Since Newcastle’s bid last night to take Andy Carroll on loan was immediately turned down by Liverpool, it doesn’t say that Newcastle will not be back in for the Tyneside youngster.
Andy Carroll - on his way home?
And there are reports today that Newcastle have followed up their loan bid, with a straight cash offer of £13M for the 6’3″ Gateshead-born striker, to take him permanently back to Newcastle.
And while that’s still £22M less than Kenny Dalglish forked out for the 23 year-old a short 18 months ago, it may be good enough for Liverpool to accept the offer.
It’s been a bad deal for Liverpool all around, whichever way you look at it, and we note that Dalglish is no longer the Liverpool manager.
It even makes some of the deals that Freddy Shepherd made during his time as Chairman of Newcastle, when he threw money around, actually look good, if not great. 
The fact that Andy Carroll is making it clear to anybody who wants to listen, that he’s more than keen to come back home, may well persuade Liverpool to end their adventure with the Geordie.
That’s even though they will lose a staggering £22M in the process, and it looks like Andy will not even be given the chance to prove himself, under new manager Brendan Rodgers.
And that £22M that Newcastle will pocket, was used to bring in Yohan Cabaye and Papiss Cisse, and Newcastle will still have around £9M left over – if they bring Andy back for £13M.
The Newcastle bid is in cool cash, and while there is news that West Ham have bid £15M, that fee will be paid over a number of years.
And why would Andy want to go to the Hammers – if Newcastle, 5th top last season in the Premier League and in the Europa League - are beckoning? Why indeed.
And while we can never be sure how Andy will perform if he does arrives back on Tyneside, we’ve got enough confidence in manager Alan Pardew and the local coaches – fellow Geordie lads John Carver and Steve Stone – to believe that Newcastle will again be able to bring the very best out of the Gateshead-born striker.
After all, he didn’t look too bad when he played for England last month, and that goal he scored against Sweden was just a classic goal.
To be truthful - that goal reminded me of one I scored in Walker Park when I was just 10 years old, the only difference being that mine went in just a little bit faster than Andy’s.
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1 cndrbrown // Jul 16, 2012 at 4:27 PM
Oh my
2 ROSHAN MAGPIE // Jul 16, 2012 at 4:27 PM
1 st
3 NUFCWill1986 // Jul 16, 2012 at 4:28 PM
Fingers crossed for this. I for one was anti MA but thus would be astonishing business IMO.
4 NUFCWill1986 // Jul 16, 2012 at 4:28 PM
Fingers crossed for this. I for one was anti MA but this would be astonishing business in my opinion
5 ROSHAN MAGPIE // Jul 16, 2012 at 4:28 PM
did Liverpool accepted this offer
6 robtheguru // Jul 16, 2012 at 4:30 PM
I posted my conspiracy theory yesterday and honestly, I think it may very well be true lol.
7 nufc786 // Jul 16, 2012 at 4:30 PM
sooooooo we want carroll more than dejong……….
by the way sky has reported fc twente have agreed a fee for dejong with mongladesh…….
8 kevymartins // Jul 16, 2012 at 4:30 PM
What is up with these ads? going on to the blog to see fat ugly slags a image i dont want to see
9 mattyNUFC // Jul 16, 2012 at 4:30 PM
a gross regression if true
simply can’t believe it
if it does hold verity, i’d be willing to bet my bottom dollar this was pushed through by AP. can you honestly imagine Carr wanting 13mil of his kitty to be wasted on this heap?
10 BigKirky // Jul 16, 2012 at 4:30 PM
Hmmmmm. I’d prefer a different forward with pace and technique, but if he came back I’d back him.
11 mattyNUFC // Jul 16, 2012 at 4:31 PM
rob the guru
gimme your prediction. i need something to latch on to….anything but this garbage
12 XtraTimeAndPens // Jul 16, 2012 at 4:31 PM
Effectively letting Liverpool loan AC for 18 months for 22 million is great business however you look at it. Would like to see him come back but it wouldn’t be the end of the world if he didn’t provided we bought someone like Guidetti or Castaignos.
