Josh Edwards

Scoham

CAFCsayer said:

Scoham said:

Garrymanilow said:

I was very impressed with how he handled Baah. Edwards isn't the quickest but he made sure he got his body across Baah before he could really accelerate and then beat him for strength. The timing to do that and the concentration to be in the right place was really good

Left sided Solly.

he is better than Solly imo... mr consistent, I dont ever remember him having a bad game

Solly at his peak was exactly that, he won POTY in 11/12 in L1 and 12/13 in the Championship because he was so consistent.

Garrymanilow

CAFCsayer said:

Scoham said:

Garrymanilow said:

I was very impressed with how he handled Baah. Edwards isn't the quickest but he made sure he got his body across Baah before he could really accelerate and then beat him for strength. The timing to do that and the concentration to be in the right place was really good

Left sided Solly.

he is better than Solly imo... mr consistent, I dont ever remember him having a bad game

Not a chance. I think because his knee went so early on it's easy to forget just how good Chris Solly was at one point. He won POTY aged 21 as a right back in a season where we got 101 points, had a 22 goal striker and Yann Kermorgant. The next season he was POTY again in a team that finished 3 points off the Play-Offs for the Premier League. His injuries stopped his momentum after that but he would definitely have gone on to greater things if he'd been able to keep his fitness up. He was genuinely unbeatable at times in those two seasons

FremlinsFellow

Interesting to read how the Watford fans viewed Josh Edwards and his performance on Saturday. I also thought he was immense in shackling dangerman Baah - who started brightly but then up against Edwards seemed to lose confidence as the game wore on. 

balham red

FremlinsFellow said:

Interesting to read how the Watford fans viewed Josh Edwards and his performance on Saturday. I also thought he was immense in shackling dangerman Baah - who started brightly but then up against Edwards seemed to lose confidence as the game wore on. 

It's fine margins though. Baah did him one time and got behind him. If that had resulted in a goal then the praise would have turned to criticism.

AndyG

CAFCsayer said:

wmcf123 said:

jakecafc said:

Whoever scouted Edwards fair play.

Recruitment, bar Ahadme, took a turn for the better in January 2024. 

Ramsay and Edwards for less than 500k is daylight robbery. Theyve got to be worth over 5 mill between them now

Mate if we sold Ramsay for less than that we would be mugs imo

SELR_addicks

Believe when we first trialled this formation it was said the wing-back position was the most crucial. 

Edwards and now Apter are both fantastic. 

FremlinsFellow

It is fine margins and before substituting him I was surprised the Watford manager did not move Baah over to the other flank for an extended time to see if that worked. The histrionics from Baah just before half time also seemed to affect him just as much as coming up against Edwards. 

ForeverAddickted

SELR_addicks said:

Believe when we first trialled this formation it was said the wing-back position was the most crucial. 

Edwards and now Apter are both fantastic. 

Those two, Small and Ramsay have been very much modern day version of Jack Stacey / James Justin from when Jones was in charge of Luton - Both were key in that team, both of whom have gone on to have very good careers.

carly burn

Super competitor. So combative. Wins nearly all his battles.
 Would go toe to toe with anyone I should think.
Great around the dressing room as well.
Yes. There will definitely be suitors.

thenewbie

balham red said:

FremlinsFellow said:

Interesting to read how the Watford fans viewed Josh Edwards and his performance on Saturday. I also thought he was immense in shackling dangerman Baah - who started brightly but then up against Edwards seemed to lose confidence as the game wore on. 

It's fine margins though. Baah did him one time and got behind him. If that had resulted in a goal then the praise would have turned to criticism.

Has to be said that if the worst criticism that can be made is that a decent winger got the better of him one time then that speaks to a pretty successful game frankly.

He'll have sterner tests and I'm sure there are/will be players in this league who genuinely do get the better of him but overall he's been absolutely outstanding.

killerandflash

A very good player, but also such a likeable one. You can imagine him being great in the dressing room, keeping everyone's spirits up, which will be important this season as there will be tough defeats and losing runs, in between the positive results.

Braziliance

thenewbie said:

balham red said:

FremlinsFellow said:

Interesting to read how the Watford fans viewed Josh Edwards and his performance on Saturday. I also thought he was immense in shackling dangerman Baah - who started brightly but then up against Edwards seemed to lose confidence as the game wore on. 

It's fine margins though. Baah did him one time and got behind him. If that had resulted in a goal then the praise would have turned to criticism.

Has to be said that if the worst criticism that can be made is that a decent winger got the better of him one time then that speaks to a pretty successful game frankly.

He'll have sterner tests and I'm sure there are/will be players in this league who genuinely do get the better of him but overall he's been absolutely outstanding.

won't be many tbh. Baah is pretty quick, both footed, very strong and is very skillful, the fact Edwards came out ok bodes well, I was worried for him as that was his first real acid test.

