Carew: I could leave Villa

[eamonn]

How many goals did he score during the sub appearances I wonder. 52  in 130 appearances, in 103 starts probably 40 goals or so? Still pretty decent.

He tends to score in streaks, usually in the last couple of months of the season. He's not scored enough against the big teams though his performance against Arsenal at VP in December '07 was almost the perfect ''big number 9'' display. A real shame we haven't seen a bit more of that.

I do agree with VD that people are ploughing into him a bit too much, he's been our top scorer with decent goal tallies for every full season he's been here.

[AV82EC]

He's a top 6 player but not a top 4 player.  He couldn't cut it at the two Champions League clubs he played at and he found his level with a current Europa League team like ourselves.  I've loved him being at the club but I think we need to move on and so does he. 

[alanclare]

New Chant Wanted - Please Help

"John Carew, Carew. He's richer than me and you"

Next lines please.

[Percy McCarthy]

"He's gonna score one or two...all season".

[dave.woodhall]

He's always been a one in three player but it's not games, it's months. He'll have a long good spell then a longer bad one.

[Deano's Mullet]

Not sure if someone else has already put this but i thought he'd already gone. 11 league games in and only one league goal has come from a striker, Carew hasnt looked at all like damaging that statistic and its not like he hasnt been given a chance. Let him go and get someone else in in January.

[Villa'Zawg]

How many goals did he score during the sub appearances I wonder. 52  in 130 appearances, in 103 starts probably 40 goals or so? Still pretty decent.

He tends to score in streaks, usually in the last couple of months of the season. He's not scored enough against the big teams though his performance against Arsenal at VP in December '07 was almost the perfect ''big number 9'' display. A real shame we haven't seen a bit more of that.

I do agree with VD that people are ploughing into him a bit too much, he's been our top scorer with decent goal tallies for every full season he's been here.

46 in 103 starts, a goal every 2.23 started games.

John Lerwill has his list of 200 key players in Villa history on this link...

http://www.lerwill-life.org.uk/astonvilla/avkeyplayers.htm

You can sort the list by clicking on the average games per goal column to see where he sits.

[Somniloquism]

I think the point with Carew is although the stats showed he scored once approx every three games the reality was he usually scored more then one in a match when he scored. So he could have got 4 in 3 matches and then not score for the next 9 or so. Of those non goal scoring displays he might play well in another 2 or 3 but will do nothing for the team in the next 6-7. Of course as Dave pointed out, it wasn't even that simple as that even as a good spell of games at the start or end of the season bookended a longer poorer spell.

Fans will put up with no goals if they put in a good display or at least look interested. But Carew has pulled out of several games that he didn't fancy whilst he has been here when he decided he was too good to play with the kids or just couldn't be arsed. Burnley is the last time this has happened.

[Ads]

He’s totally unreliable. We cannot depend on his fitness or commitment when we really need him. If you couple this with his dismal form and huge wages then I think its perhaps time to move him on for somebody younger, fitter and more mobile.

[KevinGage]

He's a top 6 player but not a top 4 player.  He couldn't cut it at the two Champions League clubs he played at and he found his level with a current Europa League team like ourselves.  I've loved him being at the club but I think we need to move on and so does he. 

This will be the same JC who has played in a Champions League final for Valencia and has played CL for Rosenborg, Roma and Lyon, doing this versus Real Madrid in Sep 2006?

He is one of the few players we've had with an international reputation, at his very best deserving to be seen as one of the best.

Injuries have done for him though and his impact is declining. He still has it in his locker to be a match winner but even getting him out onto the pitch seems to require effort now.

[H00513R]

Not worth the money anymore, but man I loved seeing him in the middle of a cross plugging up the lane.

[stevenjos]

Amazes me hes been waved off when Heskey is the replacement.

[LeeB]

Amazes me hes been waved off when Heskey is the replacement.

That's because you're incredibly thick.

[Ger Regan]

Amazes me hes been waved off when Heskey is the replacement.

Who has done infinitely better this season than Carew? You don't really get this football lark, do you?

[Pete3206]

Amazes me hes been waved off when Heskey is the replacement.

Who has done infinitely better this season than Carew? You don't really get this football lark, do you?

Heskey had done absolutely nothing prior to this season, with Carew easily outscoring and out performing him. Suddenly after a few good games Heskey's the hero.