It's been one set back after another for the central defender since Steve Cotterill flew across the 
In just the fifth league game of the season he was sent off in a challenge with
News soon filtered through that the injury might not be quite so bad and he made a dramatic return to first team action a week before Christmas, coming on as a substitute in the 4-1 win against
Before he'd settled back into things he was out again with minor surgery on his knee, got back and was sent off again, and now has suffered a third injury. This time he is ruled out for the season. On Saturday, playing as captain against his old club Stoke, he kicked the sole of a Stoke player's boot and suffered a fracture to the second metatarsal in his right foot.
I suppose we should have always expected the season to end this way for him, he's just played in the last three games and that's as long a run as he's had in the first team. So it's next season now for