'You will get your reward' - Aidan Steele delivering Carrick Rangers results off club lessons
In-form Aidan Steele will head into Boxing Day hoping to deliver team rewards from personal progress.
The summer signing can point to a place on the scoresheet over three of Carrick Rangers’ previous four league outings.
However, the final whistle each time has only led to frustration for Steele as scorer in draws against Ballymena United and Dungannon Swifts, plus a loss to Linfield.
But Carrick boss Stephen Baxter is delighted to see Steele’s increased contribution on the pitch arrive as a result of increased concentration off the field.
"I'm delighted for him because we brought him here for that reason,” said Baxter about Steele’s recent goal tally. "He popped up with 15 goals last year for Ards in the Championship and we knew that would come because he hits the box with a late run all the time.
"When you do that consistently you will get your reward...the first number of games, he wasn't getting that reward.
"We took him out of the team because he was getting a little bit frustrated and it wasn't happening for him.
"I think he listened and learned what we were trying to say to him...when to make the runs, when not to make the runs.
"The Premiership level is a different level to the Championship and he's listened."
Baxter added, ahead of playing host to league leaders Larne: "But we need them all playing at that level every single week...that's the consistency you're looking for."
He also stated “the effort of the team, the desire of the team, the focus of the team...magnificent”.