Stephen McLaughlin

Signed a three year deal with Southend: http://www.southendunited.co.uk/news...g-2653887.aspx

Good move for him, it was clear he wasn't going to break through at Forest. Onward and upward from here, hopefully.

on the bench for Southend tonight.
Rea, Timlin, Mooney and Hunt all starting

Phil Brown thinks Stephen McLaughlin and Simon Cox are in with a shout of an Ireland call up.

http://www.echo-news.co.uk/sport/blu...eland_call_up/

McLaughlin has a more realistic take on things:

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“The Ireland squad is really strong at the moment which is great to see and there are a lot of quality players around so it would be extremely difficult for anyone to get a call up, especially when you’re in League One.”

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I imagine if we'd had another injury or two in this window Cox could have come into contention. McLaughlin will have to keep performing judging by how long it took Horgan to get a call-up.

Goal today for Macca as Southend missed out on a play-off in League One by a point to Millwall.

Goal in the Checkatrade Trophy away to Gillingham