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• 1 2_goal_tino // Aug 21, 2012 at 1:36 AM

  Who cares? He’s nothing to do with us and shouldn’t ever be again in the future (certainly not at the price they want). Play, sit on the bench, loaned out or left to rot in the reserves, none of it makes any difference to us.

• 2 shamsoftabriz // Aug 21, 2012 at 1:41 AM

  1. We are better than Liverpool
  2. Andy Carroll isn’t good enough for Liverpool
  3. Andy Carroll isn’t good enough for us!

  I know he’s local. I know we got 35 million pounds for him last season. I know he’s tall. I know he has a sexy ponytail. But please, Newcastle fans, stop obsessing over a player that your skilled, efficient, deft team have outgrown!! We are an excellent team now that will contend for 4th in the Premier League. We JUST took 3 points over the team that finished fourth last season. We do not need to rely on the likes of Andy Carroll any longer!!

  Do we miss our mediocrity that badly?

  We have quality now, and we need to adjust our notions of what a quality player is! Carroll was a quality player for us when we were in the Championship and even when we were languishing in the middle of the table. Those days are over! Evolve, Newcastle fans….evolve…

• 3 JP...from The Rock // Aug 21, 2012 at 1:43 AM

  Not this again, who cares.

• 4 i Toon // Aug 21, 2012 at 1:45 AM

  Carroll isn’t good as Ba or Cisse so if he comes back expect the bench

• 5 JP...from The Rock // Aug 21, 2012 at 1:45 AM

  shamsoftabriz – Spot on

• 6 ilovetoon8788 // Aug 21, 2012 at 1:48 AM

  We play so much long ball that honestly he fits our system perfectly. He’d score plenty with us.

• 7 Novocastrian66 // Aug 21, 2012 at 2:03 AM

  Judging by Liverpool’s performance on Saturday, and they were awful, they should keep hold of him.
  Saurez cannot hit a stable door.
  Either Rodgers or his philosophy will be abandoned before Christmas.

• 8 Kyo // Aug 21, 2012 at 2:16 AM

  Agree with 2 goal tino.

  We don’t need Carroll. He’s not our problem.

• 9 HBA Blood Twister // Aug 21, 2012 at 2:35 AM

  £13m? Didn’t Pards say we had bid £7m?

  I think we’ll go to £9m and that would be fair. He’s worth naff all to Rodgers so I think he’ll snap our hands off.

• 10 Starman // Aug 21, 2012 at 2:48 AM

  If we are laying siege to a team at home, he might be useful,
  he could also be useful replacing the bulbs in the floodlights.

• 11 lukes26 // Aug 21, 2012 at 2:49 AM

  I think Brendan Rodgers is silly….That’s fine, keep Suarez & his 11 goals in 31 outings and his charming ways.

  Carroll scored as many in half a season for newcastle. there’s no reason to think he can’t do the same again.

  His wages would be an issue, so I don’t think it would be crazy to think that to unload him, liverpool would need to cut his transfer fee to below 10 million & Carroll would need to accept lower wages with target incentives included.

  Doable, but not likely.

• 12 Sav // Aug 21, 2012 at 3:34 AM

  Carroll IMO is the best header of the ball in the Prem. That’s a talent not to be dismissed. He also has a better touch than he is given credit for. We’ll have a lot of games and after Ba and Cisse, (our first choice strikers with or without Carroll), there’s not much cover. Carroll can be a success, especially in Europe. And in closing games down, he is as good as another centre-half.
  So I wouldn’t dismiss this deal, it is just a question of the price and of Andy’s £4 million p.a. wages which Dalglish stupidly paid out and why they can’t sell him to a smaller club.
  If the deal can be done, I’d be glad to have him back.

• 13 Brutooon // Aug 21, 2012 at 3:51 AM

  1) REMINDER : Andy Carroll is not as good as what SOME of you think!

  2) We got Demba Ba and Cisse who is better than him.

  3) Shola Ameobi and maybe Adam Campbell is our backup

  4) The reason SOME FANS want Andy Carroll back is because he is a Geordie – but remember he was given the LEGENDARY No 9 shirt and become a TRAITOR and move to liverFOOOL (Remember his smile when doing the medical in Anfield)

  5) Andy Carroll is NEVER in a top 6 team – either with us or liverfoool

  6) Plus his style wont suit our current system

  7) with Carroll we are 10th in the league, without him we are 5th in the league

• 14 Toon XI // Aug 21, 2012 at 4:03 AM

  Carroll is a cancer in the changing room. He’ll destroy our morale and team spirit if he returns.