Already looking forward to the match tonight. Hopefully we’ll get to see a few of our big players making an appearance.
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13 jakesome // Jul 16, 2012 at 4:32 PM
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14 Ben3arfa // Jul 16, 2012 at 4:32 PM
FFS , this feels like a bad nightmare
15 jakesome // Jul 16, 2012 at 4:33 PM
kevy@ that fat ugly slag is from your browsing history. BUSTED
16 Zangwill_Ho // Jul 16, 2012 at 4:34 PM
Really don’t want him be back
17 bollokheed // Jul 16, 2012 at 4:34 PM
i hope we don’t get him ,we should not go back imho, i don’t think he would be good for our new team
18 kevymartins // Jul 16, 2012 at 4:34 PM
@jakesome really? im 100% sure i deleted my browsing history cookies the lot before i came on here
19 Graeme // Jul 16, 2012 at 4:35 PM
Well, if that’s the best we can do, it will have to do I guess. Don’t want him, unless an offer has been made and accepted for Ba as Demba is by far a better player than AC.
He offers more to the club, causes ZERO trouble, NO lifestyle issues, NO Court Cases, just gets on with the job with a smile on his face – a much better prospect all round with none of the downside AC brings back with him.
I hoped, that as a club, we had moved beyond that type of individual – still, business is business and the world goes round!!
20 ajcrawfs // Jul 16, 2012 at 4:36 PM
I hope this aint true!
We already have two much better strikers.
21 Dannyo // Jul 16, 2012 at 4:36 PM
I think this may be a cover up for some other transfer.
It’s a very obvious thing, and the media has been getting allot of transfer targets right this window.
Slapping out a bid for AC would work extremely well to pull the media away from the actual deals.
22 Yohan4 // Jul 16, 2012 at 4:37 PM
if our fullbacks are going to bomb on this season and whip balls in to the box which could well be our next stage of evolution than there is few better to be in the box than the pony tailed lathario
23 jakesome // Jul 16, 2012 at 4:37 PM
@kevy lol ive been told the ads reflect your browsing history. im not a computer buff or anything so dont really know
24 mattyNUFC // Jul 16, 2012 at 4:38 PM
im glad more pro-football proponents are in force on this thread. I’m sure the same folks who want AC back were saying spain was boring at the euros because they passed too often…
25 torresmex90 // Jul 16, 2012 at 4:39 PM
Agent Carroll, you’ve done well screwing over Liverpool. Mission accomplished, it’s time for you to come home, son!! This reminds me of agent Bruce at Sunderland haha, I wouldn’t mind him back at all. A target man, he has great movement, and he is such a threat at set pieces which is something that we need to improve on VASTLY!! Fact. I’d welcome him back with open arms…
26 kevymartins // Jul 16, 2012 at 4:41 PM
@jakesome aloda people on here the other night had the same sleezy ads coming up .so thats how i know its not by your history lol…..i keep getting the mature dating uk 1 an there is no way that could come from my history …any1 else getting that 1?
27 Belfast-Toon // Jul 16, 2012 at 4:41 PM
Shockin roshan magpie! Come on home andy, all will be forgiven when ya hit the winner vs scumderland in the stadium of shite
28 jakesome // Jul 16, 2012 at 4:42 PM
big up colin jackson for being a proper toon fan
29 Ben Arfa (Either love him or Hatem) // Jul 16, 2012 at 4:42 PM
West Ham have bid £15m apparently.
30 toonarnie29 // Jul 16, 2012 at 4:43 PM
I’m looking on this as a positive, even if it doesn’t come off it means that we have the money to spend if the right player suddenly becomes available
Personally I’d love to see AC back in the black and white
31 Beardo Ameobi // Jul 16, 2012 at 4:43 PM
1st myth bust.
I really don’t understand how some fans have perceived that we’re all of a sudden this flair team ,who keeps the ball zipping around the deck regardless. No, no we don’t! AP shifts between tactics dependent on the opponent and situation we find ourselves in.
Second myth bust.
