

[Red Chilli]

What do you mean, 'can't accept they've made a mistake', how have I made a mistake exactly?

Please to god, sell him! We should be 3-0 up in this game yet we're 1-0 down.

I'd say that's a mistake, how can it be Crouch's fault that we're 1-0 down rather than 3-0 up? If you'd said 3-1 up then I might have taken you seriously, but then you started name calling

[fatistuta]

Fair enough mate, if you want to avoid the facts and hide from the truth then you do that, the fact is, we will never win a title with Peter Crouch in our starting eleven, he's just not good enough, the gap in quality is immense.

It's no good walking around with blind optimism.

We never won a title with Fowler at his best or Owen at his best.

Selling Crouch is not the answer.