If It is true, you have to feel sorry for him, having to retire at such a young age is devastating.
£35m for Andy Carroll | On loan @ WHU (the big, long, useless streak of pi**...)
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Read my next postYou mean the goal that he scored when they were already going through beforehand?
Either way he has done far more for Chelsea than Carroll did for Liverpool
There's no way of determining it, but with 3 minutes left they would probably have gone through anyway, Barcelona weren't threatening at all in the late stages of that game, after the Messi penalty miss they looked gone. Plus, come on, look at the manner of the goal! He had the entire half to run into with the nearest player being about 20 yards behind, hardly like he did anything particularly special.
16 in 90 is an appalling record in the premier for a top level team (poor for a relegation battling team too), particularly when he's started the majority of those. For 50m (and no doubt on huge wages) he's legitimately one of the worst signings of all time. He's just turned into a flat track bully these days, the vast majority of his goals are in thrashings and/or against extremely weak teams. Likewise for Spain.
16 in 90 is an appalling record in the premier for a top level team (poor for a relegation battling team too), particularly when he's started the majority of those. For 50m (and no doubt on huge wages) he's legitimately one of the worst signings of all time. He's just turned into a flat track bully these days, the vast majority of his goals are in thrashings and/or against extremely weak teams. Likewise for Spain.
Didn't they hit the post once or twice. They kept slamming in crosses. He is wack for them and that goal was nothing special but credit where credit is due.
Yesterday he was in Amsterdam watching the game
Haha. Yeah right.
Not just the combined fees but what kind of wages was Carroll on? He's probably made a nice bit of cash in his short career.
Not after the penalty, in fact they only had 4 shots on target in total after the penalty. Most comfortable saves. That they were resorting to crosses just shows how much they struggled, always unlikely they were going to win an aerial battle against the Chelsea players. With 2 minutes and 20 seconds to go I doubt you'd have found anyone who'd bet against Chelsea holding on, put it that way.
He deserves some credit for keeping his cool but nothing like "paid back half his fee", i'd expect the majority of strikers to take that chance. Just to put things into perspective here, his goals per game for Chelsea in the premier is worse than Heskey's premier league record.
I thought he would miss, even when he beat valdes.
He wasn't in Amsterdam just for the gameYesterday he was in Amsterdam watching the game
He's in Amsterdam since a couple of weeks.
West Ham manager Sam Allardyce says striker Andy Carroll will return to training next week after a long-term foot problem which has seen him miss all of this season.
"We expected him to be back two or three games into the season, and that hasn't happened," said Allardyce. "We have to be tentative in our approach to it.
"When Andy's fit we've got to get him fit to stay fit. Having not played a game since last May, it will take some time to get him into a match-fitness situation. He's done an awful lot of work, but that doesn't include match fitness, so it will take a while for him to get back up to speed."
"We expected him to be back two or three games into the season, and that hasn't happened," said Allardyce. "We have to be tentative in our approach to it.
"When Andy's fit we've got to get him fit to stay fit. Having not played a game since last May, it will take some time to get him into a match-fitness situation. He's done an awful lot of work, but that doesn't include match fitness, so it will take a while for him to get back up to speed."
Lounging about in Amsterdam coffee houses for weeks on end will make it a task for anyone to get back up to speed.
Seriously, though - I'm glad his career ain't over. The big, long useless streak of piss.
Seriously, though - I'm glad his career ain't over. The big, long useless streak of piss.
I was hoping that he'd be out all season, especially being World Cup year. I've nothing against him, but the World Cup deserves better.
@eboue
Yeah, no doubt - but it's gonna take a fair bit for him to make the squad. It's a risk, I agree - Woy is not to be trusted in that regard. But barring injuries, he must be well out of the picture now.
I still remember us hitting long balls at him during the Euro's then watching the Italians stand off him and wait to collect the ball from his poor touch. I don't want to live in a world where Zlatan stays at home whilst Carroll goes to the world cup.
I hope he goes.
It'll be either Carroll or Lambert. I don't really care which. So long as Defoe doesn't go.
feck me that's a depressing thought. Have we ever been this poor up front before?
Emile Heskey.
Lambert is a footballing genius next to Carroll.
Defoe has a tempting MLS offer on the table. If he accepts it he won't be going to Brazil.
Oh shit, yeah. feck I hate England these days. I think I'm giving up on footy TBH.
Maybe he's a cokehead and he's banned.
what a hashtag! #package Best tweet and hashtag by a player ever!He has a hard on.
Say what you see, Barney. If you see it say it.
I was just pointing that out to those that were more interested in laughing about the hashtag.
Thats just briliant.
That's gonna confuse ronaldo all over again.
Yeah, I'm aware hence the "as you can see."
Carroll was pointing it out himself.
