I am told by my mates Carroll will come good and I can see there are some on this site that have that view also. The title of the thread is not meant to imply Andy has no qualities. However having seen him live and on TV quite a few times now to be honest I am very perplexed as to what we have bought. Let’s be even handed here I can see he has one hell of a shot better than Patrick Berger and that’s saying a lot. BUT beyond that I am struggling for his size he is not particularly good in the air or strong shrugging off the opposition etc. Plus his first touch and build up play seems to be very poor. His pace is none existent. I don’t mean to be negative here I really don’t, but that’s the way it looks. Now let’s give him time yes but I would appreciate those who can read the game better than me explaining things to me. I have put latent on the thread because I am assuming he will come good and so I can look forward to what we will get. Also this is not mean't to be a Carroll bashing thread more to understand.
Signed - Confused of Stanley Park
I think he'll come good if he gets his attitude right.
He has low acceleration, but once he gets going he's actually not that slow. I disagree with you about his qualities in the air. He's very good in the air, in link up play and in scoring goals. A lot better than Crouch was. And much stronger. As you say he has a good shot too.
At the moment his head doesn't seem right, he isn't working hard enough, and looks pretty clueless about where he should be and what he should be doing most of the time. He needs a lot of work.
