I had the great pleasure to follow the City FA Youth cup winners in '86, went to every game bar one, Lakey played up front and incredibly looked lost and a bit of a lump to be honest.
So watching him to progress into the first team and become a wonderful, elegant footballer that made the game look so easy was a huge and pleasant surprise.
What happened was a tragedy and sums up the club under the stewardship of P.J.Swales, the sky would have been the limit for Paul Lake but even if that horrible injury had not occurred, Swales would have sold him on.
As others have said, his performances at CB were majestic, he was a total baller.