I always felt his obvious lack of pace was against him in a division where closing down and harrying the opposition seems *****. During parts of last season where we had no pace in that area due to Jones and Wintle being injured and having to play inexperienced players such as Lowery and Pickering we were found out, and Brad did nothing to enhance performance there, except when he came on with 15 minutes to go.

Looks like a CH to me, and no higher than 4th in the Alex pecking order behind Colleen Nolan, Perry and Gorgeous George, so a loan spell makes a lot of sense all round. And no, I’m not forgetting Raynes!

Good luck to the fella and I hope he returns in 6 months time with form demanding a place in the starting line up.