R.I.C.O. Posted November 24, 2013 Share Posted November 24, 2013 (edited) Because Allardyce plays a percentage game with a big man up front, he's hoping that at least one of the crosses the big man gets his head to will be a goal scoring opportunity. Pretty easy to nullify though. However they will scrape enough points to survive. Edited November 24, 2013 by R.I.C.O. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonLax Posted November 24, 2013 Share Posted November 24, 2013 Carroll is not a bad player though. He is a target for ridicule because of the fee Liverpool paid for him but if he had moved straight to West Ham from Newcastle he'd still be a respectable player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electric Avenue Posted November 24, 2013 Share Posted November 24, 2013 Will say it again, they're going down. All the ingredients set there : Brady, Sullivan, Gold, Collins. Bye bye you jellied eel eating leery clearings in the woods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted November 24, 2013 Share Posted November 24, 2013 Carroll is not a bad player though. He is a target for ridicule because of the fee Liverpool paid for him but if he had moved straight to West Ham from Newcastle he'd still be a respectable player. His injury record isn't great either. This is the third time in four seasons he has missed 10+ games through injury. Perhaps reports that he isn't living the life of an athlete have something to them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonLax Posted November 24, 2013 Share Posted November 24, 2013 Yeah that could be an issue but he does have some skill when he is actually playing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 (edited) Carroll is not a bad player though. He is a target for ridicule because of the fee Liverpool paid for him but if he had moved straight to West Ham from Newcastle he'd still be a respectable player. He still went to West Ham for a ridiculous fee though. £15m wasn't it? It just amazes me that such an average player has racked up a combined transfer fee of £50m - and he's still only 24. Edited November 25, 2013 by Mantis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rovers13 Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 Carroll is not a bad player though. He is a target for ridicule because of the fee Liverpool paid for him but if he had moved straight to West Ham from Newcastle he'd still be a respectable player. He still went to West Ham for a ridiculous fee though. £15m wasn't it? It just amazes me that such an average player has racked up a combined transfer fee of £50m - and he's still only 24. To be fair a lot of players could've racked up that total fee. Just would take a lot of moves. If Bowery got transferred 90 times he'd have that total! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted November 25, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted November 25, 2013 Carroll is not a bad player though. He is a target for ridicule because of the fee Liverpool paid for him but if he had moved straight to West Ham from Newcastle he'd still be a respectable player. This he's not a bad player. He's just not a £35m player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 Or a £15m player... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted November 25, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted November 25, 2013 I think if he'd stayed fit he could justify £15m. Especially for West Ham who can really play to his strengths. But that's a big if right there. And clearly he hasn't stayed fit so it makes my point a bit invalid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonLax Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 Yes, he is/was young and West Ham would be paying for potential as well as his ability at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted November 26, 2013 Share Posted November 26, 2013 Carroll is hardly prolific though and he apparently won't return until January Exactly. He's really not that good himself. Pretty sure his goal record was decent when he played last season and he contributed to West Ham wins. At least he'll be a focal point in their attack, at this moment they have nothing up there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted November 26, 2013 Share Posted November 26, 2013 When are West Ham moving into the Olympic stadium? What's clear is for that to work and them to get decent attendances there, they absolutely cannot be playing championship football. I think that's one of the reasons they've kept Big Sam on as he's never been relegated from the premier league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted November 26, 2013 Share Posted November 26, 2013 (edited) Yes funny thing is Sam has got more experience of fighting relegation than any other manager. i think that must tell you something! Give him the United job he'd turn them into a relegation team. He has spent a lot of money at West Ham. Far more than Lambert has with us. We sometimes underestimate how good Lambert is. Edited November 26, 2013 by PaulC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rovers13 Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 Yes funny thing is Sam has got more experience of fighting relegation than any other manager. i think that must tell you something! Give him the United job he'd turn them into a relegation team. He has spent a lot of money at West Ham. Far more than Lambert has with us. We sometimes underestimate how good Lambert is.[/quote Look at the clubs he's managed. Took Bolton to Europe for heavens sake. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turnbull Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 Well, let's bump the Hammers up a bit. They deserve to go down simply because they have the finest colours in football but have bastardised them with a really shit kit! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dakid007 Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 Really want this team to be relegated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samjp26 Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 I can't believe I'm reading comments about Andy Carroll being good and even that he may have been worth £15m. Jesus wept. They'll go down anyway I think, but probably come back up next season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turnbull Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 Love when London clubs are sh!t and this year we have 3 of them! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pacbuddies Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 The more cocker knee clubs that go down the better! Big time charlie tossers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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