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Huddersfield Town's Jon Stead turns down Coventry City loan move
30 Jan 2014 08:22

Sources in the West Midlands say the League I side wanted the 30-year-old, who returned to his hometown club from Bristol City last summer but has struggled to establish himself second time around







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Jon Stead in action for Huddersfield Town against Yeovil Jon Stead in action for Huddersfield Town against Yeovil


Huddersfield striker Jon Stead has turned down a loan to Coventry.

Sources in the West Midlands say the League I side wanted the 30-year-old, who returned to his hometown club from Bristol City last summer but has struggled to establish himself second time around.

However Stead, who made a late appearance from the bench in Town's 2-1 Championship defeat at Bournemouth on Tuesday, rejected the chance of regular football.

Walsall are also believed to be keen, but given Stead's response to Coventry, Town manager Mark Robins' previous club, the Saddlers seem unlikely to succeed in any bid.

Stead was linked with Sheffield United, one of his former clubs, at the start of the January transfer window, and Robins has said the 6ft 3in frontman needs to be playing regular football.




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Having come through the Town academy, Stead burst onto the first-team scene and scored 24 goals to earn a £1.25m move to then-Premier League Blackburn in February 2004.

He has also played for Sunderland and Ipswich, and had a loan spell at Coventry from the Suffolk club in 2010.

He signed a two-year contract in his return to Town, but having suffered an injury in pre-season, has had to make do with six starts, eight appearances from the bench, and one goal.

That was the clincher in October's 3-2 home win over Leeds, Town's opponents at Elland Road on Saturday

I have no memory of us having him on loan before.

Edit: Cancel that, he scored when we beat Peterborough 1-0 away and I got kicked out of that pub on a boat.

We've hit an all time low!

HE scored a nice goal at the Ricoh too, I seem to recall. No loss really though.

hill83 said:

I have no memory of us having him on loan before.

Edit: Cancel that, he scored when we beat Peterborough 1-0 away and I got kicked out of that pub on a boat.

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Robccfc87 said:

We've hit an all time low!

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We are not at the bottom yet.

Average players can't be bothered to come here.
Pressley can't be happy here with his policy of no loans now the policy.

Dodged a bullet there.

I'd have to say I am slightly relieved, we had him when Coleman was manager and then the knob scored against us the season we were relegated at the game with Bristol City at Ashton Gate..

Lamptey said:

didnt he come to us the year we went down from the championship.

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No Coleman's last season as our Gaffer.

Jon Stead is pants and 30. Don't want him anyway.

Actually, I always thought Stead was a reasonably tidy player, and I think he'd do well at this level. Quite intelligent, decent touch, reasonable finisher.

There's probably more than one reason why he doesn't want to come here - again despite my dislike for SISU this isn't perhaps one to lay directly at their door.

It is starting to get a little worrying though - if we don't replace Clarke with someone half-way decent then I think our season is over, and it wouldn't be unfair to start asking questions of our owners. What would worry me more is losing Pressley as a result of that...

Weather or not he is great, the fact we were after him presumably means Pressley/waggot feels it was one of our best options, so that makes it failing bad news.

Great news.

Gint11 said:

Jon Stead is pants and 30. Don't want him anyway.

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pants AND 30, one I could accept, but both, no way !

I'm more worried that he dos:thinking about:'nt want us.

That's the real issue here...

Good, hes utter shite. Why aren't we looking at non league talent? some decent young players who'll cost next to nothing.

Honestly what decent player would come here,it's like boarding a sinking ship after the rats have left.

diggerdaley said:

Honestly what decent player would come here,it's like boarding a sinking ship after the rats have left.

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The rats are still onboard thats the problem.

Marty said:

Good, hes utter shite. Why aren't we looking at non league talent? some decent young players who'll cost next to nothing.

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Exactly. Some real talent there that wouldn't be too pricey.

I agree bullet dodged .. not bothered that he's not coming. That said how bad does it look that someone we aren't bothered about ... turns us down !!!

But depressing when a player like him can turn us down But can't say I'm disappointed.

Now that he's turned us down, does it mean we've missed our number one target, ala Le Fondre, and will end up with our 'number one target' ala Cody McDonald?