Adios Miguel

As the Changing of the Guard continues, confirmation that Miguel Llera has left the building and will instead now try to establish himself at Championship Blackpool as Ian Holloway attempts an unlikely looking return to the Premier League.


Like Simon Francis, Big Mig always looked the part to me. Tall, handsome, upright, vocal and seemingly uber-aware, I had high hopes for both on first impressions although both ultimately flattered to deceive. Llera's problem was his inconsistency and inability to build a partnership with anyone at the back. In two seasons he managed only 30 first team appearances notching five goals in the process. 


I had the pleasure of passing him out running on the riverfront a couple of times and also exchanged pleasantries with him at Sainsbury's once. I will always remember his charging runs out through the left-back channel and his ability to drop a long cross-field ball onto the toe of the advancing right winger, more often than not Lloyd Sam.


At 31, he really is in last-chance saloon in terms of his career and I really hope he can make a name for himself at Bloomfield Road and not end up ploughing the sand on the seafront.