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Post by bayernoatcake on May 21, 2017 16:03:54 GMT
It hasn't been working has it though? We're slow and immobile and aren't playing well. He's scored and that's great but to be relying on him now when we've spent God knows how much in terms of wages and transfer fees just shows at how badly Hughes has done. I love Crouchy and he should be here next season (Walters should be off) but it shows where we've sunk to. To be fair it's only been tried if all else has failed! How about combining him up top with the likes of Berahino - could be viable for as season or two. At least we would have a bit of structure to work around. When we tried that, we looked awful. I think we need to go back to 4231 and work on it all pre-season.
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Post by thehoof on May 21, 2017 16:04:02 GMT
It's not personal with Crouch. Supporters complain because we rely on a man of his age. Totally understandable when you consider we are a Premiership team. I think Manure have been relying on a 35 year old all season haven't they? You are not comparing Crouchie to Ibrahimovic surely? I don't think anyone has an issue with Crouch, but does anyone really think that putting our hopes on a 37 year old to lead the attack next season is a progressive move forward?
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Post by gibby1409 on May 21, 2017 16:07:02 GMT
I think Manure have been relying on a 35 year old all season haven't they? You are not comparing Crouchie to Ibrahimovic surely? I don't think anyone has an issue with Crouch, but does anyone really think that putting our hopes on a 37 year old to lead the attack next season is a progressive move forward? Not at all, just pointing out that age is pretty irrelevant if you're still good enough 😉
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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2017 16:10:27 GMT
7 league goals, far far better than his last campaign. I'm happy he's improved and he's in the top 5 of the season for that.
Yet it just creates new challenges. We've got a January window signing on the bench and no one seemed arsed.
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Post by bayernoatcake on May 21, 2017 16:14:20 GMT
7 league goals, far far better than his last campaign. I'm happy he's improved and he's in the top 5 of the season for that. Yet it just creates new challenges. We've got a January window signing on the bench and no one seemed arsed. We've got a summer signing driving about the English countryside taking photos of himself and no one seems arsed why that hasn't worked. We started our best striker at right back, not arsed. Etc.
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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2017 16:16:25 GMT
Batern -Im even handed about this but you got to admit, Mame Diouf has missed some absolute 'sitters' recently
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Post by bayernoatcake on May 21, 2017 16:17:48 GMT
Batern -Im even handed about this but you got to admit, Mame Diouf has missed some absolute 'sitters' recently You mean one, that wasn't a sitter.
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Post by stokiejoe on May 21, 2017 16:20:06 GMT
Thought Crouch should be moved on because of his age but he keeps proving me wrong. Very likeable bloke and the only proven goalscorer we have. Don't think expecting a 36 year old striker to move on is being idiotic, proven wrong yes, but idiotic is harsh.
A goal difference of -15 is extremely poor
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Post by liathroid on May 21, 2017 16:20:44 GMT
So many and we all know who they are including experienced posters rain crap on this guy. Season after season game after game he makes mugs of them. dont be calling Bayern an idiot
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Post by boskampsflaps on May 21, 2017 16:23:31 GMT
Anybody who has a bad word to say about Crouch wants publicly flogging. However, we shouldn't be starting PL games with him leading the line. I'm pretty sure no one does and the op is talking complete bollocks, but your second point is spot on.
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Post by dieguito88 on May 21, 2017 16:26:03 GMT
He hasn't scored more than 1 in a game since september 2012. He scored 2 vs watford at the Brit right?
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Post by Trouserdog on May 21, 2017 16:27:08 GMT
If the man is in form and scoring goals, what does it matter how old he is?
Crouch is as good as he ever was for us- one of those rare players whose game never relied on pace- so as long as he keeps doing the business, why are people moaning? I don't care if a player is 26, 36 or 86 if he's producing the goods. We've got other strikers at the club, so if Crouch does start to wane at any point then fine, but he's clearly got another year in him at least.
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Post by WhyDelilah on May 21, 2017 16:29:06 GMT
Scarily, I'm with Bayern on this one.
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Post by pottersrule on May 21, 2017 16:36:46 GMT
Ffs! Victories have been scarce this season can't we enjoy this for a while before the inevitable fuckin bickering begins.
