[The Big Chill]

I thought I should switch some of our specific Liverpool talk back to this thread. I came across a link to this page in a Liverpool forum and I thought I should share. It has a lot of interesting points, and one part about Carroll that was particularly interesting.

http://tomkinstimes.com/2012/03/in-d...ol-struggling/

Liverpool (All Comps): P40 Win%=50, Points Per Game = 1.78

Carroll starts: P22 W13 D5 L4, Win%=59, Points Per Game = 2.00


Carroll doesn’t start: P18 W7 D6 L5, Win%=39, Points Per Game = 1.50

In terms of ‘difficulty’:

Carroll starts vs Teams higher in PL than Liverpool (All Comps v Arsenal, Chelsea, City, United, Newcastle, Spurs)
P8 W5 D1 L2, Win%=63, Points Per Game = 2.00


Carroll starts vs “the rest”
P14 W8 D4 L2, Win%=57, Points Per Game = 2.00


No Carroll start vs Teams higher
P6 W1 D3 L2, Win%=17, Points Per Game = 1.00


No Carroll start vs “the rest”
P12 W6 D3 L3, Win%=50, Points Per Game = 1.75


I think this is fascinating. Not only are the team’s results significantly better when Carroll plays, but the results with Carroll are exactly the same (2 points per game), whether versus “hard” or “easy” teams!

It appears that Carroll is having more of a positive effect then we give him credit for.