Andy Carroll

[splishsplosh 244]

I think he would be a good buy for us. His price will have fallen dramatically from the obscene money being paid for him years ago.

 

He would be a good target man, can hold the ball. Big, powerful, is good with his head and has a good shot on him. His injuries seem to be behind him now.

 

We need to sell our strikers in January and buy Andy instead.

[Zinc 1,904]

Are you f**king serious?

 

Good lord....

[IliyaKrostin 1,217]

I'd prefer to bring Solanke/Bamford or just give a chance to Abraham. 

[Zola 9,807]

Obvious troll is obvious....

[ForeverCarefree 19,622]

I'm sure he'd be great for those 10 games a season he manages to be fit for. 

[Beerqueen 8,523]

And then we'd literally have no-one as SS advocates selling our existing strikers.

[Bobbywoodhogan 9,988]

He's never bloody fit and when he is he isn't that good.

[Beerqueen 8,523]

SS is on the windup as per usual.

[Huttsey 2,514]

Sell Willian and buy Andy Carroll. I've heard it all now.

[charierre 3,812]

He's actually not a bad shout of the type of player we lack if we needed to mix our attacking play up a bit. We would though require the wingers to supply him. A fit Carroll is a handful trouble is as others have stated he rarely is fit.

[splishsplosh 244]

He's actually not a bad shout of the type of player we lack if we needed to mix our attacking play up a bit. We would though require the wingers to supply him. A fit Carroll is a handful trouble is as others have stated he rarely is fit.

 

Thank you. A balanced view finally.

 

As mentioned previously, his injuries seem to be behind him. When has it ever stopped us buying a striker with known injury problems beforehand?

 

Plus he's English and home grown.

[ForeverCarefree 19,622]

As mentioned previously, his injuries seem to be behind him. 

 

Can I ask what you're basing that on? 

 

He's had an injury in the each of the last three season which has kept him out for 4 months plus every time and he often incurs problems during his recovery that extends the amount of time he is out for.

 

In his three full seasons at West Ham he's managed less than 60 appearances. 

 

In the season he spent there on loan he managed 24 appearances, that's the most he's managed.

 

For a club like ourselves that often plays two matches per week there is nothing to suggest Carroll could live up to the physical demands of playing that many matches.  

[Scott Harris 15,164]

He's the type of player we need to play the way we want, but he is nowhere near good enough and can't stay fit for more than a few games before he is out for months.

 

I would actually much rather we changed our style of play to suit the strikers we currently have.

[enigma 3,770]

oh dear, even the rumours section has stooped down to a small club mindset. i know we're in the latter half of the table, but we certainly don't need or want players whom reflect our position. 

Edited November 9, 2015 by enigma

[Nibs 4,112]

Carroll is not the answer for us, nor would I want him but that said, right now, I would take him over Costa and Falcao.

[Eligius 30]

TBH, Carroll does fit the team.

 

He's tall, strong, fantastic in the air and can hold up the ball well.  

 

With AC, it's all about finding the right team/fit.  

 

However, due to his inury record he might be cheap and with their new cf signings.

[OblongCubeSphere 21]

Time to accept that he is worth a punt. Scored against us today and was the best player on the pitch. Class.

[PloKoon13 10,864]

1/10

 

Find a better gimmick

[the special one 1,269]

I do think we need a striker in Carroll's mould, whether that be Carroll, Cavani, or perhaps even Stipe Perica I don't know. Preferably Cavani.

[havelschayes 3,006]

Time to accept that he is worth a punt. Scored against us today and was the best player on the pitch. Class.

 

[barak81 4,125]

Time to accept that he is worth a punt. Scored against us today and was the best player on the pitch. Class.

Jesus's splash splosh find another site

[big blue 3,097]

I do think we need a striker in Carroll's mould, whether that be Carroll, Cavani, or perhaps even Stipe Perica I don't know. Preferably Cavani.

Not sure you can say cavani is in the Carroll mould! Maybe it's the long hair!

[Hemel Blue 1,076]

Yet another top thread.....YAWN.

[Ballack & Blu 947]

If we sign Andy f**kin carroll i'll burn all my old Chelsea tops and support the villa....

[luckywerthers 618]

i really can not understand why every body hates him so much, when he gets on the pitch all he ever does is give defences problems