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Thanks for the mention Claire, a well taken goal by Crouch yesterday too!

of course he can take penalties, he's got a Good Touch For A Big Man.

Nice moves Crouch. The guy in the Orange top - Mr David Elsewhere should be familiar. Gene Kelly in the Golf ad....anyone?

Crouchie is gonna have to pull his socks up to beat the guy in the orange shirt (surely that's not Mr Robin Van Persie?!).

Hopefully he'll get alot more chances to bring the routine together in Germany.

Crouchie, what a legend.

He can take penalties - remember the Saints v. Pompey FA cup game two seasons back?? I remember Redknapp was quoted after the game feeling pretty nervous that someone had let Peter step up and take it!?!

When are the squad numbers officially decided for the world cup?? I want to go out and get my Crouch England shirt done but I don't want to risk getting no.24 if he's gonna be our new number 9!

Crouch ROCKS!

People thought I was mad to bet on Crouch scoring in each cup game he plays in but I'll have the last laugh I tells ya!

Great game last, good step up by Peter. I have to admit I was being very sceptical about him infact he amused me with his basketball body and stuff. But now I must admit that he has progressed and I think he can be a good striker and hopefully he does well for England in Germany! Cheers

Crouch has been given number 21 hasnt he? thought they were all confirmed on thefa.com the other week?

Crouch has been given number 21 hasnt he? thought they were all confirmed on thefa.com the other week?

edit -just read the fa.com, crouch IS number 21 for world cup

The first two links do not work :(

They've given Carra 15.. it shoulda been 23 *grins*

Peter Crouch needs to work on his heading. He is not as effective or powerful in the air as a target man should be.

Crouch is number 21, I've already bought my shirt! :D

The great man.

What odds on a Crouch winner in the final from an assist from Walcott?

Good to see an all Saints strikeforce :-)

Wonder how long Peter Crouch has been practicing that one in front of the mirror!

I honestly believe sven has lost his mind. The injury to Wayne Rooney is unfortunate but please, Walcott as a replacement? And Peter Crouch as a main striker? Can Crouch run? No. Can he finish? About as well as Alan Smith? His balance is beyond poor! He's on the ground more than Emile Heskey! England are much better off taking Defoe, Johnson and/or Darren Bent to the world cup

I honestly believe sven has lost his mind. The injury to Wayne Rooney is unfortunate but please, Walcott as a replacement? And Peter Crouch as a main striker? Can Crouch run? No. Can he finish? About as well as Alan Smith? His balance is beyond poor! He's on the ground more than Emile Heskey! England are much better off taking Defoe, Johnson and/or Darren Bent to the world cup. Oh and his robot was about as impressive as the Robert Pires Thierry Henry one touch penalty attempt.

I honestly believe sven has lost his mind. The injury to Wayne Rooney is unfortunate but please, Walcott as a replacement? And Peter Crouch as a main striker? Can Crouch run? No. Can he finish? About as well as Alan Smith? His balance is beyond poor! He's on the ground more than Emile Heskey! England are much better off taking Defoe, Johnson and/or Darren Bent to the world cup. Oh and his robot was about as impressive as his looks.

Yer it was a nice goal from Crouch y/day he played really well and came on, and from an England perspective was gr8 2 see him do well after what happened last time he played for England at Old Trafford when he got jeered, but didn't he take his goal well.

And well the Celebration...Pure Genius...was in hysterix, but if he does that in the world cup final 2 win, i won't be complainig

Well Done Peter Crouch I Say...

Great Goal N A Lovely Litle Cameo From Him.

Nice 2 See Fans On His Side After The Appualing Jeers He Got Last Time Out At Old Trafford.

And The Celebration...Well Its Different...Really Funny.

Wud Love 2 See Him Do That In World Cup Final.

C'mon Crouchie...C'mon ENGLAND!

Come on up to www.oleolefootball.com and see the videos as well. We love the Crouch-bot.

Crouchinho is a legend.He is gona win da WC 4 England. and what was so bad about the dance moves. i'd like to see you haters do better.

With Rooney's baseball cap and Crouch's body popping, I'm not sure if England's players are going to Germany or 1983.

He's Big
He's red
His feet stick out the bed
Peter Crouch...

Nice comment from RASH above, Crouchinho I love that one!

Crouch has to play a major part at this world cup! His recent record for england is pretty awesome now, and some of the footwork he was doing was worthy of the name Crouchinho! As for me and my flatmates at warwick uni though, weve named him Pierre Crouche for that touch of mock class. And as for classy goal celebrations, look no further.... !

Just thought I'd mention to the guy who posted comment number four (and for some reason again in number five) that David Bernal/Elsewhere didn't do all the stuff in the VW Golf advert. It was him with another couple of guys, Crumbs and Jay Walker. The Kollab videos are old but good; you can find loads of Elsewhere's stuff online.

