Andy Carroll
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- Chicken Run Supreme
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Re: Andy Carroll
Could've
Would've
Should've
But it just wasn't meant to be. Time to move on for both parties.
Would've
Should've
But it just wasn't meant to be. Time to move on for both parties.
- OohAahButler
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Re: Andy Carroll
Nah. We can blame the board for a lot, but plenty of us (myself included) were delighted at the time. Many of us thought it actually was a next level, ambitious signing.Roby wrote:Only West Ham would be stupid enough to break their transfer record for a young English striker on the fringes on the England squad and let him decrease to the extent that he would leave on expiry of his contract six years later.
Absolute incompetence at boardroom level.
Hindsight is a wonderful thing.
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Re: Andy Carroll
I'm not blaming the board, the manager wanted the signing and a lot of fans did as well. Bit of a damned if you do damned if you don't scenario.
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Re: Andy Carroll
Are we signing a new midfield of Bulgarians?Chicken Run Supreme wrote:Could've
Would've
Should've
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Re: Andy Carroll
True!ageing hammer wrote:Elvis Presley has been sighted more times than Carroll since he came here.
One of our own Ageing...
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Re: Andy Carroll
I'll be glad when they announce that Carroll has left the building.ageing hammer wrote:Elvis Presley has been sighted more times than Carroll since he came here.
Re: Andy Carroll
I was embarrassed with a large portion of adult supporters singing "Andy Carroll, we want you to stay."
You sure it wasn't the Newcastle fans singing it fearing he might sign for them next year...
Just goes to show that every team has their idiots, with those sort of chants we should be told to play behind closed doors.
You sure it wasn't the Newcastle fans singing it fearing he might sign for them next year...
Just goes to show that every team has their idiots, with those sort of chants we should be told to play behind closed doors.
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Re: Andy Carroll
The thing is it was the whole stadium.sxreject1 wrote:I was embarrassed with a large portion of adult supporters singing "Andy Carroll, we want you to stay."
You sure it wasn't the Newcastle fans singing it fearing he might sign for them next year...
Just goes to show that every team has their idiots, with those sort of chants we should be told to play behind closed doors.
I’ll never forget that, I cringed so much at the time.
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Re: Andy Carroll
An end of season mugging orchestrated by the club..the sheeple effect that day was indeed embarrassing..what a waste of money and of common sense.sxreject1 wrote:I was embarrassed with a large portion of adult supporters singing "Andy Carroll, we want you to stay."
You sure it wasn't the Newcastle fans singing it fearing he might sign for them next year...
Just goes to show that every team has their idiots, with those sort of chants we should be told to play behind closed doors.
Re: Andy Carroll
In his season on loan with us he scored 7 goals, was injured once (out for ten games at the end of the season), so not sure where all the "we should've known better" comments are coming from. He was one of our best players in that season and worked excellently with Nolan. Before that he had only had a handful of injuries over 3-4 years. Even accounting for a first serious injury with Newcastle, that isn't terrible.
It's since his move to West Ham that he fell to pieces. Just look at this:
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It's since his move to West Ham that he fell to pieces. Just look at this:
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Re: Andy Carroll
Some of us were not keen on his signing at the time because of his injury record , plus his goalscoring record in relation to the fee and salary. Hes had his odd moment but overall hes been an absolute disaster, thank god his time with us nearly done. I think his career as a professional footballer is over too be honest.
- 61dicksey
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Re: Andy Carroll
A long painful 6 years with AC , never was a sensible buy i think most of us were wary of signing him .But as
club prove time and timevagain they never learn , buy a Ferrari with a dodgy old Ford v8 .
club prove time and timevagain they never learn , buy a Ferrari with a dodgy old Ford v8 .
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Re: Andy Carroll
Billydinho wrote:
The thing is it was the whole stadium.
I’ll never forget that, I cringed so much at the time.
It was awful wasn't it. I remember commenting in the match thread about it.
Thankfully the Carroll era is very nearly over
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