Andy Carroll isn’t a head on a stick (though some of you would have his noggin’ on display that way I’m sure, you backwards barbaric bleaters). Look at some of his finishing in those videos (now on the last thread), volleys, pings from outside the area, running onto through balls, even one or two deft finishes and of course bullet headers. People tend to speak in polemics, it’s either ‘hoofball’ or Barca style patient tika-taka, that people seem so fond of. There is a balance! A big man can be fed to feet, hold it to relieve pressure and allow us to move up the pitch as a unit, spread the play then charge into the box, or lay it off to midfielders who then slide in runners, or turn their man and have a crack themselves like Drogba so explosively does etc etc – exhausted!
After all that though, I have to say, none of you were complaining when Ameobi flicked on a launch from Krul and Ba latched onto it to net, against Man U.
32 mattyNUFC // Jul 16, 2012 at 4:43 PM
links for the match tonight?
33 magpiebop // Jul 16, 2012 at 4:44 PM
Carroll 35
34 bills-son // Jul 16, 2012 at 4:44 PM
LPool really only paid £15M for Carroll, the difference between what the £35M they paid for him and the £50M Chelsea paid for Torres.
Torres has been just as big a flop as AC and Chelsea are the ones who really got stuffed on the AC deal. That’s because it was Chelsea who stumped up the £35M in cash that Ashley insisted on, LPool merely handed that onto Newcastle.
If LPool get £13M they are only £2M down but we are still £22M up and have AC back. That’s a great deal for both clubs and AC.
The real suckers are Chelsea. How much is Torres worth now? Even if they got £25M they are £25M down.
It’s clear Rodgers doesn’t want AC and why would he go to West Ham, Fulham or anywhere else when he wants to come back to the Toon. I reckon there is a 90% chance this deal will come off.
35 kevymartins // Jul 16, 2012 at 4:45 PM
No offence here guys but why the hell should we pay 13m for a backup striker?
people forget how hot cisse is right now..hotter than van persie …
36 nufc786 // Jul 16, 2012 at 4:45 PM
http://www.caughtoffside.com/2012/07/16/west-ham-make-club-record-15m-bid-for-liverpool-striker-andy-carroll/
thus the plot continues…….
37 mattyNUFC // Jul 16, 2012 at 4:46 PM
carroll would fit in swimmingly at WHU. please god, let him sign for them!
38 hainesy // Jul 16, 2012 at 4:47 PM
Lorenzo Burnet checked in at the Marriott in Jesmond #Debuchywatch
My cousin’s the new receptionist there.
39 n19ndw // Jul 16, 2012 at 4:48 PM
Everyone seems to have forgotten didnt we have a 20% sell on clause in the contract so if AC was sold we would get yet more money. If correct that gives us some real clout when discussing his return
40 hainesy // Jul 16, 2012 at 4:50 PM
We could offer 15M and let them keep the 20%.
41 jakesome // Jul 16, 2012 at 4:51 PM
hainsy your name isnt phil is it?
42 Ibizatoon - Back by popular demand // Jul 16, 2012 at 4:52 PM
Get him back in, let him score some goals for half a season, then sell him on again as the next best English CF.
I wonder if we can do that twice?
Andy Carroll the boomerang money maker?
43 kevymartins // Jul 16, 2012 at 4:52 PM
@hainsey why?
just offer 13m an let them keep the 20%
cuz if they sell him to west ham we get a few mil outa it so it works out the same and im sure he would pick nufc over wh
44 geordielad95 // Jul 16, 2012 at 4:52 PM
I’m sorry but what a load of crap are you guys talking about? “I don’t want him because ba and cisse are better strikers” right, they are, but I bet you lot were all for us signing Luuk de jong? He is nowhere near as good as cisse or ba yet we still bid 12mil or whatever. And whoever saying buying Carroll means the end of ba? Again I take you back to de Jong. He disnt mean the end of ba?
I don’t mean to be slagging You’s off here but all the “big clubs have at least 3 first team strikers, why shouldn’t we?
45 kevymartins // Jul 16, 2012 at 4:55 PM
@geordielad luuk de jong is younger and has more prospect he is also not on 90k a week and doesnt go around clubbing and breaking other team mates jaws
46 hainesy // Jul 16, 2012 at 4:55 PM
Jakesome – It’s Matt, I have an Uncle Phil, like Will in ‘The Fresh Prince of Bel Air’.
