I'll say it again.
This is the performance based industry
It is a ruthless, cold hearted, no room for sentiment industry. Simply, what have you done for me lately.
EXCEPT in the odd instance when you have players who by sheer VOLUME of brilliant performance, you build up a certain amount of credit with management and fans alike.
If anyone were to take a look at the bottom of my posts, they would see how highly I value Carlos Edwards.
But injuries or not, HE HAS NOT PRODUCED IN THE EPL. Yes there are reasons for that but the bottom line is the bottom line.
Carlos is NOT the only player to come back after injury. Kieran Richardson, his teammate, came back after AT LEAST as horrendous an injury as Carlos and immediately scored 2 goals.
I'm not saying Carlos has to do the same to justify his inclusion in the team. Of course not. But he does have to PERFORM and thus far, he hasn't.
People in British football know what Carlos can do. Early in the season, commentators were looking forward to seeing Carlos terrorize opposition defences in the EPL. Is not like they Trini and biased. They know quality when they see it.
But he hasn't procuded what we ALL believe that he is capable of and THAT'S been very disappointing.
In this business, especially as he approachin 30, his window of opportunity to impress at this level is shrinking literally by the minute.
I still backin him to come good, but he needs to right himself, QUICK!