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Mourinho: don't play crouch
Posted:
Wed Jun 28, 2006 1:56 pmby metalhead
sorry if this has been posted
Jose Mourinho has warned England not to play Peter Crouch against Portugal in their World Cup quarter final on Saturday.
The Chelsea chief has a foot in both camps and an inside knowledge of the two teams.
Mourinho feels that playing Crouch would be an error due to Ricardo Carvalho's ability to contain the giant Liverpool forward.
"In the games against Liverpool, I believe Carvalho devoured the information about the opponents and their way of playing," said Mourinho.
"In the Champions League game, he gave an excellent performance.
"There was no time and space and Liverpool tried to solve that with direct play to Crouch, but Carvalho was impeccable in that unequal fight against a giant who makes it difficult.
"In the next match, Carvalho had an astonishing game - he closed down on Crouch's movements, won everything by anticipation, adapted to the jumping distance when making him and won everything in the air, came away with the ball to begin attacking moves, always with accurate passes.
"He showed great concentration and intelligence to push the team forward."
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So what do you think?
I say this will be very different, if Crouch plays against Portugal he would add ariel threat and would be a distraction to carvalho making rooney much more dangerous.
Posted:
Wed Jun 28, 2006 1:59 pmby clik
i think Mourinho should shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!! 
Posted:
Wed Jun 28, 2006 2:03 pmby 2520years
I wouldn't take much notice. He's not got a foot in both camps at all, he wants Portugal to win. I'd play Crouch and ignore Maureen.
Posted:
Wed Jun 28, 2006 2:08 pmby dawson99
Id slap Maureen in the face with abig wet fish, then see crouch score a hat trick against his 'players'.
funny how maureem didnt say not to play fat frank as fat frank is fat and, to be frank... sh!t
Posted:
Wed Jun 28, 2006 2:16 pmby 48-1119859832
It sounds like Mourinho just wants to have another sly dig at Liverpool by using England as a channel to do so. I don't think that Crouch will start but you never know, he mite well do. I kinda agree with Mourinho about not playing Crouch, but not because Ricardo Carvalho is this great defender, but because when Crouch plays England play one dimensional football. But whether England play Crouch or not doesn't really matter, I can't see England getting past Portugal.
Posted:
Wed Jun 28, 2006 2:24 pmby mitch22
Just remember crouch can do anything lol.....
so go and suck an a egg maureen and prepare fat Frank Lamplards slimfast for next season 
Posted:
Wed Jun 28, 2006 2:47 pmby JC_81
Mourinho is spouting rubbish. Carvalho couldn't contain Crouch at all this season. In fact in two of the games he should have been sent off for his persistent fouling of Crouch. If 'containing' Crouch means kicking his ankles from behind repeatedly then maybe Mourinho is correct.
Posted:
Wed Jun 28, 2006 3:03 pmby woof woof !
john craig wrote:Mourinho is spouting rubbish. Carvalho couldn't contain Crouch at all this season. In fact in two of the games he should have been sent off for his persistent fouling of Crouch. If 'containing' Crouch means kicking his ankles from behind repeatedly then maybe Mourinho is correct.
My thoughts exactly JC , if the Refs are consistent Carvalho is odds on to get at least 2 yellows and his marching orders if he tries to play against Crouch the way he has in recent meetings.
Bring on Crouchy
Posted:
Wed Jun 28, 2006 3:07 pmby Ciggy
Fuck Maureen, he sounds worried, and knows Portugal will shit if Crouch plays.
Crouch to score the winner 
Posted:
Wed Jun 28, 2006 3:24 pmby babu
oh boy, i hope this arrogant idiot never leaves chelsea. make spanking them so much sweeter. 
Posted:
Wed Jun 28, 2006 3:43 pmby Sabre
Who about does Morriño talk about in the EPL? Liverpool, and the teams he's frightened of. What's his purpose? try to unsettle the rival.
Who's supporting Morriño in that game? Portugal. So which team will he talk about ? England.
Conclussion: Play Crouch.
Posted:
Thu Jun 29, 2006 8:31 amby redsince2001
let's break his balls:D
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Thu Jun 29, 2006 11:21 amby radun5
My first impression on this was "who tf is Mouninho to tell another coach (no matter how stupid is Eriksson) not to play a certain player". I mean, this is a lot of disrespect to Sven, to Crouch and to the whole England in my opinion. It happens sometimes in my country (Romania), but we are supposed to be balcanic.
Sc*rew the moaning 
! I hope England will finally come good and beat the cheating Portuguese 
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Posted:
Thu Jun 29, 2006 12:25 pmby stmichael
I love the fact that some of you get so wound up by Mourinho. Whilst you aren't exactly his target audience, he's a wind up merchant. Clearly he strikes home more than some would be prepared to admit.
As to the game, allowing for playing Hargreaves in midfield, I would drop Lampard and play Crouch. Rooney drops deep in any event (as does to a lesser extent Crouch, but he would have to keep his discipline) which in some respects negates Lampards game. This would also (hopefully) bring out the best in Gerrard.
Posted:
Thu Jun 29, 2006 3:00 pmby LFC #1
stmichael wrote:I love the fact that some of you get so wound up by Mourinho. Whilst you aren't exactly his target audience, he's a wind up merchant. Clearly he strikes home more than some would be prepared to admit.
As to the game, allowing for playing Hargreaves in midfield, I would drop Lampard and play Crouch. Rooney drops deep in any event (as does to a lesser extent Crouch, but he would have to keep his discipline) which in some respects negates Lampards game. This would also (hopefully) bring out the best in Gerrard.
Exactly, if Crouch wasn't playing for a main rival of Chelsea's he wouldn't mutter a word on the issue. Wind-up.