Blues striker Nathan Ellington has hinted that he could move on in the summer in order to play football more regularly. The 30-year-old joined the Blues on a free transfer from Watford last summer, signing a two-year deal, but has made only three starts — only one in the league — and 14 sub appearances without scoring.

In an interview with Sporting Life apparently released via his agent, Ellington says he wants to be involved more often during 2012/13: "I still want to play football because I would love to be playing regular football again, but if it's not going to be here then I'll have to look at my options for next season.

"I might get a move - permanent or loan. There will be options out there but I'll need to speak to the manager to see how he feels and how he sees next season. I think we can take it from there really."

Ellington is disappointed by his lack of opportunities with the Blues: "I've not had as much game time as I would have wanted and I think that's the reason I've had such a quiet season. I wanted more involvement in the team but it's not turned out that way.

"It's been very difficult and there haven't been many reserve games either. It's difficult to keep the level of fitness you need if you're not in the first team or getting other match practice. It's a vicious circle really.

"At the time when we were struggling, the manager told me he couldn't afford to give me a run in the team to get going. He needed instant success because we were losing games regularly.

"Things changed and after I got injured earlier in the season, results have picked up - making it even harder to get back into the team. I've been waiting patiently but he's not wanted to change things."

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Keaneish added 03:14 - Apr 21 Fair point re the reserve games, fair point by Jewell about not getting a run if things aren't working out well on the pitch (Keane did try this with Priskin!). I'd like him off the wage bill and a target man plus a young upcoming striker brought in from the lower leagues...A Henderson or and Evans and no clue as to the other!
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buryblue77 added 09:53 - Apr 21 People, do you not understand? Ellington, although he has not been good in the last few years was a good player when he was with Jewell at Wigan, maybe PJ thought that he could get something out of him here and I certainly thought that he would have played a bigger part for us, but it hasn't worked out. PJ picks his teams not only based on game performances but also training, given our lack of strikers if Ellington had been up to standard in training he would have been pushing Scotland at the very least for a place on the bench. This club was left in a mess by Keane and his big spending, Jewell is doing a good job and having to pick up cheap signings and free transfers because it's quite obvious we do not have the transfer budgets of a couple of years back.

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stinkiusminkius added 11:48 - Apr 21 Well put bury blue. Not a great signing but worth a go as a freebie. And pj has had to get freebies, due to the complete incompetence and overspending of the Dark Lord
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jabberjackson added 12:21 - Apr 21 Another extremely negative posting by Harry from his ivory tower Go and support someone else please
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RaymondovicBlue added 12:40 - Apr 21 Martin 12whatever .... it's not a case of hating him - he is simply not as good as the others and we cannot afford to keep him.
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Ipswichbusiness added 18:59 - Apr 21 Sadly, for whatever reason it hasn't worked out for either him or the club and leaving would be a good result for both. I suspect that Murray will be given as much chance as Ellington was (i.e. none).
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