Crouch: The People's Choice

I'm not sure what it is about Crouch, for some He just doesn't light any fires in the heart.
When King of the Robot men played for his previous clubs with an England shirt on I for one couldn't put my finger on why he wasn't my type of player, I even looked for reasons why:

He gives to many fouls away.
We turn to playing The long ball when he plays.
He dont score many with his head for a big fella.

It was all in vein, there wasn't and there is no problem with Crouch, he is an allround forward that at any level of football WILL score goals.

I don't subscribe to the Shrek has to play mentality, goals win games, it just so happens that we have probably the two best English goal scorers about.
If the shaven ape wanted to play at the lane though, I'm sure there would be a place on the bench for him...............

Let's just hope that now the buses have finaly turned up their not full past standing room only.

Brilliant news about Woody - I wept salty tears of joy hearing of his return.

Andy Townsend? I'm totally with you. The bloke talks utter nonsense - I remember a few years ago when ITV had the football rights, him and his "Tactics Truck" (you what?) and his flip-flopping about who would win the League that year - he changed his mind three times in the same show.

"I think it'll be manchester United. No contest."

"You'd be foolish to write off Arsenal's chances."

"I can't see it being anyone other than manchester United."

Erm...

He's up there with a list of bizarre picks as pundits/comentators:

Andy Grey - so biased that I mute SKY commentary of Spurs and listen to it on BBC 94.9FM as a matter of course. this man really is a cretin and a hypocrite. Zokora dives? Grey doesn't stop harping on about it. Ronaldo does it to us and gets a penalty... "och, that's clever player, that is". Grrr.

David Pleat - he knows his stuff but has a monotone voice, and, worse still, is a a serial-mispronouncer of player names. Awful.

Sorry, I'll get off this here soapbox now...

Not being an Engerland fan, I didn't watch last night's game. How did Lennon play, if at all?

Being an Ireland fan, I didn't watch that either, as play-offs guaranteed, although fucked over by Fifa in those respects, last night was a pointless exercise I thought I could do without witnessing.

Oh, and, erm, I'm guessing it's bad manners to say this, but here goes.....

*Clears throat*

(whispers) First?

Yeah , maybe we could squeeze him in for Carling Cup games. Like day-release.

Crouch's record speaks for itself. The goals aren't always pretty (in fact most of the time they're just plain scrappy ) but his spacial awareness, positioning, touch etc. are all top notch. It's a cliche but his awkward frame really tricks you into thinking he's rubbish.

Which he aint.

If it helps, I also wept salty 'tears' last night, but not from my eyes, and nothing whatsoever to do with Woodgate.






I'll get me coat....

I'm still attending therapy and it's been 16 days since my last 1st......

Wait a moe...

You lived up to your online name?

See, I WILL cure you all.

Kudos to you, Mr To!

The 'Tactics Truck' was uncomfortable viewing.

The best memory was when he roped in Ugo Ehiogu after a poor performance for Villa. To the bemusement of Ugo, Townsend then went, frame-by-frame, through each of his blunders. Slowing down at particularly bad moments.

Poor Ugo just went silent and, I fear, very close to tears.

The nail has has been hit on its head.......

That's why he don't look top draw, his goals are more often than not a little scrappy.

Point is ... he scores goals....
After last nights display pack your factor 50 and your bullet proof vest Peter your on your way to South Africa.


We can't take Heskey can we?

I heard a bit of kafuffle about Irleand and the play-offs. Is it to do with seedings?

I guess if you aren't seeded it's likely you might be up against France or Portugal?

I'd pissing love it if you beat either of those two.

Heskey has the look of a defeated man.

I still think Capello will take him, though. Four stirkers I can see bing Shrek,JD,Crouch and Heskey (maybe Abonlahor if his form continues)

Or Owen if it suddenly becomes 1998.

Apparently

The last world cup play off's were seeded too but FIFA neglected to tell anybody this time around.

Is FIFA an anagram of TWATS?

I get you right re Owen
He just needs a time machine and he's on the Jumbo.........

Heskey looks like he will need help getting onto the pitch, how old his he.....


Capello could always play the Sven card and take a 5 year old wonder bench warmer as the fourth striker...

Heskey is 31 Andy, 32 come the world cup.

You know, it's funny.

3MP scores scrappy goals in decent amounts and we are warming up to him.

One Barren Dent scores scrappy goals in decent amounts and we couldn't wait to get rid.

Why is that? For me, it's Pete having 2 or 3 tricks as opposed to 1-trick Barren, but it's pretty subjective, isn't it?

