Andy Carroll (now playing for Bordeaux)

[Guest]

46 minutes ago, Wullie said:

 

Who was that midweek game against really early on in his career where he came on for about 20 minutes and was half arsing it to the point where the entire ground was absolutely slating him by the end?

I really didn't see him making it after that. @Optimistic Nut ring any bells with you?

Can’t remember that one. I remember having a go at him for not being able to oust Agyemang & Ormerod from the Preston attack when he was on loan there though and didn’t think he’d be good enough.

[Guest]

He was physically falling apart and then emotionally destroyed when he joined Newcastle. He's been on record saying he was hoping for the medical to fail.  One of them moves that in hindsight was great financially, but if he had stayed he'd probably have scored 10-15 goals a season for us. 

[Pilko]

22 hours ago, Wullie said:

 

Who was that midweek game against really early on in his career where he came on for about 20 minutes and was half arsing it to the point where the entire ground was absolutely slating him by the end?

I really didn't see him making it after that. @Optimistic Nut ring any bells with you?

 

He came on fairly late in the Man City 2-2 game (Beye wrongly sent off by Rob cunting Styles) and looked like he'd just come off the back of a three-day bender, was when Kinnear was in charge, may be that you're referring to?

[Wullie]

14 minutes ago, Pilko said:

 

He came on fairly late in the Man City 2-2 game (Beye wrongly sent off by Rob cunting Styles) and looked like he'd just come off the back of a three-day bender, was when Kinnear was in charge, may be that you're referring to?

 

On 21/10/2008 at 00:01, Dr Venkman said:

just one negative to mention, Carroll, that was fucking embarassing, i could teach a monkey to run at a man in possesion of a football, he never moved his arse once. if he thinks that the only job he needed to do was get on the end of long balls then he shouldnt be anywhere near a football team.

 

Bingo, that's the one, cheers.

[Dr Venkman]

Wow! I remember watching that farce 

[Conjo]

On 25/11/2021 at 15:52, wormy said:

Wasn't he already starting to go down with injuries before he left for Liverpool or am I misremembering? I think my default has just become that he was always a crock.

 

At the very least, I'm pretty sure he still would've been a mess off the pitch had he stayed up North. Didn't he only avoid jail for assault on the condition he moved in with Kevin Nolan? 

 

 

 

 

That's how I remember it too. He was out injured when Liverpool bought him as well. He'd be just as injury ridden here as anywhere else. In hindsight it was a really good deal for Newcastle.

[jackyboy]

I saw Jimmy Greaves in one of his last shows before he had the stroke and I remember him talking about Andy Carroll. ' A fucking joke he said 36 million. He said good strikers anticipate where to run and take a few chances, Andy doesn't start to run until the balls been kicked and by then it's two fucking late.

It was a great night with Greavsie and we were in hysterics

[Cf]

On 25/11/2021 at 15:09, TheGuv said:

Just looked at his stats. Pretty pathetic return for a striker. I wonder if it still would have gone to shit had he stayed? He was on fire, and then he moved and he has never gotten close to the heights of 2009-2011.

 

NUFC 2006-11 (All Comps)    Apps 91     Goals 33

PNE 2007-2008 (Loan)           Apps 12    Goals 1

Liverpool 2011-13                     Apps 58    Goals 11

West Ham  2013-19                 Apps 142    Goals 34

Newcastle 2019-21                  Apps 43      Goals 1

Reading 2021-                          Apps  2       Goals 0

                                                 Total 348      Goals 80

 

Fuck me, he made 41 appearances for us in his latest stint!?

[Abra Dubravka]

No idea what journo wrote this, but I'll always remember it - was West Ham under Allardyce, paraphrasing but "when your castle is under attack, playing Andy Carroll akin to looking at your horses and placing them in the trebuchet."

[La Parka]

He was unplayable for a while. An absolute beast just before Liverpool transfer. 

[Dancing Brave]

Scores his first for Reading

[Doctor Zaius]

Might be of use to us next season down there

[Stifler]

2 hours ago, Dancing Brave said:

Scores his first for Reading

Went off injured.

[Superior Acuña]

Happy for him like, I can't help finding something about endearing about him and his lack of interest in being a modern professional athlete.

