Andy Carroll - Best Striker in the World

[Pablo]

'Arry would sort him out in no time, and make him a top, top player again

[little dave hedgehog]

[Daniel 7]

I know I've been a bit of a detractor, but I do feel sorry for him. Look at this pic, he looks like a different person, just a normal 20 odd year old out having a laugh. When he's in a Liverpool shirt, he just looks like he wants to cry.

[JohnDoe]

Look at this pic, he looks like a different person, just a normal 20 odd year old out having a laugh

just a normal 20 odd year old

normal

[Shaggy]

I've said similar before...he looks sad and as though he has the weight of the world on his shoulders. I find it hard watching him struggle.

[Buzzo]

I've said similar before...he looks sad and as though he has the weight of the world on his shoulders. I find it hard watching him struggle.

Its the drink (or lack off I reckon), they need to allow him back on the bottle. He's like Superman when he's allowed to party, faced with kryptonite when he's not allowed.

I've said it before, but I think Kenny ruined him taking him to that Westlife gig.

[Lecter]

How did he contract hepatitis? I hadn't heard that before.

no idea

Heres a transcript of his LFC TV interview which confirms he had Hepatitis



The return to Liverpool

I got chicken pox and hepatitis c and I couldn't go back to pre-season training in Turin. A week later they made me go back and I went into the mountains in Switzerland to do pre-season training. I wanted another season to prove what I was good at. Also the change of managers then. Rino Marchesi had gone and Dino Zoff had come in as manager. He was much better for me. He's seen my side and knew what to do to accomodate me. The owner of the club, Mr. Agnelli, was asking me what to do. I told him to be successful you'd need three of the same country. Just look at Milan. They have three Dutch players: Van Basten, Rikjaard and Gullit who had been successful. So in fairness to Agnelli he tried to get two English players, from Liverpool as well! Steve McMahon, Peter Beardsley, Ray Houghton and also Graeme Sharp at Everton. I told him any two of them I'd be well happy with. Kenny said no to them. When the chance come to come back to Liverpool there was quite a lot of people who phoned me to come back. Alex Ferguson rang me, Colin Harvey, who was the manager of Everton, rang me, the Bayern Munich manager rang me and also the Roma manager.

At the end of the day the relationship Liverpool had with Juventus, they said basically: 'You go back to Liverpool or you stay here.' I said: 'Ok, I'm happy where I am', but the next day Kenny rang me and within half an hour Graeme Souness at Rangers rang me and asked me to go back there. I really got on with both of them, but Kenny's persuasion got me back to Liverpool. 'You're coming back on a plane tomorrow' and this was about 4 o'clock in the evening. It was the only deal in Italy done by phone because nine o'clock next morning I was on a plane coming back to Manchester simply because of Kenny. Kenny picked me up from Manchester airport and the next thing I was at Anfield at a press conference.

[Lee]

Never heard that before. What a cracking story.

[Neil Young]

I'm always a sucker for stories that start with chickenpox and hepatitis C and end with a flight into Manchester. I've read hundreds and they're all great.

[Baracus]

It can't be real? Apparently he had his hair cut yesterday and it's somehow got on the internet the next day?

He never cut his hair did he Andy 'Opposite of Samson' Carroll

[little dave hedgehog]

I'm always a sucker for stories that start with chickenpox and hepatitis C and end with a flight into Manchester. I've read hundreds and they're all great.

[Pablo]

I'm always a sucker for stories that start with chickenpox and hepatitis C and end with a flight into Manchester. I've read hundreds and they're all great.

[Shaggy]

I'm always a sucker for stories that start with chickenpox and hepatitis C and end with a flight into Manchester. I've read hundreds and they're all great.

[Buzzo]

I'm always a sucker for stories that start with chickenpox and hepatitis C and end with a flight into Manchester. I've read hundreds and they're all great.

Good to have you back

[Icon]

I would love to see what happens in training.

AC may well be a bloody messiah there and Kenny just has to transfer this to the pitch.

SG was noted as saying that Cisse was a total magician in training but could not transfer it to the game itself. Rushie praised Heskey aplenty but he had his many doubters.

Fee aside, AC is not impressing too many currently and to be honest time is against him...