Jack Flash

I'm far from his biggest fan but he clearly doesn't deserve what apparently happened. Anyone trying to rationalize it isn't much better than the people who did it.

They'll know every club has fans like that and they're in the extreme minority.

Same as Barton. Club offer contract they think the player is worth and that's the final offer.

We've been (very publicly) trying to replace him for 3 months so any hope he has of first team wages should be long gone.

Of course he will.

srsly myk pls gtfo m8

Get your excuses ready

Were the 43 away fans making him nervous again?!

But buying an expensive forward we don't need isn't exactly prudent. Don't get this. We've got Cisse (poss ACN), Ba (poss ACN), Shola (injury prone) and Sammy (injured) to my knowledge. This lot would be lucky to last a full PL season, nevermind UEFA and the others on top. If Carroll regains his form - and there's no reason to doubt that under Pardew- then he gives us another dimension. Who gives a f*** if it means we lump it to the forwards now and again. Pardew has clearly shown he'll play the team that enables us to defeat the opposition in the most effective way. Some teams this will mean route one, others our 4-3-3. The key word was expensive. We don't need to be spending anywhere near £12million to get a player of the "quality" of Carroll.

He also doesn't have a leg to stand on if he starts talking about tapping players up. He's been dragged down to their level almost instantly.

After last season? The fear factor alone is worth playing him for.

There's a difference between tweets from anon ITKs and named journalists from mainstream papers. Very rarely.

3 less than Di Canio It's good to know we're seen as a threat to the top 4 though

Sounds familiar.

He should be playing. Complete lack of goal threat in that team.

What kind of wages do we think he'll be on? Might be quite low if he knew he wasn't the player he should be when he signed and therefor couldn't demand high wages.

£15million goes so, so much further outside England than it does in England. Still can't believe people think it'd be a good deal. Take away the nostalgia and Carroll wouldn't even be a target. Most would probably prefer Fletcher based on the last 2 seasons.

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What difference would it make? May sound strange, but I think if the defender right behind Torres raises his arm the linesman has no choice but to "see" what's actually happening. By not protesting any doubt that may have been in the linesman's mind was not appealed to. There's no logic in ineptitude. Another season of awful decisions starts now.

Can't argue with the officials even if they've completely ripped you off.

He'll be sitting next to Ameobi for the majority and Ameobi will come on instead of Carroll half the time.

They basically play in different positions. They'd compliment each other well.

This thread needs more pictures.

Can this not go away?

His final month or 2 here were very grim and it was only getting worse.