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Agree with that. But questions will be asked of Kenny's judgement if we've got a £35m striker warming the bench, and rightly so. I only hope that he's on a sensible salary because if he isn't up to our standards, he'll be very hard to get rid of for any decent amount of money. That said, we've not really had him fit yet so it's a bit early to judge. He looked impressive enough when he was playing for Newcastle so there's no reason to think that he won't get even better under Kenneth's guidance and working with better players than he'll have been used to before.

Well lets put it like this... Better football brains than ours have watched him and deemed him to be worth the £35m. It was not a reaction to the Torres move the club had been watching him for a while. I happen to believe Kenny will build the team around him this season. But we all wait and see.

i hope kenny doesn't build a team around him. can't work like that anymore. you need two teams for a decent long term future (if we want to compete in the league and the champos).

When watching the Malaysia game AC was put through and he failed to get on the end of it and the ball went into touch but AC did try to get the ball and didn't hold back. What he did next said it all. He kicked the advertising board in frustration for not getting to it and was mad at himself. When the season comes he will be there or there abouts and will (touch wood) go on and have a solid season. But he is pushing himself and wasn't it reported that he came back earlier than the rest to work on his fitness.

As for the facial hair it gives him a wolverine appearance and personally if I was a defender and saw that longed haired furball flying at me through the air I would be distracted slightly and AC will have a slight advantage so hope he keeps it

Of course it was

There's no way the club would have stumped up £36m had we not sold torres for £50m



I hope not although the signing of Downing makes you think that that maybe the case - coupled with the fact it was Kenny who sanctioned the £36m move for him

I don't think we can judge him yet as he's been injured and the shifts he's put in thus far have been mixed

I'm hoping he'll come good (he's certainly got the ability) but I'm sure Kenny was encouraged by the Kuyt/Suarez partnership last season and with the likes of Gerrard coming back into the mix, I'm not even certain that Carrol YET has an automatic place in the starting 11

He will be a threat no doubt but Liverpool strikers need to do alot more than jsut putting them away. they are our first line of defense and are expected to chase and hassle the defenders. but ultimately he will be judged on goals.

Over the last few years we have not had smart midfield players who are tactically astute except for Alonso and Gerrard and Mascherano in parts. lets hope that Adam, Gerrard, Lucas and Downing can do someting about that. Downing is a very effective player in crosses. like i said, everything is geared towards supplying the ammo for Carroll to knock them in.

I liked the flag the fans in asia had the Andy Carroll one SWEET CARROLL 9 i havnt noticed it before.