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Peter Crouch was happy to have showed his full potential once given 90 minutes of playing time. He avenged Liverpool’s defeat against Arsenal and at the same time proved his worth to the team despite his second team status.

The player who has the height of a basketball player and skills of a footballer scored a hat-trick on an array of skills and goal on each foot and head.

Peter Crouch does not belong to the first team in the World Cup despite scoring a hat-trick against Jamaica before the 2006 FIFA World Cup as well as first team at Anfield despite his scoring efficiency in the league by scoring 28 goals since joining Liverpool in 2005 despite his limited playing time.

England National team and Liverpool argues Peter Crouch isn’t as fast as other players and as such is his second team placement.

If Peter Crouch isn’t as fast as other players then coaches and managers aren’t as good as they are believed to be. They should create formations to make Peter a consistent scoring machine. His height gives him an unfair advantage for high and bicycle kicks which managers could exploit by surrounding him with fast, accurate passers and efficient playmakers.

I don’t think it would be long before a team and manager would go after Peter Crouch and push to his full potential.

This is Peter Crouch’s viewpoint:

If you look at actual minutes on the pitch, I think it works out at something like a goal every hour or so. I am quite happy to have my scoring record scrutinised. It was good to get a full 90 minutes and show what I can do. When the second goal went in, it did cross my mind that I had been there before: two at Birmingham last season and another two at Watford in January, and subbed each time. I was a bit nervous it might happen again, especially with a couple of forwards on the bench.

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