he scored 25 goals in his two seasons in league one for us , from midfield, and then he went from us to MK dons & was player of the season & instrumental in getting them promoted, banging in the goals from midfield again & setting them up again... you might not like him, for whatever reason, but at this level was a great player to have.... also wasn't afraid to profess his love for the club, still lives in the city etc - all things considered ( footballing & otherwise ) not hard to see why a lot of fans loved him.
Id give my right arm for a midfielder who could score 15 goals for us next season & set up a fair few too!
I liked him a lot, so am not at all biased in my thinking, but we simply do not know if it is TM's fault JOB left and we do not know if he would have made an ounce of difference to our play-off aspirations.
I thought he was the usual JOB at first last season, but for me something did seem amiss and TM substituted him a few times. A couple of occasions I thought it odd, but on others I felt it fully justified, with the lad just not having his usual influence. He was also on the bench rather than first choice.
I do find it strange he has ended up at Shrewsbury.
In February he went to Scunthorpe and he said 'I was in a bad place mentally at Coventry. ' And he also said he lived in Barnsley and he had a very young child.
In June he signed for Shrewsbury.
Bit of a head scratcher.
