He was the biggest contributor to van der Vaart's success. All the layoffs, from balls he'd won in the air. So unselfish!
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He's the fans perfect team member. As you quite rightly say, not the most gifted, but he always put a shift in. As a supporter you cannot choose who is in the team but as long as I see everyone walking off that pitch knackered because they've given everything out there I can ask for no more. Crouchy was one such player. Good luck to the man....He is a good lad. Not the most gifted of players but done well enough. His career records show that.
He's the fans perfect team member. As you quite rightly say, not the most gifted, but he always put a shift in. As a supporter you cannot choose who is in the team but as long as I see everyone walking off that pitch knackered because they've given everything out there I can ask for no more. Crouchy was one such player. Good luck to the man....
How could anyone dislike Crouchy ?
Was he ?
Yet Van Der Vaart puts him in the best XI of players he's played with. His play wasn't just about scoring, or else he obviously wouldn't have got near any of the starting line-ups for the teams he's played forYes - 12 league goals in 72 games when you had a support system of Bale,VDV, Lennon and Modric tells it’s own story. Terrible touch, zero pace, poor technique - he wasn’t even a great header of the ball given his height. His constant putting his tongue out at each fuck up seriously grated.
Yet Van Der Vaart puts him in the best XI of players he's played with. His play wasn't just about scoring, or else he obviously wouldn't have got near any of the starting line-ups for the teams he's played for
What’s your opinion on Harry Redknapp?Good for VDV - I look at facts which show is goal per game ratio was abysmal, that his assist ratio ( not just about scoring) was abysmal and the game is littered with mediocre players playing for top sides. Crouch is certainly one of them.
What’s your opinion on Harry Redknapp?
Probably also because he liked Crouch and he enjoyed playing with him, I mean Van der Vaart has played with strikers like Zlatan, Raúl (300+ goals for Real Madrid), Benzema, Higuain, Kluivert, Van Nistelrooy, Van Persie etc.Yet Van Der Vaart puts him in the best XI of players he's played with.
Why would he enjoy playing with him?Probably also because he liked Crouch and he enjoyed playing with him, I mean Van der Vaart has played with strikers like Zlatan, Raúl (300+ goals for Real Madrid), Benzema, Higuain, Kluivert, Van Nistelrooy, Van Persie etc.
Because they had a decent understanding of each other on the pitch and we were playing some enjoyable football at the time.. That's fair enough, but it's laughable to even suggest that Crouch was the best striker VDV has ever played with, strikers like Raul and Van Nistelrooy were lightyears ahead of him and Crouch is probably the first to admit that.Why would he enjoy playing with him?
It's not about him being the best striker, but if he brought out the best in VdV's play, yes even compared to Raul and Van Nistelrooy, then he has a lot more value than you or others have given him. He certainly wasn't the "awful" that the other miserable fart above suggested.Because they had a decent understanding of each other on the pitch and we were playing some enjoyable football at the time.. That's fair enough, but it's laughable to even suggest that Crouch was the best striker VDV has ever played with, strikers like Raul and Van Nistelrooy were lightyears ahead of him and Crouch is probably the first to admit that.
Then it's not the 'Best XI he has played with' and I agree that Crouch was a decent and useful striker, but as I said light years behind some of the elite strikers VDV has played with.It's not about him being the best striker, but if he brought out the best in VdV's play, yes even compared to Raul and Van Nistelrooy, then he has a lot more value than you or others have given him. He certainly wasn't the "awful" that the other miserable fart above suggested.
The point of an IX should be a team that would actually work well together, rather than 11 of the most amazing players. Obviously it can be interpreted that way if you like, so I'm not saying you're wrong to look at it that way, but neither am I to look at it my way.Then it's not the 'Best XI he has played with' and I agree that Crouch was a decent and useful striker, but as I said light years behind some of the elite strikers VDV has played with.
It's getting very boring now, but let me finish by saying that I agree that Crouch wasn't as awful as some people are suggesting.The point of an IX should be a team that would actually work well together, rather than 11 of the most amazing players. Obviously it can be interpreted that way if you like, so I'm not saying you're wrong to look at it that way, but neither am I to look at it my way.