Ellington to Return From Scunthorpe
Monday, 7th Jan 2013 17:22
Scunthorpe United will not be extending Nathan Ellington’s loan having signed free agent Akpo Sodje until the end of the season.
Manager Brian Laws said: Now that we have Akpo in there we have no finances to maintain Nathan Ellington being here.
“He has been hit and miss and it has been a bit of a stop-start scenario. We cannot afford to carry on like that.”
Ellington’s spell was up after Saturday’s 0-0 home draw with Shrewsbury, which was only the 31-year-old s second start since he moved to the League One club in November, a calf problem having hampered his time in Lincolnshire.
Scunthorpe Weighing Up Ellington Extension
Monday, 7th Jan 2013 12:48
Scunthorpe boss Brian Laws is set to decide whether to extend Nathan Ellington’s loan at Glanford Park in the next 48 hours. The 31-year-old’s spell with the Iron was up after Saturday’s 0-0 home draw with Shrewsbury.
Laws said: I said to him that we needed a performance from him. Nathan s been hit and miss really, to be honest. We needed a performance for us to see whether we continue with the loan or not. That s something we ll talk about over the next few days, depending as well on what our thoughts are about recruitment in the next week or so.
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Premier League s top sides may start to respect us more, says Ighalo Odion Ighalo believes Watford have earned the Premier League’s top sides’ respect following their 3-0 demolition of Liverpool. The Hornets controlled the game against Jurgen Klopp’s side from start to finish and more than deserved their three-goal winning margin. Ighalo scored twice in the victory to take his tally for the season to 12. The Nigerian is having yet another remarkable campaign. As are Watford. Under the guidance of Quique Sanchez Flores the club sit seventh in the Premier League with 28 points from 17 games. It’s an incredible achievement.