As you know, I give in to the occasional bit of football commentary on this blog and usually live to regret it. At least I'm now not alone. Take this piece of commentary from Times political columnist Daniel Finkelstein this morning..."Choosing Peter Crouch over Darren Bent looks very odd".
Four goals in two games would seem to answer that one! And yes, if you look back in the archives of this Blog I too accused Sven of losing his marbles by selecting Peter Crouch. I am suitably repentant. Mind you, I still stand by my comment that it's madness to take only four strikers when two of them are not fit and one has to be in bed by seven.
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Agreed. He is wasting his time with Rooney. He won't play and it will just cause a distraction. Owen is the main concern, he still looks a million miles of the pace, and a goal against that shower today won't change that. With Owen not being fit, I would have taken five. Always said that should have been Owen, Crouch, Defoe, Fowler and Bent. The time for debate is over, and it is time to get behind the team, but I have to admit I am worried we won't even get out of the group.
I've defended Crouch all season. He's a tricky player who defenders aren't used to. Agree that we should be taking another striker.
Finkelstein's comments on politics are usually quite interesting but his football columns are ridiculous! Someone needs to tell him that we're not picking the 23 best players, we're picking a team. Owen and Bent up front would be useless. Owen needs Crouchinho to support him and, as he showed today, he's not shy of scoring either. Since Euro 2004 Crouch has scored more goals for England than Rooney has.
Stick to politics Mr Finkelstein! And stop using that silly 'Fink Tank' nonsense.
PS. In his column today he says how he always demands statistics to support football assersions but then includes Hargreaves in his alternative 23 despite having no data to back this up!
Hello Iain. You know, some of us always had faith in him! (P.S. I read your CiF piece on Ottakers etc with interest)
Forgive me. Forgot to enclose told-you-so link.
http://davehill.typepad.com/temperama/2006/06/cult_of_crouch.html
I'm delighted for Crouch, who has endured some pretty horrid slagging, and who has played very well in the last couple of England games.
We will, however, need pace in abundance up front if we are going to win the World Cup.
That's no to say Crouchy can't have a role, but we'd better hope that Owen is fit, and even better, that Rooney can make the latter stages.
Rio Ferdinand looked suspect, twice he gave a striker a shove in the back around the penalty box, if that were a continental player wouldve been rolling n floor asking for foul. Rio is slow off the mark and pushing people aint clever.
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