John Carew Signs for Inter

[paulcomben]

Yeah, he probably could do a job in defence.

My wife unexpectedly bought a new pine storage cupboard a fortnight ago. It's about 6'6" in height and 3' wide. It could probably do a better job defending corners than any of the current defenders. I'd be prepared to let it go for 500 grand plus 10,000 per week. Or less.

[SamTheMouse]

How.....what the.....pffghfgfh......

EH?

[Rip Van We Go Again]

He's had back problems for a number of years now, which would only get worse.
He suffered numerous injury niggles with us as well, I always thought we only got the best out of him when when he was 100% fit, which was rare.
Good luck to him, but he's shot it now.

[SoccerHQ]

Must admit he looked finished to me at top level in 10/11 and he didn't do much at Stoke or West Ham either.

Strange signing, might see him against Spurs in the europa league.

[SoccerHQ]

Moratti says he's joining them on a 15 day trial then he might sign or not. They need cover as Diego Milito out for six months injured.

[danlanza]

Carew declined due to persistent back injuries. We had the best of him, and he loved being here.

Heskey and him shouldn't be mentioned in the same breath IMO.

There is no comparison between them agreed.

[Pat McMahon]

One of my neighbours is a Wham season ticket holder and reckons that he was utter, utter disinterested garbage for them from the day he signed.

We did well out of him, and he was a good signing for us, but he has done nowt since 2010.

[pauliewalnuts]

I too think we had his best years. I was surprised to see we were the team he played the most games for.

He was (mostly) good for us, but infuriating, in that he could have been so much better, had his application matched his talent.

Scoring and lifting that ballboy up in the celebrations when he scored against Small Heath, that was ace, too. I like it when players show a connection with the real world of ordinary people. He must have known that'd be a memory that kid would keep the rest of his life.



Carew was by no means the best or most dedicated player we ever had, but he was really, really watchable, something you realise more these days, watching a squad mostly composed of Championship fodder.

[SoccerHQ]

His goals to games ratio must be one of the best we've had from a striker post Yorke I reckon. Him and Dublin anyway.

[Lochead in the Air]

Why is anyone talking about Carew coming back to Villa ? Why ?

[Dave]

Er...I'm pretty sure that they're not.

[Toronto Villa]

Good for him. He loved playing for us and a player that it was very easy to get behind and that made you enjoy watching football. On his day simply a destroyer of defenders. Not enough of those days throughout his career. I imagine he'll still look back fondly at it, the goals he scored, the women he's banged and the money he's made. I hope he gets a chance at Inter.

[Clampy]

His best game was Reading away in the F.A Cup when we were 2-0 down at half time. He was unplayable in the second half.

[eastie]

His best game was Reading away in the F.A Cup when we were 2-0 down at half time. He was unplayable in the second half.

Lazy sod at times but yes in that reading game he was outstanding , i enjoyed his Newcastle hat trick as well along  with the 5-1 blues game- he was a good player for us at times but lacked consistency.

If he had the heart and effort of heskey to go along with his talent he would have been a hell of a player.

[QBVILLA]

The game where he destroyed Cahill in the 5-1 against Bolton was a real exhibition of centre forward play. One of my favourite players of the last ten years.