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Post by timbo1988 on Mar 17, 2018 18:42:30 GMT
How bad was Crouch today? So slow, lost most headers to Keane and Jagielka. No pressing off the ball. Didn't hold the ball up.
I was calling for him to be subbed at HT. couldn't believe he played the full 90mins.
That through ball that Shaqiri played and then Crouch looked as if he was running in quick sand.
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Post by Pugsley on Mar 17, 2018 18:43:25 GMT
Hung out to dry by the clueless jock tool in charge.
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Post by davejohnno1 on Mar 17, 2018 18:45:19 GMT
He is wank. The end.
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Post by milky on Mar 17, 2018 18:46:02 GMT
If you aren't going to get players around him (which we didn't after the sending off ) it's pointless him being on the pitch.
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Post by houstonsteve on Mar 17, 2018 18:46:54 GMT
Lovely bloke who has had an excellent career. However, should not be anywhere near a premier league squad, let alone match day 11 these days (with absolutely no disrespect to Pete as its not his fault he gets picked as a lone striker either)
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Post by timbo1988 on Mar 17, 2018 18:47:52 GMT
Wouldn't even get in most Championship sides so no idea how he is playing for us in this league. The amount of headers he wins for his height is embarrassing. His lack of pace also makes opposition push 10 yards higher up the pitch than they should!
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Post by fraybentos on Mar 17, 2018 18:48:08 GMT
Crouch trying to run in the snow was something else
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2018 18:48:36 GMT
One of a cluster of players who are simply shit, and won't give a flying fuck when we are relegated.
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Post by Olgrligm on Mar 17, 2018 18:48:48 GMT
He's better than any of the other candidates in the revolving door of strikers. At least he gives us a bit of an outlet.
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Post by davejohnno1 on Mar 17, 2018 18:49:14 GMT
If you aren't going to get players around him (which we didn't after the sending off ) it's pointless him being on the pitch. What's the point of getting players around him? Once the opening 10 minutes have gone by he wins next to nothing and when he does win something it could go anywhere.
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Post by crapslinger on Mar 17, 2018 18:50:13 GMT
Hung out to dry by the clueless jock tool in charge. Which manager extended his contract along with Affelay, Johnson, Adam and Ireland ?
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Post by xchpotter on Mar 17, 2018 18:50:27 GMT
Will be of some use in the Championship.
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Post by Edward Tattsyrup on Mar 17, 2018 18:50:37 GMT
One of a cluster of players who are simply shit, and won't give a flying fuck when we are relegated. Massively disagree, I think Crouch is one of the players who really does care about the club ans supporters.
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Post by generationex on Mar 17, 2018 18:51:40 GMT
He’s 37. Not his fault Hughes couldn’t sign a striker worth the name in 4 years.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2018 18:53:13 GMT
One of the worst pieces of management I’ve seen in years to leave him on for so long when he was totally ineffective
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Post by stokecitydom on Mar 17, 2018 18:53:32 GMT
Hardly won a header & couldn’t keep hold of the ball. No threat at all on the counter attack due to being so immobile, other than that he was fine.
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Post by crapslinger on Mar 17, 2018 18:53:58 GMT
Will be of some use in the Championship. Useful for putting the nets up when all the other staff have been fucked off to save money none of this mess has anything to do with Crouch.
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Post by generationex on Mar 17, 2018 18:55:19 GMT
One of a cluster of players who are simply shit, and won't give a flying fuck when we are relegated. Massively disagree, I think Crouch is one of the players who really does care about the club ans supporters. He looked gutted at the end. He knows it’s over but made the effort to clap the support. Genuinely a decent guy and no blame should be attached to him.
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Post by crapslinger on Mar 17, 2018 18:55:26 GMT
Hardly won a header & couldn’t keep hold of the ball. No threat at all on the counter attack due to being so immobile, other than that he was fine. Do you blame the player or the managers who have not replaced him and continue to use him as the go to man ?
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Post by Biblical on Mar 17, 2018 18:56:32 GMT
You just can’t play him as a lone striker with no-one playing in and around him.
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Post by bayernoatcake on Mar 17, 2018 18:57:42 GMT
He's not the answer and never has been.
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Post by milky on Mar 17, 2018 18:58:58 GMT
If you aren't going to get players around him (which we didn't after the sending off ) it's pointless him being on the pitch. What's the point of getting players around him? Once the opening 10 minutes have gone by he wins next to nothing and when he does win something it could go anywhere. Very true. But in what was meant to be shit or bust im assuming that was Lamberts thinking seen as we don't actually have wingers who go down the line and put in crosses.
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Post by werrington on Mar 17, 2018 19:00:51 GMT
Hung out to dry by the clueless jock tool in charge. Yeah righto As a lone forward you have to offer, hold the ball up,harrass defenders, win headers and run the channels...he was utterly fucking dreadful at all those Not his fault as he doesn’t select himself but let’s have it right Lambert needs fucking off pronto
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Post by generationex on Mar 17, 2018 19:01:03 GMT
He was never meant to be the answer, just another option. Bad recruitment made him the focus of our attack. This is a John Coates and the pizza boys failure.
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Post by davejohnno1 on Mar 17, 2018 19:01:25 GMT
Massively disagree, I think Crouch is one of the players who really does care about the club ans supporters. He looked gutted at the end. He knows it’s over but made the effort to clap the support. Genuinely a decent guy and no blame should be attached to him. Erik pieters claps the supporters but he gets no credit. That's about the sum total of crouch's ability...a crowd clapped.
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Post by trickydicky73 on Mar 17, 2018 19:02:10 GMT
You just can’t play him as a lone striker with no-one playing in and around him. Yet our last 3 managers have.
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Post by stokesaint1 on Mar 17, 2018 19:03:36 GMT
Lovely fellow but, as others have said, shouldn't be anywhere near a premier league starting eleven, ditto Adam, ditto Johnson (who wasn't that bad today). Appalling team selection from Lambert today and not taking Crouch off at first opportunity unforgiveable. Today he was woeful, contributed nothing and, if he's half the decent fellow we think he is, he should announce his imminent retirement.
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Post by stokecitydom on Mar 17, 2018 19:07:41 GMT
Hardly won a header & couldn’t keep hold of the ball. No threat at all on the counter attack due to being so immobile, other than that he was fine. Do you blame the player or the managers who have not replaced him and continue to use him as the go to man ? It’s not the players fault that he is way past his best. It’s the managers who continue to pick him who are to blame. Paul Lambert is just another dinosaur parading aroundas a manager. We lacked any bottle in the appointment & are getting exactly what we deserve
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Post by swampySCFC on Mar 17, 2018 19:10:45 GMT
Thought he did ok today on his own. Don’t expect him to be pacey but I haven’t seen any of our talented wingers take anyone on beat them and cross the ball for Crouchy for weeks. Fucking weeks
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Post by generationex on Mar 17, 2018 19:11:38 GMT
He looked gutted at the end. He knows it’s over but made the effort to clap the support. Genuinely a decent guy and no blame should be attached to him. Erik pieters claps the supporters but he gets no credit. That's about the sum total of crouch's ability...a crowd clapped. And one of the leading England goalscorers of the last fifty years. And the scorer of the best stoke city goal in the last 8 years. And the club’s highest profile and most respected player. In comparison to the most highly paid player in the history of SCFC - with Zero goals and a reputation that drags the club through the dirt.
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