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by **PrestonLaaa** » Sat May 07, 2005 11:13 am

Can't beleive anyone's taking this seriously! The guy's a donkey and the rumour's going round loads CC Championship putting in for him.

Bring back Eric Meijer!

by **Sean** » Sat May 07, 2005 1:31 pm

Crouch would eclipse any of the Souness dodgy buys imo.

by **Ciggy** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 12:22 pm

Oh well expect to see him in a Liverpool shirt by the end of the week.

by **tubby** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 12:29 pm

You all backed Niel Mellors little stint in the first team didnt you and fatty only managed to score a handful. Crouch managed to score 16, thats almost double what Baros managed and hes the European top scorer. Rafa is goin for him becasue he is cheap and he is already proven, he is tall and good in th air and is he plays good witha bunch of no hopes like Southampton Then i sure he can do well for us.

by **tubby** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 12:30 pm

Everyone was questioning Steven Finnan when he came into the squad saying he wasnt good enough but look how well he turned out.

by **Ciggy** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 12:32 pm

bavlondon wrote:You all backed Niel Mellors little stint in the first team didnt you and fatty only managed to score a handful. Crouch managed to score 16, thats almost double what Baros managed and hes the European top scorer. Rafa is goin for him becasue he is cheap and he is already proven, he is tall and good in th air and is he plays good witha bunch of no hopes like Southampton Then i sure he can do well for us.

He was sh.ite for Villa though. :shifty

by **REDTILLDEAD** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 12:33 pm

Crouch is not what LFC need he is not good enough and will prove to be bad buy..he's just a "donkey" dont waste 6-7 million on that!...lets buy a proven quality striker like michael ballack?.even if it cost us more. :;):

by **Leonmc0708** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 12:35 pm

bavlondon wrote:You all backed Niel Mellors little stint in the first team didnt you and fatty only managed to score a handful. Crouch managed to score 16, thats almost double what Baros managed and hes the European top scorer. Rafa is goin for him becasue he is cheap and he is already proven, he is tall and good in th air and is he plays good witha bunch of no hopes like Southampton Then i sure he can do well for us.

Have a bit of respect lad, Neil deserves more than to be refered to as fatty. His goal against Arsenal will live forever in the memory and do not forget his goal (along with Pongo's) set up the fairy tale of Gerrards screamer against Olympiakos.

You are cleless if you think that at prices in excess of £7m Crouch is cheap.

What planet have you just arrived from ?

by **Ciggy** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 12:37 pm

REDTILLDEAD wrote:Crouch is not what LFC need he is not good enough and will prove to be bad buy..he's just a "donkey" dont waste 6-7 million on that!...lets buy a proven quality striker like michael ballack?.even if it cost us more.

I would be all for Ballack coming in but only problem is he's a midfielder not a striker.

by **tubby** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 12:39 pm

Isnt M Ballack a midfielder. Yes i definatly agree on that one.Ballack is aggressive, a good passer and can shoot aswell. He probabaly wouldnt cost more than 10Mil since he only has a year left at Bayern.

by **76-1115222408** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 12:40 pm

Leonmc0708 wrote:
bavlondon wrote:You all backed Niel Mellors little stint in the first team didnt you and fatty only managed to score a handful. Crouch managed to score 16, thats almost double what Baros managed and hes the European top scorer. Rafa is goin for him becasue he is cheap and he is already proven, he is tall and good in th air and is he plays good witha bunch of no hopes like Southampton Then i sure he can do well for us.

Have a bit of respect lad, Neil deserves more than to be refered to as fatty. His goal against Arsenal will live forever in the memory and do not forget his goal (along with Pongo's) set up the fairy tale of Gerrards screamer against Olympiakos.

You are cleless if you think that at prices in excess of £7m Crouch is cheap.

What planet have you just arrived from ?

Leon, man u crack me up!!! :grinning:

by **Piewhack** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 12:49 pm

If we get crouch for a decent price (under 5 mil) then i think its not such a bad signing. The lad has got talent.. ok, so he's not world class by any means.. but for the type of player that he is, he has a very good touch and can play with the ball at his feet.
If he does come, then we may well be surprised at how well he could improve his game with the quality of players we have in midfield providing him better oppurtunites.
I honestly think that he could do better than milan in the goalscoring stakes.

by **Scottbot** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 12:54 pm

I'm inclined to agree with Mick on this one - I know Crouch doesn't look the least bit like a footballer with those Wednesday (gonna break) legs of his but how many times have you lot (who are slating him) seen Southampton play this year? I live on the south coast and got to a few games at St.Marys this season (including the 2-0 loss for us.)

This guy is a good young player. Anyone who saw his England debut recently should be able to see that. The lad did not look the least bit out of place (players who don't belong stick out like a sore thumb.) He's good on the deck, can hold the ball up, brings others into play can spot a pass and obviously his height offers a dimension defenders rarely have to deal with.

For those who quote his time at Villa as proof this kid is a dudd don't forget he must have only been 20 back then, he suffered with injuries early on, was playing under Turnip Taylor and then the new manager didn't fancy him.

I'm not saying Crouch is the answer, particularly with the sorts of figures Harry Rednapp (he must be fooking dreaming!) is bandying about (i read he wanted 10 million!!!!! this morning) but for a reasonable price (say 5 mill tops) he wouldn't be such a bad idea. Not every player who joins the club has to be some hotshot foreigner armed with the golden boot from Portugal, Holland or wherever.

Rafa has obviously seen something in Crouch that can help the team and no doubt has done his homework on the player (maybe more homework than everyone slagging the lad.) and let's face it - The boss seems to know what he is doing.

by **drummerphil** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 12:58 pm

I would much rather go for Dean Ashton

by **ckay** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 1:29 pm

I'd rather go for Dean Saunders!

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