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Completely agree, however my point is that Downing was bought to supply Carroll, to play one and not the other is pointless and that is down to Kenny!
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I think he needs to be dropped to the reserves, coz we cnt risk him in the carling cup as thats the only hope for silverware , he needs to go on a diet loose weight cut his hair and focus on f#cking scoring goals . he aint even giving the oda defndrs problems with his physical presence , all hes doyn is walking around the ground .
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Fair play, the article posted is absolutely spot on!
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Cant disagree with those comments at the moment! 
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To be fair Fulham's defence is pretty solid and we needed people with quick feet to get through, even if Downing was on I think Carroll would have struggled to win the crosses.
I watched the game and feel had the shot in the first 1/4 of the match gone in he would have probably got the confidence he clearly lacks and maybe scored another, it's not his fault that he has a 35 million price tag to live upto.
The main bit of Kenny's tactics that baffles me is we beat Chelsea twice with Maxi playing and he doesn't play not even as a sub, if I was Maxi I'd be knocking on his door asking why.
I think Carroll should play vs QPR and if he still fails to produce then questions should start to be asked. Maxi also needs to start.
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In fairness Carroll isn't good enough and I don't think he ever will be, however when he plays Downing also has to start as he will put in crosses for Caroll to attack. Playing Carroll without Downing and vice versa just baffles me to be honest.... From what we have seen this season, playing both downing AND carroll means we are playing with 9 men. Throw henderson into the equation and it's no wonder we're not doing too well. It's hard enough playing against the top teams with a full side, but with 8 players (+3 passengers)......!!!
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the fact that he is playing poorly doesnt bother me so much. As i think we need to give him time.
but time is running out fast.
its the stories that he was out in London drinking heavily and the FACT that pepe reina described him as the worst trainer on soccer am.
id take the poor performances if he was trying, but it doesnt look like he cares.
cut our losses i think.
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I think he needs to be dropped to the reserves, coz we cnt[risk him in the carling cup as thats the only hope for silverware , he needs to go on a diet loose weight cut his hair and focus on f#cking scoring goals . he aint even giving the oda defndrs problems with his physical presence , all hes doyn is walking around the ground . Even your keyboard is more effective than Andy Carroll...
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The first problem is confidence. When he gets the ball he panics because his confidence is shot. He's lost that swagger and that physicality that used to be his strength. But your question is - what did he do against Fulham? Well, everyone talks about what he does with the ball - my frustration is what he does off the ball, mainly movement and positioning. First of all, he's a big number nine and should be the furthest forward, under their keeper's nose. But he's almost always behind the play. On the odd occasion where we do get a decent cross into the box - he's nowhere near it. Instead of getting into the six yard box to challenge - he drops back and gets in the way of our other strikers. You can tell he's having a hard time reading Suarez and second-guessing all his impulses. It's frustrating because he should be making a nuisance of himself, challenging for headers and rebounds close in, but he's always ten yards away from where the ball goes, thus completely ineffective. To be fair, he started well against Fulham - holding up the ball and making some nice passes. Then he had that chance from a pull back on 5 mins - shot straight at the keeper - then he faded from then on. He needs a goal and missing a penalty didn't help. But his positioning and game intelligence is very poor at the moment. Not having a go becauuse I did not see him at Newcastle but the bit in bold was that ever good with him?
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We should drop Carrol and only play him as sub... after we have scored like 2 - 3 goals...
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