Like I said, he scored more but didn't do much else during games. At least with crouch, we had 11 players working for the team instead of 10.
Like Pringle just said, Pav's goals wern't enough. I don't have the stats but I would have thought that Crouch's combined goals and assists are higher than our other strikers. To me, that total is more important than goals alone, how could it not be?
I personaly don't blame Crouch at all when the ball gets lumped up to him. It's not like he has much choice, I'm sure the team are just following orders. It used to happen with Mido too but he was a bit better in the air.
Quite often the refs call fouls against him for no other reason than that he's big. It's a bit of a joke when he's getting pulled all over the place and then he's supposedly the one in the wrong. It's happened at every team he's played for.
Is he the most effective striker at the club (on last years form)? YES
Not any more. They are there to do both. Crouch falls a bit short on the scoring side in the league there's no doubt, but like other players of his ilk, he plays more for the team, and the team generally did better with him in it than without him last season.
He played great and scored the the goal that took us into the CL quarters on Feb 15. He then wasn't used again until Stoke in April when he scored two goals in a 3-2 win. We didn't win a game in between.
unfortunately the strikers that do both well are gold dust. Drogba, Rooney, Berbatov, RVP, Torres etc.
We get too hung up on strikers individual tallies. As long as the team is scoring, it doesn't really matter who scores. Crouch is limited for sure, we must upgrade him, but Pav and especially Defoe are too, and they don't give the team much either, especially Defoe.
:rofl:I actually think half of Crouchs assists are him attempting a first touch. Sums up how i feel about his footballing abillity. Top lad though.
Arse away isn't the best example though BC, didn't Defoe come on for Pav at half time when we were 2-0 down...? or was it Lennon he came on for actually, with VDV moving to the right with Pav/Defoe up top?
I really don't think the words Crouch and Fantastic should be used in the same sentence Eek
Arse away isn't the best example though BC, didn't Defoe come on for Pav at half time when we were 2-0 down...? or was it Lennon he came on for actually, with VDV moving to the right with Pav/Defoe up top?
How about: "It'd be fantastic if we could sell Crouch"?
I hated the bit where he scored (three times) in the Young Boys game to make us qualify for the Champions League proper. I also hated the goal that got us there as well, against Man City the season before.
Don't even get me started on that goal in the San Siro.
I actually think half of Crouchs assists are him attempting a first touch. Sums up how i feel about his footballing abillity. Top lad though.
I don't understand how Crouch's England Goalscoring Record is so good, yet when he puts on a Spurs Shirt, its not the same. Maybe this is due to the quality of opposition, I appreciate all he has done for Spurs (Including Getting Us To The CL!), but I feel for the sake of the club he needs to move on, Providing we have already brought in Strikers.
I hated the bit where he scored (three times) in the Young Boys game to make us qualify for the Champions League proper. I also hated the goal that got us there as well, against Man City the season before.
Don't even get me started on that goal in the San Siro.
To be fair that red card was ridiculous, and there's been worse own goals. The bigger question is what was he doing in the defense? Wasn't a corner kick was it? Don't remember the goal too well.You obviously don't remember him also getting sent off against Madrid to help put us out of the competition and his own goal against City that ended any chance we had of qualifying this season.