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Seems a popular thing to say among people who have clearly not actually paid much attention to Lucas' game. He does so much more than 'the simple things'. Some of his attacking passes are brilliant, he shields the defence magnificently and keeps possession. I would much rather have the much younger and more mobile Lucas than the over rated Parker. Keep your eyes open and without bias next time you watch Lucas play and honest to god you will plainly see he does much more than just simple things.

all u carroll haters, [oops] off n support sum one else and why don't u lot give KD as much stick as u give carroll on here, KD signed him n paid the 35m.

r all u haters guna come on here still wen carroll starts scoring goals( wen he is 100% fit, sooner than later), ie winning goals against manaure, chavs, city, neverton etc etc.

come on carroll, get fit lad and score 20+ goals this season

I seriously don't get all the Carroll bashing at all. It's counter-productive, narrow-minded, and shows poor support. These must be all the people that slammed Robbie Keane just when he was starting to show promise - and started hounding Joe Cole out after what, 3 games?

First of all - get over the price! Going on about it just makes you look mentally retarded. Torres was barely worth 30 mil and Chelsea paid about 15-20 mil over the odds for him. Our deal for Carroll was simple last day market economics - and the overpricing of both deals offset each other. Think of Carroll being 15 mil and Torres being 30 and move on.

All these comments about him being slow and unfit and having bad movement are boring repetitious copy-cat posts. Carroll was not bought to be a speedy forward like Suarez - it's not his game - never will be. Get over it! He has different attributes - strengths and skills that have seen him become the best natural No. 9 since Shearer retired. Not only is he good in the air - but he's got good feet too - as shown by his goals for Liverpool and England since the transfer. He's not a headless chicken player like Kuyt either - and will get more confident and assured at holding the ball up.

But the most annoying part of all the Carroll bashing is that he hasn't really played any worse than many of our players. He was on a par with Hendo during pre-season - and both will get better as they get used to a massively revamped team and style of play. It's as if all these moaning fans want him to fail - they've already forgotten we had the aging Voronin and clueless Ngog this time last year. Carroll is a young, strong, developing player - why on earth would you want to beat his confidence down? He has great potential for both Liverpool and England - and will be under the tutelage of the modern game's greatest ever striker.

Last but not least, the derision coming from so called 'fans' is a slap in the face to King Kenny. He is trying to model his own team - and we have many new players getting used to each other all at once. Of course it's going to take some of them time to learn each other's game - it's not the easiest thing to anticipate the movement of Suarez (magician) and Kuyt (rabid dog), two of the least predictable players in the premiership. Carroll has only played a couple of full games since coming back from injury - give him some time - and a bit of support.