Carroll Returns On Short Term Contract

15 September 2022
By Hob Nob Anyone?

Striker Andy Carroll has completed his return to Reading after a time training with the first team. Carroll has signed a short term four month deal that will see him stay with the Royals until the middle of January. Carroll played 8 times for Reading last season scoring two league goals. After his short stay in Berkshire, Carroll went to West Brom where he played 15 times, scoring a further three goals. The 33-year old former Newcastle, Liverpool and West Ham player has been without a club so far this season.

Discussion On This Story:

Big Ern

» 31 Aug 2021 13:32

From a friend who is a Serbian journalist. Apparently we are in for him

Brogue

» 31 Aug 2021 13:35

Good post. Not heard of this, how come it's not been reported on here or on Twitter yet?

Tilehurstsouthbank

» 31 Aug 2021 14:06

Getreading and the Tilehurst End are now all over it so it might have legs (even if Andy doesn't anymore!) :lol:

Norfolk Royal

» 31 Aug 2021 14:15

It's the first I've heard of it since I saw it on twitter this morning.

Nameless

» 31 Aug 2021 14:29

Never believe anything until it's Confirmed by a Serbian journalist

Brogue

» 31 Aug 2021 14:30

Never believe anything until it's Confimred by a Serbian journalist

SouthDownsRoyal

» 31 Aug 2021 14:35

Never believe anything until it's Confirmed by a Serbian journalist

SCIAG

» 31 Aug 2021 16:50

Never believe anything until it's Confirmed by a Serbian journalist
This is why I still don’t recognise Kosovar independence.

Royalwaster

» 31 Aug 2021 17:24

Never believe anything until it's Confirmed by a Serbian journalist
This is why I still don’t recognise Kosovar independence.
Are you Arnautovic in disguise?

Lower West

» 31 Aug 2021 17:48

Another injury prone has been. :cry:

Royalwaster

» 31 Aug 2021 17:56

Elm Park Kid

» 31 Aug 2021 18:11

How is it that the EFL are allowing to increase our wage bill like this? These signings don't sound particularly cheap to me.

Barney

» 31 Aug 2021 18:22

Yeah agree - the club needs to be more ambitious and instead sign a proven Premier League striker with no injury record, a high scoring record, and also whose value is likely to double in the next few years. I'm sure we can get that for a £0 transfer fee and £8.5 / week in wages.

Spot on.
We NEED a striker. We are not allowed to buy anyone. We have a chance here to get someone in who, ok past his best, can score goals.

And as for "injury prone has been" !!.....yeah, let's look at our younger players who don't get injured...Meite, Joao, McIntyre, Azeez etc etc.
Bring the bloke in.

Jagermesiter1871

» 31 Aug 2021 18:28

£8,500 a week.

Snowflake Royal

» 31 Aug 2021 18:31

Ascotexgunner

» 31 Aug 2021 18:33

Talkshite saying this a seriously on deal now.

If fit the guy is a monster.........but I can't help but feel he will be joining Meite and João.

Snowflake Royal

» 31 Aug 2021 18:38

On reflection I'm going to welcome Carroll, but only because he's given me my best cynical one liner on here in years.

Barney

» 31 Aug 2021 18:41

Yeah agree - the club needs to be more ambitious and instead sign a proven Premier League striker with no injury record, a high scoring record, and also whose value is likely to double in the next few years. I'm sure we can get that for a £0 transfer fee and £8.5 / week in wages.
Someone who might play 30 games and score some goals would be a good place to start.

No. You are wrong. We are lucky to be able to get ANYONE in. We can't pick and choose.
Go on....so you reckon we can raid a lower league club, and bring in a quality striker ???? Not going to happen. FFP is killing us.

If we bring in ANYONE who at least can score goals then we should accept it.
Not sure some folks on here appreciate the dire financial restraints we are under :roll:

Snowflake Royal

» 31 Aug 2021 18:43

Someone who might play 30 games and score some goals would be a good place to start.

No. You are wrong. We are lucky to be able to get ANYONE in. We can't pick and choose.
Go on....so you reckon we can raid a lower league club, and bring in a quality striker ???? Not going to happen. FFP is killing us.

