Lake Bells tits 1 Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 8989 Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 stolen from the BBC feed of the Spurs game tonight. The entire Spurs midfield that took the field tonight cost £40m, Carroll cost £35m. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 38743 Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 I was down Liverpool last week as it happens, went into Subway at lunchtime as I was starving and asked for their most expensive sub....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattM4 0 Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 Particularly true of his little cameo against Chelsea yesterday. Was amazing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lake Bells tits 1 Posted November 21, 2011 Author Share Posted November 21, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitman 2188 Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 Regarding the OP, this woulld have done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monroe Transfer 0 Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 Without a doubt the best bit of business ever done by the club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lake Bells tits 1 Posted November 21, 2011 Author Share Posted November 21, 2011 Regarding the OP, this woulld have done huh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitman 2188 Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 Without a doubt the best bit of business ever done by the club. Certainly looking that way. Especially if you say we've replaced him with Ba, a free transfer. Mind you would have been nice to see the money spent on the squad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TicTacWoe 0 Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 (edited) Still think Caroll may well come good. Was never worth that much money but I still reckon he can be a great player for them in time (hope not though, can't stand Liverpool). Edited November 21, 2011 by TicTacWoe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitman 2188 Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 Regarding the OP, this woulld have done huh? Carroll's career in so far in Liverpool = Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lake Bells tits 1 Posted November 21, 2011 Author Share Posted November 21, 2011 Regarding the OP, this woulld have done huh? Carroll's career in so far in Liverpool = ah, well it was just a quick thread name I threw together as an excuse to post the brilliant GIF. Sorry if im wasting bandwidth here tecato. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monroe Transfer 0 Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 It's alright, I'll just have to donate more money to the TT server fund instead of giving it to charity as I had planned to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 8989 Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 To be fair, they're just not using him in a way that would get he best out of him. He's best when he's the focus, when there's a lot of balls going into the box, when the team plays a direct style. Liverpool want to pass it around to feet, which is all well and good, but the Gypsy Giant isn't going to be particularly potent. I can see him spending a season more at Liverpool before moving onto Villa or Everton or the like for circa £10m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lake Bells tits 1 Posted November 21, 2011 Author Share Posted November 21, 2011 I still think he is a better player than Demba Ba in a fantasy scenario where he didnt leave, still had the #9 shirt and had cabaye and ben arfa around him.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitman 2188 Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 I still think he is a better player than Demba Ba in a fantasy scenario where he didnt leave, still had the #9 shirt and had cabaye and ben arfa around him.. I suppose it depends what way you want to play. He'd be perfect for Stoke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lake Bells tits 1 Posted November 21, 2011 Author Share Posted November 21, 2011 I dunno, I think he could have added another dimension for us... Carroll in form is quite pacey, has a lovely first touch and shoots like a donkey. Aerial ability need not be discussed. Unfortunately for big andy, the liverpool move was the worst thing that could have happened to him. He needs games, atm he is rotting at the bench and with the january window coming up, I can only see him getting further and further from a starting position.... Cant help but feel sorry for the lad, as he was pushed out against his will. 35 mill was a lovely price but we wont see anything of it. I support the sale due to the fees involved but its a shame it wont get re-invested... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 70 Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 There was only one winner in the Carroll deal and it wasn't Carroll. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4218 Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 I dunno, I think he could have added another dimension for us... Carroll in form is quite pacey, has a lovely first touch and shoots like a donkey. Aerial ability need not be discussed. Unfortunately for big andy, the liverpool move was the worst thing that could have happened to him. He needs games, atm he is rotting at the bench and with the january window coming up, I can only see him getting further and further from a starting position.... Cant help but feel sorry for the lad, as he was pushed out against his will. 35 mill was a lovely price but we wont see anything of it. I support the sale due to the fees involved but its a shame it wont get re-invested... I think with the rest of our current squad Ba is considerably more suited to the teams style than a straight swap for carroll would be, those two together (with carroll in the form he showed for us last season) would be a mouthwatering prospect thought I reckon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lake Bells tits 1 Posted November 22, 2011 Author Share Posted November 22, 2011 maybe, maybe not. But at the same time I feel that alot of "stereotyping" and " bad match-ups" are a bit of a wooly expression nowadays. Quality is quality, in whichever form it comes. Same has been said of Aguero and Silva in terms of adapting to a "rougher, pacier league". I think big andy in form would have contributed to most teams... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4218 Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 maybe, maybe not. But at the same time I feel that alot of "stereotyping" and " bad match-ups" are a bit of a wooly expression nowadays. Quality is quality, in whichever form it comes. Same has been said of Aguero and Silva in terms of adapting to a "rougher, pacier league". I think big andy in form would have contributed to most teams... thats a load of bollocks though, a big lone target man (carroll is not as pacy nor as good a finisher as Ba imo) wouldnt work in our current setup, we don't play like we did with everything going through barton to carroll anymore, its a lot more on the ground and team play oriented Ba wins his fair share in the air, though not as much as carroll would, but hes a better all rounder which is what we need from our main striker the quality is quality argument is whats kept people sticking gerrard and lampard together in englands midfield despite the fact its unbalanced and obviously never worked for the team, players to suit the system is whats needed nowadays, not ram a bunch in and see if a system works itself out, the reason Aguero and Silva work is because A) they play in the right way to work in man citys team and B ) theyre both absolutely world class footballers who can do stuff even other good pros cant with ease Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lake Bells tits 1 Posted November 22, 2011 Author Share Posted November 22, 2011 (edited) maybe, maybe not. But at the same time I feel that alot of "stereotyping" and " bad match-ups" are a bit of a wooly expression nowadays. Quality is quality, in whichever form it comes. Same has been said of Aguero and Silva in terms of adapting to a "rougher, pacier league". I think big andy in form would have contributed to most teams... thats a load of bollocks though, a big lone target man (carroll is not as pacy nor as good a finisher as Ba imo) wouldnt work in our current setup, we don't play like we did with everything going through barton to carroll anymore, its a lot more on the ground and team play oriented Ba wins his fair share in the air, though not as much as carroll would, but hes a better all rounder which is what we need from our main striker the quality is quality argument is whats kept people sticking gerrard and lampard together in englands midfield despite the fact its unbalanced and obviously never worked for the team, players to suit the system is whats needed nowadays, not ram a bunch in and see if a system works itself out, the reason Aguero and Silva work is because A) they play in the right way to work in man citys team and B ) theyre both absolutely world class footballers who can do stuff even other good pros cant with ease The fault in your logic is that you refer to carroll as a finished article. He smashed in 12 goals by december at the age of 20, who`s to say he wouldnt be able to adapt or evolve into a better player if we kept fielding him? Ba, by comparison, is 27 and might well have peaked already...time will tell... my point is that there is no knowing how good andy would have become if he stayed here.... Edited November 22, 2011 by Saltwater Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 13840 Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 Carroll is 23 in January, Ba is 27 in May for the record... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin S. Assilleekunt 1 Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 Also, to give the proper context, Carroll is shit at football, Ba is good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lake Bells tits 1 Posted November 22, 2011 Author Share Posted November 22, 2011 Ok so carroll was 21 at the time and not 20, apologies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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