I remember when we got him on loan. He was struggling to get into the Notts County team. Then when we played County the following season, their fans were gutted he'd left. Odd that he was bench warming in league two when Parky signed him. I also remember he had cracking game away against Southend I think, then he got injured and returned to County. I thought that was the end of that.
I had always liked him since the game discussed here,he also starred for Colchester when we lost to them at the Valley on New Years Day the season after we came down from the Prem.
As a natural left footer,I felt then he would have been an ideal replacement when Andy Reid went to Sunderland.
To be fair he wasn't bench warming for Notts County. He hadn't settled in the midlands because his wife had fallen pregnant and they wanted a move south to be close to family etc.
His months loan in 09/10 he was used as a makeshift left back to cover Grant Basey's injury, he too fell for the curse of the left back and pulled his hamstring in his fourth game.
I always felt it was a shame we could not have signed him then and added Gary Borrowdale as well because JJ as a CM I think would have pushed us over the line that season.
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I wasn't wrong. ;-)
I also remember he had cracking game away against Southend I think, then he got injured and returned to County. I thought that was the end of that.
As a natural left footer,I felt then he would have been an ideal replacement when Andy Reid went to Sunderland.
To be fair he wasn't bench warming for Notts County. He hadn't settled in the midlands because his wife had fallen pregnant and they wanted a move south to be close to family etc.
His months loan in 09/10 he was used as a makeshift left back to cover Grant Basey's injury, he too fell for the curse of the left back and pulled his hamstring in his fourth game.
I always felt it was a shame we could not have signed him then and added Gary Borrowdale as well because JJ as a CM I think would have pushed us over the line that season.