• 15 Zebras4Life // Aug 21, 2012 at 4:16 AM

  I’d take him back. We need 3 ST in rotation especially w ACON.

• 16 brian kilclines pony tail // Aug 21, 2012 at 4:17 AM

  @ shamsoftabriz – its a shame the majority dont see the truth about how we need to grow as a club and not go back for a player with only 6 months good premier league form where he was in a team set up around him, this team is not set up around any individual and thats why if he came back i feel he would fail and that wouldn’t be his fault, but he would.

• 17 shearermania // Aug 21, 2012 at 4:24 AM

  I just bid 5 quid on ebay for rangers medal…hes still mulling over the offer

• 18 ilovetoon8788 // Aug 21, 2012 at 5:25 AM

  Carroll won’t suit our system? Up till our last match, we are still hoofball. What system are u talking about? I lost count how many times Simpson tiote cabaye and guti hoofed the ball straight back to spurs.

  Carroll would be quite awesome in our system.

• 19 valle // Aug 21, 2012 at 5:48 AM

  Toon XI… AP have had AC in his changingroom before, I really doubt that he would want him back if what you said were true, so lets just wait and see shall we?

• 20 swemag // Aug 21, 2012 at 6:03 AM

  I am more excited about Adam Campbell possibly getting a few goals in the coming weeks than Andy Carroll. To be honest, in a years time Campbell will be more worth than Carroll. Hope he gets a good 45 minutes on thursday.

• 21 steinhof // Aug 21, 2012 at 6:10 AM

  Be interesting to see what would happen if we offered Liverpool their asking price but said to Carroll 30K/week but we guarantee you a starting place. It’s hypothetical but I’m fairly sure I know what his answer would be.

• 22 Magpie from Lithuania // Aug 21, 2012 at 6:39 AM

  Carroll is a good striker, if AP wants him, i want him even more. I like the style of play then Ben Arfa takes people on (or midfielders passes the ball on the ground or full back overlaping) and crosses the ball into the box, who’s better than AC to head the ball into the net? I like this style of play, look at these type of goals Shearer had scored, they are so ENTERTAINING. I WANT CARROLL BACK, but there not much we can do if Liverpool wants they own Xisco…

• 23 Magpie from Lithuania // Aug 21, 2012 at 6:39 AM

  their own..

• 24 Magpie from Lithuania // Aug 21, 2012 at 6:42 AM

  Carroll said he surely cut his wage by a half at minimum to play again for Newcastle. And i think number 35 would siut him as well.

• 25 Transfer Sage // Aug 21, 2012 at 6:44 AM

  Carroll would be effective. He would maybe get 10 or so goals a season.

  I just think if you have 19 million you could do so much more.

  On his form the last 2 years I would offer no more than 7/8 million.

  If they won’t accept that and he won’t go anywhere else then just leave him on liverpools books til they accept out terms.

• 26 Magpie from Lithuania // Aug 21, 2012 at 6:46 AM

  Carroll, Pieters or Douglas signings would be a perfect transfer window ending for me if no one leaves, which i think is more likely then ever before (players to stay i mean)

• 27 Magpie from Lithuania // Aug 21, 2012 at 6:48 AM

  Carroll would score 13+ goals this season. If MA and AP thinks he is worth taking him back for 13M then he is worth that, believe me.

• 28 Magpie from Lithuania // Aug 21, 2012 at 6:49 AM

  And i think Debouchy in Jan is a plausibility

• 29 HullMag6 // Aug 21, 2012 at 6:53 AM

  If the deal is right for the club, id take him back no questions. He is more physically a handful for defences and its not just hoofball hes good at. It would be an extra option in the armoury. In rotation or super sub with shola. I think AP can handle the personality, so what the problem?

• 30 Magpie from Lithuania // Aug 21, 2012 at 6:54 AM

  Carroll style of play is the only answer then playing against the “bus parked in front of the goal”. He could be a match winner in Europe and EPL. Imagine if the score is level and it’s 88min. Opposition has 10 players in their box, how to score a winner? With andy Carroll i know how. P.s Our set pieces would be much more dangerous, i rebember last years set pieces – high balls to williamson at the side of the box to head the ball back into the center of the box… IT WAS NOT EFFECTIVE, and trust me AP knows it really well..

