Now that's more like it Big Andy

**Syndicato** · 10-4-12,22:36

I've just voted AC MOM - he just shaded it over Maxi for me. The beast of Newcastle was almost there today- the big man was really a handful for Blackburn today. He beat them to the headers, he held the ball up, laid it back all very neatly, no clumsy foal-like running and was basically a pain in the whatsit for the rovers. More of the same big man and you'll get some of us off your back- sounds like he has been listening to our criticism here!

Well done again big man, and boy, did he desreve his goal.

And what more can I say about Maxi and Bellars? Play them and they score! End of. What kenny's been thinking all along by sidelining this pair is beyond me- game intelligence, movement, balance- all there, even if bellars talks himself hoarse all the time.

As for Flanno, am not gonna be hard on the young man: he'll learn from this. Sorry Doni: that's life at times.

But all in all, a good performance from us. About time too

**ein92** · 10-4-12,22:41

Played very well today, credit to him. I really don't know what we should do about him though. Should we give him another season to prove himself, and not buy a top class striker, which is a huge risk. Or should we just sell him in the summer and buy someone like Soldado? I think we should give him another season, he's shown glimpses of his ability. But as I said, it is a huge risk, if he doesn't have a good season we might not get 4th next season neither.

**KopiteSpartan** · 10-4-12,22:43

Originally Posted by ein92

Played very well today, credit to him. I really don't know what we should do about him though. Should we give him another season to prove himself, and not buy a top class striker, which is a huge risk. Or should we just sell him in the summer and buy someone like Soldado? I think we should give him another season, he's shown glimpses of his ability. But as I said, it is a huge risk, if he doesn't have a good season we might not get 4th next season neither.

Definitely need another striker. Even two top-class strikers isn't enough for a title-challenging team, plus Carroll isn't anywhere near top class (yet)

**ein92** · 10-4-12,22:45

Originally Posted by KopiteSpartan

Definitely need another striker. Even two top-class strikers isn't enough for a title-challenging team, plus Carroll isn't anywhere near top class (yet)

Yes, but I guess we'll have to find someone cheap then. We can't afford to have, say a 20 million or a 35 million striker on the bench. A Hernandez type of striker would be perfect.

**Syndicato** · 10-4-12,22:47

Originally Posted by ein92

Played very well today, credit to him. I really don't know what we should do about him though. Should we give him another season to prove himself, and not buy a top class striker, which is a huge risk. Or should we just sell him in the summer and buy someone like Soldado? I think we should give him another season, he's shown glimpses of his ability. But as I said, it is a huge risk, if he doesn't have a good season we might not get 4th next season neither.

It's true- he's a conundrum. Today he showed what he could become with application, playing with the right players, etc (I really have no more words to describe my frustration and anger at Dalglish not playing bellars and maxi more: these two guys bring an unbelievable balance and threat to our team). I thoroughly enjoyed how he put himself about today, and the fact that he is young means he certainly has room for improvement.

But, and this is a big but, one swallow does not a summer make as we know. If he can play like this at least till the end of the season, perhaps there could be a way for him to stay in the club and not get criticised as he has been; but on the one hand, a player like this gets injured, or a red card or loss of form- it takes them for ever to get back in the side.

Tough one really

**RedInferno74** · 10-4-12,22:48

If he can keep playing like tonight, he's not going anywhere.
He put in a monstrous shift, and that goal reminded me of the guy we thought we bought. Must have done him really good that.

**-Lucas--Leiva-** · 10-4-12,22:48

Originally Posted by ein92

Yes, but I guess we'll have to find someone cheap then. We can't afford to have, say a 20 million or a 35 million striker on the bench. A Hernandez type of striker would be perfect.

We've done that this season.

The Mancs do it aswell.

**Ad_Rock** · 10-4-12,22:48

Well done Andy, really well taken header. Long way to go now. If he's dropped for Everton I think I'll scream.

**Tiki-Taka** · 10-4-12,22:50

Originally Posted by Syndicato

It's true- he's a conundrum. Today he showed what he could become with application, playing with the right players, etc (I really have no more words to describe my frustration and anger at Dalglish not playing bellars and maxi more: these two guys bring an unbelievable balance and threat to our team). I thoroughly enjoyed how he put himself about today, and the fact that he is young means he certainly has room for improvement.

But, and this is a big but, one swallow does not a summer make as we know. If he can play like this at least till the end of the season, perhaps there could be a way for him to stay in the club and not get criticised as he has been; but on the one hand, a player like this gets injured, or a red card or loss of form- it takes them for ever to get back in the side.

Tough one really

We need another striker regardless,but I see no benefit in us getting rid of Andy come the summer.

Delighted for the lad tonight

**ein92** · 10-4-12,22:52

Originally Posted by -Lucas--Leiva-

We've done that this season.

The Mancs do it aswell.

And that's why we havn't got 4th. We can't just splash out 35 million on a player and have him on the bench. Either we give him another chance to prove himself, or we sell him and buy another expensive striker.

**KirkbyToCanada** · 10-4-12,22:53

He was emphatic today. Andy worked his socks off when he was very isolated, and showed a touch of class to get the goal.

Originally Posted by ein92

Yes, but I guess we'll have to find someone cheap then. We can't afford to have, say a 20 million or a 35 million striker on the bench. A Hernandez type of striker would be perfect.