Anyone know anything about this Lorenzo Burnet, my cousin just says he’s a footballer (stating the obvious). Any good?
47 kevymartins // Jul 16, 2012 at 4:56 PM
oooh and my personal fav beat up his ex then be in court flat out
no wonder the geordies burnt his car he is a donkey
48 Beardo Ameobi // Jul 16, 2012 at 4:57 PM
I suggested that last night, we’ll tag Spurs for the hustle next time.
49 Charlietoon // Jul 16, 2012 at 4:58 PM
I cant imagine he would want to come back after the reception he got when he came back to play. Surely he would walk back in and hear everyone cheering and just privately think “Last time I was here all of you guys were booing me and jeering and all of you can go get f&*ked”
50 Toonarmlee // Jul 16, 2012 at 4:58 PM
Correct me if am wrong but isnt the 20% activated when he’s sold for over the 35 million Liverpool paid? Sure that’s what i read or heard
51 SupaToonKid // Jul 16, 2012 at 4:58 PM
I was fully against Carroll coming back because of all the reasons that we play for him so he can get his A-game going and also cause he put in a transfer request to leave the club which he claimed he loved and wanted to play for forever in an interview not even a month earlier.
Though he would be a good purchase at the right price but i’d only play £10M for him max. If we were only prepared to go this high for Luuk de Jong (a better player) then i doubt we’d go to £13M for Carroll. I though as well that we get 25% sell on fee so surely he’d cost us even less hence maybe we will play approx £13M then he’d only cost us £10M.
I think it’d still be better if got a younger lad like Luc Castaignos in for cheaper at £6M but just to see the huge loss Liverfool would make would be hilarious.
52 r and r // Jul 16, 2012 at 5:02 PM
There isn’t a Marritt in Jesmond
53 SupaToonKid // Jul 16, 2012 at 5:03 PM
I really hope these rumours that Hoilett is having a medical at QPR are rubbish. If his deal has fallen through with Gladbach then please Junior don’t sign for them money bags but join a side that can do well in football and not just in casinos. Please come to the Toon!
54 Ibizatoon - Back by popular demand // Jul 16, 2012 at 5:03 PM
Beardo….Perhaps we could work our way through the PL? By the time he retires both he and Newcastle would be filthy rich
CharlieToon….Well, he’s a Geordie, so surely he understands the fans attitude towards him. It’s a game after all
55 r and r // Jul 16, 2012 at 5:03 PM
I mean Marriott.
56 Beardo Ameobi // Jul 16, 2012 at 5:03 PM
geordielad95
Precisely. I think some are afraid of him coming back and lording it up, being immediately reinstated as no1. That simply wouldn’t happen. And yes, the figure being bandied about seems roughly our budget for a ST, so I don’t see why there’s a gripe with us spending that much, after we were apparently willing to do it for De Jong.
57 brighter // Jul 16, 2012 at 5:04 PM
Ibizatoon – Back by popular demand // Jul 16, 2012 at 4:52 PM
Get him back in, let him score some goals for half a season, then sell him on again as the next best English CF
this is a perfect story.lol
58 Ibizatoon - Back by popular demand // Jul 16, 2012 at 5:05 PM
Brighter…Not just a story, but the masterplan
59 jakesome // Jul 16, 2012 at 5:06 PM
@hainsy ahh i dont think your uncle went to heaton manor with me haha
60 Magpie from Lithuania // Jul 16, 2012 at 5:06 PM
Would be awsome! Andy took a one year holiday and came back home with 22M, and passively helped us to beat liverpool in the EPL
He is such a good double agent! Come back home, red looks awfull on you, BLACK AND WHITE IS BEST FOR YOU!!!
