Carroll signs

Excellent

hmm as a number of people commented on that report, a fee may (MAY) have been agreed, that does not mean that Carroll or his agent have agreed anything yet.

I will be happy when I see him holding the shirt and saying its what he always wanted from the time he stood on the Norf bank as a kid!

mottinghammer wrote:hmm as a number of people commented on that report, a fee may (MAY) have been agreed, that does not mean that Carroll or his agent have agreed anything yet.

I will be happy when I see him holding the shirt and saying its what he always wanted from the time he stood on the Norf bank as a kid!

press are now reporting he is out for 4 months with an ankle problem, that could change a few things

Journo's are idiots, BBC Sports web page;

"Carroll ended the season as West Ham's leading goalscorer after finding the net seven times during a season-long loan with the Londoners"

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err Kevin Nolan scored 10

Campo wrote:press are now reporting he is out for 4 months with an ankle problem, that could change a few things

indeed it cold but it might just make him more inclined to put pen to paper while the contract is still on the table.

At least Newcastle have said they don't want him now. Come on Andy - you know you want to.

Whatever is to believed or not-I am fairly sure Sam and the Dave's would have enured AC was willing to entertain the idea of a permanent move before wasting time on preparing a deal.

Whatever the outcome or truths lie-I think the Dave's are canny enough to either ensured he is willing OR leaking the right rumours so it looks kike we bid and were unsuccessful if not!

In other words-nobody knows except those involved. Fish and chip wrapping for many a week yhis one.

rumours are that he will be announced the day of the new home kit launch.. 20th june

So Suarez wants to go to Real Madrid. How will this effect our deal with Liverpool? I suppose it depends on whether this statement was a surprise to the mousers.
It could swing both ways. They may want to keep Carroll until they have replacements on board or they may want to blow the combined fees on big money signings.

I guess we'll just have to suck it & see

They will get replacements on board before end of transfer window and if rumours are right AC wont be fit by then anyway. Whatever happens he doesn't fit Brendan Rodgers way of playing and he fits ours. No brainer for him really - depends what spanners the agent is throwing in the works. Hopefully not too many as he is also agent to Big Sam and our Kev.

Nicki wrote:They will get replacements on board before end of transfer window and if rumours are right AC wont be fit by then anyway. Whatever happens he doesn't fit Brendan Rodgers way of playing and he fits ours. No brainer for him really - depends what spanners the agent is throwing in the works. Hopefully not too many as he is also agent to Big Sam and our Kev.

You can count on there being weeks of poker-playing about this contract before he signs. His agent will want to see "interest" from as many clubs as possible to bump up the fee (and his cut). Similarly the Daves will be expressing "interest" in all sorts of hulking great strikers to demonstrate that they are not prepared to pay any price for Carroll. It's like ritual dancing....

Aye what SOI said. Don't think the Suarez thing will affect us or Carroll at all. Carroll being injured (again) might help us to negotiate a lower price though.

Can't wait to see the back of that talented but driving, racist, biting prick (Suarez)

Suarez would be a loss to the PL Alfie. Spain caught us up, Germany have now too and France, with PSG and Monaco money, are getting there too. The PL has not been great for 2 or 3 years now and our clubs' general performances in Europe, Chelsea aside, has echoed this slide too.

Rumours are that Carroll could be confirmed by Tuesday or Wednesday. I fear it may rumble past that.

Carroll is on his hold until the end of next week, he is in Geordieland at the moment

Dan C wrote:Suarez would be a loss to the PL Alfie. Spain caught us up, Germany have now too and France, with PSG and Monaco money, are getting there too. The PL has not been great for 2 or 3 years now and our clubs' general performances in Europe, Chelsea aside, has echoed this slide too.

Rumours are that Carroll could be confirmed by Tuesday or Wednesday. I fear it may rumble past that.

As a talent maybe, but like baloteli I just can't stand him. And the French maybe catching us up (only two clubs I'd argue and Monaco are yet to make there big signings) but I'd rather the. Premier league play second fiddle then keep having these sheiks distorting things.

I'm west ham anyway and don't much care which European league is the biggest or most attractive.

