Average Boro Players Who Could Have Been Great Under Carrick

[Air Resistance]

I’m sure I’m not alone in thinking there’s a good few players we’ve had in recent times who would have been better had we played a different style or had a different manager at the time. Couple that come to mind as having been average but could have been great if they played for us in the last season:

Balogun, Harrison, Baker, Nathan Wood, Patrick Roberts, onel Hernandez, Sporar

 

[breakthewallsdown]

Nathan Wood

Still can't believe we let Wood leave

 

[Frozen Horse]

I still don't see much in Patrick Roberts tbh.

I take it you mean Lewis baker rather than Steve? I'd question that too. He's done ok at Stoke, but I think he's just one of those players who hasn't kicked on from his early promise. I think the issues are his, not those of the manager.

I'll add Ledesma though; I thought he had loads of talent but only showed it flashes, and the qualities to play in MCs system. Whether he'd ever have the consistency I don't know, butC would be they guy to bring it out if he did.

 

[Dynamo Kev]

emnes, the juke.

 

[jeff_potato]

This is obviously well before the timelines could have overlapped, but I think that Carrick could have squeezed the best from Downing in a way that Pulis never seemed to manage.

 

[Teesside_Steel]

Djed Spence?

 

[r00fie1]

Billy Woof - could have been a genius and played for England.
What Carrick could have done......

 

[TheYorkshireTerrier]

Balogun, could’ve made a massive impact under Carrick and not Wilder.

 

[atypical_boro]

Mark Summerbell, Jason Gavin, Keith O’Halloran.

 

[BlindBoyGrunt]

Billy Ashcroft

 

[joeydiaz]

Fabio

 

[Alzi]

Kike Sola

 

[Otto42]

Young Anthony Ormerod. I got him in the England squad on Championship Manager after I signed Lee Hughes!

 

[festa5]

emnes, the juke.

Emnes definitely. Could see him playing a very similar role to Chuba last season and doing very well.

 

[festa5]

I still don't see much in Patrick Roberts tbh.

I take it you mean Lewis baker rather than Steve? I'd question that too. He's done ok at Stoke, but I think he's just one of those players who hasn't kicked on from his early promise. I think the issues are his, not those of the manager.

I'll add Ledesma though; I thought he had loads of talent but only showed it flashes, and the qualities to play in MCs system. Whether he'd ever have the consistency I don't know, butC would be they guy to bring it out if he did.

Ledesma had bags of ability. He was one of those rare players who could see passes you didn't even realise were on from watching sat in the stands. Had a great run in the team at the end of Karanka's first (half) season.

Think I read somewhere that his biggest issue was his stamina. Struggled to last 90 minutes. Wasn't due to a lack of professionalism, by all accounts he was a good trainer, more his body just letting him down (some underlying physiological reason or something?).

His ability was never really in question though.

 

[Colgates_shaving_foam]

Adam Forshaw would have looked a much better player under MC I think. Playing as one of the double pivots and driving forward with the ball when space allowed.

Jason Steele. The way we play out under MC would have turned Steele into a top top keeper.

 

[Diego]

Some good shouts already on this thread.

I think Vossen would have been perfect the 10 role in way Carrick likes to play and would have got more out of him. A very talented player.

 

[Matt]

I think Alves, in an attacking team, would have scored a boat load

 

[ForssAwakens]

I think sporar would have been prolific under carrick

 

[SmoggyRambo]

Chuba and Bamford…would have been phenomenal.