61 kevymartins // Jul 16, 2012 at 5:07 PM
@Beardo im sure most of us just doesnt want a white nile ranger
just take a look at this
http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?q=andy+carroll+braids&hl=en&biw=1441&bih=584&tbm=isch&tbnid=6auQ55CNWZexVM:&imgrefurl=http://bwolfsgunners.wordpress.com/2011/10/10/some-of-soccers-best-hairstyles/&docid=QzD1SrEYJHwiHM&imgurl=http://bwolfsgunners.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/andy-carroll-cornrow1.jpeg&w=396&h=193&ei=EzwEUJbzJ4i90QW6krS6Bw&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=230&vpy=160&dur=78&hovh=154&hovw=316&tx=181&ty=104&sig=102133574586603381613&page=1&tbnh=122&tbnw=154&start=0&ndsp=23&ved=1t:429,r:1,s:0,i:73
62 geordielad95 // Jul 16, 2012 at 5:07 PM
Kevmartins
I’m sure Luuk de Jong is only like 2 years younger and has no PL experience. Plus carrol isn’t on 90k it’s more like 70, which I’m sure he would take a cut if he wanted to come back, also, Pardew “fixed” Ben Arfa, why can’t he fix carroll. Also, we are not going to get de Jong. And on form carrol is one of the best strikers “available” at this price.
63 arroeben // Jul 16, 2012 at 5:09 PM
Andy Carroll huh.. What number will he get, 35 on his back?
64 bollokheed // Jul 16, 2012 at 5:09 PM
i think this is all a smokescreen ,i don’t think we will increase the offer so its all down to wether he wants to come back, i’m just gutted that the andy carroll saga has started up again, but we almost never do business this openly, so i’m very suspicious of the whole thing
65 Dannyo // Jul 16, 2012 at 5:09 PM
Team v Monaco: Harper; Santon,Simpson, Williamson, Gutierrez; Amalfitano, Abeid, Bigirimana, Sammy Ameobi; Shola Ameobi, Ba
#nufc subs: Elliot, Tavernier, R Tasylor, Perch, Gosling, Tiote, Marveaux, Obertan, Vuckic.
66 Dannyo // Jul 16, 2012 at 5:11 PM
And Collo is in those subs. Weird setup if u ask me. Square pegs in round holes.
67 Ben Arfa (Either love him or Hatem) // Jul 16, 2012 at 5:11 PM
Gutierrez at LB?
68 kevymartins // Jul 16, 2012 at 5:12 PM
@geordielad He sold his club out when we needed him..he left us with best upfront
And how can you say he is so good?
he scored what 15 goals in the prem in his carrer ba scored more in a half a season
i would much rather take the risk like we did for cisse rather than buy a lanky piece of sh it who left fans devastated …he is a ballbag why the foook you think liverpool are looking rid of him so desperatly? cuz he doesnt fit rodgers style? no cuz he is crap
69 Beardo Ameobi // Jul 16, 2012 at 5:12 PM
Gah, was really hoping Marveaus would start, hope he gets the 2nd half, nevertheless I’m still stoked to be watching us again!
70 Magpies-till-d3ath // Jul 16, 2012 at 5:12 PM
Where’s Cisse?
71 Beattie25 // Jul 16, 2012 at 5:13 PM
#whereisCisseandColo
72 Magpies-till-d3ath // Jul 16, 2012 at 5:13 PM
Links to the match??
73 kevymartins // Jul 16, 2012 at 5:14 PM
@mags light ham string injury i think
74 Dannyo // Jul 16, 2012 at 5:15 PM
Collo is on the bench, Cisse no clue, Fergy no clue, Saylor probably still nursing his hamstring.
Gutti at LB, Simmo at CB.
#Squarepegsinroundholes
75 graham cwarr // Jul 16, 2012 at 5:15 PM
Kevy is a rather angry fellow
76 t00ntime // Jul 16, 2012 at 5:16 PM
earlier people were saying we have moved on from hoofball, but who says if we get carroll back we will return to hoofball?
carroll is just like ba and about the same pace and probably better on his feet. imo we shud play him like shola this season, a sub for the last 30 and starter for league cup. Then if he proves himself put him upfront with cisse/ba ( who ever is doing better). Now imagine this,
hatem dribbles up the right looks up and sees carroll + cisse in the box, he curls a cross in the middle carroll wins the header and cisse taps it in… Is that not a better play then o lets hoof it up front? I dont understand why people think we will stop playing passing football, ben arfa has a great cross in him and with carroll as target man he will get plenty of goals/assists
77 geordielad95 // Jul 16, 2012 at 5:16 PM
Dannyo 3 at the back?
