Hurst66:
I wish I could. Believe me, nobody would be more pleased than me if I had to eat humble pie and we won it all and he ended up with the golden boot for the tournament.
But I don't think it will happen. The comment I hear most about him is that "he is better with his feet then you expect for a tall guy".
He scored good goals on Saturday and kudos to him for that.
On the flip side it was only Jamaica. If he can do that against Brazil, Argentina et al I will be impressed.
For me he cannot do anything more than Fowler or Defoe could do except win balls in the air. To win the World Cup you can't play a one-dimensional high ball game like that. I only saw 2 plays against Jamaica where Crouch's height won us anything.
Even if he were a united player I would still advocate against taking him to Germany.
