Carricks interview on Sky

Not trying to call anyone out or be pedantic…but there was a few posts at half time yesterday along the lines of…where’s the Carrick out brigade now…and…we’ve finally clicked!

The final result emphasises a lot of frustrations fans have with our squad and manager.
There was a lot of criticism after the BC game and rightly so…
He’s got a great response if we look at the two following results. Beat a very good and high flying Sheff Utd and we’re all bitterly disappointed that we weren’t the first team to win at Carrow road for a year.

There’s definitely a team in there and we’ve got some top players on the books. But the facts are we are so inconsistant.

I’d say if we’re still jostling for position on Boxing Day for a PO spot, we’ll be ok. The team is more cohesive and we dip our toe in the transfer market for a couple more loans.
 
JM14 said:
Hopefully angry with himself. His subs killed the game
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We have no leaders and rely heavily on weapons on the field so to bring off doak way too early was a grave mistake that he also made against Watford bringing doak off too early….
Managers responsibility to have leaders on the field and this will keep happening and we will not make the playoffs and will lose the likes of RVB, ELL, Hackney and probably Morris to big premiership bids (even if we made the playoffs we’d have no chance because of our lack of leadership and guile which comes from leaders on the field

Carrick isn’t even aware that we have no leadership; to give the captains armband to Hackney tells that he doesn’t understand what we are lacking; it’s the only missing ingredient but a very important ingredient because it makes the cake taste bitter
 
Ex Footy Legs said:
We have no leaders and rely heavily on weapons on the field so to bring off doak way too early was a grave mistake that he also made against Watford bringing doak off too early….
Managers responsibility to have leaders on the field and this will keep happening and we will not make the playoffs and will lose the likes of RVB, ELL, Hackney and probably Morris to big premiership bids (even if we made the playoffs we’d have no chance because of our lack of leadership and guile which comes from leaders on the field

Carrick isn’t even aware that we have no leadership; to give the captains armband to Hackney tells that he doesn’t understand what we are lacking; it’s the only missing ingredient but a very important ingredient because it makes the cake taste bitter
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Agree completely.

Lenihan finding some form and getting back into the side would do us a world of good IMO.
 
Who do you drop/ start with Lenihan though?

Arguably Rav and Clarke have been our most consistent performers for the last 6 months.

Surely the priority is getting Clarke match fit to challenge the current pairing who have been ok as well.

You are potentially trying to shoehorn a leader into a position that shouldn’t be tinkered with.



Plus Lenihan will be some way from getting properly back on the grass with the group.
 
MichaelDebeve said:
Who do you drop/ start with Lenihan though?

Arguably Rav and Clarke have been our most consistent performers for the last 6 months.

Surely the priority is getting Clarke match fit to challenge the current pairing who have been ok as well.

You are potentially trying to shoehorn a leader into a position that shouldn’t be tinkered with.



Plus Lenihan will be some way from getting properly back on the grass with the group.
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Agree with this. Although Lenihan is a talker there’s no guarantee that he would be in top form if he comes back in. Balancing act between leadership and performances.

I don’t think Edmundson is a shrinking violet either. It probably more midfield/final third that I feel we need that bit more nous and tact, personally.
 
Ex Footy Legs said:
100% agree.with lenihan back we’d have a chance of making the playoffs - currently we’ve got no chance and will finish 8 or 9th
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It must be absolutely exhausting going through life constantly being so negative all the time. I've no problem with constructive criticism and making a point (such as your point about us lacking leaders in the side, which I would agree with, we could do with a few more).

However, to consistently right us off, deride Carrick and declare we've 'no chance' of reaching the play offs is reactionary negative tosh. We're well in with a chance of making the play offs and even automatic promotion too. There are no stand out sides this year, it's the Championship and everyone can beat anyone else on their day. There's a long way to go, it's fine margins, take a few of the extra chances we're creating and a few less individual errors and we can pocket loads more points. We're still well in touch.
 
MichaelDebeve said:
Who do you drop/ start with Lenihan though?

Arguably Rav and Clarke have been our most consistent performers for the last 6 months.

Surely the priority is getting Clarke match fit to challenge the current pairing who have been ok as well.

You are potentially trying to shoehorn a leader into a position that shouldn’t be tinkered with.



Plus Lenihan will be some way from getting properly back on the grass with the group.
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Obviously you need lenihan to be ready to play but I think RVB plays alongside him and Clarke unfortunately sits on the bench because, look what is happening ?

We are weak on leadership on the field and it can’t be measured but lenihan and smith at the back driving us on when we made the playoffs against Coventry kinda says everything surely ? 🤷‍♂️

The most worrying aspect is I believe Carrick has not spotted it…
 
theredrooster said:
It must be absolutely exhausting going through life constantly being so negative all the time. I've no problem with constructive criticism and making a point (such as your point about us lacking leaders in the side, which I would agree with, we could do with a few more).

However, to consistently right us off, deride Carrick and declare we've 'no chance' of reaching the play offs is reactionary negative tosh. We're well in with a chance of making the play offs and even automatic promotion too. There are no stand out sides this year, it's the Championship and everyone can beat anyone else on their day. There's a long way to go, it's fine margins, take a few of the extra chances we're creating and a few less individual errors and we can pocket loads more points. We're still well in touch.
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Why such a big reaction from you to my ‘prediction’
Cos that’s all it is, a prediction based on my take, my opinion, why do I upset you so much ?
I think it says something about you - perhaps you don’t like people being straight to the point with you. ?
Because I love the Boro, and desperately want them to do well, but you have to call a spade , a spade 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

I’m not going to lie to myself and then, as a message board, I’m going to share my thoughts and opinions on how I see it
 
Ex Footy Legs said:
Obviously you need lenihan to be ready to play but I think RVB plays alongside him and Clarke unfortunately sits on the bench because, look what is happening ?

We are weak on leadership on the field and it can’t be measured but lenihan and smith at the back driving us on when we made the playoffs against Coventry kinda says everything surely ? 🤷‍♂️

The most worrying aspect is I believe Carrick has not spotted it…
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We will all have different opinions on players so I take on board what you’re saying, but how has Carrick not spotted it? The 2 players you reference are both long term injuries - he literally can’t play them.

So your answer to our problems is impossible at the moment - regardless if Carrick is aware or not
 
MichaelDebeve said:
Who do you drop/ start with Lenihan though?

Arguably Rav and Clarke have been our most consistent performers for the last 6 months.

Surely the priority is getting Clarke match fit to challenge the current pairing who have been ok as well.

You are potentially trying to shoehorn a leader into a position that shouldn’t be tinkered with.



Plus Lenihan will be some way from getting properly back on the grass with the group.
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Personally, if all centre backs were match fit (which ours rarely seem to ever be), I would go with Lenihan and Rav. Lenihan and Clarke are both similar in ability but Lenihan is clearly a leader.
 
Inoffthebar said:
Agree with this. Although Lenihan is a talker there’s no guarantee that he would be in top form if he comes back in. Balancing act between leadership and performances.

I don’t think Edmundson is a shrinking violet either. It probably more midfield/final third that I feel we need that bit more nous and tact, personally.
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Edmundson has had a couple of half decent games but his weaknesses are obvious and are easily exploited, he's a bottom half championship / league one centre back.
 
Our start to the season should have been so much better in terms of points gained. We've thrown away that advantage which is criminal. All of this talk about being "one point off so and so" and "it's a much better start than last season" is delusional. We've squandered an advantage given to us by the fixture list.
 
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