Reds fans will forgive Carroll if he is not as prolific as expected if he provides a great foil for Suarez. Like Carroll, the Uruguayan striker also has a lot to prove and hopefully he can translate his 81 goals in 110 league appearances for Ajax into more goals for the Reds in the Premier League. If the partnership clicks straight away like Keegan and Toshack, Suarez could be the beneficiary of a number of assists from Carroll’s head and hold up play. There is no doubt that Carroll will be committing at least one or two defenders every time he receives the ball and Suarez can capitalise on the space that Carroll makes for him. As for Carroll, if he gets the 96 goals in 247 appearances as well the amount of assists that Toshack gave Liverpool, then I would be very happy indeed.
On another point, the presence of Carroll in the team means the Reds will have to be a little more direct than they have been in recent times. I have no doubt that the King will keep to his “pass and move” principles but we have to play to Carroll’s strengths, which are mostly in the air. To this end a great deal more crosses will have to be fired in, although for this to be completely successful, the Reds will have to find a couple of wingers in the summer. The changes at Liverpool are both exciting and intriguing in the same measure, and it will be interesting to see how Dalglish incorporates all the new elements into the team. I have no doubt though that “Batman and Robin Mark II” is the primary aim for Kenny in regards to Carroll and Suarez.
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I cant wait for the summer to see the team get a new look. I really hope for Turan. Adding a good left back and a holding midfield players would bring us back amongst the strongest teams in the league.
the team that he enjoyed such scuecss with was not entirely “his” team – Liverpool had been driven into a position to succeed by the work of his predecessor, Bill Shankly. Totally disagree with this statement. Paisley was as much behind building Liverpool behind the scenes as Shankly was. It is often said that he was the tactician and the man who meticulously researched opposition teams. The majority when Liverpool won their first European Cup in 1977 were Paisley’s signings. He actually famously took apart Shankly’s team when he took over which saw a lot of criticism come his way at the time, selling Kevin Keegan which a lot of people thought was ridiculous at the time, he then went and replaced him with some Scot named Dalglish.Not to mention Shankly didn’t actually build the club at all. When Shankly took over, although Liverpool were in the Second Division, they were still one of the biggest clubs in the country getting attendences that the majority of the First Division couldn’t match and only Arsenal had won more league titles than Liverpool up to that point. And they were hardly amazing under Shankly either. They won a couple of league titles and that was it. Also, why do people say if Shankly hadn’t built Liverpool, they wouldn’t have won everything they did under Paisley as if it should add to his reputation? What does that have to with Shankly? If the manager following him had been shit they wouldn’t have won everything they did either.Also, look at Shankly’s record before Liverpool when he didn’t have the man who would go on to become the arguably most proflific manager in English football: it is absolutely abysmal with about 5 different clubs. He relegated Huddersfield, turned Grimsby from promotion chasers to relegation battlers and stood still everywhere else he went. Then in the only scuecssful job he ever did he had one of the most prolific managers the world has ever seen in his backroom staff who he famously discussed football with endlessly in his boot room. Coincidence? I think not. Honestly, this idea that Shankly built the house and Paisley built the roof is just inaccurate for a whole heap of reasons. It should be more like Shankly and Paisley designed the house together, then Paisley built it. I honestly believe Shankly gets vastly overrated by his personality and his endless quotes and going on about how working class he was and Bob Paisley gets underrated for being a shy, retiring man. If their personalities were reversed, Paisley would have his rightful placement in the top 5 of this list and Shankly would have been a long forgotten footnote in English football.