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So 16 months into his role as Southend United manager, I am still left very surprised that Phil Brown doesn't seem to milk his close friendship with Sam Allardyce for our benefit. Even more so when you consider the short distance between the two clubs and the fact that many of the West Ham squads would actually live in Essex.
Forget the fact that some Southend fans see West Ham as our rivals, I am sure that West Ham must have some good youngsters that we could loan. Elliott Lee is a young forward (think he played a couple of games at Colchester last season), he won't make the first team but is scoring goals throughout pre season. He would be a cracking loan signing for us. Alongside him I am sure that there must be a couple of others too.
Another surprise is why Big Sam doesn't bring a decent side down for a friendly, this would sell out Roots Hall and earn some vital funds for the club. 10,000 @ £10 more than covers the loss of revenue for a lack of proper kit sponsor (Think I read that Insure and go paid £50k per season).
Surely Phil Brown is missing a trick here, thoughts?
Forget the fact that some Southend fans see West Ham as our rivals, I am sure that West Ham must have some good youngsters that we could loan. Elliott Lee is a young forward (think he played a couple of games at Colchester last season), he won't make the first team but is scoring goals throughout pre season. He would be a cracking loan signing for us. Alongside him I am sure that there must be a couple of others too.
Another surprise is why Big Sam doesn't bring a decent side down for a friendly, this would sell out Roots Hall and earn some vital funds for the club. 10,000 @ £10 more than covers the loss of revenue for a lack of proper kit sponsor (Think I read that Insure and go paid £50k per season).
Surely Phil Brown is missing a trick here, thoughts?