Andy Carroll, what does he do?

[Stu Monty]

He's not worth shit is you can't keep him on the pitch the useless lanky heap of talentless shit.

 

They've got 25 games out of him each season. 

 

He's a brilliant asset to have in your squad if you are Sam Allardyce. 

[Jairzinho]

They've looked a much better team when he isn't playing, though. Valencia and Sakho can actually run, dribble, etc.

[Dr Nowt]

I have a similar amount of sympathy to that which Mortimer has for Randolph when he's clutching his chest and gasping, and that guy says "Mr. Duke, your brother is having a heart attack!"

[Section_31]

Genuinely wonder if he's injury prone or just doesn't/didn't look after himself.

[JohnnyH]

Worst signing in the history of ever.

[Cardie]

Genuinely wonder if he's injury prone or just doesn't/didn't look after himself.

The second facilitates the first.

 

If he looked after himself and was still injury prone you could have some sympathy.

 

As it is he's a useless cunt.

 

[TheHowieLama]

I feel sorry for him. Maybe one day he'll have an injury-free season, but that gets further away the more he gets injured. He'd be great in the Italian league where he wouldn't have to run about so much. He could be the next Inzaghi.

 

 

Pippo says:

 

"The third Inzaghi brother Harpo maybe."

 

No nose for the ball or where to be and a clinical finisher he is not.

[Cardie]

They've got 25 games out of him each season.

 

He's a brilliant asset to have in your squad if you are Sam Allardyce.

Definetly the kind of numbers I'd be looking for from one of my best players.

 

Certainly in a league where you're hoping to play the best part of 50-55 fixtures and a minimum of 40.

 

 

[magicrat]

Worst signing in the history of ever.

If you ignore the price which was hardly the big galoot's fault then we've signed plenty of worse dross. Carroll being pilloried for the clubs stupidity here

[TheHowieLama]

Eh?

 

The fellow had one 3 month purple patch in the prem otherwise he is about a goal every 5 games. For a straight up CF target man that is really poor.

He has 14 in the last three years - read the same as Borini.

 

He is in a bin with Carlton Cole and Kenwyne Jones looking up at Peter Crouch.

[Section_31]

If you ignore the price which was hardly the big galoot's fault then we've signed plenty of worse dross. Carroll being pilloried for the clubs stupidity here

Nah, even if he'd been 5 mil he'd still have been shite.

[Cardie]

The worst kind of shite as well, not a hearts in the right place tries his best but just isn't good enough shite. He's the doesn't really care, half arsed, rather go to ground than walk past a keeper shit house kind of shite.

 

[Dr Nowt]

 

It's the law.

[magicrat]

Nah, even if he'd been 5 mil he'd still have been shite.

I'm not suggesting he's not shite just that we've managed to sign worse shite

[TheHowieLama]

He gives new definition to the word unplayable.

[Jairzinho]

He gives new definition to the word unplayable.

 

He's non playable.

[jamespp]

Bet he's booked (gone) on holiday already

[RobbieOR]

If you ignore the price which was hardly the big galoot's fault then we've signed plenty of worse dross. Carroll being pilloried for the clubs stupidity here

 

When quantifying whether a signing is good enough you generally have to work out whether it was worth your while buying him.

 

That;s why you can't ignore the price. 

[Section_31]

I'm not suggesting he's not shite just that we've managed to sign worse shite

If any post could sum up LFC in recent years it's this.

[Dr Nowt]

The race to the bottom.

[Stu Monty]

Definetly the kind of numbers I'd be looking for from one of my best players.

 

Certainly in a league where you're hoping to play the best part of 50-55 fixtures and a minimum of 40.

 

I think he was a good buy for West Ham at £15m and I'd imagine so does Sam Allardyce.

 

The West Ham fans that were buzzing off him and watching their team finish comfortably mid-table probably agree.

 

If you're Allardyce then having probably the best header of a ball in the league, even for just 25 games a season, is quite a handy asset.  If he can do a few step-overs and put the ball into the top corner from range then all the better.

[Cardie]

West Ham don't have the team or the finances to be paying the kind of money they pay Carroll for a bit part role in the team when he can be bothered and when he can drag his sorry excuse for a footballer off the treatment table.

 

He was a waste of resources for us and West Ham whether he has the odd game where he looks like he can play football or not.

[Jairzinho]

£15m is also what they spent on Sakho and Valencia. Which may suggest that Carroll at £15m was still a bit pricey. 

[Stu Monty]

West Ham don't have the team or the finances to be paying the kind of money they pay Carroll for a bit part role in the team when he can be bothered and when he can drag his sorry excuse for a footballer off the treatment table.

 

He was a waste of resources for us and West Ham whether he has the odd game where he looks like he can play football or not.

 

Call him a sorry excuse all you want but he's unplayable at times and Allardyce know how to play to his strengths. He was a waste of resources and time for us, he really isn't for them. He's their second top scorer and is involved in loads of the goals he doesn't score. £15m is fuck all really for what he can give them, especially when each position is worth nearly £1m and the mid-table is often so tightly packed.

[Cardie]

He is unplayable you're absolutely right, usually for months on end with another fucking injury.