Andy Carroll

[Mostar]

You can certainly see, at least in flashes when its worked this season in the final third, how ill suited Carroll would be to how Brendan wants his forward-minded players to operate. Quick movement, press and run the defenders etc......completely at odds to how Carroll's best game is geared toward.
I'm not even totally convinced he could offer us a 'Plan B' option from the bench as we look towards the more possession based mentality throughout the first XI.
Of course if he came back and weighed in with a few goals, that'd be great, but I think Brendan would rather the 15m or so to spend on who he wants

He doesn't.

I am not so sure that Rodgers would not play Yesil and Morgan ahead of Carroll specifically due to his lack of mobility.

[Exiled_red]

His opinion of Carroll has been pretty apparent for a while. Quite why he thinks it best to keep talking about him is a bit odd, a simple 'I prefer to concentrate on the players I have here now' comment would have sufficed.

I wonder if he is trying to throw down a challenge for Carroll to prove him wrong. Saying that it's not something he has throught about, but that he is keeping an eye on him suggests to me that Rodgers thinks that if he keeps playing at the level he has been while he has been with us, he's not coming back, but if he sees a big improvement between when he gets back and January the door could be open to bring him back.


Out of curiosity is there any idea about when we have to decide when to bring him back by. I know January has been mentioned but is that Jan 1st, Jan 31st, sometime in between, or at any time?

[baitman]

when he says we have him watched, and he hasnt thought about bringing him back...

means...

we've watched him and he isnt doing much, so leave him there...

[Liverpool]

Allegedly Carroll had fisticuffs in corridor with Rodgers when he was Swansea manager last game of last season at the Liberty

[kop-al-74]

Allegedly Carroll had fisticuffs in corridor with Rodgers when he was Swansea manager last game of last season at the Liberty

Lol,I just saw this on Twitter as well...certainly explains a few things if true. You can imagine the look on Carroll's face when he heard Rodgers was being lined upto take over....Whoops!

[Charly]

Allegedly Carroll had fisticuffs in corridor with Rodgers when he was Swansea manager last game of last season at the Liberty

Aapparently after telling Carroll he was barely good enough to play for West Ham

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Aapparently after telling Carroll he was barely good enough to play for West Ham

Truth Hurts

[Bender]

On-loan West Ham striker Andy Carroll believes he was never given a 'fair chance' to prove himself at Liverpool.

The England international struggled to make an impact at Anfield after his £35m move from Newcastle in January 2011.

Carroll was loaned out to West Ham following the arrival of Brendan Rodgers as Reds boss in the summer but feels he could have altered his game to adhere to the manager's style of play.

"I haven't really had a fair chance at Liverpool," the 23-year-old told the Daily Mirror.

"I was really told that I should move on to keep playing regular football, and obviously then Sam wanted me here and told me I would be playing regular games.

"So, for me it was a no-brainer coming here and to play.

"Obviously, I didn't really get a chance there. A new manager came in and I wasn't part of his plans. For me to play football, that was my chance to do that. That is why I am here at Upton Park.

"I think I could fit into every system. I believe in what I can do. Obviously he [Rodgers] has his beliefs and he didn't think that.

"But for me, obviously, it was better to move on instead of waiting for my chance - which he told me might not come."

Ability

Carroll added: "Coming here, I have got a great chance to start games and score goals, which I haven't really had many of last season.

"I don't think I have got a point to prove, that is the wrong way to put it.

"I know what I can do and the ability I have got. I know what I am capable of.

"If other people don't believe it, that is fine. I just get on with it.

"But at the end of the day, I know what I can do."
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[Alex]

Moved it into General Football as it seems he wants to set fire and throw petrol to the bridge that leads home.

[Norbs]

Turrah Andy

[dom9]

Moved it into General Football as it seems he wants to set fire and throw petrol to the bridge that leads home.

He still is our player, right?

[Gibbo]

Bold mod move on Alex' part.

If he comes back and looks brilliant he'll look silly, which will bring the integrity of the whole mod team down.

It's risky, but it could work.

[Alex]

He is playing for West Ham, if he comes back and plays again Ill move the thread.

I doubt Ill have to move it though.....

[Fivex]

Where's the Spearing thread?

[Alex]

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