Bus-Conductor
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Just switched over to BBC2 Wales to watch this one, 12 minutes in, Swansea have had a player sent off and Carroll has been subbed off already ? Injured ?
Tom Carroll- Swansea City
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Snarfalicious
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Fuck you, Kyle Bartley.
spursram
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Swansea sign Jack Cork from Saints. So more competition for a starting place for Tom C. However, due to injuries, absences, suspensions and ineligibility, Tom Carroll is 100% certain to start this weekend. So come on Tom a good performance is needed.
spurs9
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I wonder if they signed Cork because we told them Carroll wasn't available for permanent transfer.
IGSpur
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Did we? Good news
Who knows. The poster was probably just assuming.
Just like I am assuming they signed Cork because they probably want Shelvey off at this point and Britton is like 33 or 34. They'll probably still come in for Carroll on a perm come the summer
danielneeds
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Anyone watching the match today? How's Tom playing?
Snarfalicious
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Very meh, in my opinion. He's got no protection in midfield, though. And, Swansea have been incredibly poor as a unit. They are offering next to nothing going forward. Often times Carroll gets the ball and has no options in front of him.
danielneeds
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Yeah, I'm loathe to write him off for us as he's obviously skilled technically, but is that really enough in the PL?
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A few times he's had the opportunity to go in for a 50-50 ball but has pulled up. I like Carroll's vision and passing, but if he doesn't have a partner in midfield that can do the dirty work and get the ball to him quickly he's not really going to flourish. He's been at a disadvantage from the start having to partner Jay Fulton.
And, how about that? Swansea City just scored and Carroll with a nice run forward and pass to Barrow who passed to Shelvey for the nice goal.
danielneeds
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Is he ever going to have the creative output, or personality to warrant a pure minder for him in midfield though? Most clubs have to players that play with and without the ball these days. He's never going to be a Fabregas, warranting a Matic to do all his donkey work.
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I really do like Carroll but if we can get anything north of 5m at this point, I'd probably take it and put that money towards a player that could probably do the things Poch requires from his central midfielders. In a 4-3-3 he could probably do some good things, however.
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I have no idea, I was just wondering.
Snarfalicious
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Not too sure to be honest. Alli is widely considered to be a player that has huge potential and could eventually command a transfer fee that dwarfs that 6m fee. Carroll on the other hand looks like a player that is a tidy little passer of the ball with good vision but doesn't have the best attributes for a player that will be playing in central midfield. I think 5-7m for Carroll is all we will get at this point in time, should we choose to cash in.
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Agreed. I like him but can't really see him being good enough to be a starting CM for us given the personelle we currently have, let alone who we may choose to bring in.
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Thought he played well second half, started the move that lead to the winner.
He's coming along nicely, hope he continues to start for them, I think he will shine with Cork along side him.
He's coming along nicely, hope he continues to start for them, I think he will shine with Cork along side him.
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I agree with you but he is closer to starting for us than Mason was this time last year.
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Is this really true?
For instance we have
Paulinho, Dembele, Capoue and Stambouli at the moment
I think if he puts in performances like he did against West Ham, he could make a case for coming back better than some of them.
Out of those players in that list only Dembele and Stambouli are making a case to keep them around
Next season we clearly want a DM and I cant see us trying to do too much business.
Next season imo the midfield should be;
Bentaleb, Mason, Schneiderlin, Carroll and Dembele or Stambouli
Carroll would do well as the 5th choice