• 31 Magpie from Lithuania // Aug 21, 2012 at 6:59 AM

  http://www.nufcblog.co.uk/2012/05/22/nufc-201112-statistical-weaknesses/

  look at the stats, and AP knows the stats very well.. I think we need Andy Carroll and AC need us even more. Liverpool would be foolish not to sell him back to us for cheap.

• 32 Magpie from Lithuania // Aug 21, 2012 at 7:10 AM

  there are you people?

• 33 Hatem's better than Messi // Aug 21, 2012 at 7:32 AM

  Get him bought.

  #BringAndyHome

• 34 bambams // Aug 21, 2012 at 7:34 AM

  I think it’s a win win all round for toon, if we do sign him it will be for peanuts ‘undisclosed amount’ which will keep liverfool management happy, we will get a ‘ different type of striker ‘ to come off the bench – but if we do not sign him we can again laugh at what liverfool paid and we can look at other striking options available, possibly someone nippy and with loads of pace . . . What’s that young lad at Newcastle called, Ooh we already have him ! Campbell deserves ten games and let’s see what he can do, in January we can decide if we need to sign a striker. IMO

• 35 gorgonzola ( former Pecorino former to gorgonzola) // Aug 21, 2012 at 7:48 AM

  Lets seee…hmm I dot give a DAMN…

  If we get Remy WHO is this guy? really?

• 36 tony green // Aug 21, 2012 at 7:53 AM

  AC seems to have us posters divided.

  Agree with Sav’s points. Also agree club has moved on…but MAYBE AC has too..and hopefully learned a little.

  IF he doesn’t disrupt dressing room harmony (and after that brutality with the linesman perhaps AC will be in awe of AP ) AND if we get him on our terms then I can live with that.

  Can’t see how Brutoon calculates his point 7) but that’s the beauty of a blog and being able to put your opinion out there.

  HWTL

• 37 Hatem's better than Messi // Aug 21, 2012 at 8:00 AM

  #13 Toon XI // Aug 21, 2012 at 4:03 AM

  Carroll is a cancer in the changing room. He’ll destroy our morale and team spirit if he returns.

  Based on spending how much time in a dressing room with Andy Carroll?
  One of the most stupid comments I’ve ever read on here.

  Nasty and pure fiction.

• 38 stu.toon // Aug 21, 2012 at 8:04 AM

  He may be holding out to come back to toon but do we really think he’ll take a 50% pay cut? If I was him I’d “risk” the bench all season n collect 90k a week for my troubles. Because he ain’t guaranteed first team at nufc either.

• 39 Ian Toon // Aug 21, 2012 at 8:09 AM

  We need a right back and centre half. Douglas is now transfer listed . If that means a bidding war we won’t be involved. We do have options like switching Santon to right back and buying Pieters who could play
  right back/centre half. Coloccini is vital to us and we need to ensure he
  is available for key matches. Williamson has fallen down the pecking order he didn’t play that much pre season and Perch has risen in the Pardew rating. Perch is not a midfield player. On Carroll well if we
  keep Cisse and Ba and with Campbell being fast tracked do we really need him. With around ten days before window closes it could well depend on the asking price because Ashley will not be able to resist a
  bargain.

• 40 Tsunki // Aug 21, 2012 at 8:14 AM

  I can’t believe some of the knee-jerk rot I read about Carroll. Prior to being sold he was our prize. When we lost him we all felt that Mike had sold the heart and soul of the team, but understood the call of stupid fools money. Brutooon’s absolutely stupid (although not expecting much) post sums it all up. Dear oh dear

  Carroll is an International player, who can play and score goals at that level. Liverpool have ruined his stock, by buying too high, then when they got him they didn’t adjust the team around him because KKK is a washed-up has been with no clue about the current game. Brendan Rodgers likes his boring pitter-pat stuff but has no idea how to get a ball to a striker or indeed recognise what one is to include him in his team.

  What Liverpool have now is a very good player who still influences games, which they need to offload at a huge loss, whose morale is at an all-time low, and who will have to get his head round to a reduced wage and a few bench starts and hard work to pick up the career he had rising when he was here. IF we did buy him, I would say that NUFC staff know what they are doing, and it would signal a player with a matured attitude and a desire to put wrongs right by sticking with us. I doubt he will come back, probably mostly because his attitude may not be what Pards wants in his dressing room, and of the hate us Mags can sometimes focus on such a player. But come on, grow up with the traitor stuff and the ‘useless player’ nonsense, really.