Normally agree with every word u post dude but on Suarez it's good riddance to bad rubbish

It will directly affect West Ham though dude - the unearthed gems will start wanting to go to France and Germany if the money goes there and it will become increasingly difficult for us to attract the unknown Yossi Benayouns and Demba Bas that we have in the past. The big money from the Sheikhs and oil barons does help the rest of the league too - where would we have been without £12.6m of Abramovich's money when Chelsea signed Joe Cole and Glen Johnson just after we'd been relegated in 2003?

Having players like Suarez in our league also helps our young English players and, therefore the national team. James Tomkins and James Collins both had excellent games testing themselves against Suarez at Anfield. Daniel Sturridge will learn plenty from him in training too to make him a better player at both club and international level.

Dan C wrote:It will directly affect West Ham though dude - the unearthed gems will start wanting to go to France and Germany if the money goes there and it will become increasingly difficult for us to attract the unknown Yossi Benayouns and Demba Bas that we have in the past. The big money from the Sheikhs and oil barons does help the rest of the league too - where would we have been without £12.6m of Abramovich's money when Chelsea signed Joe Cole and Glen Johnson just after we'd been relegated in 2003?

Having players like Suarez in our league also helps our young English players and, therefore the national team. James Tomkins and James Collins both had excellent games testing themselves against Suarez at Anfield. Daniel Sturridge will learn plenty from him in training too to make him a better player at both club and international level.

But Dan, the man is a shit - a talented shit, but a shit nevertheless. If he turned out in a West Ham shirt I would be ashamed ( I had enough trouble with Bellamy till I learnt about his charity work). IMO the Mousers are reluctantly coming to the conclusion that most people have already reached, that the man tarnishes their club no matter how many goals he scores.

SemiOldIron wrote:

Dan C wrote:It will directly affect West Ham though dude - the unearthed gems will start wanting to go to France and Germany if the money goes there and it will become increasingly difficult for us to attract the unknown Yossi Benayouns and Demba Bas that we have in the past. The big money from the Sheikhs and oil barons does help the rest of the league too - where would we have been without £12.6m of Abramovich's money when Chelsea signed Joe Cole and Glen Johnson just after we'd been relegated in 2003?

Having players like Suarez in our league also helps our young English players and, therefore the national team. James Tomkins and James Collins both had excellent games testing themselves against Suarez at Anfield. Daniel Sturridge will learn plenty from him in training too to make him a better player at both club and international level.

But Dan, the man is a shit - a talented shit, but a shit nevertheless. If he turned out in a West Ham shirt I would be ashamed ( I had enough trouble with Bellamy till I learnt about his charity work). IMO the Mousers are reluctantly coming to the conclusion that most people have already reached, that the man tarnishes their club no matter how many goals he scores.

SemiOldIron wrote:

the man is a shit - a talented shit, but a shit nevertheless.

and that is giving him far too much credit

Tony P wrote:

SemiOldIron wrote:

Dan C wrote:It will directly affect West Ham though dude - the unearthed gems will start wanting to go to France and Germany if the money goes there and it will become increasingly difficult for us to attract the unknown Yossi Benayouns and Demba Bas that we have in the past. The big money from the Sheikhs and oil barons does help the rest of the league too - where would we have been without £12.6m of Abramovich's money when Chelsea signed Joe Cole and Glen Johnson just after we'd been relegated in 2003?

Having players like Suarez in our league also helps our young English players and, therefore the national team. James Tomkins and James Collins both had excellent games testing themselves against Suarez at Anfield. Daniel Sturridge will learn plenty from him in training too to make him a better player at both club and international level.

But Dan, the man is a shit - a talented shit, but a shit nevertheless. If he turned out in a West Ham shirt I would be ashamed ( I had enough trouble with Bellamy till I learnt about his charity work). IMO the Mousers are reluctantly coming to the conclusion that most people have already reached, that the man tarnishes their club no matter how many goals he scores.

x2

And when he goes, cancel his passport so he can never return!
The PL does NOT need arseholes like Suarez .

I'd have him in our side.

Be interested to see how many agree with you Stu.