Yeah, basically, since the 'big guns' are all struggling, and the likes of Ronaldo etc might not make it to world cup, Fifa need the star attractions on the field for advertising etc, so they need to make sure they get as easy a play-off as possible.

It's all about the money. But sure when's it ever been any different?

I don't want to face Russia, playing away on that artificial surface, Trapp's men will come a cropper.

Fuck Fifa, and Sep(tic) Bladder!

It's not the size that matters, it's what you d............


I can't even finish that sentence.

*sobs uncontrollably*

One plays with a smile on his face and the other was a moody tool.

He can score the sniffer / poacher type goals, call them scrappy if you like. But he also scores some sublime, made out of nothing type goals. How about that backheel in the CC? The dippers loved him and they ain't a bad judge. LINK

Seems a bloody nice bloke too..............

I won't argue.

makes a change!

How dare you sir! I have the most agreeable of natures!

btw, what was up with Beckham's face merkin?

How dare you, sir; I have the most even of dispositions!

don't get me started on commentators....i turn you to stone through boredom.....

peter drury is just plain hilarious......why can't they be biased as f*ck and enjoy themselves and go mental when we score etc....like the foreigners.....we should hire latino commentators for our games.....or better still just have the crowd.....its like they think we haven't watched a football game before....jeeesh

plastic paddy got one thing right though about crouchy,you've got to admire his attitude....he is happy to be what he's doing and knows it....i never understand his critics....the guy is 6'6 or whatever why on earth wouldn't you take him to the world cup....he has to be of some use somewhere.....

i've never been a beckham hater either and i couldn't give a monkeys what newspapers and journo's think.....i'm so glad the crowd like becks and cheer him cause it must really piss off the media....whatever you think about him....the guy has got a fantastic right foot and deals with whatever is thrown his way pretty well...

yep, can't argue with that, I think we should try and sign this fella in the Jan window..

good video that.....like it

Heskey is 31 Andy, 32 come the world cup.

Would've replied to your query but was out of the 'office'. I post a lot of this rubbish on the run (not from the law) so don't get to join in as much I'd like sometimes.

I would never ignore anyone on purpose.

Well..

This is the guy we want commentating.

Every week.

LINK


Forgot to post the link.

That link was for the post above.

He's going for the tramp chic look this season. Didn't you see the bottle of turps poking out of his sock?

According to this:

LINK

Wilson is miss the Pompey match to attend a World Cup celebration by order of the jumped dictator in charge of Honduras.

There is a quote:

Spurs boss Harry Redknapp said: “We’ve got no choice but to go to Portsmouth without Wilson.

“There’s nothing he can do either. I guess when the President tells you to do something, you can’t do much about it.”

If this is true, a JJ/Thud CM pairing awaits.

I agree with the Andy Grey comments - you should hear what he sayd when Spurs are playing on Fifa 10! It's rediculous. All he does is moan on and on and on about how we are a cup team and we've "never lived up to the expectations" and all this on a bloody computer game! A very VERY well made computer game may i add...

I was thinking the very same.

I have no answers as I was firmly in the "good-luck-Barren-where-every-you-go" camp and also pitched my canvas in the "3MP?-you-must-be-joking field"

Weirdness that I'm warming to 3MP whilst I would/will never warm to DB.

Maybe its the robot dancing, maybe its the grinning.....????

Foxy my old love, I wasn't waiting for a response from you, I was replying to myself because I was to lazy to look his age in the first place.
If truthful I was insinuating that I was a bit of a tool.

I know I have issues....

I have written to Mr. Obama to complain in the strongest terms about the Junta in place in Honduras. I was was unmoved when the fate of a nation was being mucked with by these idiots, but keeping Sarge from a match is a step too far.

In spite of my liberal leanings, I have urged the President to return to the good old days of gunboat diplomacy and send in a Marine Expeditionary Unit. A few thousand jarheads should see Wilson back in Lilywhite, where he belongs.

totally worth it...
I take it the big dog agreed......

He punted to Gordon Brown, as this was more of a UK issue. But he gave GB the green light to violate the Monroe Doctrine. Since the SAS isn't minding 'Arry, I expect them to send a covert retrieval unit tonight.

If this is what it takes to be able to have a snifter after a match, expect Gio to be stuck in Mexico due to more political turmoil. Gordon better have something up his sleeve otherwise Super Al and Ledders will have no excuse.

RE: Saturday

Gomes-tastic!

That boy won us the game.

