Premier League: Andy Carroll scores twice as West Ham beat West Brom 3-1

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Two goals from Andy Carroll helped West Ham take a step towards Premier League safety with a 3-1 win over West Brom.

The on-loan striker opened the scoring with a powerful header from a corner, with Gary O'Neil doubling the lead inside 30 minutes.

Carroll's deft finish put the Hammers clear and, although Graeme Dorrans pulled one back, West Brom finished with 10 men when Youssouf Mulumbu was sent off in stoppage-time.

West Ham were playing on home turf for the first time since the confirmation of their move away from the Boleyn Ground to the Olympic Stadium.

Maintaining their Premier League status between now and August 2016 is of the utmost importance, and three of the five points Sam Allardyce had targeted from their remaining nine games would go a long way to allaying any nagging fears of a swift return to the Championship.

A lively start saw both sides exchange chances before Carroll did open the scoring. Ricardo Vaz Te wasted an opening when he lashed a volley to the right of the post, and West Brom saw a goal rightfully disallowed when Gareth McAuley bundled the ball in at a corner, having collided with Jussi Jaaskelainen in the process.

The home keeper then made a brilliant save that doubled in value shortly afterwards. Romelu Lukaku's free-kick took a deflection that wrong-footed the former Bolton veteran, but he flung out his right hand to touch the ball onto the post and back into his hands.

When Carroll rose above the West Brom defence to head the ball past a helpless Ben Foster, Jaaskelainen's save was put into context, and Mohamed Diame went close to doubling the lead seconds later with a rasping shot that tore past a static Foster to go just over the bar.

Matt Jarvis shot over from close range, but West Ham did add to their lead on 28 minutes through a rapid counter-attack from a West Brom corner. Vaz Te teased the West Brom defence before finding O'Neil, who looped the ball across and beyond Foster with a sublime finish.

The hosts stayed in control until the break, but West Brom were a different proposition afterwards. Lukaku looked more like his old forceful self, but it was defender Billy Jones who went closest to scoring, driving into the box and forcing Jaaskelainen to smother his poked shot just a few yards out.

The arrival of Peter Odemwingie, booed by some West Brom fans for his recent Twitter outburst, upped the Baggies' tempo and the home fans were becoming anxious when Carroll settled the match with a moment of outstanding skill.

James Collins' free-kick dropped over the striker's right shoulder, and as he moved away from Jonas Olsson, Carroll volleyed the ball across and past Foster for his fourth goal in four games.

West Brom pulled one back with two minutes to go from the penalty spot after Lukaku had been caught by Matt Taylor and Winston Reid. Graham Dorrans fired the ball past Jaaskelainen, but the game ended badly for West Brom when Mulumbu lashed the ball in frustration at a West Ham player after conceding a free-kick deep into stoppage-time.

Referee Andre Marriner showed the midfielder a straight red card, meaning he will miss the next three games as West Brom's hopes of European football next season receded further.

Speaking after the game, Allardyce was full of praise for Carroll and was pleased the striker was able to demonstrate the full range of his ability.

Allardyce said: "He's not just strong in the air, as people perceive is his only strength, it's the quality on the floor, the hold-up play and then the technique on the volley, as we saw, was outstanding. It was a world-class finish, nobody can take that away from him, it was outstanding."

But Allardyce's counterpart Steve Clarke was left to lament a performance which he felt was unlike his West Brom team.

Clarke said: "In the first half, West Ham were better than us at the ugly side, winning the second balls and keeping the pressure on us.

"They did that well, and we didn't do it well enough. The goals we conceded are not like us, they were three disappointing goals to lose."

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Wenger wary of Carroll quality

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Andy Carroll: Striker has fan in Wenger

Arsene Wenger has revealed his admiration for Andy Carroll as he prepares his Arsenal side to cope with the physical threat of the West Ham striker.

The on-loan Liverpool forward appears to have rediscovered some of the form that deserted him following his high-profile move from Newcastle to Anfield.

Wenger says he never questioned the quality of the 23-year-old but is not surprised that his career faltered at Liverpool given the weight of expectation that accompanied his £35m price-tag.

However, he insists there will be no special plan to stop Carroll at Upton Park as the Gunners attempt to bounce back after losing their unbeaten league record to Chelsea last time out.

"Carroll has the quality and that will come out with time. We expect Carroll to be at his best - it is down to us to deal with that," said Wenger. "We can only focus on our own performance and be at our best.

