Andy Carroll, Prometheus Unchained

I'm changing my mind. I knew he was good. I watched him play for Newcastle, he could score, take the ball out of the air, and he had some speed. But we paid £35 000 000 and he just seemed to lose it. Whose fault? Who knows, and who cares, it is what it is. But maybe it is just it was what it was, maybe it is done. Look at his form over the last four weeks, he is getting to the ball, he is winning the ball, he is shooting, and now he is scoring goals when they are needed. He is having an impact. A big impact. What happened, what changed his form? It appears to be from within. When he came on the pitch against Chelsea yesterday he looked like a person with a purpose, a cause and a point to prove. He looked like a Liverpool player. I quote from today's "Gaurdian" Just as it began to look as if Chelsea would be able to increase their lead at will, Liverpool made a game of it with a fine goal from their much-maligned substitute. Carroll's goal was much better than the one he scored in the semi-final; in fact he finished with such conviction he almost made his £35m fee look reasonable. Controlling the ball in the area then sending John Terry first one way then the other, the centre-forward made space for a shot with his left foot and crashed the ball past Cech from a narrow angle. Dalglish's side enjoyed their best spell after that, playing with real self-belief and managing to bring Bellamy more into the game, though when Gerrard galloped onto a Carroll knockdown and attempted what would have been the most spectacular of equalisers, he could not keep his shot down and the ball nearly ended up in Wembley's second tier. Chelsea were suddenly having to do all the defending, as Suárez saw a shot tipped round a post and Carroll headed over, and at least a game that had failed to produce any excitement in the first half had turned into an absorbing contest. Carroll's goal-line controversy added further spice to the mix, and the Liverpool substitute came closer than anyone to taking the game into extra-time in the closing seconds, when it took a terrific block from Terry to stop his goal-bound shot. On this evidence, Carroll might not just be worth £35m, he might be worth a whole game. I've changed my mind. Keep him at least one more year, and Let him play. Unleash the beast!!!