That is all.

I'm not sure what it is about Crouch, for some He just doesn't light any fires in the heart.
When King of the Robot men played for his previous clubs with an England shirt on I for one couldn't put my finger on why he wasn't my type of player, I even looked for reasons why:

He gives to many fouls away.
We turn to playing The long ball when he plays.
He dont score many with his head for a big fella.

It was all in vein, there wasn't and there is no problem with Crouch, he is an allround forward that at any level of football WILL score goals.

I don't subscribe to the Shrek has to play mentality, goals win games, it just so happens that we have probably the two best English goal scorers about.
If the shaven ape wanted to play at the lane though, I'm sure there would be a place on the bench for him...............

Let's just hope that now the buses have finaly turned up their not full past standing room only.

Brilliant news about Woody - I wept salty tears of joy hearing of his return.

Andy Townsend? I'm totally with you. The bloke talks utter nonsense - I remember a few years ago when ITV had the football rights, him and his "Tactics Truck" (you what?) and his flip-flopping about who would win the League that year - he changed his mind three times in the same show.

"I think it'll be manchester United. No contest."

"You'd be foolish to write off Arsenal's chances."

"I can't see it being anyone other than manchester United."

Erm...

He's up there with a list of bizarre picks as pundits/comentators:

Andy Grey - so biased that I mute SKY commentary of Spurs and listen to it on BBC 94.9FM as a matter of course. this man really is a cretin and a hypocrite. Zokora dives? Grey doesn't stop harping on about it. Ronaldo does it to us and gets a penalty... "och, that's clever player, that is". Grrr.

David Pleat - he knows his stuff but has a monotone voice, and, worse still, is a a serial-mispronouncer of player names. Awful.

Sorry, I'll get off this here soapbox now...

Not being an Engerland fan, I didn't watch last night's game. How did Lennon play, if at all?

Being an Ireland fan, I didn't watch that either, as play-offs guaranteed, although fucked over by Fifa in those respects, last night was a pointless exercise I thought I could do without witnessing.

Oh, and, erm, I'm guessing it's bad manners to say this, but here goes.....

*Clears throat*

(whispers) First?

Yeah , maybe we could squeeze him in for Carling Cup games. Like day-release.

Crouch's record speaks for itself. The goals aren't always pretty (in fact most of the time they're just plain scrappy ) but his spacial awareness, positioning, touch etc. are all top notch. It's a cliche but his awkward frame really tricks you into thinking he's rubbish.

Which he aint.

If it helps, I also wept salty 'tears' last night, but not from my eyes, and nothing whatsoever to do with Woodgate.






I'll get me coat....

I'm still attending therapy and it's been 16 days since my last 1st......

Wait a moe...

You lived up to your online name?

See, I WILL cure you all.

Kudos to you, Mr To!

The 'Tactics Truck' was uncomfortable viewing.

The best memory was when he roped in Ugo Ehiogu after a poor performance for Villa. To the bemusement of Ugo, Townsend then went, frame-by-frame, through each of his blunders. Slowing down at particularly bad moments.

Poor Ugo just went silent and, I fear, very close to tears.

The nail has has been hit on its head.......

That's why he don't look top draw, his goals are more often than not a little scrappy.

Point is ... he scores goals....
After last nights display pack your factor 50 and your bullet proof vest Peter your on your way to South Africa.


We can't take Heskey can we?

I heard a bit of kafuffle about Irleand and the play-offs. Is it to do with seedings?

I guess if you aren't seeded it's likely you might be up against France or Portugal?

I'd pissing love it if you beat either of those two.

Heskey has the look of a defeated man.

I still think Capello will take him, though. Four stirkers I can see bing Shrek,JD,Crouch and Heskey (maybe Abonlahor if his form continues)

Or Owen if it suddenly becomes 1998.

Apparently

The last world cup play off's were seeded too but FIFA neglected to tell anybody this time around.

Is FIFA an anagram of TWATS?

I get you right re Owen
He just needs a time machine and he's on the Jumbo.........

Heskey looks like he will need help getting onto the pitch, how old his he.....


Capello could always play the Sven card and take a 5 year old wonder bench warmer as the fourth striker...

Heskey is 31 Andy, 32 come the world cup.

You know, it's funny.

3MP scores scrappy goals in decent amounts and we are warming up to him.

One Barren Dent scores scrappy goals in decent amounts and we couldn't wait to get rid.

Why is that? For me, it's Pete having 2 or 3 tricks as opposed to 1-trick Barren, but it's pretty subjective, isn't it?

