Striker 1 day to go

[taimedowne]

Suarez and Carroll both strongly linked to us, Both look likely to end up with Liverpool how the hell has that happened. With the guys we have loaned out gone we look like a weaker squad than we did in December. How on earth can we let a striker go and not have anybody lined up to replace him. This window has been a bit of a mess really, we seem to have spent so much time messing about with Beckham we have neglected the areas which needed to be addressed. Yesterdays result was a fiasco and 4th looks unlikely. What started as a promising season seems to be turning into dust before our eyes. 

[pieboy]

Can't believe we have left it to the last day again. There be absolutly no value today unless it's a player that another club wants  to offload. I know we need a striker, but I think its best to leave it now and re asses it in the summer.

Just hear on SSN that the fee for Carroll has exceed £35m??!! it's gone mad! haha.  Maybe we should fax Newcastle offering them Crouch or Pav for £25M

[Metalanimal]

Agreed, to much time spent on the Beckham circus, too much time trying to be too f**king clever in the transfer market is going to wreck our season.

Newcastle have apparently accepted a 35mill bid for Carroll from Pisspool, so that 2 strong targets we had in our sights going to them!

Lets break the bank for Torres, wont happen though

[Biggs]

i agree taime.

This season is one the best chances we have in pushing for a title.

i think we should have spent big on a striker

[Biggs]

Newcastle are saying that they have rejected the offer from Newcastle

[Gareth Keown]

Carroll priced at 35m ??...... WTF.....

we really should be scouting the European Basketball League, as I'm pretty damned sure there must be a few dozen basketball players over 6ft'3inches that already have better footballing technique, learned in the playground, and who can be taught for 15mins by Joe Jordan how to head a football...

I'm serious..... theres a potential goldmine out there.... 10 Carrolls currently shooting hoops = 350m pounds sterling.....

[aspursfan]

From the BBC:
let's compare Reds (and possibly soon to be Chelsea) frontman Fernando Torres and his apparent replacement, Newcastle's Andy Carroll. According to Opta, in the Premier League this season,

Carroll has more goals than Torres (11 to nine)
more assists (three to two)
and the time lapse between goals is less (148 mins per goal compared to 211 mins per goal).

The Newcastle striker's shooting accuracy is worse than Torres however, with 43% of his shots hitting the target compared to the Spaniard's 52%.

[Gareth Keown]

Newcastle are saying that they have rejected the offer from Newcastle

[Metalanimal]

Its apparently 35mill for Carroll rising to 40mil depending on certain stuff, the chap has only scored about 34 career goals the footi world has gone la la

[aspursfan]

Newcastle are saying that they have rejected the offer from Newcastle

That's a bit dramatic don't you think!

[Metalanimal]

Fat Ashley has apparently rejected the 35 mill bid !! will pisspool go higher silly c*nts hope they do 

I think our main target has always been and still is forlan

[Gareth Keown]

I'm just on the dog to Arry... Nicokai Valuev has just tweeted that he can head a ball and do keepy-uppies to 3

and his 6ft 4inch mum is pretty handy with her elbows in the box too 

[Biggs]

Carroll handed in a transfer request

[millers-tach]

35mill for Carroll is a bargain 
 
Title for this season had already sailed away Biggs, although if we put this much bloody effort into getting someone at the start of the Transfer Window that would have helped!
 
Not sure if i even want us to spend silly money now, whats the point.
 
My bet will still be Forlan for 11mill as his club think he has underperformed since the WC and he is 31/32. His salary is going to be the real issue for Spurs and does he really fit into the team with VDV (all caps today for the resident monkey) i am not so sure.

[millers-tach]

And i forgot to mention that i hope some sort of pending police charge appears for Carroll and he gets jailed for a year. That would be funny ......and ironic for the scousers.