Edwards Fed Up With Soft Goals
Monday, 6th Dec 2010 06:59

Midfielder Carlos Edwards said Town’s habit of giving away soft goals is becoming almost laughable after the Blues gifted Swansea a 3-1 victory at Portman Road on Saturday. That game came only a week after a series of defensive errors handed Norwich City a 4-1 derby win at Carrow Road.

Edwards said: “That’s another one that has got away. Things were looking good at 1-0 up and then we gave two sloppy goals away, again.

“It was the same at Norwich the previous week. It’s not the way to go and we have to sort it out. If we are going to go forward, we have to cut out these soft goals, but we have been saying that for a long time now. It’s getting to the stage where it is almost laughable.”

The Trinidad and Tobago international says boss Roy Keane impresses upon his back four the importance of getting the ball clear: “The manager has been telling us over and over again that the defenders, if they are in any doubt, should put the ball in the stand! But some of our defenders seem to think that they are Franz Beckenbauer. It’s costing us.

“It’s frustrating for the rest of the team, but then we are not scoring enough goals either. We need our strikers to start believing in themselves and scoring some goals. We are all to blame.

“We should be getting better and better, but we are taking one step forward and two back. We are not going forward at all at the moment.”

The former Sunderland man was adamant he should have won his second spotkick in a week when Mark Gower brought him down with the game at 2-1: “It was a penalty and I thought that the referee was going to give it. But I don’t think it cost us the game because we had already conceded two soft goals by then.

“It’s frustrating for the manager and for the fans. Every defeat is painful, but they’re always more painful when they happen at home and this one is a hard one to take. It’s another home defeat and we can’t keep doing this.”

The 32-year-old says the Blues must get back to form quickly: “Preston away is a big game, but then all the games are big now.

“We desperately need to get a win for the manager, the fans and ourselves. This has all been going on for too long. The manager deserves better. We need a win because this is all rubbing salt into the wounds.”

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nobrain added 15:07 - Dec 6 Seriously, just tackle 'em mate. You'd be amazed at how many times it can stop 'em scoring.
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jas0999 added 15:52 - Dec 6 I don't think Edwards has by any means been our worst player. Silly comments a while back have clearly alienated him from the fans, but I can think of alot more poorer performers; Murphy, Fulop, Delaney, O'Dea, Colback and Scotland.
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bluelady added 16:02 - Dec 6 jas you forgot the fantastic Fallon?!
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BYRNE_16 added 17:58 - Dec 6 How about trying to score goals would be a start Carlos
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poringlandblue added 18:33 - Dec 6 for a guy who goes awol for large parts of a game and whose scoring record is pretty abysmal, blaming the young defenders, er people in glass houses shouldnt throw stones,
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Lower_North added 20:37 - Dec 6 Shots of a man on his way out of the door when he's blaming others..The only thing is I think he's right..
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BrettenhamBlue added 03:51 - Dec 7

The team are simply not playing well enough.
Having a go at other players is hardly going to lift the spirits of the club,-we could really do with losing 6-0 at Preston, conceding the odd comical goal here or there, to end the present tenure of the manager.
I fear that a new manager may be the only way we can avoid the drop this season. I am not being pessimistic, I am being realistic. The team is in disarray, and I believe that Keane has lost the respect of the players. Nobody knows if they will play week-in week-out, and our defence is a shambles (and that is being nice to them)
We are becoming the laughing stock of the championship.
I admire you Roy, but please step down before the damage gets worse. Its not going to work now at Ipswich. Signing average players from League 1 and 2 won't save us from relegation.
O'Neill in. I will still keep my avatar name though.
And please O'Neill, get an assistant. Two heads are always better than one.