78 Dannyo // Jul 16, 2012 at 5:18 PM
@geordielad95
I think it’s a 4-4-2 mate.
Harper
Santon-Simmo-Willo-Gutti
Amalfatino-Biggie-Abeid-Sammy
Shola-Ba
79 mattyNUFC // Jul 16, 2012 at 5:19 PM
comical to think carroll is anywhere near as fast as ba is
80 Ibizatoon - Back by popular demand // Jul 16, 2012 at 5:19 PM
I’m sorry Kevy…But how many PL goals did Andy Carroll score in half a season for us?
He’s obviously not crap, he fetched in £35m, which was a gross overpayment, but hardly based on a crap player. He hasn’t adjusted to the move, which can happen a lot. Don’t let your feelings of abandonment alter reality.
81 2_goal_tino // Jul 16, 2012 at 5:22 PM
Official website says Guti is playing as a defender today, so Simpson at CB. More than that we don’t even have a reserve player to step up, like Kadar used to do in pre-season. The fact we can’t even produce a second CB in a pre-season game shows just how important it is we get a CB in both for the first team squad and development squad. A lot say Streete – he’s a good prospect, but he’s just a kid. Playing against adults of any standard at this stage and he’d get destroyed.
82 PhillNUFC // Jul 16, 2012 at 5:23 PM
dont want him and we dont need him
83 rich_toonfan // Jul 16, 2012 at 5:24 PM
How was it his fault he left?
The whole deal was blamed on everyone. Some blamed Carroll for going, other’s blamed Ashley for selling. In reality we will never know exactly how it was initiated and concluded.
All we know for sure is we got £35 million and used that money to improve the squad.
I just want people to imagine this, should be easy as we are all toon fans.
You grow up supporting Newcastle, your local club. You get your first game as their striker, a lot of hope on you to get goals but the club ends up relegated. You then have a storming breakthrough season and help fire your club into the premier league.
You start scoring against top level sides, helping to get your beloved, local club back to where they belong. You are wearing the famous number 9 shirt, scoring for fun, the crowd love you, you’re becoming a hero.
Then somebody gives you a ring and says have a chat with liverpool, they offered 35million and we would rather have that money that you.
At 21 year old you would feel awful….you would be so disillusioned with life, you had everything you ever wanted then you are tossed aside by people who own the club, not the fans.
Then you get all the abuse of being a traitor when for all we know he might not have wanted to go, he was maybe doing it to do the best for his club. They might have told him it was better for them if he packed his bags and left.
Its hypothetical but far from impossible.
84 graham cwarr // Jul 16, 2012 at 5:24 PM
@matty is this Andy “lightening” Carroll you’re speaking of?
85 graham cwarr // Jul 16, 2012 at 5:26 PM
@matty sorry that’s Andy “white lightning” Carroll. After his favourite ripple
86 Ibizatoon - Back by popular demand // Jul 16, 2012 at 5:27 PM
Rich…It’s as likely as he insisted on leaving for money. No one knows, so it shouldn’t be a factor in him returning imo.
Some will never move on though, oh well.
87 Beardo Ameobi // Jul 16, 2012 at 5:27 PM
Ba is a slow coach and looked worse than Ameobi at his worst, after he returned from ACoN last season, we were carrying him.
88 HullMag6 // Jul 16, 2012 at 5:29 PM
I’m getting misty eyed and flashbacks of shearer, sir les and tino.
We didn’t score enough ftom set plays corners etc, so AC. is perfect for that when tactics dictate it. And he CAN play the ball on the deck the team he plays with need to remember that, a lethal left boot as well as the headers. I’ll remind you all again 1st season back and an AC Hat trick against villa.
Sign him up.
89 HullMag6 // Jul 16, 2012 at 5:30 PM
I’m getting misty eyed and flashbacks of shearer, sir les and tino.
