Source: FOOTYMAD
Southend United loanee from Doncaster Waide Fairhurst before Chesterfield after Shrewsbury Town
Blues new on loan striker from Championship club Doncaster Rovers knows player/coach Graham Coughlan from his spell at Shrewsbury, so has experience of playing in League Two. Fairhurst: 'I want to do well for them first and foremost'He knows about the rough and tumble of the bottom tier well enough, the Shrimpers new loanee striker from Doncaster Rovers Waide Fairhurst played ten games for League Two rivals Shrewsbury Town, grabbing four goals, not a bad ratio.While there Waide met present Southend reserve team player/coach Graham Coughlan, and after Bilel Mohsni was sent off at Barnet on Tuesday, may be his team mate in Saturday's game at Chesterfield!Fairhurst told www.southendunited.co.uk: "Cougho is a good man who has a lot of experience in the game so i listen to him a lot and try and learn from him."Not rocket science then to see where Blues boss Paul Sturrock got the tip-off to take a gamble on the 21-year-old, and Waide admitted that Coughlan had given him a call.After making sure the injury situation at Donny had cleared up, manager Sean O'Driscoll was prepared to allow Fairhurst to make the trip south to Roots Hall where he has joined the Shrimpers for an initial period of a month.Waide concluded: "This league is a good battle and Southend are a good side at this level so hopefully I can help them get into the top six in this league which is where we should be. I want to impress the manager at Doncaster but at the moment I am a Southend player and I want to do well for them first and foremost."We're with you there son, good luck.
