The astronomical fees now thrown around, can bury a player, as they feel they need to live up to their price tag. There are a few players who seem to be burdened by the heavy weight of their price tags upon their shoulders. Andy Carroll looks to be suffering with the pressure of his price tag, and critics are quick to jump all over him, and point to negatives, not even allowing him time to settle in, because of the enormous fee. It is a vicious cycle as the player looks to settle into the side, but is criticised for not making an immediate impact.
Fernando Torres is another, who looks to have the weight of the world on his shoulders, as he struggles with his huge price tag. Edin Dzeko is just starting to settle after struggling to deal with the pressure surrounding his big money move to Manchester City. If players don’t impress immediately, then people are quick to point out the negatives associated with the price tag, thus having a negative influence on the player which could affect their confidence. It is totally unfair to judge players based on these inflated price tags, the fee is completely out of the players hands, so he shouldn’t be judged by it, he should be judged on his performance irrespective of the fee.
Having a big price tag doesn’t necessarily make you a good player, and fans and critics alike should forget how much a player cost and just him on what he does on the pitch, not what he is meant to do or live up to according to their fee.
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I’m not jumping on the anti-carroll band-wagon here but let’s face it, he has looked really sluggish and keeps losing the ball constantly. I remember Peter crouch taking 16 or 17 games to score but no-one ever got the ball off crouch because he had quick feet, was skillful and brought other players into the game. Carroll on the other hand seems to fall over his own feet most of the time and looks slow as a wet week. I can understand his frustration with Henderson the other night against Exeter because he always seems to be receiving the ball in the air rather than at his feet but, given his control with his feet, perhaps that’s why his fellow team members are aiming for his noggin!! I I really hope things change fast and he sharpens up because Liverpool look a far better team without him at the moment. Can a price tag weigh you down so much you forget how to run and keel over every 5 minutes??? Surely not. I realise he’s settling in but who would you rather see on the team-sheet, Carroll (£35 mill) or Bellamy (free). Be honest
papis cisse or lavezi would be my prefered choices.carol,huum,he is too predictable.he is airforce only.airfoce carol.
You are right, people should not get on the players’ backs because they do not live up to their price tag. It’s not the players’ fault, that someone decided to pay huge fees for them.
“Some of the price tags flying around this year, in particular for English players, are hugely inflated, and it is important not to read too much into them, or to believe that they are an accurate representation of player quality.”
So if a fee does not represent the player’s talent accuratly, it should never ever have been paid. Simple.
Not Carroll and Henderson should be blamed for being the poor football players they both undoubtedly are, but the manager for having forked out so much money for them.
Both are horrible transfers judged on the cost/performance ratio. Kenny got it completely wrong with those two. Whereas he got it completely right with Suarez. And possibly Enrique. However, on average Kenny’s transfer dealings so far have been poor as a lot of money was completely wasted on Henderson, Carroll and possibly Downing who also does not look like a 15m winger.
Of course a fee should be representative of a player’s ability. Real Madrid identified Cristiano Ronaldo as one of the best players in the world and then signed him for a world record fee. Did he struggle? Nope. Same when Zidane went to Real – did he struggle? No. Luis Figo to Real – same again, no struggles there.
This is despite all 3 players being at one time the most expensive player in the world. Why did they do well? It’s because they were quality players.
I can’t accept that fans shouldn’t judge a player or have certain expectations of a player due to what they cost. It happens in life with everything. If you spend £500 on a new tv, you have every right to expect it to be worth that money and certainly that it performs better than one at £100, otherwise it’s deemed as not being worth the money. Simples.
Unless Andy Carroll demanded that a team pay 35M for him we shouldn’t judge him for his price tag.
give him more time to with 35M value
Really missing why we are not buying Cahill during the Ngog talks? Ok Coates, but we needed a CB before Soto went and Coates is untried in this league. I am assuming the Uruguayan league isn’t as good as the EPL ?? I mean great signing etc but still need Cahill.