Howard from Yorkshire Post.................

<div class="headline" id="ds-headline"><h1>Premier League dream motivates Brian Howard</h1></div>

<div class="viewarticlepanel"> <div id="wctlAudioLinks"> </div> <div class="multiimageon" id="MainMultiImage"> <div id="MainImageDiv"></div> <div id="ImageCaption">Brian Howard, pictured with Steve Watson in the Steel City derby, left Oakwell to try to reach the Premier League.</div> <div id="ThumbDiv" class="offinline"> <div class="thumb"><a href="javascript:%20ShowThumb(0);">
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21 November 2008 </div> <div class="byline" id="ds-byline">By Ian Appleyard </div> <div class="ds-firstpara" id="ds-firstpara">SHEFFIELD United midfielder Brian Howard has revealed that he quit Barnsley in order to achieve his dream of playing in the Premier League.

</div> Howard, who was speaking for the first time since moving to the Blades six weeks ago, has been branded a 'traitor' by Barnsley supporters but insists that the time was right to move on.

&quot;I felt as though I had gone as far as I could with Barnsley,&quot; he said. &quot;I wanted to get to the Premier League and that's why I joined Sheffield United.&quot;

Although Howard's deal is initially on loan, the Blades have already agreed to pay &pound;500,000 to sign the 25-year-old on a permanent basis in January.

Manager Kevin Blackwell is confident that the player who shot Barnsley to victory against Liverpool in last season's
FA Cup will be capable of shooting the Blades towards promotion.

Howard said: &quot;The main reason I have come here is to progress my career. Everying at this club is geared up for the Premier League on and off the pitch.

&quot;There is a great core of lads who have operated at the top level and, where most clubs just have a strong first XI, there are players on the bench and who are being left out altogether who could walk into most sides.

&quot;I hope that moving here is going to get the best out of me as a player but it has been frustrating so far because I have been in and out of the side for various reasons. As the weeks go by, I am hoping that the other players will start to trust me more on the ball and that I will get to know the types of runs they make and the balls they like.

&quot;I normally get into double figures with goals each season and that is my target again.

&quot;I like to take games by the scruff of the neck and I want to help this club get promoted.&quot;

The Blades, who are currently six points adrift of the top two in fifth place, visit Charlton Athletic in the Championship tomorrow seeking to bounce back from last weekend's home defeat by Reading.

 

He's a fully neutralized blunt now..

let's move on.