"He started very well, then he had to deal with a high level of expectation with a massive transfer on his shoulders going to an historic club where a lot was expected of him. Maybe it was a bit too early for him.

"Since I have seen him at West Ham, he looks back to the Carroll we have seen at Newcastle, that means with less pressure."

Wenger, however, insists the Hammers are anything but a long ball side under Sam Allardyce, who guided them back up through the play-offs and to a solid start this season.

"West Ham have a good balance, they are efficient, they are a good mixture I must say between direct play and playing on the ground," he said.

"Technically they are quite sound in midfield, they have Carroll and (Carlton) Cole up front who can go for high balls.

"We know we will have a big challenge there, we know we will only get away with the points if we perform at our best."

Wenger added: "Allardyce has again a very good team and you have to give him credit for that.

"He has built a good team, well balanced, always efficient and he is a good manager because he lasts."

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Wenger wary of Carroll quality

Last Updated: October 5, 2012 2:45pm

Andy Carroll: Striker has fan in Wenger

Arsene Wenger has revealed his admiration for Andy Carroll as he prepares his Arsenal side to cope with the physical threat of the West Ham striker.

The on-loan Liverpool forward appears to have rediscovered some of the form that deserted him following his high-profile move from Newcastle to Anfield.

Wenger says he never questioned the quality of the 23-year-old but is not surprised that his career faltered at Liverpool given the weight of expectation that accompanied his £35m price-tag.

However, he insists there will be no special plan to stop Carroll at Upton Park as the Gunners attempt to bounce back after losing their unbeaten league record to Chelsea last time out.

"Carroll has the quality and that will come out with time. We expect Carroll to be at his best - it is down to us to deal with that," said Wenger. "We can only focus on our own performance and be at our best.

"He started very well, then he had to deal with a high level of expectation with a massive transfer on his shoulders going to an historic club where a lot was expected of him. Maybe it was a bit too early for him.

"Since I have seen him at West Ham, he looks back to the Carroll we have seen at Newcastle, that means with less pressure."

Wenger, however, insists the Hammers are anything but a long ball side under Sam Allardyce, who guided them back up through the play-offs and to a solid start this season.

"West Ham have a good balance, they are efficient, they are a good mixture I must say between direct play and playing on the ground," he said.

"Technically they are quite sound in midfield, they have Carroll and (Carlton) Cole up front who can go for high balls.

"We know we will have a big challenge there, we know we will only get away with the points if we perform at our best."

Wenger added: "Allardyce has again a very good team and you have to give him credit for that.

"He has built a good team, well balanced, always efficient and he is a good manager because he lasts."

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Liverpool Manager Defends Bad Boy Andy Carroll

Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish had dismissed suggestions striker Andy Carroll has to control his drinking habits.

England boss Fabio Capello this week warned the 22-year-old to cut out the booze if he wants to make it to the top.

But Dalglish laughed off the suggestion and even commended the former Newcastle hit-man for the way he has conducted himself since arriving at Anfield.

“Well he’s never bought me a drink,” said Dalglish. “I’ve been with him at Boyzone concerts and he’s still never bought me a drink!

“Andy Carroll knows what is required of Andy Carroll, and he’s done fantastically well getting back to where he has, with his application and dedication.

“Whatever Andy has done, he has done it very well, and somebody else’s opinion is up to them.

“But he cannot be criticised in any way, shape or form for what he has done since he has been here.

“He’s done really well to get where he is, so I think Andy is focused on his football.”

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Damien Comolli Talks Suarez, Carroll, and Dalglish

By: Noel | March 23rd, 2011
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There’s a long and interesting interview with Damien Comolli over on LFCtv today to mark his official ascension to Director of Football. So, now that Liverpool officially has a Director of Football–a rare breed in the English game–what exactly is his outlook on life, the universe, and everything? And more importantly, what’s his view on some of the football related matters therein?

Well, right off the top he says a lot of nice things about Kenny Dalglish, but that’s the sort of stuff one rather expects and as such it doesn’t give any great insight–all previous appearances are that they can work together and that this doesn’t change Dalglish’s long-term job prospects, and there’s nothing said to suggest otherwise. More interesting is when he starts to talk about players and transfers, starting with Luis Suarez:

Firstly, we never thought he would be available because the amount of money Ajax wanted for him after the World Cup was absolutely phenomenal and a lot higher than what we’ve paid.