We didn’t score enough ftom set plays corners etc, so AC is perfect for that when tactics dictate it. And he CAN play the ball on the deck the team he plays with need to remember that, a lethal left boot as well as the headers. I’ll remind you all again 1st season back and an AC Hat trick against villa.
Sign him up.
90 Beardo Ameobi // Jul 16, 2012 at 5:31 PM
Saying that, I hope he’s put that behind him now and scores tonight! Because the transformation in him last season was startling, he did get slower, both in the mind and body and his touch was wayward.
Hope to see him with that fleet of foot and looking spritely again, because with him, Cisse and potentially Carroll on top form, we’d have perhaps the 2nd best forward line in the league!
91 HullMag6 // Jul 16, 2012 at 5:31 PM
I’m getting misty eyed and flashbacks of shearer, sir les and tino.
We didn’t score enough ftom set plays corners etc, so AC is perfect for that when tactics dictate it.
He CAN play the ball on the deck the team he plays with need to remember that, a lethal left boot as well as the headers. I’ll remind you all again 1st season back and an AC Hat trick against villa.
Sign him up.
92 HullMag6 // Jul 16, 2012 at 5:32 PM
I’m getting misty eyed and flashbacks of shearer, sir les and tino.
We didn’t score enough ftom set plays corners etc, so AC is perfect for that when tactics dictate it.
He CAN play the ball on the deck the team he plays with need to remember that, a lethal left boot as well as the headers. I’ll remind you all again 1st season back and an AC Hat trick against villa.
Sign him up. Come back agent andy.
93 Soccerisma // Jul 16, 2012 at 5:34 PM
I don’treally think he will work in Newcastle’s system as well. Last time, the whole system was built around him, and Barton was a key in providing direct balls to his head.
This time, the whole system is built around Pappiss Cissse and clever players like ben Arfa and Cabaye. Newcastle do not look to pump the ball up the field on, instead they play good football.
NUFC may sign Carroll , coz hes a home boy, but think he should still be in Pardew’s Plan B. Else NUFC would have bid more
94 HullMag6 // Jul 16, 2012 at 5:35 PM
I’m getting misty eyed and flashbacks of shearer, sir les and tino.
We didn’t score enough ftom set plays corners etc, so AC is perfect for that when tactics dictate it.
He CAN play the ball on the deck the team he plays with need to remember that, a lethal left boot as well as the headers. I’ll remind you all again 1st season back and an AC Hat trick against villa.
Sign him up. Come back agent andy misson dogleash revenge completed.
95 ITUNDERASHELL // Jul 16, 2012 at 5:37 PM
It’s just as well Pardew knows what he’s doing isn’t it lads
96 HullMag6 // Jul 16, 2012 at 5:41 PM
I’m getting misty eyed and flashbacks of shearer, sir les and tino.
We didn’t score enough ftom set plays corners etc, so AC is perfect for that when tactics dictate it.
He CAN play the ball on the deck the team he plays with need to remember that, a lethal left boot as well as the headers. I’ll remind you all again 1st season back and an AC Hat trick against villa.
Come back agent andy misson dogleash revenge completed.
97 HullMag6 // Jul 16, 2012 at 5:45 PM
Grrrrr multiple posts Android kept telling me not published, feckin thing
98 RossNUFC // Jul 16, 2012 at 5:48 PM
I heard theres a 25% sell on fee that Newcastle get when Carrolls sold. So if we bid £13 million he’ll actually only cost us just under £10 million. £25 million profit? Sounds brilliant to me.
99 Levi // Jul 16, 2012 at 5:53 PM
tiote number 4. cabaye number 7 and then we can tell andy if he signs we will give him his old number, meaning number 24 not 9
100 MacToon // Jul 16, 2012 at 5:54 PM
fgs!
101 davis_toons // Jul 16, 2012 at 6:12 PM
Itw will be nice if there’s someone to head the ball, BUT didn’t Spain and BACA did just as well when they didn’t have one.
102 davis_toons // Jul 16, 2012 at 6:19 PM
If there is a real intention of AC cming bck, What abt his WAGES?
