POST-MATCH VIEW: 'X Factor' helps Carrick follow shield glory with 'much more important' league win

Eoghan Liggett found the net for the Swifts as Carrick also featured Joe Crowe and Paul Heatley on the scoresheet.

Here’s the verdict of Carrick Rangers boss Stephen Baxter:

BACK-TO-BACK LEAGUE WINS PLUS SENIOR SHIELD GLORY…

"It's been great...obviously, getting the three points at Cliftonville was really important last week, three points today I would have taken over any Senior Shield win.

"To put that in the mix over the seven days is just superb and score the amount of goals that we have as well.

"And bear in mind we've got five against Queen's (Irish Cup) as well.

"So we've found the net where we haven't been over the last two or three months, where we've been playing pretty well but not getting the goals.

"So that has been the 'X Factor' for us...getting those goals and helps you win football matches.

"If you look at our fixtures...that is a decent bit of form right now and I'm very pleased with it.

"Honestly, our football's been really good...we've been touch tight with all the teams.

TEAM EFFORT...

"That's down to the hard work and desire of our coaching staff, who have been fabulous on the training pitch...Peter Thompson, Mark Surgenor, some of the stuff they're doing is fabulous.

"We're getting into a nice routine of what we want, we've brought a few extra players now in who have helped us.

"So we've got to keep working...there's no great secret in all of this.

"You've got to work hard and you've got to get the right people in to help you with all of that...and hope you can get to where you need to be.

ADAM LECKY…

"He's not just a quality footballer, he's a quality person.

"His attitude, his desire, his focus to do well, the way he looks after himself...he's just a wonderful person.

"I love working with him, I was so delighted to get him to come here and be part of this and help me with the bigger picture.

"Because he links the whole thing together for the Dannys (Gibson) and the Pauls (Heatley) and the Aidens (Steele)...all these people who can play off him and do their thing.

"So he's just a marvellous guy to have around - as they all are - we have a wonderful dressing room that has really started to light up over the last wee while."

CLUB PROGRESS...

"I'm thrilled for them all.

"It takes time...you've got to build it, you've got to work with it, you've taken a few hits in the chin along the way.

"But I knew the type of people that we had here and how they perform, what they do...when you know those personalities, you know they'll come through.

"There were a lot of wee niggly injuries at the start hampering us but now we've got them all back functioning well and it's coming together.

"From a football perspective, I was a little bit concerned that you come off the back of this big high - 33 years and this great celebration.

"I was very quick to point out that's done and gone and you've got to forget about all that.

"This is much more important...the next game is the most important game.

"So we had a talk around it, a few bits and pieces around what we needed and what we wanted.

"But, again, they picked up where they left off and they've been playing well.

"So I'm really pleased...let's just be keeping this momentum going."