Carroll to plead ‘not guilty’.
Posted on June 2nd, 2010 | 92 Comments |
I am of course talking about Andy Carroll who has today reported to Newcastle Crown Court to enter his plea against his charge of assault occasioning actual bodily happened regarding an alleged incident that happened back in December, a charge that he is expected to answer with a ‘not guilty’ plea. At least it gives us something else to focus on other that worrying about what latest financial pearl of wisdom happens to come from our club, or from the newspapers about our club, I should perhaps say. And Newcastle fans will need to have one eye on this court case, and more particularly what the outcome will be regarding a player that is likely to be the focal point of our Premier League attack next season.
It sounds sick, but it is actually great to talk about football players again, although admittedly I would prefer to be talking about them in more favourable circumstances. At the end of the day, who knows what the verdict will be? Nobody yet, and it is a situation that looks like it will be ongoing for a while yet as more court dates will need set for a trial.
I hope Carroll does get through it whilst avoiding a jail term. This is not me condoning what he may or may not have done, but from the perspective of a Newcastle fan, I naturally want to see our best players out on the pitch.
It has only been a short career so far for Andy Carroll, but it has already been filled with controversy. Back in October ’07, Carroll was sent hom from the England U-19 squad after breaking a team curfue, and just under a year later he recieved a police caution after a complaint of an assault on a woman. Now we have this latest accusation of assualt occasioning actual bodily harm, which back in December, in the classy Bigg Market area of the city.
Moving onto affairs within the club now, and in our last season in the Premier League, Carroll and Charles N’Zogbia has a bout of what the then manager, Joe Kinnear, described as ‘handbags’. More recently we have the now infamous ‘glassjawgate’ affair, where Carroll allegedly broke Steve Taylor’s jaw, although details remain scarce regarding just what has happend.
It actually looks worse now I have written it all out, and by all accounts it appears that wor Andy has a bit of a penchant for trouble. That is something that will have to change if Carroll is to make it in the game, in fact he only has to look at his team-mate Joey Barton to see how continuously getting himself into troublesome situations can be a massive obstacle in the career of a footballer.
If, as is anticipated, Carroll does become the new number nine, he will have to be aware that, rightly or wrongly, the focus will be on him more than ever, especially in the Premier League. I hope Carroll can somehow get through this latest bout of controversy and continue to improve his on the field performance at the rate of which we saw in the second half of last season.
He has the potential to be a canny footballer, but as a person it appears he still has things to learn.
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what’s the last piece of good news to have come out about newcastle?