no defence or keeper - you are a mad man!There is the following option - which actually seems quite attacking to me ...
Corr
Payne O'Toole
Timlin Leonard Worrell
Just a thought
That would be lovely, but unlikely. It would be extremely popular with Southend fans because of the way he played for us before. But surely, he wouldn't drop down into the 2nd Division, he's much too good.
Why oh why are we filling our squad with more midfiekders when we require some goal sciring forwards? We have a limited budget so this loan signing means one less forward. This possible signing and the fsct we currently have 4 right suded centre backs baffles me. However the most baffling thing remains the season long loan signing of Shaq. Did anyone actually watch him play agajnst 'grown-ups' before committing to him?
One of those instances where the club clearly has NOT read the SZ views on the person in question!
One of those instances where the club clearly has NOT read the SZ views on the person in question!
Leonard, Clifford, Deegan, Atkinson, Hurst, Worrall, Weston, Payne, Timlin
So we need a midfielder?
So what? I think you're overstating the importance of the SZ view when it comes to football and football transfers - we're not experts, Brown and co are.
All our information on here is garnered from the press and from looking at his footballing history. These are things that the club will be well aware of.
He's a talented player who's lost his way a bit. Phil Brown will be considering if it's worth the time and effort of him and the team to try and integrate him and get the best from him.
I don't get why everyone is quick to write him off, just because he's not fitted in at Northampton. He seems like a bit of a tool, but then some of our squad are and some of our best players were!
That's stretching it just a little bit.
18 league games in and as you all know any forward is measured to a degree on their scoring ratio.We have an unbelievable ratio of our ENTIRE strike force of just 4 goals with only 3 from open play.The forwards on average hit the net every 405 minutes YET Phil wants another midfielder.
Crazy times.
One of those instances where the club clearly has NOT read the SZ views on the person in question!
Leonard, Clifford, Deegan, Atkinson, Hurst, Worrall, Weston, Payne, Timlin
So we need a midfielder?
Sorry, some of us remember the **** attitude that Clarke showed towards our club before when after scoring a few goals during his loan spell he tried to screw an extra £50,000 out of us for a signing on fee after a fee had been agreed with Sheffield Wednesday. He was lazy, overweight and disinterested in his final few games here last time and the fact that he shuffles from club to club before each one ships him out of the door pdq says it all for me. His list of former clubs is in at least double figures and personally there is no way I would ever want that fat waste of space lumbering around in a Southend shirt again thank you very much.
The strikers when playing Phil's preferred 4-5-1/4-3-3 are in the team to sacrifice their own goalscoring for the sake of the team. Surely that is apparent to anyone who has watched us at all in the last year? The striker creates space for his teammates to get a chance at goal.
Personally I'd play 4-4-2 and give the strikers a chance to do what they do best but I'm not the manager. We're not scoring consistently as a team especially in that formation and the signing of a creative goalscoring midfielder is a fairly logical move considering that that is what we're lacking. If that is what JJOT is.
Whoever is playing up front for us won't score goals the way we're set up which is why whoever we play up front hasn't scored goals.
The strikers when playing Phil's preferred 4-5-1/4-3-3 are in the team to sacrifice their own goalscoring for the sake of the team. Surely that is apparent to anyone who has watched us at all in the last year? The striker creates space for his teammates to get a chance at goal.
Personally I'd play 4-4-2 and give the strikers a chance to do what they do best but I'm not the manager. We're not scoring consistently as a team especially in that formation and the signing of a creative goalscoring midfielder is a fairly logical move considering that that is what we're lacking. If that is what JJOT is.
Whoever is playing up front for us won't score goals the way we're set up which is why whoever we play up front hasn't scored goals.
The strikers when playing Phil's preferred 4-5-1/4-3-3 are in the team to sacrifice their own goalscoring for the sake of the team. Surely that is apparent to anyone who has watched us at all in the last year? The striker creates space for his teammates to get a chance at goal.
Personally I'd play 4-4-2 and give the strikers a chance to do what they do best but I'm not the manager. We're not scoring consistently as a team especially in that formation and the signing of a creative goalscoring midfielder is a fairly logical move considering that that is what we're lacking. If that is what JJOT is.
Whoever is playing up front for us won't score goals the way we're set up which is why whoever we play up front hasn't scored goals.