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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2017 16:39:19 GMT
Ffs! Victories have been scarce this season can't we enjoy this for a while before the inevitable fuckin bickering begins. Apparently not ...
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Post by johnnysoul60 on May 21, 2017 17:37:14 GMT
Been great for us
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Post by 1963 on May 21, 2017 18:26:25 GMT
Best of our strikers - stats don't lie!
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Post by basingstokie on May 21, 2017 18:29:31 GMT
Crouch has been a great player for us. Can clearly do a job because his game doesn't reply on pace. But we've finished 13th and our top scorer is a 36-year-old with a paltry seven league goals to his name. Hardly anything to shout about. But that's not his fault. He's our leading scorer and not a regular starter for much of the season.
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Post by Ryan_Shawjosh on May 22, 2017 8:26:54 GMT
Crouch has been a great player for us. Can clearly do a job because his game doesn't reply on pace. But we've finished 13th and our top scorer is a 36-year-old with a paltry seven league goals to his name. Hardly anything to shout about. This season has been his best goalscoring record in the league in terms of goals per game since his first season with us.
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Post by Deleted on May 22, 2017 8:49:54 GMT
I'm a bit sick of this Mame Diouf saga. Upgrade on Jerome. Lovely bloke apparently, and he does give his all, but he certainly isn't the answer to our problems. Apart from a difficult miss against the arse, he managed to catch one quite sweetly yesterday, but on any other day, it could and would have flown anywhere. Sums him up for me, but I do like the lad really.
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Post by JoeinOz on May 22, 2017 10:30:35 GMT
The problem with Pete is the influence on the philosophy of the team. When he's on there are times when we just succumb to the obvious temptation to put long balls towards him. A lot of the time it doesn't work. Decent defences can handle it.
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Post by sheikhmomo on May 22, 2017 10:34:31 GMT
In the team on merit as Berahino has been total gash.
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Post by thanksjon on May 22, 2017 10:43:31 GMT
PC is a legend and very popular with the fans of any club he has ever played with but he is past being a premier clubs first choice striker but he is excellent back up.
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Post by geoff321 on May 22, 2017 11:10:05 GMT
Whatever peoples views are about Peter Crouch it's really secondary to the fact that this season Stoke's top scorer has only one more than a 37 year old full back from West Brom.
On top of that three strikers at the club i.e. Crouch, Walters and Diouf have scored 12 goals between them, four less than King, three less than Benteke, Defoe and Llorente and one less than Vardy, all players from similar sized clubs as Stoke.
Mark Hughes is a good manager but he will know more than anyone he has to solve that problem urgently.
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Post by biglad180 on May 22, 2017 11:44:12 GMT
never understand why people say we should get rid the guy has never had any pace but he still gets the goals . great player to have round the place
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Post by Davef on May 22, 2017 12:08:31 GMT
Whatever peoples views are about Peter Crouch it's really secondary to the fact that this season Stoke's top scorer has only one more than a 37 year old full back from West Brom. Gareth McAuley is a centre half. Or at least he used to be one.
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Post by harryburrows on May 22, 2017 12:11:04 GMT
Whatever peoples views are about Peter Crouch it's really secondary to the fact that this season Stoke's top scorer has only one more than a 37 year old full back from West Brom. Gareth McAuley is a centre half. Or at least he used to be one. In the same way Robert Hugh was a right back
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Post by geoff321 on May 22, 2017 12:20:15 GMT
Whatever peoples views are about Peter Crouch it's really secondary to the fact that this season Stoke's top scorer has only one more than a 37 year old full back from West Brom. Gareth McAuley is a centre half. Or at least he used to be one. You are correct Dave, still the gist of my comments are probably right in the sense we don't want a defender only one goal short of the top Stoke striker, over a season.
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Post by Deleted on May 22, 2017 12:22:21 GMT
What the fuck is an "experienced poster"?
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Post by WhyDelilah on May 22, 2017 12:23:11 GMT
Gareth McAuley is a centre half. Or at least he used to be one. You are correct Dave, still the gist of my comments are probably right in the sense we don't want a defender only one goal short of the top Stoke striker, over a season. Another way to look at it, Harry Kane has scored as many goals in his last TWO games than any of our forwards has managed all season!!!!!!!
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