Comments on: Hand of Crouch http://trinidadtobago.worldcupblog.org/1/hand-of-crouch.html Chronicling the Soca Warriors' World Cup 2006 adventures in Germany Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:35:44 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: WILD APACHE http://trinidadtobago.worldcupblog.org/1/hand-of-crouch.html/comment-page-1#comment-2574 WILD APACHE Thu, 10 Aug 2006 10:02:36 +0000 http://trinidadtobago.worldcupblog.org/1/hand-of-crouch.html#comment-2574 crouch lucky i wuzent in that game.swear to god i woulda through anything i had at he. crouch like he dont know trini people dont take nutting from no body .whoeva iz still 4 crouch i have sumting to tell uh u could never bring ah trini down fyah bun crouch. BLESS UP crouch lucky i wuzent in that game.swear to god i woulda through anything i had at he. crouch like he dont know trini people dont take nutting from no body .whoeva iz still 4 crouch i have sumting to tell uh u could never bring ah trini down fyah bun crouch. BLESS UP

]]> By: danger devo http://trinidadtobago.worldcupblog.org/1/hand-of-crouch.html/comment-page-1#comment-1501 danger devo Thu, 06 Jul 2006 04:53:51 +0000 http://trinidadtobago.worldcupblog.org/1/hand-of-crouch.html#comment-1501 in a split second crouch made a bad call, you cant rag on him for cheating, many other footballers would have done the same without thinking. i agree, that goal shouldn't have counted but i think this entire ordeal should be blamed on the ref, HE'S the cheater in this situation... shame on him.... in a split second crouch made a bad call, you cant rag on him for cheating, many other footballers would have done the same without thinking. i agree, that goal shouldn’t have counted but i think this entire ordeal should be blamed on the ref, HE’S the cheater in this situation… shame on him….

]]> By: Nigel http://trinidadtobago.worldcupblog.org/1/hand-of-crouch.html/comment-page-1#comment-1348 Nigel Thu, 29 Jun 2006 02:19:10 +0000 http://trinidadtobago.worldcupblog.org/1/hand-of-crouch.html#comment-1348 Crouch to a new low. I wish this goal gets a lot more exposure than it is getting right now. It was the worst play for the world cup so far, and it went unpenalised, more so, unmentioned. Plays like this should strike a player from the rest of the world cup. Crouch to a new low. I wish this goal gets a lot more exposure than it is getting right now. It was the worst play for the world cup so far, and it went unpenalised, more so, unmentioned. Plays like this should strike a player from the rest of the world cup.

]]> By: Wendell http://trinidadtobago.worldcupblog.org/1/hand-of-crouch.html/comment-page-1#comment-1008 Wendell Tue, 20 Jun 2006 08:45:12 +0000 http://trinidadtobago.worldcupblog.org/1/hand-of-crouch.html#comment-1008 The move by Crouch was bad... but this is football. Do you think anyone out on the pitch is not doing whatever it takes to win? These guys know the more they win the more that they make and what they can make has the rest of us looking pretty silly. Ever read a comic called Andy Capp? The exploits and fouls on the pitch of that cartoon character are infamous and accurately depict a helluva alot going on in the game. Not to say it is right but just reality. The move by Crouch was bad… but this is football. Do you think anyone out on the pitch is not doing whatever it takes to win? These guys know the more they win the more that they make and what they can make has the rest of us looking pretty silly. Ever read a comic called Andy Capp? The exploits and fouls on the pitch of that cartoon character are infamous and accurately depict a helluva alot going on in the game. Not to say it is right but just reality.

]]> By: Winston http://trinidadtobago.worldcupblog.org/1/hand-of-crouch.html/comment-page-1#comment-984 Winston Mon, 19 Jun 2006 06:50:27 +0000 http://trinidadtobago.worldcupblog.org/1/hand-of-crouch.html#comment-984 They won the game. But we WON repect from the world. They won the game. But we WON repect from the world.

]]> By: Dominic http://trinidadtobago.worldcupblog.org/1/hand-of-crouch.html/comment-page-1#comment-971 Dominic Sun, 18 Jun 2006 21:07:43 +0000 http://trinidadtobago.worldcupblog.org/1/hand-of-crouch.html#comment-971 We all know the referee played for ENGLAND so why DID CROUCH have to CHEAT? I guess the referee wasn’t doing his job properly and the minutes were ticking away so somebody else had to take matters into their own hands to secure a goal. This referee saw every foul Trinidad and Tobago did, let’s see….14 fouls 5 yellow cards. FIFA please make it harder for referees so they can help swing a game one way or the other. Crouch, as the saying goes, Cheaters never win! GO SOCA WARRIORS!!!! THE ENTIRE NATION SUPPORTS YOU!!!!!! We all know the referee played for ENGLAND so why DID CROUCH have to CHEAT? I guess the referee wasn’t doing his job properly and the minutes were ticking away so somebody else had to take matters into their own hands to secure a goal. This referee saw every foul Trinidad and Tobago did, let’s see….14 fouls 5 yellow cards. FIFA please make it harder for referees so they can help swing a game one way or the other.

