Quote: BIG HOWARD "maybe our pre season "scapegoats" are playing well..... thompson (why do we sign him)..feka (too old and past it) carvell..(injury prone) westerman..(big transfer)miller..(worst halfback weve had)..yeaman (not played well for years)..jason crookes (not played so cant slag him off)
so we have to have a new scapegoat.... ben crooks has a bad game goalkicking is off so we can use him until someone else plays badly
what fickle supporters'"
A scapegoat would be someone who is blamed for the teams performance, nobody is doing that with Crooks, I think we're all aware that the problems are deeper than one out of form player.
However people are rightly pointing out that his performances are well below the standard he set last year, nothing wrong with that, he'll be aware of that himself, just needs to get his confidence back, tighten up his defense and he'll be fine. He doesn't deserve any criticism for his goal kicking, it shouldn't be his job but he's the only one that put his hand up.