• 41 HullMag6 // Aug 21, 2012 at 8:16 AM

  For some people it becomes less about the money. But if you had a choice which bench would you prefer to sit on. To be entertained by Pardiolas fluid tactical system or rodgers tiki taka bore them to death system? I know which I’d choose.

• 42 Tsunki // Aug 21, 2012 at 8:18 AM

  Another idea would also be to tie a hose pipe on him and put him in the garden he would make a very nice lawn statue.

• 43 Ian Toon // Aug 21, 2012 at 8:20 AM

  stu.toon- Carroll might just be homesick for our nightspots? I couldn’t see him featuring on a regular basis – Pardew is a horses for courses formation and players manager. We are evolving into a passing possession side with out obsessing about finding Carroll on the agenda. In any event as you say would he really want to take a pay cut .

• 44 Tsunki // Aug 21, 2012 at 8:24 AM

  Doesn’t anyone else think that selling Andy Carroll will be the second huge mistake Liverpool will make, and when Carroll picks up his career and is stomping all over prem defences for someone else, especially a team that finishes higher than the rateaters, it will be one of the bigger nails in Rodgers’ coffin?

  The only ex-mag I wouldn’t buy from Scouse is Jose. The joke keeps getting funnier and funnier. We’re in the top 6 ha ha ha it was even sung at the spuds game my word that lad gets it shoved up him all the time.

• 45 Ian Toon // Aug 21, 2012 at 8:24 AM

  Tsunki- he could then sneak off at nightfall to our diamond strip.!

• 46 Dannyo // Aug 21, 2012 at 8:27 AM

  Looks like people have forgotten the bust up between Carroll and Saylor. I’d keep Saylor over getting Carroll if that was to come.
  So Toon XI isn’t that far from it tbh.
  I wouldn’t want the drunk that is Carroll either. Overpriced and not good enough.

• 47 martoon // Aug 21, 2012 at 8:28 AM

  It is difficult to see a resolution to this – Carroll only wants to come back to the Toon but Liverfool are going to look extremely stupid if they accept an offer from us, say, between 10 & 15 million.

• 48 HullMag6 // Aug 21, 2012 at 8:29 AM

  I kind of agree with ian and tsunki.
  But whilst simpson is here we don’t need a rb, before I get jumped on how many titles/trophies did scumchester united win with gary neville at rb he hardly blazed a trail as a wb did he? I feel a specialist left footed lb would be better for natural width as a right footed one would have to cut inside at some point. But agree a 1st team challenging cb is a must.

• 49 Tsunki // Aug 21, 2012 at 8:29 AM

  There is also the idea floating about that Carroll is one-dimensional. Read ‘adds something’. Pards likes his little changes – a simple swap of wings for Jonas and HBA totally disorientated spuds and they never recovered. Can you imagine how different a game would turn out if Cisse or Ba could not get through a rugged defence, and you bring on the big lad an Shola to hammer them down?

  Also on the ‘hoofball’ thing – I noticed we were paying from the back much more this last game, and it works way better than Tim’s wayward punts. When Colo gets back in the side, I expect more of Saylor and him playing the ball out, so we can maximise possession and get our shape sorted for attack instead of running around searching for the ball wherever it lands.

• 50 jesperfuglsang // Aug 21, 2012 at 8:31 AM

  I am pretty sure Carroll will stay; if the dindippers wants to sell they are ging to take a massive loss – Carroll doesn’t want to go just anywhere and most other teams have more business sense than West Ham

  Did you guys know that West Hams ows Shef. Utd. more than £25M for the Tevez fiasco and still they wanted to pay the bindippers £19M for a striker who probably is worth half when you look at his current form.

  One time a fool always a fool I guess lol

• 51 Ian Toon // Aug 21, 2012 at 8:31 AM

  Tsunki- Dalglish paid well over the odds . Rodgers clearly doesn’t see Carroll in his game plan. Ashley senses a bargain and a chance to totally humiliate. Jose is the only one I missed and maybe he might be thrown in a bargain base deal. At around £ 13-15 million Carroll could still happen. Rodgers wants to shape a team in his likeness and Liverpool owners have spent already.

• 52 Tsunki // Aug 21, 2012 at 8:34 AM

  martoon – Liverfool are GOING to look extremely stupid? Ha ha it’s a bit late for pride now mate!

  Dannyo – You don’t think he has the capacity to mend his ways? I think he’s been getting a bit of a life lesson. We seemed to tolerate Jailbird Barton for a long time, and he was a right waster through and through.