If we bring in ANYONE who at else can score goals then we should accept it.
Not sure some folks on here appreciate the dire financial restraints we are under :roll:
If FFP is killing us why pay Andy Carroll £8.5k a week to play 15 games and score 2 goals.
Jahmari Clarke can play 30 games and score 4. For about £1k a week we're already paying him.

Bristol Paul

» 31 Aug 2021 18:56

No. You are wrong. We are lucky to be able to get ANYONE in. We can't pick and choose.
Go on....so you reckon we can raid a lower league club, and bring in a quality striker ???? Not going to happen. FFP is killing us.

If we bring in ANYONE who at else can score goals then we should accept it.
Not sure some folks on here appreciate the dire financial restraints we are under :roll:
If FFP is killing us why pay Andy Carroll £8.5k a week to play 15 games and score 2 goals.
Jahmari Clarke can play 30 games and score 4. For about £1k a week we're already paying him.

Probably pay when you play and very much bonus based….

Barney

» 31 Aug 2021 19:02

No. You are wrong. We are lucky to be able to get ANYONE in. We can't pick and choose.
Go on....so you reckon we can raid a lower league club, and bring in a quality striker ???? Not going to happen. FFP is killing us.

If we bring in ANYONE who at else can score goals then we should accept it.
Not sure some folks on here appreciate the dire financial restraints we are under :roll:
If FFP is killing us why pay Andy Carroll £8.5k a week to play 15 games and score 2 goals.
Jahmari Clarke can play 30 games and score 4. For about £1k a week we're already paying him.

You DON'T know Carroll will only play 15 games. And you can't seriously big up a player who has about half an hour

experience at playing at this level.

Snowflake Royal

» 31 Aug 2021 19:04

If FFP is killing us why pay Andy Carroll £8.5k a week to play 15 games and score 2 goals.
Jahmari Clarke can play 30 games and score 4. For about £1k a week we're already paying him.

Probably pay when you play and very much bonus based….
I wouldn't bet on it. Players have the power and there's no reason one would agree to a tiny basic and stacked bonuses, especially if they're prone to injury and in their 30s.

Once upon a time .

» 31 Aug 2021 19:08

Loader played 28 games and scored 1 . This boy Clarke is a bit useful then ?

Nameless

» 31 Aug 2021 19:11

He’s a centre forward, Loader was much more an attacking midfielder. He’s also massive and Loader was never likely to win many aerial battles in the box....

Royalwaster

» 31 Aug 2021 19:23

No. You are wrong. We are lucky to be able to get ANYONE in. We can't pick and choose.
Go on....so you reckon we can raid a lower league club, and bring in a quality striker ???? Not going to happen. FFP is killing us.

If we bring in ANYONE who at else can score goals then we should accept it.
Not sure some folks on here appreciate the dire financial restraints we are under :roll:
If FFP is killing us why pay Andy Carroll £8.5k a week to play 15 games and score 2 goals.
Jahmari Clarke can play 30 games and score 4. For about £1k a week we're already paying him.

Are you seriously saying that AC is past it because he hasn't scored many goals in the Prem over the last few years - there are tons of strikers who fall into that category I'd love to have ... I think that even a pretty unfit AC would be a better option in the Champ than what we've got at the moment.

Royal_jimmy

» 31 Aug 2021 19:27

How do you know how many goals Clarke will score and Carroll will score? Carroll could potentially bang 10-15 this season, ok Clarke might also but that's asking an awful lot of a 17 year old in his first ever season of professional football.
A strikers job isn't just scoring goals. It's bringing others into play. Would Clarke do that better? It's not fair to compare both players as they're a completely different kind of striker.

Bristol Paul

» 31 Aug 2021 19:36

Probably pay when you play and very much bonus based….
I wouldn't bet on it. Players have the power and there's no reason one would agree to a tiny basic and stacked bonuses, especially if they're prone to injury and in their 30s.

Can’t believe he would be signed without conditions around game time given his injury record

Simmops

» 31 Aug 2021 19:53

SnowfLOLOLOLOLOLake RoyaLMAO

Zip

» 31 Aug 2021 20:01

For a 32 year old centre forward Carroll really doesn’t have that many career goals.

savage 4 england

» 31 Aug 2021 20:09

Should be pursuing other targets. He could barely string together back-to-back games in the Premier League let alone the Championship.

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