 

Good finish after being played through too, had assumed it was probably a header.

 

 

Edited November 27, 2021 by Inferior Acuña

[Fantail Breeze]

Mad he’s only ever scored 10+ goals in a season once (his season where he moved to Liverpool).

 

Has more yellow cards than goals over the last six seasons.

[Superior Acuña]

 

[Ben]

12 minutes ago, Inferior Acuña said:

 

 

Says multi millionaire Andy Carroll, its like a retired MD taking up golf for a bit of a hobby and getting paid £52,000 a year for joining the club.

[Chicane]

Not sure it is like

[Pata]

It’s not, there’s no reason for him to be playing if he didn’t want to.
 

That really cheered me up, deep down I still love him for those few months over a decade ago.

 

 

Edited November 29, 2021 by Pata

[Shush]

Think it was the goal against Liverpool where they backed off him outside the box, and he rolled it forward before smashing it low and hard to the bottom far corner. He really seemed unstoppable at that point. In the air or on the ground, a real nightmare of a striker to content with.

[Thiago]

2 hours ago, hakka said:

Think it was the goal against Liverpool where they backed off him outside the box, and he rolled it forward before smashing it low and hard to the bottom far corner. He really seemed unstoppable at that point. In the air or on the ground, a real nightmare of a striker to content with.

He was, but I think people forgot just how geared we were to him and his strengths. The Ashley era was a lot of that tbh - playing to a talisman. Nolan - Carroll - Cabaye, we put all our eggs on guy changing the game. 

 

In Andy's case, it was Joey Barton and good service from out wide that helped make him so unstoppable. 

[Plastician]

Wish we'd had been paying him £1k a week in his time back hear. Nobody could grumble that's all he deserved. 

 

He's obviously clauses in the contract - if he starts X games he gets another year. He'll be in for a hefty whack on his per week for actually being fit and starting a game. It'll have been a huge pay day for him scoring a goal. 

 

Never wanted him back at the club. His two seasons reinforced my opinion he's a useless donkey of a player and should have retired years ago. Trying to eek out a career at Reading, if he's not careful he'll become a modern day John Parkin playing for a Lincoln on a goal bonus.

[Plastician]

1 minute ago, Thiago said:

He was, but I think people forgot just how geared we were to him and his strengths. The Ashley era was a lot of that tbh - playing to a talisman. Nolan - Carroll - Cabaye, we put all our eggs on guy changing the game. 

 

In Andy's case, it was Joey Barton and good service from out wide that helped make him so unstoppable. 

 

Somewhat related.... a clash of generations, the final change of a guard - 'Cabaye-Barton' partnered each other in midfield played against Sunderland away in the Ryan Taylor over the Wall game. 

 

Never have Nolan or Carroll down as talisman personally. Couldn't give a toss that Carroll's career sank like fuck the moment Ashley's helicopter landed in Liverpool. 

[Thiago]

3 hours ago, Plastician said:

 

Somewhat related.... a clash of generations, the final change of a guard - 'Cabaye-Barton' partnered each other in midfield played against Sunderland away in the Ryan Taylor over the Wall game. 

 

Never have Nolan or Carroll down as talisman personally. Couldn't give a toss that Carroll's career sank like fuck the moment Ashley's helicopter landed in Liverpool. 

Nolan was totally our talisman the year we went up. Carroll in the six months after that was really who we played to.

 

 

[Plastician]

1 hour ago, Thiago said:

Nolan was totally our talisman the year we went up. Carroll in the six months after that was really who we played to.

 

 

Sugar coating what a talisman means, but if Kevin Nolan and Andy Carroll have a place in your heart, who am I to deny it? 

 

Nolan has never been anyone managers talisman. He was always Big Sam's puppy dog - great at Bolton, great in Championship, but just could never keep up in the PL with West Ham.

 

Nolan's influence played a part, but does disrespect to Barton, Harper, Butt, Smith, Carroll, Shola, Enrique, Colo...

Can't forget anyone that scores hat trick, but calling Kevin Nolan a talisman - no ideas, heads gone...

 

 

Edited November 30, 2021 by Plastician