He got given a run in the side by Hutchings & looked poor (although to be fair so did the rest of em – bar a couple of games at the start)
Bruce also stuck with him initially but he had an absolute nightmare away at Bolton when we got tonked 4-1 & that was his the start of his slide away from first team action
To be fair, if Steve Bruce (who was one of the best centre halves I have seen playing in England) didn’t think he was good enough then that is good enough for me.
That’s not to say he hasn’t improved immensely since but I don’t think Latics are the type of club who can wait 3 or 4 years for someone to prove their potential & if his form at the start of the 07/08 season was anything to go by if he’d have been given an extended run in the side he’d have cost us plenty of games