Whos going to pay him 70k/wk? Do you think he will walk away with a lower contract? (properly a “Xisco” in e making)
103 Willo // Jul 16, 2012 at 6:21 PM
While I don’t think that Andy is the answer to our need for striking depth, I do think that he can do a job for us. He’s shown the Liverpool and with England that he can score and he is very useful in the air which is something we lack. What it boils down to is he’s not ideal but if he comes back he can count on my support.
104 davis_toons // Jul 16, 2012 at 6:27 PM
Buy him back n sell him again? That’s an evil one.
But if he really turn on style again who knows if other clubs will be interested again? And the fact is we might still not afford his appeal to increase his salary. And makes him want to leave us for a second time. But this time for 50million clubs can try asking to pay by installment.
105 HullMag6 // Jul 16, 2012 at 6:32 PM
Our goal dif was low last season, goals from set plays were low. Too many missed chances, wor Andy is made to change that hopefully.
I am 100% behind anyone who pulls on our teams shirt. Whoever they are, if the gaffer Pardiola wants them then they’re needed. Hwtl
106 Dondatta13 // Jul 16, 2012 at 6:43 PM
Please let this be some sort of covert smokescreen….
I have been singing the praises of all concerned, the way we scout talent AND character before we sign new recruits.
Would Carroll withstand scrutiny? We all know he loves a drink down the Bigg Market, he has had brushes with the law not to mention infighting with team mates (Saylor).
I don’t think he would help our cause, on or off the pitch, so….
Move along please…. Nothing to see here.
107 GFH // Jul 16, 2012 at 7:07 PM
I’ve spent the day being “negged” by Andy -Fans because I don’t want us to spend big money bringing him back and I logged in early morning as usual. . I understand we get 20% of any fee and on that basis I would be content if we got him for £8m. He isn’t worth more YET. He may get there in time . I hope he does , I don’t dislike the lad and can easily overlook the way he left us. BUT I have no doubt that for £13m we could buy 2 maybe 3 quality players who would serve the club much better than buying one EXPENSIVE striker would do.
108 89Norcal // Jul 16, 2012 at 7:46 PM
I’ve been going back and forth on this. Now I feel it really is a dangerous venture, I remember Carroll’s reactions when he was subbed at SJP, when we sent Liverpool packing 2-0.
Not only was he booed by his home club, he saw his replacement steal the show and get all the praise, wearing his old number.
Talent wise I like Carroll, but he may have too much invested in this deal emotionally, could be a problem in the locker room I think.
109 irishtoon99 // Jul 16, 2012 at 7:47 PM
This is all very well wondering if Andy will cut or not cut it back in toon, but who will we loose?? Ba or Cisse no doubt and that will be a bad deal, but if we do hold on to all strikers and bring Andy in, well that’s positive and progressive as that’s what all the seriously big clubs do to make their stars fight for their place…
110 Lee Dodd // Jul 16, 2012 at 7:54 PM
Liverpool Have Declined The Latest £13 Million offer . Big Andy Wants To Come Home That is The Good News !!!!! If He Comes Home We will have a Crackin Side !!!!
111 Marty-Toon // Jul 16, 2012 at 10:04 PM
Ed,
I’m sure your effort bust the net
112 solano // Jul 16, 2012 at 10:47 PM
It’s hilarious reading you melons out there who are desperately trying to get your heeds around the bid for AC and the possibility he MAY return.
Let me remind you that he was practically unplayable for a year and a half when he claimed the centre forward spot at NUFC. Physically intimidating, brill in the air, a decent touch with the ability to bring in others….oh, and bloody score goals!
Some people , in order to deal with the great psychological blow of his departure just decided to repeat ad infinitum (while having their fingers in their ears) “He’s shit. We don’t need him. We play like Barcelona now!”
F*ckin wombats!He was replaced by Shefqi Kuqi for 4months!
He’s a homeboy who when fit and focussed will be a tremendous asset to NUFC, IF they can manage to tack a deal together. I won’t be holding my breath but I for one hope it happens and the club can right a wrong.
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