Posts tagged Andy Carroll

Enivronment as important as price for Andy Carroll and West Ham

The Premier League Owl David Sullivan confirmed last week that an option to buy is contained within Andy Carroll’s loan deal, and that a decision on whether to make the move permanent will be made at the end of the season. Sam Allardyce was asked about the Carroll situation and had this to say: “It would be a long process though. […]

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Thoughts on West Ham’s agreement to sign Andy Carroll

The Premier League Owl David Sullivan is claiming that West Ham and Liverpool have already reached an agreement for the transfer of Andy Carroll once the forward’s loan deal has expired – and the East London club’s co-owner confirmed that to The Mail this afternoon. “I am often asked about Andy Carroll’s deal. I […]

Player profile: Liverpool & West Ham’s Andy Carroll

The Premier League Owl Where do you go from here? Presumably, Andy Carroll’s move to West Ham was a move made with the objective of repairing the reputation he damaged at Liverpool. It’s was a fair logic too: Sam Allardyce knows how to use a targetman, and West Ham could guarantee regular first-team football. But it hasn’t […]

West Ham vs Stoke City: Thoughts from Upton Park

The Premier League Owl For all the mockery which preceded this fixture, and the set-piece dominated approach both managers favour, what a wonderful example Stoke provided of how effective that style can be. Straight off the training ground or, more precisely, straight out of Teddy Sheringham’s back-catalogue – and executed perfe […]

What Alan Pardew actually said about Andy Carroll

The Premier League Owl The BBC got terribly over-excited with their story about Alan Pardew and Andy Carroll this afternoon, turning some fairly throwaway comments from the Newcastle manager into a salacious transfer story. ‘Pardew: I want Andy Carroll back at Newcastle’, read the headline from the broadcaster we’re all obli […]

Notes from the weekend: West Ham

The Premier League Owl So much better, that was like watching different side to the one beaten in South Wales last weekend. It’s easy to overload Andy Carroll with too much credit for his contribution, as will invariably happen, but he provides so much more attacking gravitas than Carlton Cole. Defenders are afraid of the Geordie in […]

Andy Carroll’s West Ham performances have little to do with Liverpool

The Premier League Owl Andy Carroll was very decent for West Ham today, he added some considerable weight to their attacking threat and was a sizeable upgrade on Carlton Cole. But see this from a West Ham perspective, rather than a Liverpool one. What Carroll does or does not achieve during his time at Upton Park is largely irrelevant to Br […]

Thoughts on Brendan Rodgers clearing out Liverpool’s closets

The Premier League Owl By selling Charlie Adam, loaning Andy Carroll, and attempting to offload Jordan Henderson Fulham this morning, Brendan Rodgers is making it abundantly clear what he thought of Kenny Dalglish’s transfer policy. There seems to be some concern over the losses Liverpool are incurring with these players, but really, w […]

Congratulating Andy Carroll and West Ham on finding each other

The Premier League Owl At the end of the defeat to Swansea, not even the most optimistic West Ham fan could have made a case for their side staying in this division. Swansea were great, and fluid, but the visitors were horribly inept. The defence is still a problem, quite clearly, but bringing Andy Carroll to the club makes them far more […]

How Liverpool could look this season under Brendan Rodgers

The Premier League Owl For the sake of argument, we’re going to assume that Joe Allen will become a Liverpool player within the next 72-hours – and hence he’s included here. Brendan Rodgers hasn’t exactly set the world on fire with his ambition in the transfer market this Summer, but that’s not to say that he do […]