Andy Carroll - Best Striker in the World

[Fosterbloke]

I reckon £17m will seal the deal.

[Liverpool]

nailed on for the hammers

[baitman]

nailed on for the hammers

he is kevin nolan's bitch.

[kingfunk]

Haha he will be sold for 12m.

[Liverpool]

he is kevin nolan's bitch.

Could be far worse footballers to be spending your time with, seems to help him along alot

[Pablo]

If they want him so badly they know the terms of the loan deal. £17m is the fee they agreed to pay. Pay up and he's all theirs.

[Lee]

I'd be shocked (and chuffed to bits) if we managed to get £17m for him.

[Alex]

£17m for Andy Carroll.....


Its no where near as funny as paying twice that though

[spider-neil]

If any more than 13m is offered for Carroll we should snatch their arm off.

[Pablo]

I agree, BUT the fee in the loan agreement is £17m. That's what we agreed on when they loaned him, so that's what we should be trying to get. If not what's the point in the contract in the first place?

I'd fully hope at the very least that's our starting position on this. If towards the end of the summer we've still not agreed a deal with him, then maybe we can drop our price.

I think although none of us rate him, his stock in the Premier League is slightly better than we realise. I think we should get near to £15m personally (which I'd be ****ing delighted with ).

[lickedlollipop]

tbh, I think he's the kind of striker WHU needs. and he wasn't actually bad for them. 15mil would be best lfc can receive!

[spider-neil]

I agree, BUT the fee in the loan agreement is £17m. That's what we agreed on when they loaned him, so that's what we should be trying to get. If not what's the point in the contract in the first place?

I'd fully hope at the very least that's our starting position on this. If towards the end of the summer we've still not agreed a deal with him, then maybe we can drop our price.

I think although none of us rate him, his stock in the Premier League is slightly better than we realise. I think we should get near to £15m personally (which I'd be ****ing delighted with ).

I rate Carroll but only in a specific set up, plus he is injury prone.
I know some people hate the idea but I would have no problem whatsoever with having Carroll as a 'plan b'. 13 league draws for us this season, how many of those draws could we have turned into wins by going route one, getting Andy to win the knock down for Sturridge (who looks like a quality poacher) to get the ball over the line.

Sturridge
Suarez
Borini
very similar, Carroll is completely different and as far as I'm concerned if we are drawing the game going into the final 5-10 minutes I couldn't give two ****s about style of play all I care about is winning the game.
Also in those final 5-10 if we win a set piece we have argubly the best header of the ball attacking that set piece and also if the opposition win a set piece he'd be defending that set piece.

[RedReet]

TBH I’d probably prefer to have him in the team over Borini at the minute. I don’t really see how Borini fits our system any more than Carroll would.

I imagine Borini will look much better next year, but with Suarez, Coutinho and Sturridge, I’m not sure where he’s likely to play.

[spider-neil]

I have to stress that if we've spent 80 minutes trying to break down a team playing a certain way with no success, what is the point spending the last 10 minutes playing the EXACT SAME WAY?

[Shaggy]

I have to stress that if we've spent 80 minutes trying to break down a team playing a certain way with no success, what is the point spending the last 10 minutes playing the EXACT SAME WAY?

Remember Barca away at Chelsea in the CL semi final 2nd leg a couple of years ago? 93 minutes they passed and passed, got nowhere and were going out. They kept passing, passing, passing and in the 94th minute Iniesta scored a wonderful goal. You either have faith in your system or you don't - I fail to see the good in abandoning your principles from 80 minutes onwards in favour of hoofing it miles up into the sky and hoping for a bit of luck.