Comments on: Only Â£308k a goal â€“ Crouch in top bargain shock

By: phil rowson

phil rowson — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 09:38:11 +0000

You are all quite correct, I never did like maths. But the fact remains that 33.5M divided by 109 works out at over 300,000 per goal which was my point. Enjoyed the rest of the comments though, let’s hope we get another 600K’s worth at least against Liverpool.

Better mathematicians than myself, working for the Times, came up with the figures so eager bean counters please take your complaints there.

By: papillon

papillon — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 07:05:23 +0000

come on guys, what’s done is done. crouchy’s now a spurs player, LIVE WITH IT. don’t talk about the past. don’t talk about values or statistics. it’s over, GET IT…..as loyal and trusted fans, let’s support harry and the gang. if you don’t agree or not happy, there’s always the gooners you can cheer for.

By: andy makem

andy makem — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 22:25:05 +0000

sunderland lad here . what are you all complaining about ? crouch is a good player and when we buy bent you will have extra cash to buy a decent defender .we wanted crouch but the lad is from the south . tell you what ! you can keep him . we will have bent . thanks .

By: davspurs

davspurs — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 21:21:20 +0000

I dont care what he loks like is girfriend is a looker and he can do overhead kicks like like michael jackson can moon walk .So lay of the big bird dont forget he played for the duracell bunnies that meens liverskint wont beat us for energy if croutchy sees the liverskint physio, haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah

By: Daz

Daz — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 20:21:44 +0000

Oh dear Jonson oh dear oh dear.Crouch and Defoe scored 17 in 23 games together.Are you short of stature as well as intellect.Is that the problem?is it?

By: jonson

jonson — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 19:59:57 +0000

i don`t care about the math bullshit all i care about is how many more games are we likely to win with crouch playing & to be honest probably no more as he isn`t better than we already had ,he`s average & scores most of his goals against weaker opposition especially for england if you have mid table asppirations then he`ll do a job but why spend 9 mill if you only have mid table ambition ,if defoe & crouch played so well together at portsmouth then how can defoe 8 goals crouch 9 goals be seen as a lethal partnership ,bent scored that amount on his own ,& mainly as a sustitute ,crouch is a giant step(get it !)backwards for me ,just like bringing keane back ,top bargain my arse not even worth 5 million to me ,i would have preferred to keep bent & spent nine mill on centre back or left midfielder ,bring modric inside with palacios& sell another clearly overrated player in jenas ,come on guys how can a 12 maximum goals a season player who can`t head the ball straight be the answer we need someone alot more prolific ,because keane aint ,pav aint, now crouch aint ,what happens if defoe struggles for form or gets injured we`re screwed

By: cooperspur

cooperspur — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 19:13:24 +0000

Duh?! His combined price tags may be Â£33.5m, but that’s not his cumulative cost is it?!

For example if a player is sold for Â£10m then again for Â£10m then again for Â£10m his actual cost is only Â£10m (plus wages)… as the first 2 clubs get Â£10m each (the first without expense) and the 3rd has forked out Â£10m.

I love these muppets who think they’re know-it-alls but reall can’t even do simple maths!

Do the maths and tell me what his real cost is Mr Rowson.

By: abe

abe — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 19:01:22 +0000

how stupid. his cost per goal is acquisition costs plus all renumeration then subtract what he is sold for. divide that by goals scored. even that does not represent the full picture as u need to take into account the cost of any new person you bring him. and a lot more things to take into account

By: jonty

jonty — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 18:56:10 +0000

Of course the cost per goal would be next to nothing if hoddle hadn’t let him go in the first place

By: Daz

Daz — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 18:54:34 +0000

What disloyal nonsense.Crouch’s international record is nearly one every two games.He got 18 last season in a relegation threatened Pompey side.Alongside Defoe he scored 9 while Defoe scored 8.Also he’s a Spurs player and deserves support.As COYS said.

By: tom

tom — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 18:21:27 +0000

But if Pompy received in a fee what they paid for him, does that make all his goals free??
stupid article!
this is everything that is wrong with the web allowing idiots like this to have a voice.
COYS

By: Peter

Peter — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 18:18:54 +0000

All Crouch is, is a donkey with long legs. Every team that buys him trys to sell him within 2 years. Why because they each have paid to much for him and forked out to much for his wages.
The front line apart from Roman are very poor 2nd class players, you don’t find teams trying to buy them. What let us down last year? Goals, Goals, Goals.

We always sell our top scoring player, WHY?

Spurs since 1958

By: spurs61

spurs61 — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 17:32:34 +0000

stupid article. crouch is a player who has got better with age – how the hell is it relevant to us how many goals he scored at the start of his career? At the end of the day, he was excellent for Portsmouth and has been good for England recently. I don’t care about combined transfer fees – in my mind we’ve paid 9 million for him and Sunderland are about to give us 12-14 million for bent. happy days.

By: Careful reader

Careful reader — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 17:24:14 +0000

Frazzler, Hoe – both of you – read it again. “Because every time he scores for us the cost per goal goes down”

Think we must be top of the league for fans who comment without reading properly….

By: Hoe

Hoe — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 17:17:16 +0000

Frazzler you are right but we are also not counting any assist he may create.

By: Frazzler

Frazzler — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 16:55:07 +0000

Unfortunately your maths doesn’t quite work out.

If you are saying that the Â£33m includes the Â£9m we paid, then every goal he scores for us actually brings this figure down.

In the unlikely event that he scores 20 goals for us this season that brings his price per goal down to Â£259k.

If he scores 20 goals a season for the next 4 years that would be Â£177k per goal.

More importantly, Levy doesn’t give a toss about his cost per goal over his entire career, so if he scores 20 goals a season for the next 4 years that will be a cost of Â£112,500 per goal to us.

And he he manages that it will have been worth every penny!