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Andy's performance last night was a really good one, despite the fact his missed the penalty. Andy won the majority of his aerial duels and nodded down the ball more than once for players running onto it. Perhaps Andy wasn't brought in to be a goalscorer but to be a targetman. The one thing I can say for sure is that last nighthe was there to be a target man and he performed well in that role. 35 million well, not sure about that, but he got the job done. If he comes right like Lucas did, he will be worth every single penny and then some. I can't help but to draw comparisons to the people who were saying how useless Lucas was back in the day, as well as Maxi Rodriguez...and again people are saying the same about AC and Hendo. Both played really well last night. They showed that they have what it takes. Andy might have missed his penalty but he helped out quite a bit at defending the set pieces in case some didn't notice. So what he lacked at one moment he made up for at another... These guys will come good. I mean, sure, there will always be flops in football, but I really don't think that either one of these two will flop! Neither will Coates.....

i agree i thought he had a decent game yesterday. still expecting a lot more from him and hopefully he will come good soon. wouldn't surprise me though if he's back at the bench for the fulham game..

It early days yet to tell if Andy Caroll is a good footballer. But he is defirnately not worth 35 million. Before the 2011 season head played approx 48 Premier league games. His obviously attributes are more physical than technical.Unfortunately at LFC he has to improve on the technical expert and game intelligence. LFC just do kick and run. If it was investing a company shares - he is a growth stock. Like those internet stocks during the dot com period, that were over priced but did not earn a profit. His current form points to the fact that LFC over estimated his potential. Also rumors of his work ethic indicate that he may not attain his potential. Furthermore, the lack of progress is highlighted by the fact LFC is short on strikers and yet he does not play. Again of his a share I would heavily discount his growth. LFC bought potential not a finished striker- it up to LFC to push Carrol to achieve it. But we over paid - because he is 6ft 3 and still quite athletic.I Hope he reaches his potential. There good mid fields to provide with goal scoring opportunities

Fair points dynapool. But as I am sure you know shares can increase or decease. Plus when you invest in shares you need to be canny. Liverpool were anything but canny reckless and wastefull. We are now an investor sitting on a huge loss hopefully looking at the FSTE and wondering if we will ever get our money back or should we cut our losses and run?