Shakers keep Forest starlet
12 Sep 2006 - 12:56:43
Bury boss Chris Casper thinks Jon-Paul Pittman needs to continue to improve his fitness levels after agreeing to keep the Nottingham Forest teenager at Gigg Lane for another month.
The 19-year-old striker joined the Shakers last month and has scored one goal in eight appearances for the League Two side.
"JP is with us for another month," Casper confirmed to Bury's official website.
"He needs games and he knows that he needs to work on his fitness and he knows he needs to work hard. At the moment, he is flitting in-between the two clubs and is maybe missing out on a bit of fitness.
"We've addressed the situation, and a match-fit Jon-Paul will cause somebody real problems.
"He's worked hard over the last couple of weeks on that and I thought he was unlucky not to get a goal on Saturday when he flashed one just wide of the far stick.
"He's a good lad and he's an honest worker, he may be involved at Darlington on Tuesday night and he has got a point to prove."