Well for a start sullivan could have have said "we're confident that bfs has the squad and the ability to get better attacking performances out of west ham than we got at times last year" and "carroll will be a big player for us this year, and we're tightening up procedures to minimise the risk of signing players who go on to get injured."

we all know hull was horrid, it does need saying especially given that there are lots of frothing WHOers out there. We all wish the £15m had gone on Lukaku not Carroll, but you don't need the owner to tell carroll we regard him as an unwanted liability.

fucking stupid.