Andy Carroll unlikely to play for WHU again....

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Andy Carroll unlikely to play for WHU again....

Post by evensteadiereddie » Thu Mar 14, 2019 8:17 pm

Up there with the Pope pooping in the woods and bears being Catholic.
Three goals since April, 2017 and four seasons out of six where he's played fewer than twenty games in all competitions.
£15 million he cost then - quite a decent sum for six years ago.

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Re: Andy Carroll unlikely to play for WHU again....

Post by tim_noone » Thu Mar 14, 2019 8:19 pm

Did he really ever?

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Re: Andy Carroll unlikely to play for WHU again....

Post by evensteadiereddie » Thu Mar 14, 2019 8:22 pm

When he was fit and fired up, he was quite a dangerous striker and some of his goals, however rare, were sometimes pretty spectacular.

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Re: Andy Carroll unlikely to play for WHU again....

Post by tim_noone » Thu Mar 14, 2019 8:28 pm

evensteadiereddie wrote:When he was fit and fired up, he was quite a dangerous striker and some of his goals, however rare, were sometimes pretty spectacular.
Newcastle made a good few bob off Liverpool as I recall...he makes Chris Wood look like Ronaldo never really took to him...tbh

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Re: Andy Carroll unlikely to play for WHU again....

Post by claptrappers_union » Thu Mar 14, 2019 8:33 pm

I rate him, the fees he’s moved for are crazy, but I think he’ll be a good player for us.
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Re: Andy Carroll unlikely to play for WHU again....

Post by tim_noone » Thu Mar 14, 2019 8:36 pm

claptrappers_union wrote:I rate him, the fees he’s moved for are crazy, but I think he’ll be a good player for us.
Yes he has a very good agent.....

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Re: Andy Carroll unlikely to play for WHU again....

Post by JohnMac » Thu Mar 14, 2019 8:37 pm

claptrappers_union wrote:I rate him, the fees he’s moved for are crazy, but I think he’ll be a good player for us.
Exactly that, none of us really rate him unless he signed for us of course and then as we all know he would fufill his World Class potential :D

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Re: Andy Carroll unlikely to play for WHU again....

Post by Dark Cloud » Thu Mar 14, 2019 8:37 pm

Very, very good player when fit and when his head isn't stuck up his own rectum or he's battering someone. But possibly THE biggest sick note of the past 4 years making Defour look like small beer and a real bargain.
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Re: Andy Carroll unlikely to play for WHU again....

Post by Sutton-Claret » Thu Mar 14, 2019 9:35 pm

CHEEKY BID............







Joke

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Re: Andy Carroll unlikely to play for WHU again....

Post by thatdberight » Thu Mar 14, 2019 9:35 pm

Dark Cloud wrote:Very, very good player when fit and when his head isn't stuck up his own rectum or he's battering someone. But possibly THE biggest sick note of the past 4 years making Defour look like small beer and a real bargain.
Not THE biggest. He's a 100% attender compared to Wellbeck or Sturbridge.
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Re: Andy Carroll unlikely to play for WHU again....

Post by Burnleyareback2 » Thu Mar 14, 2019 9:47 pm

Another one who had a career of injuries.

When he was playing at Newcastle he had huge potential.

I think most people were shocked on the crazy deadline day when he went to Liverpool but it was the injuries that took over after that.

PS: if you combined a crouch and a Barnes I think you’d get a Carroll

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Re: Andy Carroll unlikely to play for WHU again....

Post by Lord Beamish » Thu Mar 14, 2019 9:51 pm

He has a man-bun/top-knot, so it’s a no from me
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Re: Andy Carroll unlikely to play for WHU again....

Post by Greeny » Thu Mar 14, 2019 10:06 pm

West Ham have a fascination with buying sick note specialists - Andy Carroll, Jack Wilshere + they kicked it all off with Keiron Dyer a few years ago. You thought they would have learned their lesson with him.....

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Re: Andy Carroll unlikely to play for WHU again....

Post by GodIsADeeJay81 » Thu Mar 14, 2019 10:12 pm

Always impressed me how he's never injured his elbow...
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Re: Andy Carroll unlikely to play for WHU again....

Post by Clarets4me » Thu Mar 14, 2019 10:45 pm

Greeny wrote:West Ham have a fascination with buying sick note specialists - Andy Carroll, Jack Wilshere + they kicked it all off with Keiron Dyer a few years ago. You thought they would have learned their lesson with him.....
Who was the other Striker at West Ham, had a couple of England caps ( I think ), but then had to retire with injury at a young age ??

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Re: Andy Carroll unlikely to play for WHU again....

Post by Vino blanco » Thu Mar 14, 2019 10:47 pm

Trevor Brooking?

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Re: Andy Carroll unlikely to play for WHU again....

Post by taio » Thu Mar 14, 2019 10:48 pm

Clarets4me wrote:Who was the other Striker at West Ham, had a couple of England caps ( I think ), but then had to retire with injury at a young age ??
Dean Ashton.
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Re: Andy Carroll unlikely to play for WHU again....

Post by paulus the woodgnome » Thu Mar 14, 2019 10:50 pm

Clarets4me wrote:Who was the other Striker at West Ham, had a couple of England caps ( I think ), but then had to retire with injury at a young age ??
Dean Ashton I think
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Re: Andy Carroll unlikely to play for WHU again....

Post by taio » Thu Mar 14, 2019 10:50 pm

Vino blanco wrote:Trevor Brooking?
:shock:

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Re: Andy Carroll unlikely to play for WHU again....

Post by Clarets4me » Thu Mar 14, 2019 11:26 pm

Dean Ashton, that's him ! Retired in December 2009, aged 26, failed to recover from an ankle injury received during training on England duty ... :(

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Re: Andy Carroll unlikely to play for WHU again....

Post by thatdberight » Fri Mar 15, 2019 2:15 am

Clarets4me wrote:Dean Ashton, that's him ! Retired in December 2009, aged 26, failed to recover from an ankle injury received during training on England duty ... :(
It was a shame - he was just starting to look like a real player.
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Re: Andy Carroll unlikely to play for WHU again....

Post by willsclarets » Fri Mar 15, 2019 9:19 am

In his prime Crouch was a far better player all round than Carroll I think. Signing him for 35 million as Liverpool did was a ridiculous decision (was he a replacement for Suarez or Torres?). Powerful and a real menace, but his actual footballing ability on the deck is very average.

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Re: Andy Carroll unlikely to play for WHU again....

Post by IanMcL » Fri Mar 15, 2019 2:18 pm

I liked Carroll at his best. Superb header of the ball.

His best was never often.
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Re: Andy Carroll unlikely to play for WHU again....

Post by cricketfieldclarets » Fri Mar 15, 2019 10:59 pm

willsclarets wrote:In his prime Crouch was a far better player all round than Carroll I think. Signing him for 35 million as Liverpool did was a ridiculous decision (was he a replacement for Suarez or Torres?). Powerful and a real menace, but his actual footballing ability on the deck is very average.
He was signed with suarez to replace torres. Overall they did pretty well there.

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