Crouch, as the saying goes, Cheaters never win!

GO SOCA WARRIORS!!!! THE ENTIRE NATION SUPPORTS YOU!!!!!!

]]> By: Truth Seeker http://trinidadtobago.worldcupblog.org/1/hand-of-crouch.html/comment-page-1#comment-955 Truth Seeker Sun, 18 Jun 2006 10:27:10 +0000 http://trinidadtobago.worldcupblog.org/1/hand-of-crouch.html#comment-955 Money was all FIFA Vice President Jack Warner said Peter Crouch’s goal against the Soca Warriors in Thursday’s heartbreaking 2-0 loss should not have been allowed by the referee. Warner said yesterday that Japanese referee Toru Kamikawa will be under investigation by the FIFA Referee’s Committee. He also suggested that an England win was a more attractive result than a draw. <!--more--> “I do not know what will happen to him, if anything will happen to him, but what I do know is that he had decided what the result would be,” Warner said in a telephone conversation yesterday afternoon. Warner revealed yesterday that FIFA— the world governing body for football — normally reviews the performances of its officials after each match. A disappointed Warner said he is sure that the Japanese official will be made “to pay” for his poor performance during the Trinidad and Tobago and England encounter. For 82 minutes, Trinidad and Tobago held the 1966 World Cup winners to a goalless draw — until Crouch appeared to “piggy back” defender Brent Sancho to head home a David Beckham’s right side cross. The goal gave England a 1-0 lead. Video and photographic evidence appear to indicate that Crouch pulled Sancho down by his dreadlocks while climbing for the ball. A writer in the Miami Herald said that Crouch used Sancho as a stepladder. According to Warner, the team’s morale was broken by that goal and England sealed the issue later when Steven Gerrard’s blistering drive to the top left corner made the score 2-0. “The referee, in my view, was more concerned with the cash value of the England team which included Beckham, Wayne Rooney and so on...which was well over £50 million, rather than doing a proper match,” Warner said. He described it as a case of a little country like Trinidad and Tobago up against a big nation like England — where TT must always lose. He said it was a very similar situation when Trinidad and Tobago played against Bahrain to qualify for the competition. He pointed out that before he left home, he predicted that the team would have gone on to the second round. “And we would have done so had we had a proper referee for Thursday’s game,” he said. The regional football boss also said that he still believed that Trinidad and Tobago would advance to the round of 16 teams, but he said it means that we have got to win against Paraguay on Tuesday. Mathematically, Trinidad and Tobago’s chance of a quarter-final berth in the World Cup depends on their ability to defeat the South Americans by at least two clear goals in Kaiserslautern — as well as the result of the England/Sweden encounter — from which it is hoped, will finish in a goalless draw. With the top two teams advancing to the next round, the English are already through to the next stage with six points from two matches. The Swedes got their first win against the Paraguayans and have four points. Trinidad and Tobago can only reach four points with a win over Paraguay — with goal difference being the only other factor to secure the second place position in group B. Warner was high in praise for the performance of the players — saying they have made him proud. Quizzed as to whether anything special is going to be done for the team, Warner said he had already delivered on all his promises. He claimed further that it is now up to the Sport Minister and the government of Trinidad and Tobago to present the players with something worthy. Money was all

FIFA Vice President Jack Warner said Peter Crouch’s goal against the Soca Warriors in Thursday’s heartbreaking 2-0 loss should not have been allowed by the referee.

Warner said yesterday that Japanese referee Toru Kamikawa will be under investigation by the FIFA Referee’s Committee.

He also suggested that an England win was a more attractive result than a draw.

“I do not know what will happen to him, if anything will happen to him, but what I do know is that he had decided what the result would be,” Warner said in a telephone conversation yesterday afternoon.

Warner revealed yesterday that FIFA— the world governing body for football — normally reviews the performances of its officials after each match.

A disappointed Warner said he is sure that the Japanese official will be made “to pay” for his poor performance during the Trinidad and Tobago and England encounter.

For 82 minutes, Trinidad and Tobago held the 1966 World Cup winners to a goalless draw — until Crouch appeared to “piggy back” defender Brent Sancho to head home a David Beckham’s right side cross. The goal gave England a 1-0 lead. Video and photographic evidence appear to indicate that Crouch pulled Sancho down by his dreadlocks while climbing for the ball. A writer in the Miami Herald said that Crouch used Sancho as a stepladder.

According to Warner, the team’s morale was broken by that goal and England sealed the issue later when Steven Gerrard’s blistering drive to the top left corner made the score 2-0.

“The referee, in my view, was more concerned with the cash value of the England team which included Beckham, Wayne Rooney and so on…which was well over £50 million, rather than doing a proper match,” Warner said.

