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Peter Crouch insists Liverpool are the best club to get striker Andy Carroll through his lean spell.

Carroll, 23, has struggled to adapt to life on Merseyside since his £35million move from Newcastle last January and has averaged a goal every 485 minutes in the Premier League this term.

The 31-year-old giant Stoke forward knows exactly what Carroll is going through after it took him 18 games to get his first goal after leaving Southampton to move to Anfield for £7million in 2005.

But Crouch believes that the Reds' fans can play a key role in getting Carroll scoring goals once again.
Difficult

Crouch told the Daily Mirror: "That was the most difficult time of my career without a doubt. Looking back on it now, once I had scored, the weight lifted really and I went from not scoring to going on a real good run.

"From then on I scored a lot of goals for the club. It is just psychological, once you get over that, you can go on.

"The biggest thing that helped me was the Liverpool fans who were different class.

"Even when I didn't score for the club, they were just unbelievable.

"Not once did I hear a murmur from the crowd. Everyone was willing me to score and that was so special.

"Andy Carroll doesn't need me to tell him what to do, or to give any advice.

"He is a top player in his own right, he has scored goals for Newcastle and I think he will come good at Liverpool. When he does, these fans will love him for it.

"At a lot of places you wouldn't have had that support that I got. Every day, I have to thank the Liverpool fans for that because they stuck by me and hopefully I repaid them a little bit. They were magnificent."


Source: http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11669/7606516/Crouch-Fans-can-help-Carroll


What a gent Crouchy is. Always liked him. Didn't agree with him being sold and would even loved to have re-signed him last summer. He's sure to get a great reception an Anfield today - let's just hope he has a bad game!

Yeah what a gent - i like that in football- lets hope he pulls a hamstring

LMAO!!

Crouchy's on ITV now. Said his time at LFC was the best time of his career.

cue jennifer garner music

Crouchy's a really nice guy and trying to help Andy Carroll. Andy Carroll will I believe come good at some point but his good level will be a £15m to £20m player max. We will never know what led Kenny to sanction £35m but then I am not intelligent am I?

He'll always be welcome at LFC.
Luv the geezer, (manly) only I wasn't too happy seeing him score that daft goal against us today.

I wasn't too happy seeing the marking.

1) I wasn't too happy seeing Stoke getting a corner when it was Shawcross who headed the ball out of bounds.

2) I wasn't too happy seeing Carroll freeeeze as Crouch moved against the ball!

3) I wasn't too happy seeing Pepe being interfered in front of goal - even though he should have dealt with it better anyhow!

Are we sure that Kenny has authority to sanction in regard price Stan? To me, and I could be totally wrong, agreeing with Comolli that he wants a particular player is different than being involved in pricing and salaries which all come into the deal.

As for Carroll, I'll remain consistent. From day 1 I hugely questioned it. Nothing I've seen says otherwise and this line about him scoring goals at Newcastle is questionable to me. He scored what was it seven goals and 3 were in one game. That certainly doesn't say to me he is a proven goal scorer especially centre forward for LFC.

The problem is unless he starts scoring even a few we are stuck with him or take a £30 million loss.

As for Crouchy Bart, I believe he went because he wanted more playing time. He wasn't sold because he wasn't rated. He didn't like the rotation which is fair enough.