people who thought crouch was rubbish today or is rubbish at any other time are seriously deluded. if you watch todays game carefully you'll see that crouch was one of our players with the more assured touch, ideas and ability to bring others into the game. many times he held up the ball and brought others into play intelligently. the player is not the problem, the system is the problem. and its not just about wingers. people could ping crosses in all day at his head, his feet, his chest, his b*ll*c*ks, whatever - but if there's no-one there to feed of his touch then he's wasted.
i was one of the first to say 'peter feckin crouch?? no way!!' when i heard we we're goingto buy him - but my eyes have opened and seen that the lad is a fine player for us. right now he'd be on my team sheet before many others.