Adam pleads for patience with Andy

Liverpool midfielder Charlie Adam said Andy Carroll will come good for the club.

Carroll was signed from Newcastle last January for 35 million pounds and has so far failed to reproduce the form he showed on Tyneside, though Adam says it is important to remember he is 22 years old.

“Andy is still young – we have a young squad and we are learning. Let people be judged over a season,” Adam said in an interview with the BBC.

“No matter what you do as a player, people have doubts about you. It doesn’t matter who you are.”

“You can be the best player in the world and somebody will pick something out that they don’t agree with and that’s what happens in football, it’s all about opinions.”

Liverpool have made many big-money signings since Kenny Dalglish was appointed for his second spell as manager, with Luis Suarez, Stewart Downing, Jordan Henderson, Jose Enrique, Adam and Carroll costing more than 100m pounds between them.

But Adam has pleaded for patience.

“We are still trying to get to grips with each other’s game,” he said.

“We have bought in seven or eight new players and it’s going to be difficult at times, but in the end the quality will shine through.”

“I don’t think we’ve done too badly this season so far but we know we can do better.”