Carroll injury shows why West Ham should cut their losses

If anyone at West Ham was shocked by the news that Carroll could miss the rest of the season, they haven’t been paying attention. The centre forward must be sold.

If you read this site often, you’ll know I have a love-hate relationship with Carroll. But I think that sums up the player himself. For most of the season he is literally useless. Constantly injured or out of form the man gets a lot of criticism. But he has, at times, been West Ham’s savior.

However it has now been all but confirmed that the big man is out for the rest of the season, putting more pressure on an already depleted squad. And whilst injuries are unfortunate for all involved, it’s just one after the other. At the cost of his wages it’s just too much for the Hammers to stomach.

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There is no part of this article that is denying how effective Carroll is as a player. If he was available for 30 games a season I wouldn’t even consider selling him without it being an enormous offer. But the truth of it is that he isn’t. He’s a player that is barely available for half of that every year. For the price we pay, he’s a luxury we can’t afford.

For the last few seasons I have wanted to cash in. He’s not getting younger and simply he’s not getting better. There were rumours he was heading off for the past few windows and I would have let him go for around 15m. There aren’t many who would pay more, and he is certainly worth more than 10. But when the owners are talking about issues with cashflow keeping him at the club makes no sense.

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I hope the club come to their senses and allow him to leave in the summer. We’ve hung onto him for too long now and although I think he had talent I don’t think he will ever be the player we need him to be for long enough for our outlay to be worth it.

Thank you for the good times Andy, but time’s up.

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