Peter Crouch

[Imy]

come on mate you cant be serious with that

These are THE two key factors to success for a striker in the premiership.

[Shaggy]

These are THE two key factors to success for a striker in the premiership.

Djibril Cissé.

[Imy]

Djibril Cissé.

no strength and how many goals did he get from the right wing?

(no i'm not one who thinks he should still be at the club, he had no game intelligence)

[cobain]

When Crouch is on top of his game, he is unstoppable (as seen against Arsenal and PSV ... Well, that period actually). But when he's out of form, it would be better if we played with only 10 men on the pitch ... No, wait a minute ... 9 men ... Also without Xabi Alonso

[Shaggy]

Xabi's form, or lack of it, is a far bigger worry than Crouchie's, IMO.

[kurtangle01]

Xabi's form, or lack of it, is a far bigger worry than Crouchie's, IMO.

Xabi, even off form, has contributed more than Crouch.

[justyafivetimes]

Xabi's form, or lack of it, is a far bigger worry than Crouchie's, IMO.

he hasnt played well imo for over 15/16 months
but he is one of rafas favourites like

[Shaggy]

Xabi, even off form, has contributed more than Crouch.

Only because he's played all the time. Crouch has had 67 minutes action all season which makes it pretty ****ing difficult to make a noteworthy contribution.

Xabi had a very good game against Derby but he's been wank otherwise.

He's my favourite player (or was!) but his form is worrying me. He should be on the bench on Tueday and I'd leave him there against Birmingham too. Gerrard & Masher should get a run together.

[anfieldanfield]

Put Crouch in a team with Torres and Gerrard and he would excel, no question.

Crouch is not the reason we failed to pick up all three points today, he was feeding off scraps.

[carheex]

Xabi's form, or lack of it, is a far bigger worry than Crouchie's, IMO.

Can't argue with that. You could count the good games he's had in the last 18 months on one hand.

[anfieldanfield]

Xabi needs a spell on the bench.

Gerrard and Masher should be given a run together in the center.

[Biff]

Xabi needs a spell on the bench.

Gerrard and Masher should be given a run together in the center.

I think as the bigger games come up this season, whether home or away, this will be the preferred CM partnership.

[kurtangle01]

Only because he's played all the time. Crouch has had 67 minutes action all season which makes it pretty ****ing difficult to make a noteworthy contribution.

Xabi had a very good game against Derby but he's been wank otherwise.

He's my favourite player (or was!) but his form is worrying me. He should be on the bench on Tueday and I'd leave him there against Birmingham too. Gerrard & Masher should get a run together.

I assume your not counting the two matches he's played in the CL qualifiers then?

[Biff]

As I see it when we play a 'weakend' side a player like Crouch loses his effectiveness. He's not particularly mobile so is never gonna beat the slowers defenders for pace. He tends to play between the 18yrd tram lines so won't be seen dragging markers/defenders into the channels.

When we play a strong team with our so called 1st team stars then Crouch is more effective because the quality of service tends to be better so he doesn't need to work as hard for his chances.

To this end I think that Torres, Kuyt and on the little evidence I've seen of Voronin are better options purely because of their mobility, game intellingence etc.

It's gonna be tough for the big guy this season to get regular game time. A pity really as he is a good player but we now have, perhaps, better options.

[Shaggy]

I assume your not counting the two matches he's played in the CL qualifiers then?

Yeah, I'm obviously talking about the league.