I dont like Carrolls style but hes better than what we've seen of him. He may not be 35 million good but hes not 12 million worth either. If we arent going to get a relatively good return on him, like 20 million then Id prefer to keep him and make him an important part of the team. As you say a team needs more than just Plan A.
I think it goes back to the appointment of the manager.
Interviewers:
"Brendan we have a £35 million asset by the name of Andy. Out of curiosity would you see him as an integral
part of your plans were you to be offered the position? Yes/No?"Brendan:
"Eh no, I can't work with tall strikers!"Interviewers:
"Ok, that's interesting" (
whispers,
right who's are go-to-guy for flogging dead horses? ask him to see
where we stand in relation to offloading the Big Man).
My point is that coming off the back of last season, we appeared to have an in-form striker who may have turned a
corner. Now we have a farce.
As we've said ad nauseum on here, there's a gaping hole between the owners and manager where we require a shrewd
footballing operator that can solve problems and get things done. I only want to hear from the manager when he does pre-
and post match interviews and from the owners once or twice a year (i wonder will they attend the City game?). In the
meantime everything else should be run efficiently behind the scenes, invisible to all and sundry. Instead we have the
Toon, Dave Whelan and whoever else continually taking the p.i.s.s at our expense. While operations are as sub-standard
as this in relation to our off-field dealings with these footballing minnows it is inconceivable, imo, that there can be any sort
of resurgence on the pitch.
