The people who are complaining now, did you also moan when Pavel SrnÃÂček came in to cover Given's injury?
This is pretty much the same situation. An old head to provide backup to a depleted squad. A former international striker for free and probably quite low wages (was last at Swansea) for a few months.
His hold-up play is good and he's a big man. He gives us something different coming off the bench.
I personally would rather Kuqi til the end of the season than Alialiere who I've heard is a bit of a moaner. Kuqi is far from prolific but has scored as many goals in the last two years as Ali has in his entire career!
This isn't Carroll's replacement, realistically he's Xisco's temporary replacement. Still mad?