We've started planning for the future and next season and we have ideas about how we want to go about getting the club back up. The aim is to hit the ground running next season and I can assure the supporters we will do that.

He was an outstanding leader on the pitch, a good presence on the pitch and the kind of player who was infectious in that respect and really led from the front.

It was the third time this season he had been sent off, hence the heavier than usual punishment from the FA for two yellow cards.