Demba Ba or Andy Carroll?

willmunny1990 · 18-11-2011 9:35pm #1

Was discussing this with two of my Liverpool mates last night. I asked them would they swap Carroll for Ba and they dismissed it and said they'd never do it as Carroll will become a much better player than Ba.

I have to say that I wholly disagree and I think Carroll will be lucky to become the player Ba is now.

So if you were building a team tomorrow, who would you pick given the choice between Ba and Carroll, taking into account current ability and potential ability?

Sir Gallagher · 18-11-2011 9:39pm

Carlton Cole.

ShamoBuc · 18-11-2011 9:39pm

Both, cheers!

tim_holsters · 18-11-2011 9:40pm

Demba Carroll for me.

tommyhaas · 18-11-2011 9:40pm

I'd have Andy Carroll + £15m

Crazy Horse 6 · 18-11-2011 9:41pm

Demba Ba

tommyhaas · 18-11-2011 9:42pm

I'd have Andy Carroll before Demba Ba. But I'd have Demba Ba on a free before I'd have Andy Carroll for £35m

Leiva · 18-11-2011 9:51pm

Atari Jaguar .

Kiwi_knock · 18-11-2011 9:53pm

Neither, they both have not fully proven themselves in the league yet.

dahat · 18-11-2011 9:58pm

I personally would rather Ba in my team and Carroll as a session buddy....:D

super_furry · 18-11-2011 10:04pm

Demba Ba

Daddy.

No, chips.

pudzey101 · 18-11-2011 10:18pm

Emile Heskey !!!

MagicMarker · 18-11-2011 10:20pm

Obviously anyone who chooses Carroll is a racist.

pudzey101 · 18-11-2011 10:21pm

MagicMarker wrote: »

Obviously anyone who chooses Carroll is a racist.

Sepp Blatter is setting up numerous accounts just to click on Carroll

J. Marston · 18-11-2011 10:27pm

Demba Ba > Jonathan Walters > Andy Carroll.

skippy15 · 18-11-2011 11:11pm

Demba Ba

tommyhaas wrote: »

I'd have Andy Carroll before Demba Ba. But I'd have Demba Ba on a free before I'd have Andy Carroll for £35m

If it wasn't for the stupid price tag it isn't an issue-

Ba having good few games where as Carroll is an England international but just off form slightly overweight, a pisshead and a bad lawyer away from string of convictions...still Carroll

Cypher_sounds · 18-11-2011 11:16pm

Demba Ba, all things considered.

stovelid · 18-11-2011 11:55pm

I like Andy's hair.

Diabhal Beag · 19-11-2011 12:07am

Will have to see how Ba continues. Didn't really see him as a stunning player at West Ham but he's been great so far. Think Carroll will be better though.

Where To · 19-11-2011 12:41am

Shola.

*serious answer: Ba

BOHtox · 19-11-2011 12:50am

They'd be quality upfront together. Ba's pace and strength and Carroll's height and physical presence. They'd be a serious pairing!

That_Guy · 19-11-2011 12:41pm

On current form it has to be Ba.

TerryTibbs! · 19-11-2011 1:18pm

How can anyone answer this?

Anyone who does is silly.

slingerz · 19-11-2011 1:22pm

On current form it's Ba but Carroll hasn't been playing poorly either.

If it was Carroll's form this time last year vs Ba then it'd be Carroll all day

flahavaj · 19-11-2011 2:46pm

For the money they cost, Ba any day.

leonidas83 · 19-11-2011 2:48pm

Demba Ba

Ba looks the much better player at the moment because Newcastle are playing to his strengths, just like the way when Andy Carroll was there.

Thats not the Liverpool way, the Liverpool style is all out passing and moving,running with the ball, etc. This does not suit Carrolls style in the slightest, he is not comfortable on his feet and is more of a target man than anything else. Liverpool's style suits Saurez and the likes of Torres, they would do well to cut their losses on Carroll and get a player similar in the mould of above two.

homerjay2005 · 19-11-2011 2:49pm

value for money = Ba. he has form too, carrlol is off form and badly at that.

newcastle have him plus 35million to potentially spend, liverpool have carrlol warming the bench. newcastle seriously got the better deal here.

homerjay2005 · 19-11-2011 2:51pm

leonidas83 wrote: »

, he is not comfortable on his feet and is more of a target man than anything else..

surely a a 35million quid striker is more than that???

Chucky the tree · 19-11-2011 2:54pm

Demba Ba

Carroll and it's not really that close.

That_Guy · 19-11-2011 3:00pm

Chucky the tree wrote: »

Carroll and it's not really that close.

So you'd prefer a striker who doesn't score goals over a striker who does score goals?

Will I Amnt · 19-11-2011 3:06pm

No doubting Newcastle got the better deal but it's impossible to compare the 2 players.
Carroll looked very good at Newcasle as does Ba currently but would Ba fair any better at Liverpool???Who knows???

On current form it's glaringly obvious who's playing the better football but then again one is playing regular the other isn't.

I think it's very dismissive to say its not even close ^^^^^^^^^^

leonidas83 · 19-11-2011 3:07pm

Demba Ba

homerjay2005 wrote: »

surely a a 35million quid striker is more than that???

well, hes good in the air, a handful to deal with on form but to me he has never really been comfortable when on the ball. He has a lethal shot on him when he gets the opportunity too. He's ENGLISH aswell of course which easily added another 5-10 million on to that price.

Will I Amnt · 19-11-2011 3:12pm

leonidas83 wrote: »

He's ENGLISH aswell of course which easily added another 5-10 million on to that price.

Or in this case 25 million.
If Carroll was French/Senegalese like Ba he would have cost around 8m or 10 at a push.

homerjay2005 · 19-11-2011 3:13pm

he has to be the most over priced player of all time.

Chucky the tree · 19-11-2011 3:14pm

Demba Ba

Also, it seems plenty of people have trouble reading or understanding English.

Will I Amnt · 19-11-2011 3:15pm

Chucky the tree wrote: »

Also, it seems plenty have people trouble reading or understanding English.

Especially when you write posts like that

flahavaj · 19-11-2011 3:16pm

Chucky the tree wrote: »

Also, it seems plenty have people trouble reading or understanding English.

Ahem.:pac:

Chucky the tree · 19-11-2011 3:16pm

Demba Ba

cambo2008 wrote: »

Especially when you write posts like that

Well considering I didn't write the OP it makes no difference.

PARKHEAD67 · 19-11-2011 5:29pm

leonidas83 wrote: »

well, hes good in the air, a handful to deal with on form but to me he has never really been comfortable when on the ball. He has a lethal shot on him when he gets the opportunity too. He's ENGLISH aswell of course which easily added another 5-10 million on to that price.

In this case it added 20 mi-25 mil to his price tag.Hes a 10mil player at best.;)

Sir Gallagher · 20-11-2011 3:25am

Ba missed 2 great chances today, just sayin.

Will I Amnt · 20-11-2011 3:43am

Sir Gallagher wrote: »

Ba missed 2 great chances today, just sayin.

Carroll has been prolific.......,,,,just sayin

Sir Gallagher · 20-11-2011 4:01am

Only fair to recognise Ba missed 2 great chances today, the top striker that he is.

Yakult · 20-11-2011 5:07am

Ba humbug Carrol.

Wooden Jesus · 20-11-2011 9:40am

The main problem with Ba is his apparent knee injury that according to Tony Pulis is a ticking time bomb. Thats obviously affected his transfer fees but so far this season an injury free Ba at a team who people thought would struggle is doing much better than Carroll at a team who should be succeeding.