Rootshallbloke

I really hoped you would hang on for the 3 points, but not to be. That said Halifax only picking up 1 point makes Saturday very exciting for us. Probably see you next season and we can go head to head for the title (provided you've changed all your players after reading this thread).

A hopeful Shrimper here. A hope you stuff Halifax out of sight tonight, even a point will do (for us). If all that happens then Saturday will be squeaky bum for all of us clubs still in with a sniff. Because we Sarfenders are a sad old bunch, be aware that dozens of us will tune in to the game on NL streaming, all being honorary Latics for the night.

10 hours ago, GlossopLatic said:

 

How you looking for next season? If we stay down I'm looking at you lot to be one of the main contenders in the division next year. I've not followed the whole saga but with the other guy gone do you think you will be geared towards moving forwards now both in the short and long term?

Hopefully, with a full pre-season, uninterrupted by off field nonsense and embargoes, we should be a difficult side to play against. Kev Maher and John Still have recruited well this season now the embargo has been lifted, but they need time to bed in and get as fit as the rest of the squad. A couple of extras for midfield and we will be at the races. This, of course, assumes that no club from the EFL decides one or two of ours looks worth a punt.

We're still waiting for the takeover deal to finally be signed but it still looks ok. The new consortium are predominantly long term Southend followers with some dosh to spare, so they, together with our Aussie leader will do all they can to help the team. That said, as they are going to redevelop Roots Hall, money will be needed there as well, so it will be a cautious approach.

I truthfully will be bloody glad when this season is done and dusted. You chaps are still very much in the mix for the play-offs whereas we will scratching our arses in mid table wondering why it's ok for Everton to get their points penalty reduced when we were saddled with the full 10 points. That said, our chairman/Owner brought all of that on us and he ends up making a pile developing the land that would of been our new stadium. Now that's off my chest, today was a grind it out game for both teams. We probably had more possession but were pretty wasteful in front of goal, and you chaps scored a scorcher but didn't then follow it up sufficiently to claim the points.

When we both look back on the game we will marvel at our keeper's heart stopping save to deny you and you may well think the same about your keeper's save to keep out Scott-Morriss's pile driver, which was bound for the top left corner of your goal. Other than that, we both pretty much cancelled each other out, so 1-1 was probably fair.

I wish you well for the remainder of the season  and I will be very happy if you do manage to break out of this League as it will make next season a little easier for us to have a proper go at promotion without any of the off field garbage that has been part of this season.

21 minutes ago, TwistingMyMellon said:

 

Oh right fair enough, if it is only 2 I might make the effort then and at least we'll lose to a team I've heard of this week...

 

At least it won't be as bad as losing 3 nil to your lot when we got relegated from League 1 with the orange tanned Phil Brown celebrating on the sidelines and our idiot owner Lemsagram emerging from the home dressing room after having a go at the team at halftime....

Tango man appears to be having a renaissance at Kiddie at the moment. Good luck to him as long as he stays a very long way from us. I haven't forgiven him for taking us down from FL2 yet. 

1 hour ago, TwistingMyMellon said:

Don't think I can put myself through the inevitable 2 or 3 nil defeat. I've got some paint to watch...

Go on, force yourself. We don't do 3-0 away from home, 2 is the best we normally manage.

1 hour ago, BradKnowles1 said:

Hoping your boys are now beginning to wind down after a brutal season. You are firmly mid table and don’t look like troubling either end of the table.

 

on us you will see in the first 5 minutes which Oldham has turned up. 
 

if you are a pressing team we are in trouble. 

We've done the wind down bit with 3 loses on the trot, so we're on the upward path again now with 3 wins on the trot. You're right, it's building for the future time now. On the pressing front, it's what we do, but I'm still a bit worried about Mr Norwood. He didn't turn up at Roots Hall but I'm thinking he will be keen to prove a point on Saturday. Similarly Hobbo, if he plays. I loved that bloke in a navy shirt, so honest and more than a bit skilful at times but Danny Waldron will want to continue his progress up front so it won't just be Harry Cardwell asking the questions. Has the makings of a great match.

Afternoon Oldham. It's great to read a decent pre match thread for once. On the Crowther front, he will definitely be playing as he is totally fit and looking more than a bit useful since his signing. How the bloke was stuck in NLN is a total mystery to us . It's Ollie Kensdale that's out as he fractured his cheek bone against Aldershot. Harry Taylor, our other regular CB is also out with a knackered hammy. Despite that our defence is still pretty resilient with our old warhorse, Jason Demitriou still doing his stuff at 37. Harry Cardwell is now back at his best recovering from his last injury and he will probably be partnered by either Danny Waldron or Marcus Dackers. Our away record north of the Watford gap is not all that clever, so tomorrow with be very interesting on the 'who wants it most' front.

For once you have already won one title against us as you bought more of your tribe to Roots Hall than we will probably be bringing to Boundary Park. At the moment our numbers are around the 350 mark, but it could be more by ko. Looking forward to a really entertaining game tomorrow despite the arseholes that masquerade as referees in this league.

Ps - Jack Bridge is on fire at the moment

Truly, I think you were very unlucky to play us at this particular time. After months of unrest and arse ache through the summer, the whole team, coaching staff and the crowd just weren't going to allow anything but a convincing win. You will undoubtedly break your duck soon as you had some very useful looking players there, including Hobbo (can we have him back please). Hopefully both clubs will be scrapping it out for the top at the end of the season, but I still fear for us given the size of our squad. Our 1st choice 11 is as good as anyone's in this division on it's day, but we are desperately short of back up players when the injuries hit (as they will).

It was quite enlightening to see that your board can go into melt down just as badly as ours after a footballing disaster, but that's footie fans for you.

25 minutes ago, kowenicki said:

not really. 

