The thing with Allen is, and problem with many fans to realise....are we still top team, not in terms of history, but look at the table, are we a top team? we arenīt, hard to say...
we can play fantastic matches and get motivated against top teams, then swansea and blackburn matches come and we canīt score...
i was thinking Kenny wantīs to buy this players especially to get us to top 4 and then move for bigger targets and play Adam and Downing as squad players...
but the point is, without quality players we canīt get the top 4 target, and without top 4 there is not big chance we sign someone more better than Arsenal, Chelsea or even Tottenham....
edit: we obviously wanted to give Carroll chance to prove himself, but are the fans ready that this season might as well repeat next season? i donīt think many realise it might as well repeat... i canīt see Kenny selling Carroll after this season... as well as Adam and Downing...