Ok my take is this I say things how I see it, and I wont please everyone. each season we are getting nearer and nearer to the same level as GWR I hope to god I never have to go to this match, where it is played at Roots hall, as Wakering are the bigger club. Hence why the result and standard gets every so slightly closer each season.
through all the 'its purely a run out its purely for fitness' which I totally and whole heartedly agree, I thought we looked poor, I basically thought the game didn't have a league standard player across the 33 individuals that took place. Of course I could well be wrong.
Loui Walsh looked extremely good and very hungry. Ogogo looked as though he is up for it, Dunne looked like a dad with a role up in one hand trying to have a kick about in a pub car park to impress a couple of broads on another table.. huge shoulders pot belly and sparrow legs mum dad tattoos, and got to say it, looked ****ed!! although I loved listening to him, as brown says hes clearly a leader (as is agogo) you know the standards have dropped when you look at JD and say that fellas a good player (which he is, but plenty on here don't think so)
The trialist forwards, as crap as any trialist forward from a premier league U21 club will always be (and what a daunting scenario it must be for these young kids) one of them was calling Tom Clifford 'Bro'' Bro pass me the ball etc etc.. says how little time they get to spend and stamp there mark, the big forward that came on half time, think Emile Aqua, remember him?
My analysis could mean absolute toffee for what's here to come for the season, but my genuine concern is this.
its been noted by posters who believe they are in the know, that there are reasons behind the scenes that are currently hampering signings etc, that they cant disclose
5 quick signings and then nothing, missing out on targets, and already now looking at premier league U21 load players.
A coach that lasted 4 days then resigning (but its ok as he came in to tell the club he has had a change of heart
No mention of filling that void (that to me is almost as scandalous as going into pre season without a management team ??
I would love for a more intrusive news reporter who can really ask some questions that need answering..
whats happened to SOS has the group been disbanded ? are they still holding RM to account and keeping close tabs on the current plight of the club?
Concerned from Southchurch
I can 100% ensure you that both Murphy & Ogogo were our number 1 targets are we have them onboard. I don’t know about the others, but I know they were identified as big players for the side.
Every Club misses out on targets, whether you are Southend in the National League, or Man City or Man United and everyone in between. That’s why managers, scouts, director of football, head of recruitment, or whoever makes the decision gets multiple targets for each position. What I will say is if we Tilson had got his number 1 target as a forward, we never would have signed Freddy Eastwood…
Also, loanees were always part of the plan. The idea is to have more “long term” loanees as opposed to stop gaps here and there like we’ve done in the past. These players will “top up” the squad, and not too many in one position so we are left short when loans expire or players are recalled.
The first team coach was personal reasons why he left, and I certainly won’t go into them, however with PB, CF & RD we have enough coaches if we didn’t bring in a first team coach, but the plan still is to bring in one. Demi has, I’m led to believe, had an input into sessions previously, as did Cox when he was here. Whilst it was a blow for the coach to go, as he’d worked behind the scenes for us too, his position is more a “nice to have”.
Things are still bubbling away, and I wouldn’t be surprised to have more players into training, and maybe even a new face by the weekend (although I’m told next week is more realistic, but 24 hours is a long time in football).
Finally, the “limited budget”, I wouldn’t read too much into that. He is hardly likely to say “I’ve got a wedge burning a hole in my pocket, I’ll pay players anything they want”. PB does have a budget, which was agreed on by all the players (not actual players) before the end of last season, and we have missed out on players on wages (one player signed for another NL club for £3k a week), but we aren’t getting monkeys because we are paying peanuts. There is scope to make signings, and the hope is to shift on a few too, either on loan or permanently.