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Posted on 10/6/12 at 11:27 pm to Dandy Lion
The stats say otherwise. He's not a great jumper, but he knows how to maximize his height.
Posted on 10/6/12 at 11:31 pm to Dandy Lion
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Crazy, Crouch is not good in the air. Never has been, never will be. He has simply gotten better. He is another type of player trapped in a 6'7 frame.
Precisely.
Posted on 10/6/12 at 11:32 pm to LSUSOBEAST1
How are we defining good in the air? Nearly 50% of his PL goals have come from headers. That's an absolutely insane percentage.
Posted on 10/6/12 at 11:35 pm to crazy4lsu
quote:mean little in soccer, only in very measurable occasions (which aren't many). This is the beauty of the game. Part of the beauty.
The stats
Posted on 10/6/12 at 11:37 pm to crazy4lsu
quote:really? really? you're not getting this.
Nearly 50% of his PL goals have come from headers.
Posted on 10/6/12 at 11:37 pm to Dandy Lion
If you've scored more goals with your head than your feet, you're good in the air.
edit: sorry, he's scored slightly less. still, point stands he's much better in the air than most give him credit for.
edit: sorry, he's scored slightly less. still, point stands he's much better in the air than most give him credit for.
This post was edited on 10/6/12 at 11:40 pm
Posted on 10/6/12 at 11:38 pm to Friend of OBUDan
quote:that's bullshite, and you know it. or should know it.
If you've scored more goals with your head than your feet, you're good in the air.
Posted on 10/6/12 at 11:42 pm to Dandy Lion
I think it means he's at least good in the air. Stats may not be the end all that they are in basketball and baseball, but they still mean something in soccer. Certainly you can draw the wrong conclusions from them. If you score that many headed goals, you're at least "good" in the air.
Posted on 10/6/12 at 11:43 pm to Friend of OBUDan
quote:I don't know what others have given him credit for. I do know he's not a header machine or threat, but does know what to do when the opportunity is presented. I rest my case.
he's much better in the air than most give him credit for.
Posted on 10/6/12 at 11:45 pm to Friend of OBUDan
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If you've scored more goals with your head than your feet, you're good in the air.
An absolutely absurd statement.
His goal scoring record with his head is an inevitable one. All it takes is 90 minutes watching him play to see that he is poor in the air.
Posted on 10/6/12 at 11:45 pm to Dandy Lion
Of course, I'm all about context. But I refuse to believe the rather tired "not good in the air line" when in fact he's as good as you would expect him to be.
Posted on 10/6/12 at 11:46 pm to Friend of OBUDan
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If you score that many headed goals, you're at least "good" in the air.
Wrong.
Give me his crosses:goals ratio and that might make me consider otherwise.
Posted on 10/6/12 at 11:48 pm to LSUSOBEAST1
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All it takes is 90 minutes watching him play to see that he is poor in the air.
You mean, not good as he should be given his height. Like I said, he's a poor jumper, but he's a good header of the ball. When I think of poor in the air, I think Adebayor. Crouch is just awkward.
Posted on 10/6/12 at 11:48 pm to crazy4lsu
After knowing him as a player, were he to have 5+ headers per season, I'd say he's good.
Were I to not know him, and judge him based upon his height, I'd be underwhelmed at best.
Were I to not know him, and judge him based upon his height, I'd be underwhelmed at best.
Posted on 10/6/12 at 11:49 pm to LSUSOBEAST1
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An absolutely absurd statement.
That's true, I'll admit. I misstated. That would include 1 headed goal to zero headed goals.
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His goal scoring record with his head is an inevitable one.
What the frick does that mean? He's tall so of course he'll score headers but he isn't good in the air!
Posted on 10/6/12 at 11:50 pm to Friend of OBUDan
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He's tall so of course he'll score headers but he isn't good in the air!
Absolutely correct.
Posted on 10/6/12 at 11:51 pm to LSUSOBEAST1
We're making 'headway' in this conversation. 
Posted on 10/6/12 at 11:52 pm to LSUSOBEAST1
You're the one with the EPL Index account. Look it up.
I'm just saying, Tim Cahill is considered great in the air and he has 31 PL goals from headers, the most in PL history (according to indisputable source Wikipedia!). Crouch had 27 in 2010.
I'm just saying, Tim Cahill is considered great in the air and he has 31 PL goals from headers, the most in PL history (according to indisputable source Wikipedia!). Crouch had 27 in 2010.
Posted on 10/6/12 at 11:53 pm to LSUSOBEAST1
Then because of his ridiculous height and nothing else, he's good in the air.
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