Paterson: 'If we can get something from Norwich it would be a huge boost'
Matt Paterson joined the Shrimpers from Southampton when top scorer Lee Barnard went in the other direction during the January transfer window.
He would be the first to accept it wasn't the best of starts, but Matt followed his goal in the reserves in midweek with a good finish in the league game at MK Dons on Saturday after coming off the subs bench.
Sadly it came too late to affect the result in a 3-1 defeat.
However, the 20-year-old striker will be hoping that Blues boss Steve Tilson has seen enough to let him grab another chance in the starting line-up.
Paterson told www.echo-news.co.uk : "It was good to score and get my first goal for Southend. It was a shame that it came so late and that it couldn't help us get something from the game but hopefully now I can build on this and start to get a few more. It's certainly helped my own confidence and of course I would love to start the next game but that's the manager's decision and he knows best what to do."
What he does know is that they don't get much tougher than two games in four days against former Premiership clubs Norwich City and Charlton Athletic.
Paterson concluded: "These are matches that you want to be involved in and if we can get something from them it would be a huge boost to our confidence for the remainder of the season. That's what we want to happen and hopefully it can because it would be a big and important thing for us."
