Post by Taxigirl on Sept 29, 2005 9:29:24 GMT
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BUTTER JUST WOULDN'T WOULD IT SETH
Seth Johnson is expected to make his first appearance against Leeds tonight and Kevin Blackwell is only too aware he will be out to put one over his former club.
Johnson's career at Elland Road was hit by a series of serious injuries that meant Leeds rarely saw the best of him, nor did they get a good return on the £7.75m they eventually paid Derby County for him.
The once-capped former England international made just 59 appearances in four-and-a-half-years at United, having suffered everything from a cruciate ligament injury to infection.
Now back with the Rams after being released earlier this season, Seth is managing to stay injury free and Blackwell is guarding against the return of the 'ex'.
"I am well aware of Sod's law with Seth about to arrive back at Leeds United and I am sure Seth would be delighted to put one over us," said Blackwell.
"But I have not necessarily dealt with Seth because the players know what he is capable of, we have got to go out and play our game, so long as we do that I have no concern about anybody else.
"But there's no doubt Seth will come back here fired up, and there's nothing better than going back to an old club and putting in a good performance. So I expect Seth to put in a good shift.
Johnson insists he returns to Elland Road with nothing to prove, and insists he would have been able to show Leeds fans his best if only he had stayed injury free.
"I didn't produce half of what I could have done if I'd stayed fit but there wasn't really much I could do about being injured," said Seth.
"I didn't ask to leave the club, it was the club who wanted me to go, but I'm not really interested in what went on there now, my main concern is what happens to Derby."
Blackwell agrees that Johnson was a victim of circumstances and agrees that he has nothing to prove.
"He is unfortunate in that he did not play the number of games that his ability should have allowed him to.
"He was also given a very good contract through no fault of his own, and that then became a problem for him at the end but the lads here loved him and he was a good lad.
"Reasons conspired against him at the end to mean his future was elsewhere, and at the end of the day even Seth would admit that 59 games in five years was no great return for the club either.
"We talk about Sod's law and Sod's law has certainly run his football career because everytime he got going he got an injury, and everytime he started playing well, we lost him.
"Seth's had more bad luck than most but we had to pick it up as a club and it became too much."
BUTTER JUST WOULDN'T WOULD IT SETH
Seth Johnson is expected to make his first appearance against Leeds tonight and Kevin Blackwell is only too aware he will be out to put one over his former club.
Johnson's career at Elland Road was hit by a series of serious injuries that meant Leeds rarely saw the best of him, nor did they get a good return on the £7.75m they eventually paid Derby County for him.
The once-capped former England international made just 59 appearances in four-and-a-half-years at United, having suffered everything from a cruciate ligament injury to infection.
Now back with the Rams after being released earlier this season, Seth is managing to stay injury free and Blackwell is guarding against the return of the 'ex'.
"I am well aware of Sod's law with Seth about to arrive back at Leeds United and I am sure Seth would be delighted to put one over us," said Blackwell.
"But I have not necessarily dealt with Seth because the players know what he is capable of, we have got to go out and play our game, so long as we do that I have no concern about anybody else.
"But there's no doubt Seth will come back here fired up, and there's nothing better than going back to an old club and putting in a good performance. So I expect Seth to put in a good shift.
Johnson insists he returns to Elland Road with nothing to prove, and insists he would have been able to show Leeds fans his best if only he had stayed injury free.
"I didn't produce half of what I could have done if I'd stayed fit but there wasn't really much I could do about being injured," said Seth.
"I didn't ask to leave the club, it was the club who wanted me to go, but I'm not really interested in what went on there now, my main concern is what happens to Derby."
Blackwell agrees that Johnson was a victim of circumstances and agrees that he has nothing to prove.
"He is unfortunate in that he did not play the number of games that his ability should have allowed him to.
"He was also given a very good contract through no fault of his own, and that then became a problem for him at the end but the lads here loved him and he was a good lad.
"Reasons conspired against him at the end to mean his future was elsewhere, and at the end of the day even Seth would admit that 59 games in five years was no great return for the club either.
"We talk about Sod's law and Sod's law has certainly run his football career because everytime he got going he got an injury, and everytime he started playing well, we lost him.
"Seth's had more bad luck than most but we had to pick it up as a club and it became too much."