That and the weight of expectation draped around is £35million shoulders, I should imagine.
you can't blame Liverpool for taking such a massive punt on him, I guess, in the first half of that season he was phenomenal for Newcastle. I am still to be convinced that he actually wanted to leave, though.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Wed 20 Jun 2012, 0:15, 1 reply, 13 years ago)

He's made it fairly clear he wanted to stay at Newcastle, I think
The weight of expectation can't have helped at all, either.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 20 Jun 2012, 0:17, Reply)

Good bit of business on Ashley's part.
I think even Pardew would acknowledge that now, although he wasn't happy at the time.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Wed 20 Jun 2012, 0:18, Reply)

Supposedly, they originally wanted the £50 million we'd got for Torres, but that got argued down to £35 million
Either way, still a fucking huge amount of money
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 20 Jun 2012, 0:19, Reply)

Oh, indeed.
What I'd do with £35million...
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Wed 20 Jun 2012, 0:21, Reply)

Buy two strikers for less than that who've been banging in the goals?

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 20 Jun 2012, 0:22, Reply)

I was thinking more like
buying a mansion and renting rooms out to b3tans. A different bash every night.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Wed 20 Jun 2012, 0:24, Reply)

To be fair to Carroll, he hadn't been doing too badly the season we bought him, 11 goals from 19 games isn't too shabby

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 20 Jun 2012, 0:27, Reply)

But the season before, he was no match for Nicky Maynard.

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 20 Jun 2012, 0:28, Reply)

Maynard played 3 extra games, scored 2 extra goals
Not exactly a huge difference...
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 20 Jun 2012, 0:30, Reply)

And Liverpool are rich with strikers who can score 2 in 3........

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 20 Jun 2012, 0:33, Reply)

The season before last, he was no match for Bill Maynard!

( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Wed 20 Jun 2012, 0:32, Reply)

the Gaffer lolz

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 20 Jun 2012, 0:34, Reply)