In the Premier League you need to have 4 top strikers if you want to be able to compete. The price tag is irrelevant.

**LFCTTT** · 10-4-12,22:53

Is that his first goal he scored with his head this season? Overall great performance out of him playing all by himself up top.

**mafemijonathan** · 10-4-12,22:53

worked very hard today never gave up!!!!!! i would start him on saturday, whats the point of dropping him every time he plays well!!!

**smokintony** · 10-4-12,22:54

Originally Posted by ein92

And that's why we havn't got 4th. We can't just splash out 35 million on a player and have him on the bench. Either we give him another chance to prove himself, or we sell him and buy another expensive striker.

WE can and should IF hes not scoring

**ein92** · 10-4-12,22:56

In the Premier League you need to have 4 top strikers if you want to be able to compete. The price tag is irrelevant.

It's certainly not irrelevant, we don't have an endless stack of money like City. We have a budget to work within.

**neilshorty** · 10-4-12,22:58

Originally Posted by ein92

Played very well today, credit to him. I really don't know what we should do about him though. Should we give him another season to prove himself, and not buy a top class striker, which is a huge risk. Or should we just sell him in the summer and buy someone like Soldado? I think we should give him another season, he's shown glimpses of his ability. But as I said, it is a huge risk, if he doesn't have a good season we might not get 4th next season neither.

Why can't we just keep Andy and buy a top class striker? Any team that wants to succeed needs to have 3 top quality strikers, Look at utd, city, chelsea, they all have at least 3 quality strikers. Its no use tring to move forward if we only have one main striker and a couple of bit part forwards.

**Scazman** · 10-4-12,22:58

Still a long way to go to prove he's our long term number 9 - but I thought he was excellent tonight

Well taken goal but most of all...he worked his socks off up top on his own when we went down to 10 men...really gritty hard working performance

Good work AC

**Tiki-Taka** · 10-4-12,23:00

Originally Posted by neilshorty

Why can't we just keep Andy and buy a top class striker? Any team that wants to succeed needs to have 3 top quality strikers, Look at utd, city, chelsea, they all have at least 3 quality strikers. Its no use tring to move forward if we only have one main striker and a couple of bit part forwards.

I'm sure we will sign a quality striker and that Andy will have to live with that and fight for his place.

No falling over,no moaning,but a determined,focussed AC is what we want to see

**ein92** · 10-4-12,23:03

Originally Posted by smokintony

WE can and should IF hes not scoring

Yes, of course we should have the striker on the bench if he's not performing, regardless of the price tag. But we do have a budget to work with, and if Andy doesn't start performing regularly we need a new striker. And how do we get the money for that striker if our owners aren't willing to spend their own cash? We sell Andy.

I think I might be misunderstood a bit here. I'm not saying we should sell Andy, I think he will come good. All I'm saying is that the owners might not like having a 35 million striker on the bench whose not performing, and would rather sell him to get a new top class, expensive striker in.

**ein92** · 10-4-12,23:04

Edit: Double post.

**LLS** · 10-4-12,23:06

Thought at some point in the 2nd half "hope he gets credit for a good performance" and he certainly will now.

Yet another strong performance out there from an underperforming player today. Perhaps they just needed to get away from Anfield and half a brilliant travelling support to help them through it?

**dagger005** · 10-4-12,23:07

Originally Posted by LLS

Thought at some point in the 2nd half "hope he gets credit for a good performance" and he certainly will now.

Yet another strong performance out there from an underperforming player today. Perhaps they just needed to get away from Anfield and half a brilliant travelling support to help them through it?

seems to play better in the away games

**RedGedinLA** · 10-4-12,23:11

Tbh, I was about to post that I had finally seen enough of Carroll and never wanted to see him in a red short again...and then the ********** goes and scores. Seriously, his lazy ass was driving me crazy...now I don't know what to think, but until the goal he was seriously s****

**krycis** · 10-4-12,23:11

I was a gutted figure for 70 minutes of that match. Watching at home, the neighbors were likely to call the cops I screamed so loud when he scored. Totally happy that we scored and fair to him that he capped the evening.

**Syndicato** · 11-4-12,00:15

Originally Posted by dagger005

seems to play better in the away games

True but also if he is up front with bellars and maxi: these two guys are what we need full time this term

**Syndicato** · 11-4-12,00:15

Originally Posted by krycis

I was a gutted figure for 70 minutes of that match. Watching at home, the neighbors were likely to call the cops I screamed so loud when he scored. Totally happy that we scored and fair to him that he capped the evening.

this- good on yer matey

**Reina-the-Monk** · 11-4-12,00:19

I guess scoring a goal get's you a lot more praise then I thought. He's played better in other games this season without scoring but has been criticized for having a poor game.

**DiscoDjimi** · 11-4-12,00:19

Thought this was a fairly average game by him, he was way better against Everton.

**GiorgosCarraGoonies** · 11-4-12,00:20

Good player.

**smokintony** · 11-4-12,00:23

Originally Posted by RedGedinLA

Tbh, I was about to post that I had finally seen enough of Carroll and never wanted to see him in a red short again...and then the ********** goes and scores. Seriously, his lazy ass was driving me crazy...now I don't know what to think, but until the goal he was seriously s****

Thanks I thought It was just me, im seeing him getting praise for his performance all game and im scratching me head thinking I must have nodded of during game or something. but deserves praise for his goal

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