The Andy Carroll at West Ham thread

[redfromtubebar]

If we've got a watertight contract stating West Ham have to pay us £17m at the end of the season subject to the player agreeing the move then I'll be over the fucking moon.

 

What's more likely however is that it will fall through and Carroll goes to Stoke for about £10m.

 

Two years on I still can't believe it THIRTY-FIVE MILLION POUNDS!!!!!!!

[Guest San Don]

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Agreed a deal for him.

 

Er, this was agreed at the outset and clearly stated by Liverpool. The fee was £2m for the loan with agreement for a further £17m at the end of the season if whu stayed up.

 

That said, I still think Carroll will want to go back to the toon and will try and get that move.

 

I dont harbour the lad any grudges. The current manager hasnt given him a chance to adapt (look at henderson who he was prepared to use in exchange with cash for dempsey).

[TheHowieLama]

A £12/13m deal

 

Depressing thing is, that's probably a fair enough valuation of him.

 

That would have been a fair price for him when we bought him - I would be very surprised if he sold for that much now.

[Jairzinho]

I'd take £5m. He's fucking shit.

[dandyman]

Think of it this way, a £2m loan fee and a £17m transfer fee gives us £19m for Carroll, which is the same as Milan paid for ballotelli.

 

Sweet Jesus, I know Mario had a questionable attitude, but there's no denying his ability, whereas there is every reason to deny Carroll ability.

 

I know where id put my £19m, and it wouldn't be on a geordie!!!

[Phoenix]

Er, this was agreed at the outset and clearly stated by Liverpool. The fee was £2m for the loan with agreement for a further £17m at the end of the season if whu stayed up.

 

That said, I still think Carroll will want to go back to the toon and will try and get that move.

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The initial agreement West Ham were offering was for them to compelled to buy him at the end of the season if they stayed up. Carroll wouldnt agree to that as at that stage he thought he could still make it here.

 

Now it is just a option for them to buy him with an agreed fee..

[xerxes]

It's difficult to see how west ham can justify paying £17m for him, or why they would pay him his current £80k a week, equally there is no incentive for Andy to agree a bew deal for less. So it looks like he will be coming back.

[TheHowieLama]

He will be like a tall Joe Cole, or a ponytailed Aquilani - sitting here for ridiculous wages until we flog him on a fully paid up free.

[Guest ShoePiss]

But he's young and had just come back from injury! Give him time. Oh this isn't the Borini thread...

 

You don't need to analyse 40 games before deciding if a player is going to be useful or not when they offer absolutely nothing.

[MLB]

They will surely try to get out of paying £17 million for him if they possibly can do. There is bound to be a way that they can swerve it. It will turn out that Ayre only had a "gentleman's agreement" with them or something.

[Bjornebye]

I'd have him back. get him fit, get him back on detox and get him in the box in the last 20 minutes . he isn't that shit.

[Guest ShoePiss]

They will surely try to get out of paying £17 million for him if they possibly can do. There is bound to be a way that they can swerve it. It will turn out that Ayre only had a "gentleman's agreement" with them or something.

 

I thought that was already understood, it's an option to buy, not a contracted commitment.

[Johnny Cougar]

I thought that was already understood, it's an option to buy, not a contracted commitment.

 

That's KGB code for "never, ever, ever going to fucking happen and we are going to stuck with the cunt for ages because nobody wants him" isn't it?

[Guest ShoePiss]

That's KGB code for "never, ever, ever going to fucking happen and we are going to stuck with the cunt for ages because nobody wants him" isn't it?

 

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[King Emlyn]

Him and Torres should have a "stink off" to decide the worstt signing in the just who is the worst signing in the entire history of football. It's a tough one that's for sure

[Bjornebye]

Him and Torres should have a "stink off" to decide the worstt signing in the just who is the worst signing in the entire history of football. It's a tough one that's for sure

 

torres hands down. carroll wasnt that fucking bad! winner against everton in the cup semi.... ive still got a semi for the lad

[King Emlyn]

Damn phones, I sound like one of those fake drunks

[FrenchEyeGlass]

torres hands down. carroll wasnt that fucking bad! winner against everton in the cup semi.... ive still got a semi for the lad

 

Yes, whilst Torres hasn't scored a single goal since he's left.

 

They're both shite. But signing Carroll for 35m was exponentially more retarded than signing Torres for 50m.

[dave u]

I still like him.

[RedKnight]

He's rocking a hairband now. I still like him too.

[Guest Numero Veinticinco]

I still like him.

 

But do you love him as much as you loved Cole just before he was sold? I'm hoping you do.

[FrenchEyeGlass]

Don't see why anybody would dislike him.

 

That doesn't change the fact that he's utterly shit, though, or that he was about £27m overpriced.

[Manny]

We should be putting billboards up around Stoke and getting adverts on the local radio station to get Pulis interested. He'll have a hard-on for Carroll no doubt, and he seems to be willing to pay big money for big players.

 

Still think he'll stay at West Ham - I've said it before that Allardyce doesn't give a shite how many Carroll scores. He needs flick-on/knockdown machine for Nolan, and given that this is Plan A, Plan B and Plan C for the fat twat, he wants the best in the business. He'll happily pay £17m for the biggest, strongest centre forward in the country. If there's no agreement in place, maybe him and Pulis can have an arm wrestle/tug of war/mongoff for him.

[DooooodekNo5]

There will be plenty of takers for him, hes a decent player and for the right team a great player.

 

One thing i dont want to see is him sold back to Newcastle for fuck all, if they are interested they should be told not a penny less than 20mill, if not then fuck off.

[Anny Road]

I know it was only one game but I can't forget how he absolutely destroyed Chelsea's center halves at Anfield last season. If only he could do it all the time he would be unstoppable.