I can't turn off the italic writing, but it's fitting for Josh.

robroy

I sat next to Josh Edwards Dad, brother and former football coach at Preston away in the cup, you could see that they had very high standards and if there was a stray pass from him they were not pleased. Looks like he has had it drilled into him from a young age. 

They will be delighted we are up as Boro was the closest ground they wanted to get too. 

aliwibble

I've got a real soft spot for Josh (although if I'm honest if I never hear him sing Adele again it will be too soon), but some of the bits I enjoyed most about his performance on Saturday were the kind of things that don't show up on a youtube highlight reel

1) Him literally trying to get the ground to swallow him up after he fluffed the chance by the post from where the keeper parried Jones' header in the first half. It would have been even funnier if it had gone in, as then the comms team would have put out the video of Jones reacting in disbelief to Coventry predicting that Josh would score our first goal instead of Kelman predicting Knibbs

2) Him channelling the spirit of John Robinson in his reaction to not getting the penalty awarded, with an absolutely epic whinge at the ref.

3) The tussle with Baah by the Curbsside that left Baah in a heap by the wall

cantersaddick

I love Josh. 

I particularly enjoy the difference between his on field and off field persona. All the videos of him from around the place, Wembley, training ground  pre season etc. He seems like great fun, proper laugh to be around and doesn't take himself too seriously. 

On Saturday sat in the east stand I got an up close view of his on pitch persona. The angry Scottish bloke with a bit of "feck you, you fecking bastard" about him. Love it!

Callumcafc

They all love Ross McCrorie over at Ashton Gate

https://www.otib.co.uk/topic/229732-ross-mccrorie/

this was the first post in that thread after today’s game:

“Thought their left back Josh Edwards was superb against Ross today. He was well up for the battle whereas most oppo full-backs don’t relish it at all.”

thenewbie

Callumcafc said:

They all love Ross McCrorie over at Ashton Gate

https://www.otib.co.uk/topic/229732-ross-mccrorie/

this was the first post in that thread after today’s game:

“Thought their left back Josh Edwards was superb against Ross today. He was well up for the battle whereas most oppo full-backs don’t relish it at all.”

I think that's one of the reasons Edwards is so effective, that Jason Pearce attitude where he just loves a proper scrap. 

DamoNorthStand

Edwards has stepped up effortlessly and sometimes gets forgotten amongst the understandable Ramsay hype but he’s another brilliant bit of scouting from the lower leagues.

I must say I was worried when I saw the incident in replay yesterday as nobody was near him and they usually aren’t good. However no word or even mention from NJ in any interviews - if it were that bad you would suggest it would have been mentioned in a couple of outlets by now. 

Weegie Addick

Edwards was on the pitch with the squad walking over to the away fans at the end of the match - looked fine. 

DamoNorthStand

Weegie Addick said:

Edwards was on the pitch with the squad walking over to the away fans at the end of the match - looked fine. 

Great to hear. He’s vital to our balance ahead of next weekend 

Champs85

I think he’s my favourite player overall. Gives absolutely everything and always a solid 8/10 performance. 

LargeAddick

When Josh got up off the turf he looked ready to continue but we'd already subbed him off. Sure he's fine.

CAFCsayer

Pretty sure on the comms they said he looked visably unhappy at being subbed off

LoOkOuT

He went down to buy a bit of time to organise for the foul and his acting was so good it got him taken off!

queensland_addick

It looked nasty on the TV, probably mm's away from being a serious long term injury. It was encouraging to see him walking around on the pitch after, without an ice pack.
Hopefully he/we, got away with it.
Fantastic player, strong as an ox and equally as committed.

ForeverAddickted

I wonder if he got subbed off, partly as a precaution, and partly because he wouldn't have been able to take the throw in (what with the 30sec rule). Meaning that we'd have had less players in their box, and also would have been at risk of a counter attack late on

cafc_se7

It’s so refreshing that I want to say he’s my favourite player but there are also so many other contenders for this throughout the team! He is a cracking find though! I love what NJ is building here.

Coveredendchoir

Hopefully we see him this Saturday unscathed from jarring his knee at Ashton Gate. But as reported he joined the team after the match was finished which is a great sign.. just hope he'll be back in training this week and fully fit for Leicester.

Covered End

Weegie Addick said:

Edwards was on the pitch with the squad walking over to the away fans at the end of the match - looked fine. 

He looked fine at the time.
He was ready to come back on when they subbed him.
I was about 20 yards away.

robinofottershaw

ForeverAddickted said:

I wonder if he got subbed off, partly as a precaution, and partly because he wouldn't have been able to take the throw in (what with the 30sec rule). Meaning that we'd have had less players in their box, and also would have been at risk of a counter attack late on

It was good to see that Bell also has a good long throw in him.