David Harding
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Cain LynchWas Carroll worth £35m?
February 7th 2011 08:32
Liverpool's new signing Andy Carroll has yet to make an appearance for his new club, still sitting on the sidelines with an injury. People comment about him and Wayne Rooney who made a big more to Manchester United when he was about the same age, he was a bit older than Carroll though. But he made 67 appearances for Everton, netting 15 league goals. In 08-09 Carroll played 14 games for 3 goals with Newcastle.
Last season in the Championship he made 39 appearances netting 17 goals, this season to date he has played 19 games, and netted the 11 goals. Since then he has gone down with an injury and now moves to Liverpool for a massive fee which some have slammed Liverpool for making.
There's no doubt with the loss of Fernando Torres Liverpool were always going to be on the hunt for a striker, they had signed Luis Suarez' for less than Carroll, and he has been playing well since his cross to the side. In Torres' first game against his old side he didn't score and lost 1-nil.
His desire to play for a side that's going to win titles, and play in Europe currently has them Chelsea are sitting 4th ahead of Tottenham by goal difference, 10 points behind Manchester United who lost for the first time this season.
Arsenal also blew a chance to close the gap when they allowed Newcastle back into the game on the weekend. But this is about young Andy Carroll, young lad with a discipline problem. He was one of the best strikers in the then known Coca Cola Championship, now npower Championship.
He is a great future talent, no doubt, but is he now worth the money? I am in a mixed position right now as a fan of the team, and an admirer of his talents, I think that there is a lot of pressure now on Andy Carroll to perform, can he handle it?
Carroll himself says he felt as if he was forced out of Newcastle, and didn't want to leave, could this affect him at Liverpool, being a Geordie lad? It's some questions that a Liverpool fan has to ask, and worry about. Carroll right now is portably worth half of what was paid fro him, and one day he will be worth more, but have we overspent for a player that is only 21, and still has many unknown factors.
But even if Carroll does fail, Luis Suarez already looks the goods, and might be the better man to replace Torres, than Carroll, but he should also take the pressure of the young lad.
Newcastle fans are no doubt still angry over the move to sell off Carroll, but they have some good players there on the way through. They showed on the weekend against Arsenal they have a fighting spirit. without Carroll the Toon also managed to end a game 1-1 with Tottenham Hotspur.
The poor performance against Fulham can now be forgotten, well half forgotten as Newcastle looked flat against Arsenal to start, and had to take a half to get going.
Last season in the Championship he made 39 appearances netting 17 goals, this season to date he has played 19 games, and netted the 11 goals. Since then he has gone down with an injury and now moves to Liverpool for a massive fee which some have slammed Liverpool for making.
There's no doubt with the loss of Fernando Torres Liverpool were always going to be on the hunt for a striker, they had signed Luis Suarez' for less than Carroll, and he has been playing well since his cross to the side. In Torres' first game against his old side he didn't score and lost 1-nil.
His desire to play for a side that's going to win titles, and play in Europe currently has them Chelsea are sitting 4th ahead of Tottenham by goal difference, 10 points behind Manchester United who lost for the first time this season.
Arsenal also blew a chance to close the gap when they allowed Newcastle back into the game on the weekend. But this is about young Andy Carroll, young lad with a discipline problem. He was one of the best strikers in the then known Coca Cola Championship, now npower Championship.
He is a great future talent, no doubt, but is he now worth the money? I am in a mixed position right now as a fan of the team, and an admirer of his talents, I think that there is a lot of pressure now on Andy Carroll to perform, can he handle it?
Carroll himself says he felt as if he was forced out of Newcastle, and didn't want to leave, could this affect him at Liverpool, being a Geordie lad? It's some questions that a Liverpool fan has to ask, and worry about. Carroll right now is portably worth half of what was paid fro him, and one day he will be worth more, but have we overspent for a player that is only 21, and still has many unknown factors.
But even if Carroll does fail, Luis Suarez already looks the goods, and might be the better man to replace Torres, than Carroll, but he should also take the pressure of the young lad.
Newcastle fans are no doubt still angry over the move to sell off Carroll, but they have some good players there on the way through. They showed on the weekend against Arsenal they have a fighting spirit. without Carroll the Toon also managed to end a game 1-1 with Tottenham Hotspur.
The poor performance against Fulham can now be forgotten, well half forgotten as Newcastle looked flat against Arsenal to start, and had to take a half to get going.
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