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Post by Deleted on Aug 28, 2017 12:42:27 GMT
Good job he was on the bench yesterday then eh!😀
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Post by jezzascfc on Aug 28, 2017 12:55:46 GMT
Crouch has been a wonderful servant and great ambassador for our club. He deserves all the plaudits he gets.
My issue is that we are still having to rely on him as our first option off the bench and primary source of goals. That shows a fundamental failure in Hughes' striker recruitment policy these past 3 or 4 years, with Berahino the latest to be cast aside after having been chased for two years, and having cost 12m into the bargain. For a great striker himself, Les seems to have a blind spot in signing them as a manager (well, since Santa Cruz for Blackburn anyway, and he was hardly an unknown plucked from obscurity!).
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Post by alster on Aug 28, 2017 12:59:15 GMT
Crouch has been a wonderful servant and great ambassador for our club. He deserves all the plaudits he gets. My issue is that we are still having to rely on him as our first option off the bench and primary source of goals. That shows a fundamental failure in Hughes' striker recruitment policy these past 3 or 4 years, with Berahino the latest to be cast aside after having been chased for two years, and having cost 12m into the bargain. For a great striker himself, Les seems to have a blind spot in signing them as a manager (well, since Santa Cruz for Blackburn anyway, and he was hardly an unknown plucked from obscurity!). Really don't think he's brave enough to back his judgement on any of them if ever a position needed the faith of a manager it is the lone forward role.
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Post by bayernoatcake on Aug 28, 2017 13:02:44 GMT
He was excellent Scored a goal Set up choupo for a back post winner (missed) He was only the pitch for 15 mins. It wasn't missed was it? It was blocked, excellent defending.
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Post by Vermelho20312505 on Aug 28, 2017 16:16:59 GMT
He seems very strong to me except when he's collapsing trying to win penalties/free kicks. He needs to get on with it. Otherwise he was okay today. Was Ricardo's style any different though? He became flimsier when being challenged in certain areas of the pitch I recall! Maybe. And that's the same with many strikers. I don't advocate it at all but if you're going to do it, do it at the right times. Yesterday he had beaten the full back out wide and chose to go down looking for a free kick when he could have put the ball across to create a chance. I think players who are always looking for a free kick are distracted from the job at hand.
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Post by Vermelho20312505 on Aug 28, 2017 16:20:03 GMT
Well your rational on this subject suggests you are a lot younger Crouchy is world famous more than any other Stoke player the reason for this is that he has performed at the highest levels for a long time and any club he has performed at hold him in high regard Sometimes I think you and Bayern are one and the same so stubborn Thats why they moved him on from Villa Liverpool Spurs. Yes I am rational your rationale that being young equates to having a somehow less worthy opinion sort of reinforces my experience, I've met plenty of old fuckwits and the most irritating aspect is they always think they're right and always try to rubbish contrasting opinion with irrational put downs rather than compelling evidence. Using your rationale any player who isn't a one club man his whole career is crap ad at some point they are "moved on".
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Post by alster on Aug 28, 2017 16:27:26 GMT
Thats why they moved him on from Villa Liverpool Spurs. Yes I am rational your rationale that being young equates to having a somehow less worthy opinion sort of reinforces my experience, I've met plenty of old fuckwits and the most irritating aspect is they always think they're right and always try to rubbish contrasting opinion with irrational put downs rather than compelling evidence. Using your rationale any player who isn't a one club man his whole career is crap ad at some point they are "moved on". No he's had several big moves and always had to take a step down to try to get regular football. He's a bit of a throwback he doesn't really suit the modern game he was born 20/30 years too late.
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Post by Vermelho20312505 on Aug 28, 2017 16:28:38 GMT
Using your rationale any player who isn't a one club man his whole career is crap ad at some point they are "moved on". No he's had several big moves and always had to take a step down to try to get regular football. He's a bit of a throwback he doesn't really suit the modern game he was born 20/30 years too late. How's he managed to get several big moves then?
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Post by Vermelho20312505 on Aug 28, 2017 16:32:26 GMT
Using your rationale any player who isn't a one club man his whole career is crap ad at some point they are "moved on". No he's had several big moves and always had to take a step down to try to get regular football. He's a bit of a throwback he doesn't really suit the modern game he was born 20/30 years too late. A man who has scored more than 100 Premier League goals AND goals in the Champions League AND 22 for England at a rate of better than 1 in 2 is not suited to the modern game. Just imagine if he was. He'd be the greatest striker ever surely?
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Post by alster on Aug 28, 2017 16:37:57 GMT
No he's had several big moves and always had to take a step down to try to get regular football. He's a bit of a throwback he doesn't really suit the modern game he was born 20/30 years too late. How's he managed to get several big moves then? Harry signed him a lot he fitted his plans which were often 442 but even Harry had to change, otherwise managers took a gamble on him which didn't really work out. Villa/Liverpool/Stoke. His signing made Pulisball totally unbearable from being just a bit wank.
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Post by alster on Aug 28, 2017 16:39:30 GMT
No he's had several big moves and always had to take a step down to try to get regular football. He's a bit of a throwback he doesn't really suit the modern game he was born 20/30 years too late. A man who has scored more than 100 Premier League goals AND goals in the Champions League AND 22 for England at a rate of better than 1 in 2 is not suited to the modern game. Just imagine if he was. He'd be the greatest striker ever surely? I think you'll find he's a hell of a lot of goals behind the great Premier League strikers.
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Post by johnnysoul60 on Aug 28, 2017 16:47:22 GMT
Amazing that Hughes who was a striker doesn't have a clue when it comes to signing them .
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Post by muglump on Aug 28, 2017 16:54:09 GMT
A man who has scored more than 100 Premier League goals AND goals in the Champions League AND 22 for England at a rate of better than 1 in 2 is not suited to the modern game. Just imagine if he was. He'd be the greatest striker ever surely? I think you'll find he's a hell of a lot of goals behind the great Premier League strikers. 25th on the all time premier league list. Yep real crap
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Post by alster on Aug 28, 2017 16:57:37 GMT
I think you'll find he's a hell of a lot of goals behind the great Premier League strikers. 25th on the all time premier league list. Yep real crap He's probably scored more Prem goals than Diego Costa is he a better striker, is he fuck Read more: oatcakefanzine.proboards.com/user/4390/recent#ixzz4r4OuwQ00
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Post by mickmacc on Aug 28, 2017 17:00:08 GMT
Your bizarre unbalanced rankings against Crouch are becoming disturbing. Has he touched your wife? There has to be an explanation
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Post by alster on Aug 28, 2017 17:02:51 GMT
Your bizarre unbalanced rankings against Crouch are becoming disturbing. Has he touched your wife? There has to be an explanation Yeah I mean how could anyone not rate a player that you so obviously do everyone should just be you
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Post by muglump on Aug 28, 2017 17:23:26 GMT
Your bizarre unbalanced rankings against Crouch are becoming disturbing. Has he touched your wife? There has to be an explanation I somehow doubt he has a more desirable wife than mr crouch
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