• 53 Tsunki // Aug 21, 2012 at 8:37 AM

  Ian Toon nothing to dispute there except for the Enrique bit. Now there’s a player we don’t need any more. Unless he can play on the right….

• 54 SupaToonKid // Aug 21, 2012 at 8:38 AM

  I don’t like Carroll for what he did but Liverfool are being stupid. They think Suarez & Borini will get them 20 goals a season each… they won’t. Carroll would have scored all (most) of Suarez’s chances vs WBA.

• 55 Transfer Sage // Aug 21, 2012 at 8:40 AM

  Pardew and Ashley are smart men.

  If they value him an think e is the est player for that money they will sign him.

  Remember if it’s a loan deal with an option to buy we can see how he fits in before spending money on the transfer.

  And despite what everyone says we do do not play only possession football. Plenty of our players, even cabaye knock it long often. nobody complained about that when that style beat man it’s 3-0. It’s good a a team we have the option to play long or short depending on what pass best suits that situation.

  Pardew is smarter than to be blinded by sentiment.

• 56 Ian Toon // Aug 21, 2012 at 8:41 AM

  Tsunki- Anita will greatly aid a slick passing game. Tiote gave the ball away a lot and will benefit from a shorter passing style – we had 60% of possession on Saturday but. it was often slow movement off the ball . Can only improve once Cabaye is fully match fit
  Jesper- Gooday . Have a good one. West Ham are a joke and are everything our club are not- but used to be.

• 57 theystillletmevote // Aug 21, 2012 at 8:43 AM

  Didn’t somebody once post that (at £35million) AC was the world’s most expensive homing pigeon….?

  Oh! yes it was me…

  Nurse my STRONGEST pills please!

• 58 SupaToonKid // Aug 21, 2012 at 8:45 AM

  On the Douglas situation. I think Pards is still very much in for him as he wants a defender who can use his presence to trouble sides at both ends of the pitch (Douglas will give us that).

  When Douglas has been granted Dutch citizenship then we’ll snap him up. Perch proved solid on Saturday but Defoe is hardly a physical challenge is he? How will he cope vs RVP etc? Perch is a good CDM who can play across the backline well enough if needed.

  I can see this being Williamson’s last season at the club as Douglas, Saylor & Collocini will all battle it out for the main role, then you have up and coming youngsters like Streete & Good and also players like Tavernier & Perch who play there if needs be.

• 59 jesperfuglsang // Aug 21, 2012 at 8:47 AM

  Gooday to you to Ian was that rightly used?

  West Ham are idiot…and yes we probably used to be

• 60 Ian Toon // Aug 21, 2012 at 8:48 AM

  Transfer Sage- it’s worrying that I agree with most of what you say.
  However, there had to be a however or a but- Cabaye ( when fit he was poor on sat) has a passing range which Tiote , Simpson, Williamson don’t have. But your right it’s horses for courses formation style. In the Man U game Pardew really exploited defensive weaknesses and in fact caused the questioning of Jones as a top draw defender.

• 61 WWYCD // Aug 21, 2012 at 8:52 AM

  Why wouldnt Carroll go to Spurs? At a loss on that one tbh

  Reckon they are after Llorente though not sure where else Carroll would move to other than us but I think he is far more likely to be sat on the Liverpool bench come Sept

• 62 GeordieToon89 // Aug 21, 2012 at 8:52 AM

  Bassong signs for Norwich

• 63 GeordieToon89 // Aug 21, 2012 at 8:53 AM

  Bassong signs for Norwich, he hasnt half went down hill

• 64 Magpie from Lithuania // Aug 21, 2012 at 8:55 AM

  First of all Saylor said that he doesn’t mind Carroll back to the Toon, then he was asked. So that’s not a problem they are all proffesionalls. Second It was reported that carroll wants to joins only toon and is willing to half his wages.

• 65 eaststandgeordie1982 // Aug 21, 2012 at 8:57 AM

  So carroll has offered to half his wages, is he even worth that??? He should take less than he was on when he left.

• 66 jesperfuglsang // Aug 21, 2012 at 8:57 AM

  Now this is just a personal opinion – one I have had for many years – but for those who don’t care about the London factor Spurs are just another midtable Premier League team who had? done very well of late

  …a bit like Everton, without the likeable factor to it lol

• 67 Magpie from Lithuania // Aug 21, 2012 at 8:58 AM

  Why we don’t want to hijack Drenthe’s deal (free agent) and rumored of moving to Westham. He was good at Everton last year or am i dreaming…?

