Crouch unfazed by drought

Peter Crouch insists his current dry spell in front of goal will be irrelevant providing Portsmouth stay up. The England international has not found the target for Pompey in the Premier League since before Christmas, a run that stretches back nine games.With the club desperate for goals in their battle to beat the drop, many will be looking towards Crouch as a senior figure in the squad to help lead the way.The 28-year-old is happy to accept that responsibility, but believes working hard in all areas of the field is more important to the club's cause than regularly finding the target."I have to get back and make sure we defend from the front. I don't mind doing that," he told The News."I'm always confident if I get chances I'll score goals. If we create and I get chances, I can do that."But as long as we win games and stay up I do not mind."TightPortsmouth are currently precariously perched just a point above the drop zone but, with a game in hand on many of their rivals, Crouch is confident Paul Hart's side will be playing top-flight football next term."Whether we stay up or not is in our own hands," he added."We've got to play plenty of teams that are in the same sort of position as us."A lot of those games are at home and we like to think that if we get three points in them then we'll be all right."It's so tight down there that a couple of wins can take you into the top half of the table."

Source: SKY_Sports