Albion newcomer Kevin McLeod is convinced Micky Adams will re-ignite his career and re-shape it as well.

The one-time Everton prospect wants to stop being a footballing nomad and start settling down now that his switch to the south coast has brought him back together with Albion boss Adams.

Liverpudlian McLeod had three years at Everton, two with Queens Park Rangers, 18 months at Swansea and 21 months with Colchester.

He worked with Adams for the first time last season, while he was Colchester's assistant manager, and was so impressed that he has swapped the club relegated from the Championship to join the Seagulls on a Bosman free transfer.

The 27-year-old left winger said: "I have been disappointed that I stay at clubs for two years here and there. Hopefully I can stay here now until the end of my career or for however long I want to because I think Micky is the man.

"I have signed for two years but I am looking to get my head down here, get settled and hopefully make two years into three or four, however long it takes, because as long as Micky is the manager I'll want to stay.

"I was offered a new deal by Colchester but I wasn't really convinced by what they were offering me. I spoke to Micky and I have got good faith in him after the time he was with me there. I think he is a great man manager.

"I didn't know him before he came in at Colchester. Everyone was thinking he was too big for the job but I got on with him and got to know him quite well. Micky says it how it is and that is what I like in a manager.

"If he thinks you are not pulling your weight or passing the buck he will tell you. He's had a lot of experience, he knows what he is talking about and I think we can go on to do good things.

"If I have got problems I can go and see him. He is so down to earth. He has been great for the last couple of weeks while I have been on holiday. I just want to get myself fit and crack on, repay the faith he has showed in me and go on with bigger things for Bighton."

McLeod, a product of Everton's academy, featured as a substitute in Premier League victories against both Arsenal and Chelsea at Goodison Park in November 2000.

He made three other appearances off the bench for the Premiership giants before a £250,000 move to QPR in August 2003, which followed two loan spells at Loftus Road.

The majority of his time in west London, including promotion from League One, was again spent on the bench until he was reunited with Kenny Jackett at Swansea in February 2005.

McLeod was transfer-listed by Jackett, his former assistant manager at Rangers, a year into his move to Wales for going out drinking on a Saturday night when he was injured. History is unlikely to repeat itself with Adams.

He said: "There is a lot more left in me. I have never had faith in anyone as a manager. They might have had faith in me but I need man management, I need putting in place and people staying on my case but I also need to do it myself.

"Mick has been there for me. I know where he is coming from and I know what he wants from me. If I have got a game plan I'll stick to it, keep myself fit, keep going every week, score goals and set goals up."

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