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John Carew

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Extracts from his Wikipedia page - interesting character!

“The Norwegian international has been a popular figure at Villa Park due to his good scoring record (actually 37 from 113 games). The faithful often sing the tune "John Carew, Carew, he's bigger than me and you, he's gonna score one or two, John Carew, Carew" (to the tune of "Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)") and occasionally "Carew, Carew, Carew's on fire".

It took Carew nearly two months to score his opener for the (2007/8) season against Everton in a 2–0 victory. Unfortunately, he also injured himself in the same game and was out of action for six weeks with a hamstring problem.

Carew made the headlines in late October 2008 due to his personal behaviour. He was fined two weeks wages by Martin O'Neill for being in a pub near a Birmingham lap dancing club the night before Villa's UEFA cup group stage match with Ajax.

Soon after the controversy, Carew sustained a back injury that kept him out of the side for several months.

Carew started the new campaign (2010/11) upfront with support from Ashley Young. However due to both injury concerns of his own and a loss of form, his place in the team was taken by Emile Heskey.

Carew's problems increased during December 2010 when he was forced to attend court after being on the receiving end of a car dealership scam that saw him lose £150,000. Later that month, he allegedly missed a Villa game due to heavy snow disrupting his travel.

Despite ongoing rumours in the press about a dispute between the former Lyon pair, Houllier revealed that Carew had been left out of the Aston Villa squad to work on his fitness.
 

And...............

I could log in to wikipedia and change that to say that he'd be found dead next to the side of the M6 toll road with a live hedgehog inserted into his rectum.

Would that make it true.
 
Crammers said:
And...............

I could log in to wikipedia and change that to say that he'd be found dead next to the side of the M6 toll road with a live hedgehog inserted into his rectum.

Would that make it true.
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WHich bits are you saying aren't true like?
 
Norm said:
Extracts from his Wikipedia page - interesting character!

“The Norwegian international has been a popular figure at Villa Park due to his good scoring record (actually 37 from 113 games). The faithful often sing the tune "John Carew, Carew, he's bigger than me and you, he's gonna score one or two, John Carew, Carew" (to the tune of "Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)") and occasionally "Carew, Carew, Carew's on fire".

It took Carew nearly two months to score his opener for the (2007/8) season against Everton in a 2–0 victory. Unfortunately, he also injured himself in the same game and was out of action for six weeks with a hamstring problem.

Carew made the headlines in late October 2008 due to his personal behaviour. He was fined two weeks wages by Martin O'Neill for being in a pub near a Birmingham lap dancing club the night before Villa's UEFA cup group stage match with Ajax.

Soon after the controversy, Carew sustained a back injury that kept him out of the side for several months.

Carew started the new campaign (2010/11) upfront with support from Ashley Young. However due to both injury concerns of his own and a loss of form, his place in the team was taken by Emile Heskey.

Carew's problems increased during December 2010 when he was forced to attend court after being on the receiving end of a car dealership scam that saw him lose £150,000. Later that month, he allegedly missed a Villa game due to heavy snow disrupting his travel.

Despite ongoing rumours in the press about a dispute between the former Lyon pair, Houllier revealed that Carew had been left out of the Aston Villa squad to work on his fitness.
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Norm said:
WHich bits are you saying aren't true like?
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I'm not saying any of it is true or false, just making a point.

What was the point of the original post anyway. What are you saying, that there's a footballer from Norway called John Carew who currently plays for Villa?
 
Crammers said:
I'm not saying any of it is true or false, just making a point.

What was the point of the original post anyway. What are you saying, that there's a footballer from Norway called John Carew who currently plays for Villa?
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I'm pointing out the apparent susceptibility (sp?) to injury and some quite interesting episodes in the private life of a widely reported SAFC transfer target. What's your problem?
 
maybe you could have embolden those points then rather that just copy a page, or maybe add a little of your own input at the bottom so we know what your point is.
 
Crammers said:
And...............

I could log in to wikipedia and change that to say that he'd be found dead next to the side of the M6 toll road with a live hedgehog inserted into his rectum.

Would that make it true.
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This would certainly corroborate the "Live Hedgehog" entry on Wikipedia
 
Good player in his prime but too injury prone and a bit lazy to boot. Can't see Bruce getting on with him after Jones attitude problems.

Pavlyuchenko is the man we should sign.
 
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