The groundwork and intelligence coming out from the scouting team was very good. Everything you look at with Luis – his character, his attitude, his commitment–on top of all the football skills–made us feel he was the right person and the right individual. He had opportunities to join other clubs, including in the Premier League, during the window, but as soon as we started talking to him he was very committed and was saying “I only want to play for Liverpool, I only want to come to Liverpool.” The more the player gives you this feedback then the more you are inclined to do the maximum to get him. It’s an extra motivation. He was saying “please come and get me, I want to play for Liverpool.” The more he was saying that the more motivated we were to get him. Since he arrived he has shown his talent and everything else from the personality point of view.

Now if that isn’t a whole bundle of awesome to break down, I don’t know what is. For all the confusion at the time over whether Ajax was demanding £30M or Liverpool wasn’t willing to go above £14M, whether one fee was robbery and the other insulting and all the rest, that Ajax had originally hoped to manage a much greater windfall from his sale after the World Cup goes some way to explaining why he was still there in January. Then again, if his performances for Liverpool to date are anything to go by, tacking another £10M on top of what Liverpool did pay in the end might not have been the most unreasonable expectation for Suarez’ former club.

It’s heartening to hear, too, that he really did want to come to Liverpool above all others, which does match with the rumours and rumblings throughout January that it was his dream destination in England. Of course, Liverpool can’t expect to live off a history of continental success and attractive football that has long made it a desirable destination for foreign born players and staff forever, and even with the boost given to it by Rafa Benitez’ European success throughout the past decade that luster isn’t what it might have once been. Still, for some–for Suarez, obviously, while in the past there have been similar rumours of affection amongst the likes of Sergio Aguero and Arda Turan–there still seems to be an obvious draw, and that appeal is part of what Liverpool needs to get back on top to preserve. It’s still early days, certainly, but Suarez definitely looks the sort to help make that happen, thereby helping to ensure that the next Luis Suarez wants to play in Liverpool Red.

As for Comolli’s take on Liverpool’s second major January signing, he had this to say about Andy Carroll’s arrival:

[I was] very, very pleased for two reasons. First, because we were getting a top player. He’s young, English, with all the attributes you want from a modern centre-forward in the way we want to play. Secondly, because getting two players triggered the fact that we could sell one player who didn’t want to be here and get two who did want to be here. That was really a relief for those reasons.

I think they showed on Sunday that they will click together very quickly. They didn’t have too much time to train yet because with our schedule we’ve been in Europe and Luis hasn’t been eligible for Europe. He could only play in the league. So training has been difficult for Kenny to set up with his staff. It was difficult to get them together but I think on Sunday they showed at Sunderland in their first game – at a place where it’s never easy to get the three points. If you hear what the other players are saying, they are very positive because they see what is happening at training and see that Andy is very difficult to handle for defenders and that Luis is so clever. You could see in several situations on Sunday that they were really looking for each other on the pitch and starting to click.

I think most of us were quite relieved–and quite frankly surprised–when Torres’ sudden departure demands days before the end of the window somehow ended with the arrival of a second major signing to replace him with, and the speed with which Comolli and all involved managed to react to the situation was impressive to say the least. Some might say that Andy Carroll’s fee was almost double what it perhaps should have been, but that Liverpool managed to finalise the Suarez deal and both begin and end the Carroll deal under that kind of pressure, rather than resorting to paying twice the going rate for the likes of Carlton Cole as a panic buy, made most everybody watching feel a whole lot better when the window closed on Monday than when Torres handed in his request the Friday before.

It’s also a quite interesting behind the scenes tidbit–at least from where I’m sitting–about training practices and that despite both being with the club for a little more than a month when they first played together, Suarez’ Europa League ineligibility appears to have been a major limiting factor in the time they’ve trained together.

As for January windows and summer windows and what to expect moving forward:

When we prepare for the next season it’s difficult to say we work to the January transfer window. We work from summer to summer. When the window shuts in September we are preparing for the next summer window, not the one in January because, as people say, usually not much goes on in January. We proved that wrong. As soon as it shuts on 31 January we are thinking about the summer and what we are going to do. We talk about different targets, about players we thought about in January but couldn’t do and keep the scouting team working… So I expect a busy summer.

Well then, time to queue up the the rumour mill.

