Worst thing about this transfer is that it made me feel really old. When he left I was 19 and now I just turned 28 and it doesnt feel that long ago.
At work today I was thinking about where Newcastle would’ve been without Andy Carroll. Imagine that he wouldn’t be born and we had to rely on Harewood and Ranger to shoot us back to the PL. Also the money we got for him funded HBA, Cabaye, Ba, Cisse and some squad players. Ashley got so much credit for that deal without digging into his pocket and it probably formed his transfer market tactic.