Big Andy.

[Anny Road]

The financial wisdom of the madhouse.

 

Sadly, he was not bought for free, but for £35,000,000 and another £20,000,000 + in wages.

 

Obviously it would have beeen better if we had acquired him on a free......

 

He was free and West Ham have since kindly offered to pay his wages.

 

*Sticks fingers in ears Lala la lal la la la la*

[Russ Atmosphere]

Would you rather him or Borini in the squad, forget his salary for a moment and think of the players

 

Thinking of the players, neither. So if you forced me I'd look at the cost.

[Megadrive Man]

Conflicting news over his future,

 

Transfer news: Liverpool and West Ham have Andy Carroll agreement | West Ham United News, Fixtures, Results, Transfers | Sky Sports

 

West Ham boss Sam Allardyce unsure on Andy Carroll's future | West Ham United News, Fixtures, Results, Transfers | Sky Sports

 

West Ham transfers: Andy Carroll will only stay if Sam Allardyce is manager next season - Mirror Online

[RobbieOR]

A lot of revisionism on this thread. He's shit and wouldnt be a great option for us purely because of the fact that he moves like a tortoise.

[Reckoner]

the oil rig of whitley bay, he has been called.sell him for 8 pooond and a fishy on a dishy,

 

 

aye.

[Jairzinho]

Would you rather him or Borini in the squad, forget his salary for a moment and think of the players

 

Why can't we just fuck both off and buy some good players not made of cheese?

[Section_31]

Always been baffled by the amount of goodwill shown towards him. Despite seemingly being unfit for the best part of a year he was publically outed by Reina as being the worst trainer at the club and used to meander around the last third basically doing the square root of fuck all. He's lazy and shit, and Rafa or Houllier would have cut his heart out with a spoon.

[Dr Nowt]

Biggest regret for Carroll should be signing for the wrong Merseyside club - he's the spiritual heir to Drunken. The people's fans would lap up his handful of unplayable performances and goal in the derby each year, while the lowered expectations would do his confidence the opposite to what an impossibly inhibiting £35M price tag did when he came here.

 

Given the depreciation on that grotesquely inflated fee, their inability to match it should no longer be the problem it would have been in January '11. Can already see their triumphant club website headline:

 

"£35 MILLION STRIKER JOINS THE BLUES...(for £7m)"

[Ronnie Whelan]

I'm extremely happy if we get 20 mil for him. Should be enough to buy two very good central defenders if we buy right.

[TheHitman]

He will be back for pre-season and say he is here to fight for his place, Brendan and Ayre will say we will only consider a sale. This will be followed by him going out on loan in August to Steve Bruces newly promoted Hull to be closer to his family.

[jsims]

Always been baffled by the amount of goodwill shown towards him. Despite seemingly being unfit for the best part of a year he was publically outed by Reina as being the worst trainer at the club and used to meander around the last third basically doing the square root of fuck all. He's lazy and shit, and Rafa or Houllier would have cut his heart out with a spoon.

 

Its cus we paid 35 million for him

 

We all wanted it to work so we pretended we didnt see certain things

 

I was the same, then i saw him for west ham and knew he'd never be a liverpool player

[Bjornebye]

I'm extremely happy if we get 20 mil for him. Should be enough to buy two very good central defenders if we buy right.

 

No fucking chance of 20 million.

[stringvest]

Always been baffled by the amount of goodwill shown towards him. Despite seemingly being unfit for the best part of a year he was publically outed by Reina as being the worst trainer at the club and used to meander around the last third basically doing the square root of fuck all. He's lazy and shit' date=' and Rafa or Houllier would have cut his heart out with a spoon.[/quote']

 

Diouf and Aquilani.

 

That said, I agree with the first part of your post. Why should we be grateful when the lazy get actually knuckles down and trains properly? He is both lazy and shit.

[fowler9]

I half expect Aquilani to turn up for a couple of friendlies next year with the club staff talking about how he has impressed and could play a part this season despite having already been sold

[Baltar]

I'm extremely happy if we get 20 mil for him. Should be enough to buy two very good central defenders if we buy right.

:D £20M. I'd be over the moon if we got half that amount for Carroll.

[Gym Beglin]

I'd sell for £3m

[brucespanner]

I'd sell for my arse 3p

 

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[dennis tooth]

wank him off the blert hes shit

[General Dryness]

.

 

Have you been drinking, Bruce?

[s(k)aturation]

Have you been drinking, Bruce?

 

No, I'd say that was fairly sober abuse.

 

If Bruce were drinking you could expect more of an expletive-laced version of an Elizabethan sonnet.

[xerxes]

No fucking chance of 20 million.

 

You have to ask who the buyers would be.

 

I can't see West ham exercising their option, the likely contenders would be Newcastle, Sunderland and Stoke, with the latter most likely.

 

I would expect £8m-£5m.

[Bjornebye]

You have to ask who the buyers would be.

 

I can't see West ham exercising their option, the likely contenders would be Newcastle, Sunderland and Stoke, with the latter most likely.

 

I would expect £8m-£5m.

 

stoke would be his best bet. swap him for begovic.

[Ian Sea]

It's difficult to find a club that would be a good fit for him. He's not good enough for us but probably deserves better than West Ham. Newcastle or Everton would be OK for him I suppose but I can't see him going to either.

 

He should be brave and go abroad, I think he'd be a success in Italy or Germany.

[Whelan]

He's going to end up at Newcastle - for about £15m. It seems inevitable!

 

Catastrophic signing simply because of the money involved, Aquilani runs him close (very close). What are the odds on Sturridge scoring more in 5 months than he has in 18. Comoli deserved to be sacked for this signing alone, and lumbering Kenny with this fucking joke for last season.

 

All managers make bad signings, but usually there is a certain level of education about the signings, not £35m for a player who had 6 months in the premiership, and was 22 (not 16).

[Xherdan]

Get the deal done, accept the money and try to forget this whole thing happened. Easily the worst deal in our history, Aquilani doesnt even come close.