This business with Andy Carroll cannot go on. Someone is going to get hurt.
And not hurt like Marvin Zeegelaar of Watford was, either. Not a bit of claret, tampons-up-the-hooter hurt. Sirens, blue flashing light, intensive care hurt. Gary Mabbutt hurt. Iain Hume hurt.
Leading with the arm has potentially ruinous consequences and Carroll does it far too often.
That he could have left West Ham and their new manager, David Moyes, with 10 men after just six seconds of their match with Watford on Sunday was unprofessional.