The No. 3 Shirt - 05/08/2002

Wayne Quinn, don't write him off

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It’s one thing with having squad numbers is that you’re virtually guaranteed to wear the shirt for the duration of the season. I wish it was as easy to keep my place in the team! It’s a fact of life these days that competition for places is more intense than ever before. I knew that when Distin went to City and there was talk of Olivier moving on, there would be little chance the club wouldn’t replace them. Sure enough Hildago came in on trial, although with Olivier returning to the club, Nobby’s mate hasn’t been taken on. So it looks like it’ll be the two of us plus Wayne Quinn vying for the left back berth.

Whatever the boss decides, I’ll be putting the work in on the training ground and giving it everything when I play. I’ve got a game with the reserve tomorrow at Workington, but hope to make the bench against Barcelona on Wednesday night. It’s nice to get back to St.James Park and with playing such a big side, everybody wants a piece of the action. It’ll be a good opportunity for the new boys to get a feel for St.James, I think the crowd will be impressed! Both of the lads have settled in well and I think they are both good quality buys for the club.

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