• 68 Expat MAG // Aug 21, 2012 at 8:59 AM

  I can only see this happening if Man City come in for Cisse based on Aguero’s injury with an offer we can not refuse!

  Carroll is an England International and offers something differant up front to what we already have, plus he’s a tremendous defender at set peices.

  I’d love to see the boy again in a black n white top but the £10 to £12 Million fee is better spent on a FB and CD at this time unless we lose Cisse or Ba…..

• 69 jesperfuglsang // Aug 21, 2012 at 9:00 AM

  Great signing by Norwich if you ask me; actually think Bassong it a great player – he just made the wrong career move happens to the best of them.

  The game against Fulham shows they need a new defender

• 70 HullMag6 // Aug 21, 2012 at 9:01 AM

  I’m sure I’ve read somewhere quoting saylor that all is ok with AC. A fall out over a woman and actions fuelled by the drink. AP would be on top of all that if it were an issue.

• 71 davybtoon // Aug 21, 2012 at 9:03 AM

  What do ppl make of erik peiters being at the match n sat n at the training ground yesterday apparently

• 72 DENZEL // Aug 21, 2012 at 9:07 AM

  Bring AC back and convert him to a CB we get the best of both worlds, nails all CF’s and good for scoring opportunities at corners and free kicks.

• 73 HullMag6 // Aug 21, 2012 at 9:10 AM

  Drenthe is a problem despite his talent which is why moyes has tried to off load on a free. Another like ranger off the field alledgedly.

  By all accounts I’ve come across is all AC is prone to is being a shandy drinker (can’t hold his ale).

• 74 HullMag6 // Aug 21, 2012 at 9:15 AM

  Wouldn’t be suprised if he (pieters) is the ‘risk’ signing like gosling was signed on strength of potential even when injured. If the deal is right that is….

• 75 9 // Aug 21, 2012 at 9:18 AM

  You could scour the whole world for the next 50 years and you still wouldn’t find a local lad, England centre forward, desperate to play for the NUFC and a proven premier league goal scorer. Oh, and his current club are desperate to get rid.
  Guys, can you not see this is a once in a lifetime opportunity? We certainly have superb strikers on the books, but only 2 of them – we need cover, he wants to come…….this is not rocket science!

• 76 jesperfuglsang // Aug 21, 2012 at 9:20 AM

  I wonder if AJ might be headed for Swansea with Sinclair going the other way…! hmm

  Would be a great deal for Swansea

• 77 jesperfuglsang // Aug 21, 2012 at 9:24 AM

  9…some of us don’t care if Andy is a Geordie, football is bigger thant that, Newcastle is bigger than that.

  …we just want to move forward with the right players, and Andy is just not right for Newcastle at this time

  Disclaimer: this is just a personal opinion, feel free to disagree, but keep it sober

• 78 Gary // Aug 21, 2012 at 10:26 AM

  If we can get him for circa £15m I would go for it. He will only be No.3 behind Ba and Cisse but he will always be better than Shola etc. One the African Nations Cup comes along we WILL need quality strikers.

  let’s not forget what happened to us last season when our players went to the ANC? We could easily argue that all the lost points we got at that time could have taken us to the Champions League.

  £15m would be worth that alone.

• 79 dave 1961 // Aug 21, 2012 at 10:39 AM

  If we bring him back for £10m its £25 m free, that’s what Ashley will like, he does not need the money its all down to fun just a big game he plays just like going to a casino, he can loose £1m without blinking an eye lid. if it happens it will be because Ashley wants it too no other reason, its his toy and he plays with it the way he likes, it has one purpose its an advertising hoarding for his company, he will take the club to where he wants it to be, at the moment his company’s rise in profit coincides with the rise in exposure from our club. and on top of that he will only sell top players for sums that are massively over the top. i just hope he does not get a massive offer for the club because i like the way we are run (most of the time).

• 80 dazza1974 // Aug 21, 2012 at 12:47 PM

  If Carroll becomes available for a price that Ashley sees good. Unfortunately he will do it. Not sure if we need him though!

• 81 davis_toons // Aug 22, 2012 at 7:23 AM

  In such a case we can even bring back Joey Barton.
  But I thought big sam was the one who bought him for 6-7m.

• 82 BenBracks // Aug 22, 2012 at 4:09 PM

  We need Carroll. No shola 2moro night as injured! We have no back up strikers!!!!

  Get ur money out Ashley