Andy Carroll (now playing for Bordeaux)

[Novocastrian]

6 hours ago, gjohnson said:

Let's not re-write history here...when he left almost everyone was gutted, and he did look like becoming a world beater. Obviously didn't pan out that way, but could have just as easily if booze and injuries didn't scupper him

I’ve never been more disappointed to lose a player and I remember Waddle, Beardsley and Gazza being sold.

[Superior Acuña]

After growing up with Shearer, I was very emotionally attached to the idea of having a quality geordie striker leading the line - him going felt more than just losing a good player.

[Kaizero]

From an interview with So Foot that he gave after he'd scored his 6th goal for Bordeaux in 4 matches, with him being the only Bordeaux player to score in those four and being just one of three Bordeaux players to score at all in eight matches so far this season. Ever since they signe Carroll, they've gone undefeated. First three matches before Carroll signed had them 0-2-1, five matches after he signed they've gone 3-2-0. Unsure if Carroll played in their most recent match or not, but if he did, his scoring streak came to and end in that match. Think I read something about him not playing due to personal reasons (apparently he's split with his longtime fiance and had to go get his stuff before she threw it away ), so his scoring streak might still be alive and well.

 

That said, he spoke about the transfer to Liverpool in the interview, relevant bits below:

 

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Carroll came through the ranks at Newcastle before establishing himself in the first team and being considered one of the up-and-coming players in the English game, largely because he was a throwback to an old style, centre forward that had disappeared from the game.

 

He was more than happy with the Magpies and has admitted as much publically, stating that he never intended to leave the club and would have spent his life there. Things did not pan out that way, though, as he departed for Liverpool at the end of the January transfer window in January 2011 in a €41m deal.

 

“There’s an image that comes back to me. I’m in the club gym, the TV is on Sky Sports, and then a news report comes out saying that two offers for me had been rejected: Tottenham and Liverpool, I think,” he said.

 

“It was the day after a game, so we were sitting with all the players who had played the day before, warming up. People kept asking me questions.

 

“I’m not going anywhere, lads. I’m staying here. I’m about to sign a new four or five-year contract.” Then they advised me to go and have a word with the manager (Alan Pardew), which I did, and he said, “Er, no, you’re staying.”

 

“I was on the same wavelength, but a little later the news came out that a new offer from Liverpool had been accepted. I went back up to the boss’s office and said, “Yeah, we’ve accepted. The helicopter’s waiting for you.” He basically said, “See you later,” and I was gone.”

 

 

 

 

 

[M4]

Yeah, he played on Saturday. Scoring streak ended but Bordeaux won 2-0 with him getting assist for the first goal. 

 

Came close though...

https://x.com/FreeFoot/status/1855322069338034640?t=1GEgnHv9rzbFT5ANPfA5PQ

 

 

Edited November 11, 2024 by M4

[SteV]

In Wings tonight.

[David Edgar]

Needs to stop drifting wide and stay central for balls into the box.

[BonesJones]