Rob Edwards set to take charge of Boro

werdermouth · 2025-06-18T06:51:35Z

At the risk of going too early, it's possibly the worst kept secret on Teesside that an official announcement is imminent on who Boro will appoint to succeed Michael Carrick. The suspenseful music has been dispensed with and the surprise party will no doubt be lacking that key element of surprise too as the damp squib falls out of the half-deflated balloon. All that is left now is to burn all the unread applications to allow the white smoke to appear over Hurworth after the Boro conclave have concluded their pontification. Rob Edwards is set to be the new man in charge after what can be described as a limited 'extensive' search for a new manger (or head coach if you like). Apparently no stone was left unturned - though some are beginning to suspect that Keiran Scott had possibly spent the entire month-long review of last season writing 'Rob Edwards' on the underside of every stone in the vicinity. Edwards was the name on everyone's lips from the beginning after being touted as the early favourite more or less as soon as Carrick left the building. He unsurprisingly made it on to the shortlist of three, which included a man who didn't want the job in Steve Cooper and another who wasn't available to be interviewed in Danny Rohl - since permission would be needed to talk to him after haggling over the £5m release clause at Hillsborough but there's been no report of him ever meeting anyone at the club. Even the hastily scribbling of a new shortlist failed to brush Edwards aside - it apparently included two unknown foreign managers who many suspect was simply a ruse to give the process some veneer of credibility after those on the first shortlist didn't appear to turn up. You can't say it wasn't an objective process - in the sense we can all see that objective was to ensure the process could only appoint one person! Indeed, the second favourite for the job with bookies remained Stevie G throughout, who the club had insisted was not on their radar and that perhaps indicated a lack of other serious candidates being considered. At least the local media have been busy pushing Edwards credentials while simultaneously piling on Carrick's shortcomings in the last few weeks in a bid to get the supporters onside - despite their own surveys having shown that the former Luton manager had only ten percent support from the fanbase. A man with two-successive relegations in his previous two seasons was never going to convince many that it was a slam-dunk case - not even the basket cases... Anyway, this appointment is going to be another gamble and there is scepticism that it is mainly designed to solve Keiran Scott's problems rather than solve the bigger problem of getting Boro competing for promotion. Unfortunately, the perception of getting the job because of who you know is going to be a hard to shake off and it will likely earn him a shorter honeymoon than a candidate who had no skin in the game. Still, Edwards is widely regarded as being a nice guy and certainly has his good points in that he is a good communicator with supporters and a good man-manager too. Though if being a nice guy is the main attribute to getting the Boro job then surely Mogga would have walked any arbitrary process! Boro wanted a new head coach because they expect them to deliver at least a top-six finish and ultimately gain promotion. In that sense Edwards at least has two promotions on his CV to match his two relegations but perhaps hobbies that include gardening leave will need some finessing. However, his preferred style is not an obvious match to the squad he inherits as he favours a high-energy style with a high press and a high defensive line - which could likely see a high turnover of players this summer if he's adamant about pursuing those methods. Although, he reportedly told Steve Gibson he was keen on promoting academy players, which would surely have given the owner a nostalgic twinkle in his eye and placed a huge tick in the box - either he meant it or was possibly coached on how to push the right buttons to seal the deal... As to which players will remain for next season may determine his fate - it's an open question whether Boro will cash-in on players like Hackney, Azaz or van den Berg but it's likely to be a busy summer with much work required on recruitment to reconfigure a patchy squad light in key positions. This may make the job of Edwards even more difficult as he really needs a good start to push aside any fears of flirting with another relegation season - which won't be helped if players are leaving and arriving after the season has already kicked off. Of course, the supporters will want Edwards to succeed despite him not being most people's first choice and prove that the club have made the right choice - it's a new chapter for Boro and while the script of Edwards being the best available candidate seems a stretch at best, the story is yet to be written so let's hope it will ultimately have a happy ending... I should point o...

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June 30, 2025 6:05 pm

I base my last post after watching the Q n A with Edward's usual softball questions, he came across polished, his answers were what you expect,but what was interesting, when asked about his coaching staff, he glowed on about the younger guy , and kind of brushed past on Veveash ,

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July 1, 2025 7:24 am

Newcastle and Sunderland are scouting the world for new players ,apparently we're scouting Luton and Wickham

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July 4, 2025 4:16 pm

https://youtu.be/WtRpM5NSRX0?si=BbwfdrQGzNm2_bk6

Interview with Veveash

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