Andy Carroll - Best Striker in the World

[Baracus]

No..maybe he is fit..kenny knows.
But he is currently playing as if he is suffering from a massive hangover every game. Would not be surprised if he is an alcoholic and is drinking the night before games.

[Sebastian Rooks]

No..maybe he is fit..kenny knows.
But he is currently playing as if he is suffering from a massive hangover every game. Would not be surprised if he is an alcoholic and is drinking the night before games.

I'm not biting on that one!...

Maybe he has an issue with the price tag... maybe he's just low on confidence, you see it happen with strikers all the time.... look at Rooney in the last world cup and then going into last season.... maybe he just needs a goal?

After seeing some of his performances for Newcastle I'm sure he can be a great striker and fit into our team... it's not they where playing a long ball game for him!

Kenny's good... he'll know how to get the best out of him.... and Capello should just shut it, he's just looking for a scape goat for England being **** ...... "oh Carroll isn't fit and needs to drink less" WTF ?

[yamiedo]

Do you think Kenny actually encourages this long ball style more when Carroll is on or the players are just doing it anyway? The more you see us play with more fluidity pass and move the more it becomes apparent that we have to find a way to incorporate Carroll into this to be effective. As opposed to just lumping it forward to his head.

[Mostar]

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-fc/liverpool-fc-news/2011/09/09/david-prentice-stats-the-way-to-quash-all-this-nonsense-about-liverpool-fc-striker-andy-carroll-100252-29390176/

David Prentice: Stats the way to quash all this nonsense about Liverpool FC striker Andy Carroll

ACCORDING to a couple of high profile managers this week, Liverpool FC's Luis Suarez is a workaholic who craves hard graft, Andy Carroll is another kind of holic who simply craves the hard stuff.

That’s the perception. But what’s the reality?

Using statistical input from the remarkably precise EA Sports Player Performance Index . . . somewhat surprising.

Suarez tracks back, chases lost causes, closes down defenders and sweats blood in the pursuit of Anfield excellence. Such is his dedication he has run a lung-bursting 109.6 metres every minute of every match so far this season.

Carroll, on the other hand, lumbers around, loiters for crosses, occasionally breaks into a sweat. Oh, and covers 108 metres every minute of a match.

That’s right. Given his long legs, just one stride less than his non-stop teammate, or a difference so slight as to be barely noticeable.

Clearly Carroll has a little previous to be taken into account, but since moving to Liverpool the most outrageous off-field antics he’s been involved in was attending a Boyzone concert – and failing to buy his boss a pint.

On the pitch, Carroll has actually managed more attempts on goal than Suarez and managed more on target.

The campaign may still be in its infancy and the stats open to early season interpretation, and Suarez has scored more goals, but people seem to be underestimating Carroll’s contributions.

Not inside Anfield, of course.

Kenny Dalglish dismissed Fabio Capello’s press conference comments this week – and suggested the journalists pushing the England coach for a soundbite were more mischievous than the Italian had meant to be.

He has a point.

So, too, does the EA Sports Performance Index.

Stewart Downing has been the most eye-catching Anfield arrival so far this season. But he hasn’t been the most effective.

The highest placed Liverpool player on the Index is Charlie Adam.

And Jordan Henderson is next.

The Index analyses players’ performances and gives points for positive influences on a match – such as shots, tackles, clearances, saves etc. – and takes points away for negative actions, such as shots off-target, yellow and red cards.

Adam currently lies 11th in the overall Premier League table – and in terms of midfielders, only Ashley Young, David Silva and Anderson have proved more productive this season.

The Scot has scored one goal, created two more, hit the target with 62.5% of all his shots and has won 83.3% of all the tackles he has entered in to this season, as well as making three clearances.

He has also covered more distance than any other Liverpool player in each of his three games. Against Bolton, Adam covered an incredible 13,515m – almost eight-and-a-half miles – including a massive 7042m in the first-half alone!

There are lies, damned lies – and statistics. But the biggest lies being perpetrated so far this season seem to surround the Liverpool number nine.

[Roboklopp]

Interesting that- the bit about Adam too.

Hope the bull**** makes Carroll more determined, not disillusioned.

[calle]

Glad to have somebody onboard that is virtually untocuchable by the media. While I love Rafa he was a foreigner, and within the xenophobic state that is english football journalism they'd have him carving a kebab before acknowledging that he's not to blame for the underperformance of the national team.
These days they have absolutely nothing and it's brilliant!

[calle]

Sorry. Just focused on Kenny's defense of the lad. If people are accusing Andy of "living it up" at the moment, then surely there must be some sort of proof?
And if there isn't anything like that then how viable a source of information will you be in the future?

[yamiedo]

I don't think there was any proof. He has a history of it and so like Kenny say's the press are just gonna focus on that if he is playing poorly, to get their stories.

[JohnDoe]

No wonder Adam looks ****ed by the 70th minute. He runs too much!

[Pablo]

Glad to have somebody onboard that is virtually untocuchable by the media. While I love Rafa he was a foreigner, and within the xenophobic state that is english football journalism they'd have him carving a kebab before acknowledging that he's not to blame for the underperformance of the national team.
These days they have absolutely nothing and it's brilliant!

Welcome to Est fella

[Paul12]

I suspect Carroll is one of those players who can get truly match fit and sharp obly by playing matches. If that is the case, he might have a bit of a problem but we'll see.

[IN_RAFA_WE_TRUST]

I'm going to share that story. I've had some people come out with the same **** about carroll.

[snoop]

Pepe skrtel carra agger jose.. Jordan adam lucas stew.. Dirk luis... Bench: johno seb jay bellamy andy maxi x

[IN_RAFA_WE_TRUST]

x to you too

[Daffy Duck]

what's the bench?

Johnson, Coates, Bellamy, Spearing, Maxi, Carroll and Doni?