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Post by TexasPotter on Aug 27, 2017 15:09:32 GMT
Not sure they are slating crouch. We shouldn't be relying on him to nick a point. Think that's what they're getting at, myself included. I was pissed we left the midfield rot, never mad at Crouch coming on he's a club legend in my opinion. Just pissed at hughes in the moment it was baffling bringing him on without rammers or a bojan coming on too. Ramadan came on later which actually setup the goal through a cross deflection.
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Post by superheroantonius on Aug 27, 2017 15:10:23 GMT
I wonder if Abby ever gives him any incentives? " Score today duck and......." 😁 On that basis... Jesse should have has a hat trick
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Post by StokeAz on Aug 27, 2017 15:20:42 GMT
I don't see the problem with us "relying" on him at all. If he's brought on to score and does so then fair play. Most fans want him to stay because he offers something different... So why complain when he scores? Also, there's always queues to moan about Hughes' substitutions when he gets them wrong yet no credit given when they pay off. Substitution's goal and effectively a substitution's assist - no complaints from me ;and I think we're in for a much stronger season than most expected with a solid looking defence at the same time.
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Post by BraveSirRobin on Aug 27, 2017 16:24:30 GMT
Still the only striker Hughes knows how to use. Which is frightening. Im scared.
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Post by buddha74 on Aug 27, 2017 16:31:40 GMT
Was in a bar in Ibiza watching the match today with my sister in law, she loves crouch and was so disappointed he was on the bench, he always comes off the bench to save us when I'm with my sister in law and after going 1-0 down she said "don't worry, crouch will save us", and he bloody did lol.
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Post by harrysburrow on Aug 27, 2017 16:33:53 GMT
Nobody's slagged Crouch off.
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Post by The Toxic Avenger on Aug 27, 2017 16:34:00 GMT
If we ever do an Oatcake Secret Santa and I get Miccmacc, I'm buying him '50 Shades of Peter Crouch'
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Post by johnnysoul60 on Aug 27, 2017 16:41:35 GMT
Our best striker end of
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Post by raythesailor on Aug 27, 2017 16:51:58 GMT
Was in a bar in Ibiza watching the match today with my sister in law, she loves crouch and was so disappointed he was on the bench, he always comes off the bench to save us when I'm with my sister in law and after going 1-0 down she said "don't worry, crouch will save us", and he bloody did lol. Posts on here about being in a bar with your Sister In Law should be on "everything else" and has nothing to do with football ! 🤣😀😃
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Post by senojbor on Aug 27, 2017 16:52:23 GMT
Still the only striker Hughes knows how to use. Which is frightening. Im scared. No your not, you're a brave Robin
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Post by buddha74 on Aug 27, 2017 16:56:34 GMT
Was in a bar in Ibiza watching the match today with my sister in law, she loves crouch and was so disappointed he was on the bench, he always comes off the bench to save us when I'm with my sister in law and after going 1-0 down she said "don't worry, crouch will save us", and he bloody did lol. Posts on here about being in a bar with your Sister In Law should be on "everything else" and has nothing to do with football ! 🤣😀😃 I would agree if it wasn't football related or thread related but it's actually both 😁
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Post by Kjones9 on Aug 27, 2017 17:01:27 GMT
There's some absolutely fucking gutted we got a point and crouch scored.
Dogshit support from the same few.
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Post by madeleyite on Aug 27, 2017 17:04:29 GMT
Crouchigol for England 2018!
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Post by skemstokie on Aug 27, 2017 17:09:03 GMT
Hang your heads. He'll always prove you wrong. Still our best striker Wasting your time nobody listening.arseholes don`t have ears?
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Post by stokemark on Aug 27, 2017 17:11:48 GMT
Our best striker but goes to show how poor our options are
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Post by kidcrewbob on Aug 27, 2017 17:21:16 GMT
Everyone loves Crouchie and proud as anything that he's delivered the majority of his best performances and scored most of his best goals in the red and white stripes - he's saved us from relegation scraps and popped up to save our bacon so many times hes beyond reproach IMHO....
