KopTalk.com Forums Football Liverpool FC Forum The truth about Andy Carroll

10 quid, last of the big spenders r u sure u can afford to gamble that huge amount of dosh in it account.

Make it 9.99 and u got ur self a bet. And I will give u ur penny bk.

your on!!

Not necessarily Nitemare. Quality strikers put away a high percentage of the small number of quality balls delivered in a game of the very best opposing players. Case in point Van Perie V us.

You could argue that Carroll would receive a higher number of quality balls from the two greatest wingers on the planet, but even when he gets a quality delivery (which at present is not as often) what is he doing?

Nothing. Even then, he is still not converting the chances he gets from quality deliveries and that is the point.

A Van Persie will score 5 where he scores 1 and in some games against the very best you made need more than 1 goal.

How many one on ones with the keeper has Carroll had??
How many quality crosses have come into the box where Carroll can challenge for them.????
How many passes has Carroll received in and around the box, where he is facing the goal???

To get the best out of Carroll, is to play to his strengths or sell him.

If kd sold Carroll and signed Messi in the summer, kd wud sign two quality wingers who can cross and kd wud play Messi up front as the main striker.
How many headers wud Messi win and how many goals wud he score.....not as many goals as he wud, if the ball waz played to Messi feet.

Round pegs in square holes ring a bell.

I reckon Messi would score would still score more headers than Carroll, too be honest you can't even use Messi in same comparison as Carroll as they are two very very different players the only way Carroll can get close to Messi is through his price tag and that is still a long way short of what Messi is worth.

Easily more than enough to do a damm sight better than he has been.

Totaly Agree bigredkop bang on!!

That's true. In fairness though, the service to him hasn't been anywhere near good enough. There have been a few players this season guilty of being very wasteful with chances, and imo Carroll is not near the top of that list. A few others have been much more guilty. Carroll tends to get a player or 2 hanging out of him throughout every game. If he's such a bad player, then why is he always marked and manhandled so heavily?

+1,

Am forced to agree with u their bar.

Last game defenders were doing wwe moves on Carroll to stop him, from scoring,
Getting to the ball. Ref was bllx

It's been that way nearly every game he's played this season, nitemare. He gets absolutely no protection from referees either. Particularly before/during setpieces being taken. It's as clear as day that the defenders are performing illegal moves on him, yet the refs never give him the decision.