The Manicou Report

Back when Carlos Edwards was named in the top 6 talents coming out of the 2006 World Cup, who knew it would have taken him this long for the man to catch a break. Well later rather than sooner Edwards has received his promotion leaving Luton Town for Sunderland.

Before I go any further, we all know that since Yorke also plays at Sunderland, he must have had a hand in convincing Roy Keane that Carlos Edwards was a good buy. However, Keane doesn’t owe Yorke anything and I’m sure Sunderland wouldn’t be buying Edwards unless they knew he was worth it. So they must have seen something in him.

Sunderland is not in the English Premiership but it’s nine spots ahead of 19th ranked Luton Town in the English Championship. Reports are that there were bigger and better teams interested in him, but the boy said he didn’t want to go to one only to have to warm the bench. So who can blame him?

For a long while I couldn’t help thinking it was only going to be Dwight Yorke and Christoper Birchall who attracted any attention at all following T&T’s World Cup appearance. Since Chris Birchall is an Englishman and Dwight’s name has been out there for years (and he’s practically an Englishman), it was hard to feel satisfied at their promotions.

But with Carlos Edwards’ £1.5m move to Sunderland I’m finally able to feel happy that the world is aware that Trinidad and Tobago has a lot more to offer than just Dwight Yorke.