by Ace Ventura » Fri Apr 13, 2007 7:41 pm
Stu we are all aware of your thoughts on Ashton, fair enough you have obviously seen alot more of him than most.
From what i have seen he does appear to have all the right ingredients to make a top striker.
But Rafa went for our white peperami lookalike Crouch.
To be honest most laughed or were very angry, i was sort of inbetween thinking i am not sure but will give him a chance.
The goals didnt come at first and we all wondered if it was too much for the lad, then he scores a fluke against Wigan and off he goes, since then his goalscoring record has been every bit as good as anyone else in the Premiership, and at times he plays on his own up front in a style that is designed to concentrate more on not conceding that building attacks.
He was our top scorer last season, broke into the England side and scored a hatfull (all be it against weak opposition) but at the end of the day he has already more than trebled Heskey's international record in less than a third of the caps.
Ashton was selected for the England squad and i was really eager to see how he made the step up, as i had only seen glimpses in the championship and the odd bit on the highlights in the premiership. He had the horror injury that has set him back, and since then Crouch has been messed about by Rafa imo, but when selected come up with the goals. He is one of the champions league top scorers and has 10 league goals now as well which for someone who has played second fiddle to Kuyt and doesnt really get runs of games enough (even when he is bang in form) well i speaks volumes for his strength of character and desire to succeed at Anfield.
We havent heard any moaning to the papers or anything like that.
At the end of the day Stu my point is you may be right and Rafa may be wrong not to have chosen Ashton but if thats the case then Dean Ashton would have to set the world alight when he comes back, because Crouch despit the constant criticism scores goals and causes all sorts of panic to defenders.
7 million people said was expensive,i would imagine he would command about 12 now, i hope we dont sell but if rafa was tempted its always been good business and a very good signing.
ALLLRIGHTY THEN !!