Blimey what a result.........WE are Southend, never defeated.
I am so excited, I have arrived.
DRU!!!!!
I'd have taken a point. Wigan are a really good side. They don't get beat.
As it happens, they are a really good side but we were better. And at times, considerably better. That was the best performance we've seen at Roots Hall this season. Every single blue shirt ran themselves into the floor and we looked like the team most of us all thought we could (or should be). Again, Kightly, unplayable at times. Again, Timlin a giant in the middle. Again, Turner won everthing. Again, Cox and Fortune men possessed. Again, Dru playing well beyond his years - almost to the point I've forgotten Ryan Leonard.
For those not there. We scored early from a corner. Turner arriving on the end of a flick on to thump the ball home. Once again, we look a threat at set pieces. Macca and Kightly tortured the Wigan defence or the next 30 minutes - a defence that despite its size looked uncomfortable in the cold n wet and didn't like the pitch. The only surprise was that we didn't score a second for some time. When it came it followed another steal from the Wigan midfield, a bit of tippy tappy, a beautiful threaded ball by Cox into the path of Fortune who gleefully stroked the ball home. Crowd goes mad.
Second half under the old regime, we'd have sat back, let them come onto us and hand over the initiative. Not today. Oh no. We came out of the traps and went for a third. Anton had one of the line, Kightly came close. Then they scored, a bit scruffy and it got a bit nervy for ten minutes. Whilst they had the ball they looked dangerous but we matched them. Then we went up the other end, Coker a bit of magic in the corner, Cox creates a half chances and Kightly banged in the rebound. That's three goals in a game in two consecutive home games for the first since (and I had to look this up) 1st April. From then on it was party time. Lapado and Harrison came on, both look useful.
Let's not underplay this. They were top of the league, and probably the best team I've seen on the road this year. They are there for a reason, and frankly we played them off the park at times. Magnificent times. If we can continue to put in performances like that, we will be far closer to the play offs than the relegation zone fairly soon.
Do you mean in consecutive home games? We only scored once against Peterborough away last week
Stop being a picky ****...relish in our current success.