The referee had his red card out without a further thought after seeing the tackle. Tells me that he agreed with my view. Mind you, opinions are always subjective.

I'm not going to gloat over that result, but we totally owned that game from start to finish. 4 goals and the world's supply of confidence will do our squad no end of good. It's obvious that you have some class players in you team, but it didn't look like you fancied it today, although the red card did you no favours, an absolutely appalling tackle.

Good luck for the rest of the season.

12 minutes ago, LightDN123 said:

Any update on the drinking spots before hand ? 

West Road Tap if you're lucky enough to get in. It's a converted public toilet but the beers are legendary and the regulars will jam it out on match day. Away fans are welcome as long as they behave.

2 hours ago, astottie said:

How have you kept hold of Bridge as I thought that he was out of contract? He was very impressive against us last year.

Bridgey loves Southend and we love him. He's a Southend lad and came up through the Academy before moving on under Tango man Brown's guidance and then coming back. He, and Nathan Ralph, are both out of contract but it seems we are allowed to play them, and they both want to play. On his day Bridge is one of the best wingers in this division.

1 hour ago, Longlostfan said:

I think many of us appreciate your passion and understand ( a bit) of your personality.

RHB was trying to be helpful about the situation down there and chatting about players.

Your -shall we say 'unfiltered' responses- could easily have been seen as needlessly aggressive.

No damage done, I have a very thick skin and now I understand the circumstances better I will respond accordingly (nicely).

3 hours ago, yarddog73 said:

Just out of interest did Hobson turn out for you at rightback last season, he's been plugging a gap there for us pre season.

He played at right centre back supported by a right wing back. We all knew he wanted to return to the North to be nearer his family so it was no big surprise when he made the move, but he was probably our most consistent defender throughout the season and we were gutted to lose him. You have a very honest footballer in Hobbo and I hope you will approve.

5 hours ago, Monty Burns said:

hi there. thanks for rocking up on a friendly forum knowing best and failing at a belittling tone, talking down to tell us whats gone before will therefore happen again.

it aged really, really well. you should be proud. come back often, seems you can further our collective knowlege with your bright mind

l still hope your club survives but loses twice to us. have a nice season mate.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

if this doesnt get us another block of seating released then l may have to accept l do not live in a computer simulation that l can subconciously control

Well, that's me told. I'll try and do better next time. I'm not aware that I've brassed off other posters, but if I have, I'll apologise if asked.

They say that for every action there is a reaction, so it may be that it's your posting style that prompted me to reply to you in a similar style. Who can say. I hope you managed to get a seat for the game in the end, it should be a close fought affair. As for the result, I'll wait until 5pm Saturday to comment.

Interesting choice of quoted posts! Shrimpet drifts between village idiot and troll, and Tribal is based in the States and wouldn't be out of place as Donald Trump's chief advisor, so he's know for his moderate views.

18 minutes ago, Worcester Owl said:

This is getting out of hand. There is no need whatsoever to abuse fellow supporters in this way.

 

I often find @GKing521 a tad negative about Latics, but in this case he is expressing a perfectly reasonable view. He is simply pointing out that we haven't (at time of his post) sold out our allocation and that if subsequently there is strong demand for more, fans will be entitled to moan if that demand is not met. The decision as to whether or not more tickets are allocated to away fans rests solely with SUFC and it is as pointless as it is unfair to criticise @GKing521 and anyone else who points these facts out. I imagine that Southend may have concerns over ground safety as well as possible protests against their chairman.

 

It's now looking like the limits on the North stand are down to safety issues and our renewed safety certificate. On Sunday our scrubbers, washers and polishers were actually requested to only scrub, wash and polish the first two blocks. We had issues in that stand last season with crumbling terraces. I'd imagine that the likes of Boreham Wood will be even more gutted than you guys at the lack of away seating.

22 minutes ago, astottie said:

Have you got 16 at the moment? Has Demetriou been added? Are you able to give anything more than short term contracts?

We did have. Demi is out of contract but has taken up a coaching position with the club. I'm not sure on contract length. Truthfully Demi being reined in isn't too bad a thing, he does have a habit of collecting yellow cards for fun.

2 hours ago, Londonboy said:

Think they do....it says away 635 sold 50 available

 

You're absolutely right. That's a first for this season as previously we've not included away sales. As the stats are lifted from the Clubs public servers it may have something to do with our new ticketing system. Thanks for the heads up.

42 minutes ago, astottie said:

https://www.echo-news.co.uk/sport/23694884.tom-clifford-leaves-southend-united-join-kings-lynn/

Any thoughts RHB?

Tom was a very promising prospect at full back with a very cultured left peg. He fell away last season and his form plummeted. Obviously Kev Maher decided to off load so we can register another player into our 16 man squad. Until the embargo is lifted 16 is our number.

This pics were taken yesterday by our Community Old Bill from their look-out point. Looking ok for Saturday I reckon.

5 hours ago, GKing521 said:

There’s still tickets remaining. I’d park the complaints until it actually sells out and there’s strong demand for more.

 

Anyone remember the tears surrounding the Wrexham allocation only for us not to sell it out..?

 

Ticket stats can be found here: https://southend.cstevens.me

Those stats do not include away sales.

7 hours ago, Monty Burns said:

1. we don't need 'another block' we need another three blocks at least.

2. No they wont.

 

 

there is clearly demand we have sold about 90% of what weve been given within a day and its the middle of the week.

we have been specifically told, if you bother to read it, by southend that 'it is unlikely anymore tickets will be sold' any more being asin the pituful 660 is it.

Yep, I have read it, and that gets said by most clubs. Doesn't mean they won't open another block, but I suppose you know best, so I better be quiet now. Have a nice day mate.

If there is a demand the Club will open up another block.