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Hughton on Carroll, relegation, and the rising bairns.

November 10th, 2009 | 70 Comments |

Carroll: Growing up fast.
Carroll: Growing up fast.
Chris Hughton has been speaking about Andy Carroll, relegation, and the chances this has given to Newcastle United’s younger and more inexperienced players in the wake of the great exodus of 2009.

Hughton concentrated mostly on Gateshead hitman, Carroll. The 20 year old is now one of the more ‘experienced’ of the younger players, having made a total of 29 senior appearences (not including a loan spell at Preston) for the club until the end of last season, since his first team debut in a UEFA cup tie with Palermo. Carroll looks set to double that appearence total this season alone, so long as he doesn’t get a serious knock.

Hughton said:

“I think it’s fair to say Andy Carroll would not have got this chance this season if we had still been in the Premier League.

“He wouldn’t have played as many games, that’s for sure, so the drop down has been good for him on a personal level, although I’m sure he never wanted to see the club get relegated.

“This has been a great chance for him to get a run in the side and learn from the experience and he’s managing to do that.” (more…)