Folk we're just a bit frustrated that we're still relying on him as regularly as we are to dig us out of a sticky situation - I would have put Bera on last 5 mins to try and create the fairytale ending that I think may have been waiting but Hughes obviously not up for it - happy with the point all in all but I still hate the rat-faced capped twat with a passion...
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Post by heworksardtho on Aug 27, 2017 17:23:39 GMT
Was in a bar in Ibiza watching the match today with my sister in law, she loves crouch and was so disappointed he was on the bench, he always comes off the bench to save us when I'm with my sister in law and after going 1-0 down she said "don't worry, crouch will save us", and he bloody did lol. A is she single and B is she a bad girl 🙏
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Post by buddha74 on Aug 27, 2017 17:36:57 GMT
Was in a bar in Ibiza watching the match today with my sister in law, she loves crouch and was so disappointed he was on the bench, he always comes off the bench to save us when I'm with my sister in law and after going 1-0 down she said "don't worry, crouch will save us", and he bloody did lol. A is she single and B is she a bad girl 🙏 She's spoken for mate sorry, she's a good girl, she usually comes to stoke with me when my brother can't make it, quite a good football knowledge for a girl, unlike my missus who has zero interest, probably not a bad thing though lol.
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Post by Kjones9 on Aug 27, 2017 17:38:46 GMT
I don't give a shit who scores our goals, as long as they go in.
It's a team game, how can he be brought on to get us 'out of the shit'?
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Post by Uncle cheese on Aug 27, 2017 17:48:02 GMT
I slagged of the substitution, not on here but at home. I didn't think it was the right thing to do tactically but I was wrong and I'm glad I was.
We should start him next game as he is by far our best option at bringing others into play
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Post by alster on Aug 27, 2017 17:55:46 GMT
I slagged of the substitution, not on here but at home. I didn't think it was the right thing to do tactically but I was wrong and I'm glad I was. We should start him next game as he is by far our best option at bringing others into play You weren't wrong at all it was an opportunistic goal from an awful mistake between their CB and goalie it had nothing to do with good tactical changes, they weren't they played to West Brom's strengths. As a point its a good one but that really wasn't a demonstration of effective football either before or after the changes.
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Post by Will_75 on Aug 27, 2017 19:52:28 GMT
Tactically it was a stupid change and played to their strength, it came off we got lucky. Crouch was pretty ineffective apart from the goal which was a mammoth balls up between their CB and keeper. The fact that we scored and got a good point from the game doesn't make the switch in tactics well thought out, it wasn't. Every man and his dog knows you don't like Crouch. There's no need to rewrite history to justify it - it just makes you sound unhinged.
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Post by Will_75 on Aug 27, 2017 19:54:57 GMT
I slagged of the substitution, not on here but at home. I didn't think it was the right thing to do tactically but I was wrong and I'm glad I was. We should start him next game as he is by far our best option at bringing others into play You weren't wrong at all it was an opportunistic goal from an awful mistake between their CB and goalie it had nothing to do with good tactical changes, they weren't they played to West Brom's strengths. As a point its a good one but that really wasn't a demonstration of effective football either before or after the changes. Yes, yes, despite what actually happened, you can't give Crouch any credit at all. He's just a lucky guy that the ball bounces off and goes in time after time after time.
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Post by alster on Aug 27, 2017 20:11:15 GMT
You weren't wrong at all it was an opportunistic goal from an awful mistake between their CB and goalie it had nothing to do with good tactical changes, they weren't they played to West Brom's strengths. As a point its a good one but that really wasn't a demonstration of effective football either before or after the changes. Yes, yes, despite what actually happened, you can't give Crouch any credit at all. He's just a lucky guy that the ball bounces off and goes in time after time after time. If you think that was a demonstration of effective football either before or after Crouch came on there's something wrong with your eyesight barring the comical error I don't think we were scoring if we played till tomorrow. Going direct against West Brom is in no way smart tactics face facts we got lucky. As you posted before I really don't like Crouch as a footballer but how you've turned it into a dig at him only you can know.