Yeah, basically, since the 'big guns' are all struggling, and the likes of Ronaldo etc might not make it to world cup, Fifa need the star attractions on the field for advertising etc, so they need to make sure they get as easy a play-off as possible.

It's all about the money. But sure when's it ever been any different?

I don't want to face Russia, playing away on that artificial surface, Trapp's men will come a cropper.

Fuck Fifa, and Sep(tic) Bladder!

It's not the size that matters, it's what you d............


I can't even finish that sentence.

*sobs uncontrollably*

One plays with a smile on his face and the other was a moody tool.

He can score the sniffer / poacher type goals, call them scrappy if you like. But he also scores some sublime, made out of nothing type goals. How about that backheel in the CC? The dippers loved him and they ain't a bad judge. LINK

Seems a bloody nice bloke too..............

I won't argue.

makes a change!

How dare you sir! I have the most agreeable of natures!

btw, what was up with Beckham's face merkin?

How dare you, sir; I have the most even of dispositions!

don't get me started on commentators....i turn you to stone through boredom.....

peter drury is just plain hilarious......why can't they be biased as f*ck and enjoy themselves and go mental when we score etc....like the foreigners.....we should hire latino commentators for our games.....or better still just have the crowd.....its like they think we haven't watched a football game before....jeeesh

plastic paddy got one thing right though about crouchy,you've got to admire his attitude....he is happy to be what he's doing and knows it....i never understand his critics....the guy is 6'6 or whatever why on earth wouldn't you take him to the world cup....he has to be of some use somewhere.....

i've never been a beckham hater either and i couldn't give a monkeys what newspapers and journo's think.....i'm so glad the crowd like becks and cheer him cause it must really piss off the media....whatever you think about him....the guy has got a fantastic right foot and deals with whatever is thrown his way pretty well...

yep, can't argue with that, I think we should try and sign this fella in the Jan window..

good video that.....like it

Heskey is 31 Andy, 32 come the world cup.

Would've replied to your query but was out of the 'office'. I post a lot of this rubbish on the run (not from the law) so don't get to join in as much I'd like sometimes.

I would never ignore anyone on purpose.

Well..

This is the guy we want commentating.

Every week.

LINK


Forgot to post the link.

That link was for the post above.

He's going for the tramp chic look this season. Didn't you see the bottle of turps poking out of his sock?

According to this:

LINK

Wilson is miss the Pompey match to attend a World Cup celebration by order of the jumped dictator in charge of Honduras.

There is a quote:

Spurs boss Harry Redknapp said: “We’ve got no choice but to go to Portsmouth without Wilson.

“There’s nothing he can do either. I guess when the President tells you to do something, you can’t do much about it.”

If this is true, a JJ/Thud CM pairing awaits.

I agree with the Andy Grey comments - you should hear what he sayd when Spurs are playing on Fifa 10! It's rediculous. All he does is moan on and on and on about how we are a cup team and we've "never lived up to the expectations" and all this on a bloody computer game! A very VERY well made computer game may i add...

I was thinking the very same.

I have no answers as I was firmly in the "good-luck-Barren-where-every-you-go" camp and also pitched my canvas in the "3MP?-you-must-be-joking field"

Weirdness that I'm warming to 3MP whilst I would/will never warm to DB.

Maybe its the robot dancing, maybe its the grinning.....????

Foxy my old love, I wasn't waiting for a response from you, I was replying to myself because I was to lazy to look his age in the first place.
If truthful I was insinuating that I was a bit of a tool.

I know I have issues....

I have written to Mr. Obama to complain in the strongest terms about the Junta in place in Honduras. I was was unmoved when the fate of a nation was being mucked with by these idiots, but keeping Sarge from a match is a step too far.

In spite of my liberal leanings, I have urged the President to return to the good old days of gunboat diplomacy and send in a Marine Expeditionary Unit. A few thousand jarheads should see Wilson back in Lilywhite, where he belongs.

totally worth it...
I take it the big dog agreed......

He punted to Gordon Brown, as this was more of a UK issue. But he gave GB the green light to violate the Monroe Doctrine. Since the SAS isn't minding 'Arry, I expect them to send a covert retrieval unit tonight.

If this is what it takes to be able to have a snifter after a match, expect Gio to be stuck in Mexico due to more political turmoil. Gordon better have something up his sleeve otherwise Super Al and Ledders will have no excuse.

RE: Saturday

Gomes-tastic!

That boy won us the game.

That is all.