Andy Carroll for England? Not Yet.

March 29th, 2010 | by: Daryl |

andy-carroll_1992162 Weird week for young Andy Carroll. The big 21 year old Newcastle striker allegedly broke teammate Steven Taylor’s jaw just over a week ago (something Taylor is understandably unhappy about) yet somehow this Sunday he’s being talked about as a potential England player.

OK, it was only in the News of the World, but it’s still technically news, but the Sunday red-top is still technically a newspaper. Technically.

Obviously it seems unlikely that Carroll will be going to World Cup 2010, mostly because a) he’s playing in the Championship, and b) there are enough dodgy characters in the England dressing room already. Yet Capello and Pearce have been impressed with the big fella’s form for Newcaste and for the England Under-21s, so we could be seeing more of him in an England shirt in future. Here’s a YouTube vid of the man in action:

If we put the potential character flaws to one side, Carroll might be the sort of big target man England need. Obviously Emile Heskey is doing the job right now, but he’s not exactly a popular choice, and he’s already 32 years old. I could potentially see Wayne Rooney playing behind Andy Carroll at some point in the next couple of years.

But it’s worth remembering that he’s only in the Championship right now. If Championship form was a good indicator of international potential, then Sylvan Ebanks-Blake (Championship top scorer in 07/08 and 08/09) would be going to the World Cup rather than sitting on the Wolves bench with zero Premier League goals from open play this season. Just saying.

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Faizal Buyot

Its funny how we have the Ameobi,Chopra,Nugent and now the Carroll…Kevin Philip was scoring for fun in the Primeir League but no he was not mentioned much for England…
http://japan.worldcupblog.org/ Aidan

Philips had his chances playing fro England and never delivered. Not sure what point you’re making Faizal?

As for Carroll – as a Newcastle lad it would be great to see, but as Daryl says, he is only up against Championship defenders at the moment, but he has benefited greatly from Newcastle’s relegation, as have a few other lesser lights. Relegation meant getting rid of overpaid wastes of space, like Viduka and Owen, and has given the opportunity to the likes of Carroll.

Anyway…Newcastle are playing right now and the 2nd half is about to begin…see ya!
http://soccerlimeyinamerica.com SoccerLimey

I’m beginning to think that Capello is not the type of coach who takes a risk in blooding his young talent. Hart, Zamora, Johnson, Warnock and maybe Carroll are all players who could make a difference but have no experience yet and so can’t be trusted to perform just yet at international level.