Soares: 'I haven't played as many games as I would've liked'
If there's a record for 4's given by the S24 player markings winger Louie Soares would be up there, (we don't go any lower!), and has now found a regular spot warming up the subs bench as fellow wideboy Ryan Hall found the consistancy Louie hasn't been able to, and the player himself knows he has to be improve when it matters if he gets the chance. (Which he may do if young Ryan has to take a short break come March time!)
Soares told www.echo-news.co.uk: "My form so far has been a bit up and down this season and I want to change that. I haven't played as many games as I would've liked but if I can start to play well then hopefully that will change. I really want to get my first home goal for the club, I should be scoring more goals and that's a target of mine for the remainder of the season. Hopefully I can get one against Barnet again and we can get another three points."
'Barnet again'; yes, Louie's only goal for the Shrimpers was the 'other' goal after Matty Paterson's double, remember him, five minutes from the end of the club's 3-1 win at Underhill in the JPT second round tie last October.
(A match report on the game here:
www.southendunited-mad.co.uk/rprt/mtch/
johnstones_paint_trophy_second_round_
barnet_1_southend_united_3_566930/index.shtml)
Soares signed on a freebie from Aldershot in the close season after four seasons at the Rec to become one of the Luggy 17 as the Blues boss created a whole new squad from not very much!
However, he had previously played 25 times for the Bees the season before joining the Shots, again scoring just one goal, hope that's not a habit!
Soares continued: "I enjoyed my time at Barnet. I had just been released by Reading and was able to go straight there which was great. They had just won the league so it was a good place to be and there was a brilliant set of lads. I did really like it there but obviously I'm with Southend now and want to beat them."
Also Louie Soares, according to Bing; take your pick.
The Soares FilesPersonal information Full name Louie Pierre Soares Date of birth January 8, 1985 (1985-01-08) Place of birth Reading, England Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Playing position Midfielder Club information Current club Southend United Number 17 Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 2004-2005 Reading 0 (0) 2005 → Tamworth (loan) 7 (1) 2005 Bristol Rovers 1 (0) 2005-2006 Barnet 20 (1) 2006-2010 Aldershot Town 148 (17) 2010- Southend United 23 (0) National team‡ 2007- Barbados 2 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:26, 6 July 2010 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11:00, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
(Player info supplied by Wikipedia, for the full article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louie_Soares)
(Edited from an article that first appeared on Shrimpers24 December 24th, 2010.)