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He has a fantastic mentor in Kenny Dalglish, I have every confidence he will get him on the straight and narrow.

Carroll is the kind of striker every defender hates playing against, if he can find the kind of form he had at Newcastle he will be a great asset to us.

I don't agree with the figure, nobody does(except Mike Ashley) But that's what we have paid, and the reason we have paid that is because with the right guidance he genuinely could turn into one of the best forwards in this league. I think people forget how young he is at the moment, best years are ahead of him.

My jury is still out on A C but there were times when you got the impression that he wasn't giving it his all. I'm not sure how serious he takes his football career, there are times when it looks like he doesn't give a sh*t. In addition to that, there are times when a lot of our other players on the pitch don't exactly look as though they are giving it their all either, so I think the boot has to go in all round in LFC and get some of these overpaid loafers moving their arse,s a bit more, and I hope it starts today.

Agree with that Annfield! Was evident the lift by simply having Gerrard on the field. Lets hope he's back soon to kick them all up the behind!!

"With all young players you need to wait. He went from Newcastle to Liverpool. The pressure is different.

"Andy Carroll is a good player. He is a good talent. But he needs to score

goals. For a forward it is like a drug."


Comments from King Kenny- well said sir

If we had got Andy Carroll for his true value £10 /£15m or so he would have been ok as a squad player coming on now and again to do something different. But as your main marquee signing at £35m it was utter madness. John Henry has a right to ask serious questions.

If we can get AC to play like Drogba, we'll have a monster in our hands. I think he has the potential to be better than drogba. It's all down to whether he wants it or not.

exactly.

Really struggling to see how he fits into our style of play.
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I think that a spell on the bench (+ some serious physical training) will do him good as it may take him out of the limelight for a while and give the press something else to talk *h*t about.

Think Kenny is starting to run out of patience too but I don't believe in going over how much money we spent on him or whose fault it was - that sort of stuff is not helpful to the team or the player. If he has been given a deadline then he needs the full support of the coaching staff (and fans)for the duration and then we will see a decision based on his results.
The price tag is definitely messing with his head though.

I don't agree Craig we are entitled to give opinions on players if we don't think they are good enough or should be played in other positions. If Andy Carroll reads this and is upset tough. Thats one of the downsides of being a high profile player. The upside? £80k a week. That helps !

If you give me £80k a week you can insult me 24 hours a day with pleasure.

maybe worth trying to turn him into a central defender?