Ricketts joined the Clarets in January following the sale of Ade Akinbiyi. It was a loan deal until the end of the season and although there was no suggestion of a full time contract to follow it was though that a good loan spell could encourage Steve Cotterill to add him to the squad.
He started well enough, and scored twice in his first three games, but it was somewhat downhill from there and it is difficult to find a good performance during the last two months of the season. By the time we were bringing the curtain down on 2005/06 his place in the side was no longer guaranteed with Kyle Lafferty stepping up.
I don't think many
He's joined the Essex club on a two year deal with an option of a third and he'll be back at Burnley on a Tuesday night in October when we play Southend at home in the league.