As a Newcastle fan – I think he is brilliant. Served his time for wrong doings, he learned his lesson and turned himself around.
Best English midfielder last season – prove me wrong on this one…. Forget your Stevie G, Lampard etc etc. No England place for one reason alone, his face didnt fit. Hardly a shining example to other offenders that you can change things around and achieve success.
This latest saga though is mad – agreed terms verbally in Jan, then he got upset over Carroll leaving so pulled back and said he would wait and see what happened after season. Claimed he wanted to concentrate on performing through till end of season. Then end of season they announce they wont offer him any contract at all.
I understand his frustration – every fan wants to know where the investment of the 35M is – at the moment we are up 500k this summer, inc bringing the new lads in, who are unproven btw.
Now he finds himself unwanted, they didnt make him captain yet every fan wanted him captain for his passion alone. Then they take all his on on field responsibilities away (apparently) although he now says that this arguing thing is rubbish and to be honest I would trust him more than I would trust our board.
There are lots of questions us fans need answered.
Where is the squad investment, why are we using carroll money to pay new players wages over there 5yr contracts when we have ditched campbell/kuci/routledge/nolan – so they are savings made. We use Carroll money for training ground improvements but it turns out we have received funding from Olympic fund for under soil heating at Benton and improving St James dugouts.
What has happened to tv money, gate reciepts, surely if we hadnt sold caroll we would have still needed players.
Rant over! GRRRRRRRRRRR