Colgates_shaving_foam
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Hooooof, I think I just kicked it longer, turns out I'm the best.
lets see what happens this coming season without certain key loan playersEdwards is good and is making a real name for himself but it’s not exaggerating to say we’ve currently got the hottest young prospect in English football. I wouldn’t swap Carrick for anybody right now.
You on about Carrick or Edwards?lets see what happens this coming season without certain key loan players
In honesty, its all opinions, I wouldnt swap Carrick for either of the above, I do agree that he has been done tactically on a few occassions this year, however that is to be expected as he is learning his trade and will be better for the lessons.At the time my preference list was Corberan first, Edwards second and Carrick "maybe". I felt that Corberan had the experience we needed to turn around the squad and develop it but maybe there was a risk that he wouldn't work well with a head of football. Edwards had some experience but had the advantage of (in my eyes) of being seemingly keen to work with Scott plus he preferred playing 3 at the back which was what we had been recruiting for. Carrick felt a bit like Gibson obsessing about first-time managers with good playing careers and had the look of a Frank Lampard type of appointment. Clearly I was wrong; I hadn't spotted that, like Karanka, Carrick had done a few years of being an apprentice.
That said, I think at the end of the season, Carrick's inexperience may have cost us.
I could see that Gibson would have been concerned by Edwards' departure from Forest Green Rovers and, allied, to his indifferent start with Watford it was reasonable to wary of him. Corberan has had mixed results with WBA and may have continued the tension between manager and club.
Carrick has shown the potential to manage at the top of the game but he is learning on the job. If we had appointed Edwards or Corberan would we have done better? That's pretty much up there with asking if my aunty had wheels would she be a scooter. I suspect that Edwards is going to prove to be a Premier-league quality manager with a style that focuses on hard-working, organised, direct play. If they recruit well, Luton could surprise a few teams next year and grind out just enough points to stay up.
I agree. Carrick has overseen some of the most complete football we've seen at the Riverside and has been a breath of fresh air. It feels like he could go all the way to the top as a coach.In honesty, its all opinions, I wouldnt swap Carrick for either of the above,
Leo got 7 points in those 5 games.That said, a part of me wonders if we had gone with Edwards whether he might have got us promoted. We wouldn't have had the 5 game transition with Leo and a large part of our improvement was, as it turned out, simply getting Wilder off the premises.
Those extra five games to turn things around without Wilder stinking out the place would have made a difference. It's all speculation now. If we had got Carrick in 5 games earlier perhaps we would have been looking at 2nd place realistically.
a large part of our improvement was, as it turned out, simply getting Wilder off the premises.
Another way to think about though. Carrick got 46 points in his first 20 games. If, in a parallel world, he had taken over straight away after Wilder then, on the 11th February, after playing Cardiff we would have been on 56 points, 5 points behind Sheffield Utd. We then played Utd and beat them, putting us on 59 points and them on 61. That's a whole different dynamic because we are now close to level pegging with nearly 1/3 of the season still to go. One of us or them would have crumbled because now there's real pressure on second place.Leo got 7 points in those 5 games.
Even if Carrick had got 15 points we would still have finished 8 points behind 2nd place.