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Magpies land FA Cup hero Jon Stead

By Jamie Barlow

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Notts County have pulled off an audacious raid on Huddersfield Town by fending off much competition to snap up Jon Stead.

Stead’s arrival at Notts sends out a clear message to the rest of the division - that Notts are serious about promotion- with the attacker penning a two-year deal at Meadow Lane following his release by Huddersfield Town.

Manager Ricardo Moniz wants his new side to be ruthless in front of goal next season and expects 60 goals from his front line.

Moniz has turned his attention to the former England Under 21 international to spearhead the Magpies’ promotion push, and the former Terriers’ striker is keen to repay his new manager’s faith in him.

 

“After speaking to the manager, he sees me as a part of the project of getting the club on the right track and it is brilliant to feel wanted like that”, Stead said.

Stead had an almighty season whilst on loan at Bradford City last campaign where he helped the Bantrams to reach the FA Cup semi-finals.

Bradford sank Premier League champions Chelsea in the competition and the side were desperate to retain Stead’s services.

But in a dramatic turn of events the much-travelled Stead has instead opted for a move to Notts- admitting that it was the ambition shown by Guy Branston, the club’s head if recruitment, which convinced him to join the East Midlands outfit.

“The move came through a lot of pestering from Guy Branston. I remember him as a player and didn’t want to let him down.

“Guy told me about the project and the club moving forward, first of all getting back into League 1 and kicking on from there.

“And speaking to the manager (Ricardo Moniz) and hearing his philosophy, I’m interested to see how things pan out”, he added.

The dynamic forward will add muscle to Notts’ attacking armoury and will hope to make Moniz’s hopes a reality by helping Notts to make an immediate return to League 1 next season.

 

Jamie tweets @JBarlow95_

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    Chris

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    Steads interview on the Magpie Player really impressed me, yes fans can say he's bound to say certain things but for me I watch the posture and way in which they speak and he sends very good signals with his manner.

    My first impression was that we have a very good striker for League Two and we do, he will be an assist for when/if we gain promotion back to League One.

    We just need that goal scorer now, the one who will be like 'Wow, he will he score 15+', nothing against Jon Stead but he's all about hard work and the odd goal - which is good certainly. I am looking forward to see his goals.

    Thanks for the write up Jamie.

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    liampie

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    big signing, hopefully he can contribute and give us the confidence upfront to just push on now. i am unsure if he will score more than 10 but his hard work and assists will be clinical i suspect. very pleased with this!

    nice write up jamie, your effort is not going un noticed and notts-joe keeps speaking very highly of you.

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    theMagpies

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    Big signing, we are really preparing to exit this basement at the first attempt.

    This is much like unlike Notts, we have always relied on the players who got us relegated to move up, which is why we have struggled. Brilliant to see Stead join the ranks here!

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    “After speaking to the manager, he sees me as a part of the project of getting the club on the right track and it is brilliant to feel wanted like that”

    Well done Ricardo Moniz!

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    Blink1862

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    Big signing, if he can score a few early one I think the confidence will spread throughout the squad. There is no doubt in my mind that Stead is an important part of the promotion jigsaw, I will be submitting another piece soon myself.


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    magpiejue

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    Great signing. Really looking forward to new season. First post on my new laptop. 


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    AmericanPie

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    He should be a very important signing for us, he has played at the highest level and should he should be more than good enough for the league we find ourselves in.


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