Craig Easton: 'A lot of the boys are now getting 90 minutes under their belts'
A popular player with former club Swindon, central midfielder Craig Easton choose to join the Paul Sturrock revolution at Roots Hall instead of signing a new one-year contract with the League One club, and he's confident he made the right decision.
Easton was speaking to Blues Insider: "I came down to see the place and met a few people at the club who were all very positive about what is going to happen here. Coming to work for the gaffer was one of the reasons that I came to Southend as we have worked together twice before. I know what he is all about and his record speaks for itself with regards to promotions and hopefully Southend can achieve that this season. Yes there have been a few problems but I am here to play football and I think this is a great club to do it at."
Easton was speaking to Blues Insider: "I came down to see the place and met a few people at the club who were all very positive about what is going to happen here. Coming to work for the gaffer was one of the reasons that I came to Southend as we have worked together twice before. I know what he is all about and his record speaks for itself with regards to promotions and hopefully Southend can achieve that this season. Yes there have been a few problems but I am here to play football and I think this is a great club to do it at."
With nine new signings in a fortnight and having only trained as a squad three to four times Craig is aware that it will take time to gel, in fact they are still struggling to remember each other's names!
However, Craig could see a big improvement against Derby Monday evening that was seen at Dartford the previous Friday, for him it can only get better.
Easton continued: "The first half was more difficult and they probably had the better chances but we showed some good movement and limited their chances. In the second half I felt we could have gone on and won the match as we probably had the better chances to score. A lot of the boys are now getting 90 minutes under their belts. With the squad still taking shape people are probably getting a bit more game time than they might otherwise have got."
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The Easton Files
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Craig Easton | ||
| Date of birth | 26 February 1979 (1979-02-26) (age 31) | ||
| Place of birth | Bellshill, Scotland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
| Playing position | Central midfield | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Southend United | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1995-1996 | Dundee United | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1996-2004 | Dundee United | 221 | (12) |
| 2004-2005 | Livingston | 30 | (3) |
| 2005-2007 | Leyton Orient | 71 | (5) |
| 2007-2010 | Swindon Town | 75 | (8) |
| 2010- | Southend United | 0 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1998-2001 | Scotland U21 | 22 | (2) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:53, 2 July 2010 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18:28, 26 March 2010 (UTC) | |||
(Player information supplied by Wikipedia, for the full article go here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig_Easton)