There’s also some good stuff about the academy and the importance of being in Europe, so go give the whole thing a read and/or watch if you’ve got the time. Then maybe come back and tell me why I’m an idiot for skipping the best parts. In any case, we haven’t heard a whole lot from Comolli before now, and it’s good to finally get a bit of insight into his views on players and managers and transfer windows and all the rest. Rather than simply knowing him as the man who brought the greatest player in the history of the multiverse since Ryan Giggs (that’d be Gareth Bale to the rest of us) to White Heart Lane.

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Video: Andy Carroll v. Sporting Braga

By: Noel | March 15th, 2011
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With the return engagement against Sporting Braga coming on fast and Liverpool needing to win by a pair to ensure advancement, the hopes are high for Andy Carroll’s first start and that his presence might at least go some way towards making up for the absences of Steven Gerrard and Luis Suarez. So, a £35M transfer and everybody counting on you to save Liverpool’s European campaign–and likely their slim hopes for any football on the continent next season. No pressure, kid.

Certainly it can’t be denied that the team looked much better after his introduction last Thursday, which offers a contrast to when he came along against United and his introduction appeared to signal to his teammates that the game was done and dusted and that they could switch to autopilot, though on the whole neither could be considered a truly dominating performance. Clearly he does have the ability to control the air, but even in his cameo against Braga there were signs that with European officials he may have somewhat more than his fair share of calls go against him no matter if he’s fouled the defender or not–or even if the defender has clubbed him clear across the face. It would be easy to write it off as one bad official in this case, except that ex-Red and fellow High & Mighty shopper Peter Crouch’s European campaign for Tottenham this season has been noteworthy largely for the number of calls that don’t go his way, perhaps offering an ominous omen for Carroll’s future in continental competition.

In any case, it’s easy to imagine a fully fit and on form Carroll running into a unique set of obstacles even after he’s finished working out the rust. He does clearly feel comfortable with the ball at his feet, however, and appears willing to drift into wide areas and run at defenders. He may not be likely to beat a defender with guile, but on occasions when that is brought up as something lacking in his game it would be wise to remember that the number nine he’s replacing was hardly a technical magician, mainly relying on pace and the ability to accelerate, either using his speed and strength to muscle past backpedaling defenders or catching them flat-footed and beating them on the turn. Assuming Carroll doesn’t become too beloved a target for the referees, it’s not a stretch to think that both are skills that he already has in his locker, even if clearly not yet at the level Torres did in his prime. On this front at least, so as long as Liverpool doesn’t treat him like a one-trick pony and Carragher’s favourite target for aimless hoofs there’s no reason to believe he can’t be a great deal more than said novelty juggling equine.

With equine meaning forehead, I guess. And novelty juggling being the ability to knock down long balls. Or something. As long as over the long term Liverpool don’t find themselves becoming too dependent on an overly agricultural style of football, the early returns at least suggest promise.

Also important on Thursday, of course, will be that he reduces the need for at least one of Cole, Poulsen, or Spearing to be on the pitch, and given the relative performances against Braga by Cole and against a much tougher opponent in Manchester United by Maxi Rodriguez, there’s really no reason we should have to see any more than one of the bit part players. Andy Carroll may not have single-handedly torn Braga apart, and in truth he may never be the sort of striker to do that, but it was clear that Liverpool’s game became more cohesive after he came on. It’s hard to believe that if Liverpool advances it will be because Carroll puts them on his back and carries them, at the very least not on this Thursday, and so expecting him to do so would be misplaced and foolish. Still, there is already some reason to hope he’ll be able to make the rest of the side look at least a little bit better, and over the length of an entire home match that just might even be enough for this weakened Liverpool side to get the job done.

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    Tweet « Squad Depth, Silver Linings, and Other Monday Notes | Home | paulCarroll may give Kuyt someone to work with. Kuyt doing a solo forward's job doesn't work, he does much better when Suarez is weaving his magic. If Carroll can do half the job, we're in with a chance. But we've been so poor in Europe this year, I'm less than convinced. Here's hoping!cheekyfellowWe have 2 guys that can make something happen out of nothing now, March 20th cannot come any soonerredtrev73I reckon Carra's already curling his big toe upwards in anticipatory glee withh the prospect of a few of his patented hail-mary-hoofballs finding big Andy's pony-tailed pate....JasonGreat article, you never fail to make me have a good laugh after a long days work:
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