Adebesi
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OK well Id have to see it again, my memory of it was it was a great tackle, I thought fair play Carroll, that was a nice tackle there. But maybe if I watched it again I would agree it is rational not to count it as such.
Sky gave him the MOTM? Christ. Other than throwing his weight around, he did nothing. Kagawa single handedly created 2 goals from nothing. Bizzare.Carroll had a 66% pass completion rate the joint lowest in West Ham's starting line up. He had 3 shots all of them off target. He didn't make any successful tackles, but made 3 interceptions. He only won 10 of the 21 ariel duels he was involved in. He did however win man of the match from Sky and praise from the english media at large.
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That's all he ever does though, isn't it?Sky gave him the MOTM? Christ. Other than throwing his weight around, he did nothing. Kagawa single handedly created 2 goals from nothing. Bizzare.
It was counted as an interception (understandably so) and was a great piece of defending to be fair. Interceptions are just as important as tackles. They demonstrate good defensive positioning, reading of the game and so on.That goes to show what a massive pile of wank looking at the statistics is then. If that isnt counted as a tackle then what use is it looking at the stats for tackles? How many other tackles didnt count as tackles?
Made a goal for them.Sky gave him the MOTM? Christ. Other than throwing his weight around, he did nothing. Kagawa single handedly created 2 goals from nothing. Bizzare.
That's unnecessarily harsh on Carsten.I like his retro Tevez hairdo with that headband. His style of play is more Carsten Janker though.
Agreed. If anything his style reminds me of Duncan Ferguson with a hangover. Only with far worse hair.That's unnecessarily harsh on Carsten.
Terrifying. He should wear that on his back instead of Carroll, he could start a new trend.Agreed. If anything his style reminds me of Duncan Ferguson with a hangover. Only with far worse hair.
mental.Carroll had a 66% pass completion rate the joint lowest in West Ham's starting line up. He had 3 shots all of them off target. He didn't make any successful tackles, but made 3 interceptions. He only won 10 of the 21 ariel duels he was involved in. He did however win man of the match from Sky and praise from the english media at large.
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!!Carroll had a 66% pass completion rate the joint lowest in West Ham's starting line up. He had 3 shots all of them off target. He didn't make any successful tackles, but made 3 interceptions. He only won 10 of the 21 ariel duels he was involved in. He did however win man of the match from Sky and praise from the english media at large.
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If I remember correctly, he did exactly the same thing for Liverpool to save them from defeat to Cardiff in the League Cup last year. He does have that going for him.Fantastic gettin' his foot in on that beautiful centering ball to Hernandez that looked like a sure United goal. Brilliant defending. Admire attackers who can do that.
Unreal, yet he won less than half the aerial duels he was involved in on Wednesday night?Albeit a cnut, i think he is actually pretty good. His power and ability in the air is unreal.
Without sounding like an argumentative twat he really wasn't that good at all. The 4 touches in the box for his first shot off target summed him up as a footballer. Unintelligent movement left behind the play, clumsy barging players lead to a poor touch, poor on the ball taking an age to turn and tee up a shot and unable to cleanly strike a ball scuffing it deflected wide.I'm far from a Carroll fan but those stats clearly don't paint the full picture. He was handful all game (mainly 1st half) for our back 4, assisted their first goal and prevented a certain winner from Hernandez.
He had a good game.
He wasn't particularly good yesterday but usually whenever i have seen him, he barely lets the defender beat him to the ball.Unreal, yet he won less than half the aerial duels he was involved in on Wednesday night?
He doesn't even do that. He didn't even win half his aerial duels the other day, I'm sure.His only redeeming feature is a canny ability to get to anything in the air before anyone else, and he is remarkably good at that.
Unfortunately, he is yet another 'hard man' that has succumbed to theatrics, happy to elbow people in the face and knock keepers out but goes down in a heap anytime someone gets the better of him.
If you're going to rely on strength and power then at least be consistent with it and take the hits when they're dished out too.
a good/admirable player my arse.
Everything he's got is pounds and centimeters. Brilliant tackle on Hernandez, mind.
That's fairly normal, is usually trying head balls played from behind him. You try heading long balls played from behind you and then try heading the same balls, but from a defensive position and you'll see what a massive advantage it is.He doesn't even do that. He didn't even win half his aerial duels the other day, I'm sure.
It's a cliché, but he is a handful. That is all he can ever be though, and he's just as likely to turn up and channel his inner donkey.
This.Phil Thompson just want Liverpool to get as much money as possible so he talk about him like he's Klose or something.
You've been duped by the media. He wins a lot of headers and is suited to West 'Am's hoof it style but more often than not his headers go nowhere.Albeit a cnut, i think he is actually pretty good. His power and ability in the air is unreal.
His only redeeming feature is a canny ability to get to anything in the air before anyone else, and he is remarkably good at that.