Crouch ready to impress for England

Peter Crouch is happy that now he is at high profile club there is more coverage of the games he plays in so people can see he offers a great deal as a frontman:
He declared: "I think people are starting to take me seriously now. When I first started out, I was a unique player. Maybe people thought they just had to bang the ball up to me or whatever.
"But now people are starting to realise and, the more games you play, the more you can show people what you can do. The more I've played, the more people have taken me seriously.
"Now I've started to play for England and at a great club like Liverpool, hopefully people can see that I can play on the floor as well."
Last time Crouch played alongside Owen he got an assist and Owen bagged a hattrick. He is looking forward to renewing their partnership for England and hopes the outcome will be similar in terms of goals created and scored.
"When you're playing up front on your own, sometimes it limits your chances of scoring goals a little bit," he admitted. "But playing up front with someone of Michael's calibre should help my game and hopefully I can help his game as well."
"I did reasonably well out in America and I felt comfortable at that level. There's a place available and hopefully I'm the one to fill it but there are some good strikers here as well," he added.
"You look at the good strikers we've got - Michael Owen, Wayne Rooney, Jermain Defoe and Darren Bent. They're all sharper, smaller and quicker players. But I'm definitely a different option that we could use," he stressed.
If Crouch performs well on Saturday he will take a big step towards being named in the World Cup Squad.
"This is a massive opportunity for me. If you can impress in these games then you've got a good chance of being involved at the World Cup. We all want to play in the big tournaments and hopefully I can do that.
"I've only played one game so far out in the States but I really enjoyed that and I've played a couple of games in the Champions League.
"I've always had belief that I could play at this level. At times, it was difficult when I was starting out. But I feel really confident now.
"I'm playing for a great club and being called up by England, I'm feeling at my best now. Hopefully I can show that."