Andy Carroll - Best Striker in the World

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http://soccerlens.com/lies-what-andy...he-fans/64987/


Good article on the situation. Seems pretty spot on to me

So basically if he did not asked for the raise he would be still probably there and we would have kept Nando as we didn't have time to find the proper replacement..

[Rudo]

One of the group things on facebook:

"The awkward moment when Liverpool realise they forgot the decimal point in their Andy Carroll bid"

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YouTube - Andy Carroll: The first interview 31/01/11

Thanks for posting it Rudo.

He seems as a real geniune and humble guy. I hope he makes us proud..

On the similar note, has anyone seen Nando's interview. He looked so ****ing down that he almost made me depressed

[Kenneth]

He's got a nice smile.

[Drago]

So basically if he did not asked for the raise he would be still probably there and we would have kept Nando as we didn't have time to find the proper replacement..

Well thank god he asked for a raise then.

[Rudo]

James Lawton: While Anfield mourns loss of a star, Dalglish is building sparkling future

Wednesday, 2 February 2011

Some of of the more sensitive Liverpool fans may feel hurt, even marginalised, by the announcement of Fernando Torres that he was so pleased to be joining a "top-level" club.

They shouldn't. Rather they should take a lot of comfort in the knowledge that if Roman Abramovich gets through on behalf of Chelsea every rouble he has collected from the mineral rights of the Russian people he will almost certainly still be short of half a clue as to how you build any kind of consistent success at the highest level, and still less the knack of winning not one but five European Cups.

Yes, that's history, we know, but ever since it went bad under Rafa Benitez and a dysfunctional, tapped-out ownership, and left problems well beyond the capacity or the style of Roy Hodgson to fix even in the short term, there has been one point of redemption for Liverpool.

It is that they do have a model. Their experience tells them how you build an ethos, a dynamic of success, and if I was a Liverpool fan right now I would face the future with far more relish than trepidation.

Yes, it is always painful to part with a talent of the order of Torres. Maybe his self-absorption had turned poisonous but that doesn't take away the memory of how he once reduced arguably the best pure defender in English football, Nemanja Vidic, to small pieces, or put his new club to the most glittering sword just a few months ago.

But if Liverpool have lost Torres, it is only in the formality of it – he gave up at Anfield, essentially, at least a year ago – and if the men who replace him, Andy Carroll and Luis Suarez, are less than cold certainties, they do have some thrilling potential and, you have to believe, an investment in playing better than they ever done before. This is not saying so little.

Suarez was a waspish, persistently dangerous performer for Uruguay in the World Cup and notably unfazed by the fact that he inflamed most of Africa when his goal-line handling shut the door on Ghana.

Carroll has a lot to prove about the stability of his nature but his raw talent is there for anyone to see. Alan Shearer credits Kenny Dalglish with vital help in the scoring art when they were at Blackburn. Dalglish is plainly capable of doing at least as much for the big, long-striding Geordie who has already inflicted plenty of legitimate terror on defences concerned about his height, his force and some deceptive ground skills.

Of course, Chelsea fans can preen over the superior qualities of their new thoroughbred acquisition. But can they be as sanguine about his enduring competitive instincts, his willingness to blend into a team which has developed a fierce dressing-room comradeship over the years – or his ability to fight clear of injuries which in recent years have threatened to become endemic?

Chelsea cannot be hugely confident when they answer any of these questions.

The new Liverpool owners have conceded the point of Dalglish, his meaning, at least for the moment, and have given him some means to fuel his work. They may not be hell-bent on throwing around their money but they have already proved that they know how to remake a great sports institution. Boston Red Sox have two World Series titles to prove it.

Saying adios to Torres was a wrench, for all kinds of reasons, but, soon enough, you have to suspect, it may prove not to have been the worst goodbye.

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/james-lawton-while-anfield-mourns-loss-of-a-star-dalglish-is-building-sparkling-future-2201268.html

[little dave hedgehog]

i'm not convinced by andy carroll. i can understand him wayyyy more easily than rowan.

[Gray]

Linda_Pizzuti
Clever Kop! (Carroll wears #9 shirt) RT @ajdavies: The Kop will be adopting the RedSox anthem for Andy Carroll- "Sweet Carroll 9 doodoodoo!"
Twitter for BlackBerry® • 02/02/2011 00:52

[McDermotX]

Linda_Pizzuti
Clever Kop! (Carroll wears #9 shirt) RT @ajdavies: The Kop will be adopting the RedSox anthem for Andy Carroll- "Sweet Carroll 9 doodoodoo!"
Twitter for BlackBerry® • 02/02/2011 00:52

Emm........no!

[SB]

Emm........no!

If Linda says sing, sing it is. If McDermotX says don't sing, listen to Linda. She's prrrrrreeeeeeeetttttyyyyyyy

[McDermotX]

If Linda says sing, sing it is. If McDermotX says don't sing, listen to Linda. She's prrrrrreeeeeeeetttttyyyyyyy

She needs to get to Anfield a bit more often before the end of the season....

Don't think she'll be too enamored with the lumbering caveman up front from now on though

[little dave hedgehog]

She needs to get to Anfield a bit more often before the end of the season....

Don't think she'll be too enamored with the lumbering caveman up front from now on though

aye, women are going to really ****ing hate him

i too hope that this is a big chance that he'll take to sort out his problems.

[Alex]

I woke from my slumber last night and all I could think about was Reina pumping balls to Carroll from goal kicks, him heading them down and Suarez sticking them away

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YouTube - Andy Carroll: The first interview 31/01/11

Tell you what, a complete difference to Torres 'attitude', you can see this lad is deeply aware of the respect he needs to show to NUFC and it's fans.

There are times in the interview, when asked about his feelings about being at lfc and what it means to be at such a big club, a bigger club than NUFC, and play on a Bigger stage, but he blatantly stops short of saying it when it looks as though he will, showing so much respect to the nufc fans imo here.

He then says, i have family and friends in newcastle, people i've grown up with, so once it's all settled down a bit i'll be ok, as if to say..i don't want to rub their noses in it, give it time and i'll be shouting from the roof tops how big a club this is and how happy i am.

In comparison to Torres, very telling, and very surprising given what i'd come to think of both players.

Nice to hear Kevin Nolan was very supportive of his mates move here.

[little dave hedgehog]

it's a pretty sad day when you get outclassed by andy carroll and you're not even on the pitch

if i were nando and i realized that, i might kill myself. talk about an absence of standards or respect.