He described it as a case of a little country like Trinidad and Tobago up against a big nation like England — where TT must always lose. He said it was a very similar situation when Trinidad and Tobago played against Bahrain to qualify for the competition. He pointed out that before he left home, he predicted that the team would have gone on to the second round.

“And we would have done so had we had a proper referee for Thursday’s game,” he said.

The regional football boss also said that he still believed that Trinidad and Tobago would advance to the round of 16 teams, but he said it means that we have got to win against Paraguay on Tuesday.

Mathematically, Trinidad and Tobago’s chance of a quarter-final berth in the World Cup depends on their ability to defeat the South Americans by at least two clear goals in Kaiserslautern — as well as the result of the England/Sweden encounter — from which it is hoped, will finish in a goalless draw.

With the top two teams advancing to the next round, the English are already through to the next stage with six points from two matches. The Swedes got their first win against the Paraguayans and have four points.

Trinidad and Tobago can only reach four points with a win over Paraguay — with goal difference being the only other factor to secure the second place position in group B. Warner was high in praise for the performance of the players — saying they have made him proud. Quizzed as to whether anything special is going to be done for the team, Warner said he had already delivered on all his promises.

He claimed further that it is now up to the Sport Minister and the government of Trinidad and Tobago to present the players with something worthy.

]]> By: Jonelle Salter http://trinidadtobago.worldcupblog.org/1/hand-of-crouch.html/comment-page-1#comment-947 Jonelle Salter Sun, 18 Jun 2006 01:38:11 +0000 http://trinidadtobago.worldcupblog.org/1/hand-of-crouch.html#comment-947 Wow, I've been searching the web for English commentary on "the hand of Crouch", and so far all I've found is on this site. I suppose they got the points and that's all that matters - why bring up the underhand way in which it was done?. I hope warriors let this make them even stronger for the next game. As much as it hurts, if we want to make it to the second round by any slim chance, we have to cheer England on (cr) ouch! That's my new line by the way, if I get hurt for some reason, I no longer say ouch, it's crouch! And just for that, Lara will make sure they lose real bad in cricket too! (fairly!) We are soca warriors and we are so proud of our team! Go Warriors! Wow,

I’ve been searching the web for English commentary on “the hand of Crouch”, and so far all I’ve found is on this site. I suppose they got the points and that’s all that matters – why bring up the underhand way in which it was done?. I hope warriors let this make them even stronger for the next game. As much as it hurts, if we want to make it to the second round by any slim chance, we have to cheer England on (cr) ouch!
That’s my new line by the way, if I get hurt for some reason, I no longer say ouch, it’s crouch!
And just for that, Lara will make sure they lose real bad in cricket too! (fairly!)
We are soca warriors and we are so proud of our team! Go Warriors!

]]> By: replay need in soccer http://trinidadtobago.worldcupblog.org/1/hand-of-crouch.html/comment-page-1#comment-945 replay need in soccer Sat, 17 Jun 2006 22:47:22 +0000 http://trinidadtobago.worldcupblog.org/1/hand-of-crouch.html#comment-945 like american football if a offesive player soccer illegally the other team has the right to RED FLAG and play by play replay is fairly looked at if the worlds expect soccer to win american heart keep up with tech age so ages are lost and won fairly at post games replay down show the true calls that was miss by stupit unfair official even kricett has replay hahaha keep up with the jones soccore world its 2006 not 1806 sorry officials make bad calls that mess up good games like american football if a offesive player soccer illegally the other team has the right to RED FLAG and play by play replay is fairly looked at if the worlds expect soccer to win american heart keep up with tech age so ages are lost and won fairly at post games replay down show the true calls that was miss by stupit unfair official even kricett has replay hahaha keep up with the jones soccore world its 2006 not 1806 sorry officials make bad calls that mess up good games

]]> By: Anil http://trinidadtobago.worldcupblog.org/1/hand-of-crouch.html/comment-page-1#comment-940 Anil Sat, 17 Jun 2006 18:09:15 +0000 http://trinidadtobago.worldcupblog.org/1/hand-of-crouch.html#comment-940 Stinky Crouch!, Boooooo! last minute dirty move by him (hair pulling), he should not paly in the next few games and should be embarrassed to show his face in england. Refs should be allowed to see replay to make goal official if appeal is made, what can be done about this in football? Win with pride not with a dirty move like that, he is already so tall, why Crouch? You will get what is comming to you…… a kick to the nuts!!!!! Stinky Crouch!, Boooooo! last minute dirty move by him (hair pulling), he should not paly in the next few games and should be embarrassed to show his face in england. Refs should be allowed to see replay to make goal official if appeal is made, what can be done about this in football? Win with pride not with a dirty move like that, he is already so tall, why Crouch? You will get what is comming to you……
a kick to the nuts!!!!!

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