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Eastwood still has the talent
2:00am Friday 15th May 2009
SHAUN Goater insists Freddy Eastwood has the talent to re-establish himself as one of the brightest talents outside of the Premier League.
Eastwood starred alongside the Bermudan while at Southend United and scored 25 goals during the 2005/06 season to help the Shrimpers win League One.
But, since leaving Blues, East-wood has scored just seven league goals in two seasons, one spent with Wolverhampton Wanderers and the other Coventry City.
And Goater insists Eastwood’s attitude will determine whether or not he faces a successful future in the game.
“Freddy’s ability has never been in doubt but it is whether he wants to prove people wrong and be as good as the Premier League,” said Goater, who scored 11 goals in 28 league starts for the Shrimpers.
“Freddy’s situation when he was at Southend was that he was a big fish in a small pond.
“His ability was beyond League One and League Two. For me he is definitely a Championship player, if not a Premier League one ability wise.
“But being a small fish in a big pond means he can lose his way easier. That is where he currently is but if he still has fight he will shine through eventually and do well again.”
Eastwood, who hails from Basil-don, joined Southend from Grays Athletic for just £40,000 in October 2004 and went on to become a Roots Hall hero by bagging 65 goals in 135 games.
His displays were arguably the main reason behind successive promotions for the Shrimpers into the Championship and he also netted a fantastic free-kick in the Carling Cup triumph over Manchester United in November 2006.
That helped secure a £1.5million move to Wolves in July 2007, but Goater thinks Eastwood will one day return to Blues.
“I’m sure he will come back and it will be a good story when he does,” added Goater.
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SARFENDMAN, Rayleigh says...
11:15pm Fri 15 May 09
tophatdt, Leigh-on-Sea says...
6:23am Sat 16 May 09
SUFCONLY, Southend-on-Sea says...
4:25pm Sun 17 May 09
tophatdt wrote:If he were to become available and if we could afford him & his wages
I wonder if the Blues management actually want him back. I notice once a player starts to not want to play here anymore his performamce goes downhill. Many times Eastwood was annoyingly off-side and was hyper sensitive to the fans/press regarding his origins. I still think Moussa can be trained into a top class player, but there will sadly come a time when he will want to move on. Up the Blues!
would you have him back ?
For me, I never look back and would think twice or thrice beforehand
and probably end up not doing a deal. More often than not it is nigh
impossible to re-create past glories although I must admit it would
be quite tempting to try.
More likely his talents will be completely wasted like so many before him, which will be a great shame.
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Freddy Eastwood - being backed by his former team-mate Shaun Goater
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kevst183, Southend on Sea says...
10:34am Fri 15 May 09