Andy Carroll

[doogle]

They've got an option to buy him, if they choose to do so there won't be a bidding war.

Every other team have an option to buy him aswell, term means nothing

[Kenneth]

They've got an option to buy him, if they choose to do so there won't be a bidding war.

Although that makes the pretty big assumption that he will want to sign for them.

[Exiled_red]

Instead of buying Adam, Downing and Henderson we should have bought Kevin Nolan

[Pablo]

Although that makes the pretty big assumption that he will want to sign for them.

True, although if he's banging goals in for them all season and makes it into the England team I'd say he might well want to.

[Kenneth]

True, although if he's banging goals in for them all season and makes it into the England team I'd say he might well want to.

but if that happens then surely there will be better options than west ham available to him.

[Exiled_red]

So if Carroll gets 15-20 league goals for West Ham this season, and as seems possible we struggle for goals, come next summer what do we do?

[The_weatherman]

So if Carroll gets 15-20 league goals for West Ham this season, and as seems possible we struggle for goals, come next summer what do we do?

Depends who will be our manager. But we will not be in a bad position next summer then, he'll be sellable so we can purchase another striker, or keep him.

It's this season that'll be the headache

[dww]

So if Carroll gets 15-20 league goals for West Ham this season, and as seems possible we struggle for goals, come next summer what do we do?

Depends where we are really (financially, in terms of CL qualification etc). Personally I think we have to back Rodgers for at least two season almost no matter what. We need to commit to a philosophy and grow the club with a well defined direction in mind. Carroll doesn't fit, so in those circumstances we sell him and buy someone who does (and scores goals).

If we have a new manager then I think most would keep him as an option unless they got a massive offer.

[Imy]

So if Carroll gets 15-20 league goals for West Ham this season, and as seems possible we struggle for goals, come next summer what do we do?

Still sell, hopefully his goalscoring exploits will put us (for once) in a position of power. He's never going to fit in to a Rogers team so no use in keeping him.

[john316]

So if Carroll gets 15-20 league goals for West Ham this season, and as seems possible we struggle for goals, come next summer what do we do?

£20m in the bank with Champions League football secured with Llorente's contract expiring is a good mix

[yamiedo]

So if Carroll gets 15-20 league goals for West Ham this season, and as seems possible we struggle for goals, come next summer what do we do?

Maybe get around 20-25m for him if there as there will surely be other, bigger clubs interested. I'd sell even still. Its not part of a Brendan Rodgers philosophy. He will never score a lot of goals for Brendan Rodgers but for someone like West Ham then possibly.

[fidget]

If that's a reference to the drivel / spam above I just deleted then I agree, knock it off lads.

If that's a reference to the football in general, I also agree a bit but not at all sure what to do about it

It was a reference to the drivel but using a line from the song.

[McDermotX]

"If the game ended now, it would be a 9/10 performance from Carroll"

**** off.

[Exiled_red]

Depends who will be our manager. But we will not be in a bad position next summer then, he'll be sellable so we can purchase another striker, or keep him.

It's this season that'll be the headache

Depends where we are really (financially, in terms of CL qualification etc). Personally I think we have to back Rodgers for at least two season almost no matter what. We need to commit to a philosophy and grow the club with a well defined direction in mind. Carroll doesn't fit, so in those circumstances we sell him and buy someone who does (and scores goals).

If we have a new manager then I think most would keep him as an option unless they got a massive offer.

Still sell, hopefully his goalscoring exploits will put us (for once) in a position of power. He's never going to fit in to a Rogers team so no use in keeping him.

£20m in the bank with Champions League football secured with Llorente's contract expiring is a good mix

Maybe get around 20-25m for him if there as there will surely be other, bigger clubs interested. I'd sell even still. Its not part of a Brendan Rodgers philosophy. He will never score a lot of goals for Brendan Rodgers but for someone like West Ham then possibly.

It seems like most people at the moment are having similar thoughts to me, that being just ship him out and take the money. The reason I asked this question was for all our comments now about him not suiting our style of play, if he starts getting goals and we are struggling for them it then becomes the easiest thing in the world to think bring him back and next year he'll be getting those goals for us.

The problem I can see is that we won't get the type of fee we want for him, as I understand there is no agreed price with West Ham, and to be honest no matter how well he does for them I don't see them stumping up £17m, that is a huge amount of money for a club like them. But I don't see him as the type of player any other top club would come in for.

[yamiedo]

"If the game ended now, it would be a 9/10 performance from Carroll"

**** off.

We want him to do well at West Ham. It can only be good for us.