Source: FOOTYMAD
Sturrock still searches for striker: 'Neither McLeod and Hammond were at the required standard'
Blues boss Paul Sturrock has decided that strikers Izale McLeod and Elvis Hammond have no future at Southend United as the search for another striker goes on. Elvis and Izale; off to try their luck elsewhereFormer MK Dons and Charlton striker Izale McLeod and fellow hot shot Elvis Hammond, formerly with Cheltenham, were both given a trail in the reserves playing at Oxford last Wednesday, and after promising to give them an answer by the weekend on their Shrimpers future, the Blues boss Paul Sturrock has said they have left the club.Luggy told www.southendunited.co.uk: "Neither were at the required standard we are looking for so I won't be pursuing that. I'd still like one more forward and altough we are on the limit of the budget I think the chairman would support me in making that happen."Good luck on that one Paul, who refuse to make a panic signing and with a week to go of the transfer window will keep searching for the "for the right man for the job."
