 I've got a lot of time and a lot of credit for that, I look back and I never have a bad word to say about it.I've got nothing but good things to say about the club, I'll always have fond memories of the place".In November 2006 and with his contract set to expire at the end of the 2006–07 season, McCormack handed in a transfer request, before rejoining Championship club Southend United on loan on 18 November 2006, initially until 1 January 2007, with a view to a permanent move.