Kenny Dalglish attacks Carroll's critics
Echoing some of the friction that characterised his media conferences as Celtic boss 11 years ago Dalglish even suggested that Carroll was smarter than a lot of the people questioning his off field activities.
“I think Andy is wiser than a lot of the people who write about him,” the Liverpool boss stated. “I don’t think his lifestyle is anything like they’d like it to be to get stories.
“I don’t know how much the media is going to milk this, the story goes back to March. You don’t know his lifestyle. Who knows his lifestyle? Andy.
“For us, as we’ve said often enough, it falls on deaf ears, Andy wasn’t properly fit last year because of a knee injury. We’ve been very pleased with his level of fitness this year because he’s lost that knee injury.
“I think his fitness now would stand up against anybody’s and we are delighted with the progress he has made.
“Andy is very appreciative of advice from anybody that’s got a good standing in football.
“I think he appreciates Fabio Capello’s advice. He’s got great respect for Fabio Capello – and I think Fabio Capello has great respect for Andy Carroll.”
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