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Post by Will_75 on Aug 27, 2017 20:18:18 GMT
Yes, yes, despite what actually happened, you can't give Crouch any credit at all. He's just a lucky guy that the ball bounces off and goes in time after time after time. If you think that was a demonstration of effective football either before or after Crouch came on there's something wrong with your eyesight barring the comical error I don't think we were scoring if we played till tomorrow. Going direct against West Brom is in no way smart tactics face facts we got lucky. As you posted before I really don't like Crouch as a footballer but how you've turned it into a dig at him only you can know. Couldn't disagree more - surely we've all watched enough Pulisball to know that going direct is about the only way to get through a Pulis team playing at home. It's the reason why Arsenal always failed and Chelsea generally battered us. You can play around them all day - you've got to break the door down.
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Post by ParaPsych on Aug 27, 2017 20:21:55 GMT
If you think that was a demonstration of effective football either before or after Crouch came on there's something wrong with your eyesight barring the comical error I don't think we were scoring if we played till tomorrow. Going direct against West Brom is in no way smart tactics face facts we got lucky. As you posted before I really don't like Crouch as a footballer but how you've turned it into a dig at him only you can know. Couldn't disagree more - surely we've all watched enough Pulisball to know that going direct is about the only way to get through a Pulis team playing at home. It's the reason why Arsenal always failed and Chelsea generally battered us. You can play around them all day - you've got to break the door down. But we would usually always beat Big Sam's teams and Arsenal would usually try to adapt to us by playing some of their big lads, which never worked out for them.
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Post by butlerstbob on Aug 27, 2017 20:25:28 GMT
I think I've seen you write this sentence, word for word, on about 2,000 of your posts. Don't you get bored of the echo? If a problem persists then people will keep talking about it. I think he's entitled to that, it really is frightening that Hughes can only figure out how to utilize one striker, that is 36 years old. A problem? What a striker that can score goals? Christ on a bike have you sunk that low you have to complain about a striker scoring goals because if his age?? Give me strength! 😲😆
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Post by riccyfuller93 on Aug 27, 2017 20:26:52 GMT
If a problem persists then people will keep talking about it. I think he's entitled to that, it really is frightening that Hughes can only figure out how to utilize one striker, that is 36 years old. A problem? What a striker that can score goals? Christ on a bike have you sunk that low you have to complain about a striker scoring goals because if his age?? Give me strength! 😲😆 Learn to read
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Post by alster on Aug 27, 2017 20:36:01 GMT
Couldn't disagree more - surely we've all watched enough Pulisball to know that going direct is about the only way to get through a Pulis team playing at home. It's the reason why Arsenal always failed and Chelsea generally battered us. You can play around them all day - you've got to break the door down. But we would usually always beat Big Sam's teams and Arsenal would usually try to adapt to us by playing some of their big lads, which never worked out for them. I didn't think we were vulnerable to direct teams but there is no way I'm going to the trouble of researching it. I was surprised and disappointed he went with Choupo up front didn't think it looked at all promising against Arsenal before Shaq went off. Would have been happier with Diouf or Berahino but Hughes' record of buying strikers and showing them any faith is becoming a joke.
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Post by Will_75 on Aug 27, 2017 21:25:18 GMT
Couldn't disagree more - surely we've all watched enough Pulisball to know that going direct is about the only way to get through a Pulis team playing at home. It's the reason why Arsenal always failed and Chelsea generally battered us. You can play around them all day - you've got to break the door down. But we would usually always beat Big Sam's teams and Arsenal would usually try to adapt to us by playing some of their big lads, which never worked out for them. Shush you. I haven't done any actual research, it just winds me up beyond belief that the usual suspects who were conspicuous by their absence last weekend are out in force tonight, decrying the tactics, the players, the manager etc etc etc blah blah blah. Time I worked out how to use the block function...
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