wacko Posted May 28, 2007 Share Posted May 28, 2007 Hope we don't sell him, to be honest, unless Rafa has someone incredibly good lined up. Crouch is a great footballer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sittingontheball Posted May 28, 2007 Share Posted May 28, 2007 I wouldn't mind Crouch, he's a canny player. The transfer fees mentioned earlier on are a bit of a joke though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
abcdefg Posted May 28, 2007 Share Posted May 28, 2007 Apart from anything, the current squad are a bit short-arsed, Shola aside, which often puts us at a disadvantage in the box, especially for corners. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted May 28, 2007 Share Posted May 28, 2007 Crouch has the ability to be an excellent player for us if he's used to his strengths, with the way Allardyce got the best out of Kevin Davies at Bolton I could see Crouch becoming unplayable if that system was introduced here. I'd be all for signing him. Precisely. If we were to sign someone like Peter Crouch, he has the potential to work extremely well here, and seriously push us forward in our striking department. And, although the price is steep, it shouldn't have to matter. If the money is there, we can spend it - because the guy is proven quality and like i say, could do so much for us. Which is why i disagree with the people saying "£10m's to steep, £8m at the most..." and things of that gist, because i think that might be asking for too much. That's too perfect. Plus, as i said earlier - if we were to bring in a free like Viduka aswell, it's excellent business. Martins, Crouch, Ameobi and Viduka is an excellent range of strikers to choose from. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted May 28, 2007 Share Posted May 28, 2007 I think it's more likely Owen will still be here come September than Martins. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Knightrider Posted May 28, 2007 Share Posted May 28, 2007 Crouch has the ability to be an excellent player for us if he's used to his strengths, with the way Allardyce got the best out of Kevin Davies at Bolton I could see Crouch becoming unplayable if that system was introduced here. I'd be all for signing him. Agreed, although at the prices suggested I think we can do a lot better. However he is a good player and the first thing Big Sam would do is bulk him up to make him much stronger and work on his heading ability which is rather poor. On the deck though he's underrated and I like him as a player. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted May 29, 2007 Share Posted May 29, 2007 Crouch is a player with a good touch; however, do we really want a(nother) player who'll be out on the lash every week? He's hardly the model athlete that Allardyce likes to have and he doesn't come across as having the desire to take himself out of his comfort zone to really push himself at Newcastle - especially when he can still get an occasional game in a red shirt and pick up his sizeable salary. There's a reason why he didn't start the Champions League final. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest skhwoody Posted May 29, 2007 Share Posted May 29, 2007 hopefully Big sam can sort out his weakness at headers, because for such a tall player that should be his strength. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest teepee Posted May 29, 2007 Share Posted May 29, 2007 There's a reason why he didn't start the Champions League final. can you please fill me in on that reason - because in my mind liverpool lost that final because they didn't deploy two strikers... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest smoggeordie Posted May 29, 2007 Share Posted May 29, 2007 Crouch is a player with a good touch; however, do we really want a(nother) player who'll be out on the lash every week? He's hardly the model athlete that Allardyce likes to have and he doesn't come across as having the desire to take himself out of his comfort zone to really push himself at Newcastle - especially when he can still get an occasional game in a red shirt and pick up his sizeable salary. There's a reason why he didn't start the Champions League final. There's also a reason why they lost the Champions League final. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted May 29, 2007 Share Posted May 29, 2007 Sorry, I was a bit cryptic earlier, Crouch hasn't been keeping himself in match condition as the season draws to a close. Turns out smoking doesn't keep you naturally fit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newcastle Fan Posted May 29, 2007 Share Posted May 29, 2007 Crouch for 10m, not thanks.. rather have Zigic for 8m, at least he knows how to win balls in the air. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gggg Posted May 29, 2007 Share Posted May 29, 2007 Turns out smoking doesn't keep you naturally fit. Didn't do Zidane any harm. Any links to the Crouch story or are you ITK? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted May 29, 2007 Share Posted May 29, 2007 OMG Crouch smokes, drown him! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rich555 Posted May 29, 2007 Share Posted May 29, 2007 Crouch for 10m, not thanks.. rather have Zigic for 8m, at least he knows how to win balls in the air. It'll be more than £8m now, after the fantastic season he's had with Santander, he cost 4m from Red Star in the first place, you could probably treble that now Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest skhwoody Posted May 29, 2007 Share Posted May 29, 2007 OMG Crouch smokes, drown him! we would need somewhere deep Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baron von Fat Posted May 29, 2007 Share Posted May 29, 2007 OMG Crouch smokes, drown him! we would need somewhere deep I LOLed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted May 29, 2007 Share Posted May 29, 2007 Turns out smoking doesn't keep you naturally fit. Didn't do Zidane any harm. Any links to the Crouch story or are you ITK? Nah, no newspaper link as far as I'm aware. I'm unfortunately am in the know - not out of choice. The guy comes across as fairly well spoken but has all the values of Keiron Dyer. PS: Are you really comparing Crouch with Zidane? Or even mentioning him in the same context...?! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest khyberpass Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 Bugger getting Crouch in...Lets go for Nikola Zigic - j Joined Racing from Red Star at half way through season. Took them from bottom, to challenging for Europe...scored 12 goals in 27 games; assist for 8 further goals and was the fouled player for 5 of the 9 penalities that another player took.. Allegedly available for around £10-12M (Valencia offered E12M but were turned down). Prior to that had scored 70+ goals in 100 games for Racing!!! 1 in 2 record for Macedonia as well... He is 26yrs old; he is (depends who you read) 6ft 8"/10" tall! Cracking shot on him. Great header of ball. Will be an absolute star in our league...Wenger wanted to sign him prior to world cup, but Racing wouldn't sell so he got the beast in instead... COME ON SAM and SIGN ZIGIC Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bluegeordie Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 Decent lad.... not a great footballer. Maybe Crouch can room with Joey then, and between them we'll have one model pro Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted June 2, 2007 Share Posted June 2, 2007 Crouch is a 7ft wimp. You can bet he's only smoking to impress his WAG - whether that's enough to impress her, well we'll have to wait and see. If Sam is looking for big characters to play for a big club, then Viduka for £0.0m is probably a better bet. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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