With bags of pace and strength, he proved just as comfortable with the ball as without.
Scored his first professional goal with a header after 7 minutes of the 2006 Championship opener against Leicester City.
Having cemented himself as first choice in the Luton side, he began attracting attention of bigger clubs and completed a £2.5m transfer to West Bromwich Albion on 26th July 2007.
| Season | Club | League | Cup | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| 2002/03 |  Luton Town |
0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2003/04 | Luton Town |
0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2004/05 | Luton Town |
0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2004/05 | Aylesbury United (loan) |
5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2005/06 | Luton Town |
20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 0 | |
| 2006/07 | Luton Town |
39 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 43 | 3 | |
| 2007/08 | West Bromwich Albion |
32 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 36 | 3 | |
| 2008/09 | West Bromwich Albion |
11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 3 | |
| 2009/10 | West Bromwich Albion |
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| 2009/10 | Coventry City (loan) |
10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Italics = player was on loan | ||||||||
| Totals: | 117 | 9 | 19 | 0 | 136 | 9 | ||
