TheGuv

Great stats on wiki. One man club etc...

Straight away, mate. Good

Retires completely? Or waiting until the end of the season?

odd you'd think they'd want a little positive publicity right about now You'd think so. My 'source' may well be wrong. So i don't want to go on like i'm an ITK tbh...despite telling you guys

20 goals 16 assists out of 100 apps isn't too bad.

yup. TheGuv's post doesn't really paint any party in a particularly bad light, though i'll be disappointed if we accepted £32.5m when the news sources were reporting bids in excess of 35m/35 rising to 40. Also be f***ing furious if we've seriously bid for peter crouch, johan elmander and carlton cole. suppose we'll know if Rennes announce one of their players has agreed to join us... The Rennes player malarkey is a pre signed contract i think or whatever its called so he won't be coming til the summer. So i doubt Rennes or us will say owt. (If it's true)

Like i've said in the AC thread, i have been told he has signed a contract and it will be released this or next week.

Would guess very few actually know about it tbf. This

After what i've been told I believe that the club was right to sell the player. But i also believe Carroll genuinely wanted to stay but unfortunately greed got in the way. So i think what we've been told levels out. AP: We didn't force him to go etc... AC: I love the club tell the fans (Steve Wraith etc) I now don't believe the 'club forced me out' stuff though. I think it has fell back to Carroll being nieve and maybe far too big headed.

Yep

What i was told. I can obviously see why people are a bit 'meh' about this, and thats fair enough Time will tell particularly with the Rennes player (midfielder i think). The lad i was talking to is trying to find out the name of the player. I forgot to add that the bids we made at the end of the window were all rejected as we were getting quoted astronomical figures. These strikers to replce Carroll were: Crouch Elmander Carlton Cole Again make of it what you will. I'm just passing on what i've heard.

I have news. The bloke i talk to works at the Academy and says he has been told everything. Basically Liverpool put in a bid at 9am ish for 27.5 million plus incentives reaching 30 million. PARDEW not Ashley rejected the offer. At around 2pm i think it was Liverpool put in a 32.5 million offer plus incentives reaching 35 million which we initially rejected. Pardew called Carroll to his office at SJP, and Nolan drove AC there. In the meeting Carroll said 'he loved the club and didn't want to go'. However that he wanted a new contract of 60K a week to stay. Pardew said we'll meet later after he'd spoke to Ashley. He told him the situation and Ashley said no, as it will send out wrong messages to the other players. Pardew was told that AC will be offered a new contract in the summer, and that he had to wait 5 moths to get his new deal. Ashley was prepared to break his wage structure for AC. The press conference was called off to allow the next meeting which was at 4pm. Pardew told Carroll this and Carroll asked for the 60k. Pardew said no wait til the summer. Carroll then said well i want the opportunity to talk to Liverpool and see what they'll offer. Pardew asked for this request in writing. Ashley gave AC his helicopter to have a medical etc and he signed the contract at 9pm. Make of that what you will. I have told this forum things before so believe it if you want. I know my mate wouldn't p*** me about he's been right before. He told me Barton's contract has been signed and it will be anounced this week or early next. We also have bought a player from Rennes and will be given the number 8 shirt.

All has been said in the last two pages but i really wish he would f*** off. And his lookalike steward in Level 7.

Oh Riddy you make me smile

Yep...

Living in Leeds and growing up in Newcastle allows me to say this is bullshit why?

It's not that. Just he could pretend to be a bit enthusiastic at least.

Tbf Keegan had been there and done it and he had built our squad from nowt. We had belief and faith in him. Yes it didn't work out in the 94/95 season, but i think it was Bez who said a lot of the players wished the league placings in the 1st two seasons were the other way around as it all came too much too quick for them. At the end of the day the two prior seasons with Cole were lower placings than the two without. So it was good business. But a certain man who has bought our player yesterday f***ed it up back then. It hurts a hell of a lot that Carroll has left after saying all this stuff in the media. And the amount of local pride he used to give us watching from the stand's is irreplaceable. I bet it hits primary school kids a hell of a lot atm. These are the kids who say on the playground i want to be like Andy Carroll. Well they aren't going to say it now are they? Still hurting like

I hope that it is invested wisely. And Carr and the rest of them have a good 6 months to get sorted. The next window will be massive, along with AP's pre season training etc. This is what he will be judged on

I know :/ Ranger and Shola for me

Apparently. I heard he was texting Steve Wraith

Sounds like he was pushed Back into a corner, e'van! So f*** your hometown's historic number 9? Obviously he has to tow the line (with his words) but f***ing hell. http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11678_6716881,00.html C***

Yep.

I like the bloke and you can see how much he is putting intot he job at the moment. There has been a definite improvement and i expect this to get better. I have no idea how good he is in the transfer market and this ultimately will lead to the results that will get him the sack or not. We apparently have 5 more years of him, so give him a chance. No way he should be getting blamed for this