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Braybrooke has the class to thrive, veteran believes
Carson also revealed a stroke of bad luck saw him miss out on a life-changing move to Brendan Rodgers’ Celtic.
The Dens goalie recalled that the Hoops were needing a goalkeeper and the Northern Ireland international was impressing for Motherwell.
In came the Hoops and due to replace him at Fir Park was Freddie Woodman on loan from Newcastle.
However, Joe Lewis got injured at Aberdeen the day before the window closed and Woodman instead went to Pittodrie.
Despite the deal being agreed, Stephen Robinson wouldn’t allow his goalkeeper to leave without a replacement.
And it ended up being Dundee’s very own Scott Bain who made the switch on loan before signing permanently in the summer.
Bain is still at Parkhead six years later.
Carson then suffered from a blood clot that kept him out for 18 months and he would eventually find his way to the City of Discovery.
Firstly, though, with Tam Courts at United. A coach he had plenty of praise for despite only playing four times for him.
And he recalled a funny story just days before a Dundee derby while in a car with Charlie Mulgrew – Marc Mcnulty doing a drive-by, of sorts, on Dark Blues striker Jason Cummings.
“I remember big Charlie (Mulgrew) did that when we were at United,” Carson said.
“We were driving past Dens, we were playing Dundee at the weekend.
“Dundee at the time met at Dens before going to training.
“Cummings was getting in his car, Charlie winds down the window and it was him and Sparky (Marc Mcnulty) in the front.
“Sparky winds down the window and shouts: ‘You’re getting it on Saturday!’
“Cummings lost it. Started chasing the car up Dens Road, went mental.
“He knew it was them but he never took it as a laugh.
“You know what Cummings is like. It was brilliant.”
Fast forward to Saturday’s defeat to Ross County and Carson’s pet peeve was triggered by Dundee team-mate Curtis Main.
A long bus journey home with a 2-0 reverse to think about saw the disappointment taken to a new level.
Asked by Ferry about his pet peeves, Carson replied: “Everything annoys me and I’m going to throw one of the boys under the bus here.
“But loud eaters…
“I’ll say it here because I’m too scared to say it to his face and I’m hoping he doesn’t watch this.
“But Curtis Main, I sat beside him on the bus back from Dingwall, it was the roughest 20 minutes of my life listening to him eating a pizza.
“If I have a black eye on Saturday at Ibrox, you’ll know why!”