Oh and big up to Robocrouch!

I'm sorry but i hate Crouch he is a waste of space but....He did take that goal really well but an assist from Theo Walcott on his England debut how's that for a start! Crouch will play some part of the World Cup and so will Theo but i do think that Sven has lost his mind not taking Darren Bent. He is much better than Crouch & Walcott put together!

Oh and a fantastic celebration from Peter! Nice One Crouchy!

some players have boring celebrations (e.g. shearer, gudjohnsen) but crouch is a breath of fresh air. he is having fun no matter how bad people see the celebration. crouch will be effective in the world cup, but rooney & owen still main hopes. i think its disgraceful that walcott makes his england debut before his premier league debut. did look good but thats no excuse

I think Crouch should be sent to Australia, see what he can do there.

Have a read of this analysis of why Crouch shouldnt start for England. It is written by Paul Mason the Newsnight business editor....???
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Indeed the orange geek is in fact the now legendary David Elsewhere! Who is actually one of three amazing guys who play the role of Gene Kelly in the Golf advert.

He does the bits with the robotic styles, which are quite clearly his work, i could tell from the first minute i saw the ad. The other bits such as the up-wall backflip are the work work of the other two guys performing the ad.

If your interested their are plenty of David videos knocking about on t'internet. Do a search - hes amazing!

You really don't have much of an idea what you're talking about, do you Claire?

Hi, er, 'bongo-man'.
I'd love to defend myself but i guess random abuse is easier than specifics?

Crouch plays like a Brazilian and dances like a brazilian. He is our no 1 striker alongside owen but i still hope Rooney gets fit.

haha, that dance looks so funny

Hey Claire

Nice Dance footage. However, Crouch's dance was more like the 80s robot dance.
The kids in the video were doing more of a modern adaptation to Break Dancing called Pop-Locking. Just thought I should clear up some Hip Hop dance terminology so know one gets misled ridiculed for being out of sorts with Hip Hop Culture.

Crouch has been speaking on the radio today and has said he may do 'the dance' if he scores again (again being the key word here ;)

As people have said already it's great to see a bit of humour from players, the Italians and Brazilians have been doing this for years, heh even the Irish Robbie Keane has his trademark 'cartwheel and shootin the guns'

If he continues to work on those robot moves I have no doubt he will be able to stealth past defences everywhere

The song was obviously written with him in mind:

tell you what...dont underestimate the crouchmiester!
come on pete, help becks bring it home
xx

tell you what...dont underestimate the crouchmiester!
come on pete, help becks bring it home
xx

We shouldn't be so hard on peter, being a tall guy myself (6' 10") when you're that age it's hard to keep balance (having not stopped growing like he probably has) - when he reaches his 'final height' it will be far easier for him to balance, and thus turn on the spot, run and tackle, and shake off tackles.

I personally couldn't play any football at all from the age of 17 up till I was about 23 (25 now), I'd suggest he's doing very well to have got where he is - plus he's also trying to get used to a new fitness and training regime (note he鈥檚 improving all the time), give it a few years and he'll be world class, easily.

-- streaky

Can anybody clear up the Gerrard numbering situation while we're on the subject of numbers?

I was about to go out and buy my new shirt in the morning, don't want to buy it to find out he's switched to number 9, because I'll have to injure somebody at the FA :p

Nicely taken Crouchie. The team obviously like him a lot, you could see the spirit shining through. We're gonna need him cos Owen and Rooney are clearly not fit. But we should take both Defoe and Johnson as well. Far too many average midfielders in the squad, so bye bye Downing and Hargreaves.

what the hell?
thats not a robot dance!!!
what are you all smoking...
and btw peter crouch is a useless gangly piece of animal faeces...
face it guys he's crap

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I was amused to see Peter Crouch's celebration v Hungary. Being Irish I'm impartial on England - best of luck to them anyway. But as a Liverpol fan my main point is that I hope to see many more crouchbot celebrations at Old Trafford in a Liverpool shirt (prefferably)

I wouldn't mind seeing that Crouchy goal celebration against Hungary in full. Living in France I didn't get to see the match so would appreciate it if someone knows of a link.
Everton supporter supporting Crouch

(Whilst on the subject of living in France I'm sick of connecting up to 大象传媒 video and radio links and being told that they are for UK users only. Come on don't be so miserable, share those links with the rest of us)

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I tried the above link and it doesn't work. Shouldn't it have w's in it or something?
Otherwise nice hatrick Crouchy and you are in the England record books now with Mcdonald's record of 5 to beat.

Robocrouch song for you all to hate or love!

Cant wait to see Crouch doing the robot again when he scores in the next game!

it's embarrassing to see how soul-less white people are. look how anyone in south america celebrates after a goal.

he is a lanky green giant and it is ashameful to have such a rubbish player on the england team GET HIM OF