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Originally Posted by condors
I have seen him play. He isn't the be all end all for strikers but when used properly he can be an assett to team. He may not be in the top 20 in strikers in the EPL but he is in the top 40. Did you see him last season in Southampton? Espcially after Redknap came aboard he was either setting up or scoring almost all of their goals. Either way he is good target man although not as good as you may expect for someone with his size.
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Basically he is good if you use wingers to get to the byline and cross the ball so he can run onto it. If you use him in build up play he is better on the floor than in the air.
Southampton used him like this - he did well.
Liverpool do not have wingers - he doesn't look so good.
England did not have wingers against Austria and hit it long to him - he didn't look so good.
To be fair to Benitez he is trying to sign some Chilean winger, and did try and get Solano, but at the moment Crouch is screwed - he hasn't got the wide men to give him the service he needs, and he hasn't got the pace himself to be effective without them...