Very sorry to see Russell leave. He was one of my favouirite players for the past two seasons and his work rate was second to none and chipped in with a few goals. For whatever reason Cook just did not rate him last year - he went through phases of being on the bench and when he did start was often substituted on the hour mark when most felt he had been doing a reasonable job on the pitch. Rumour with us is that he might have been avoiding contact from Cook for the past few weeks - whether this had something to do with supposedly going to Canada who knows. At any rate a good signing for Pats if true.